Turning 40 and Setting Your Soul on Fire 🔥

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April Provencher checked off most of the “adult accomplishment” boxes by the time she was 22 - married, babies, career but she might have gone too far, too fast because she rebelled in her late 20s. She realized she didn’t know who she was as a person and she wasn’t happy in her skin. She went to a meeting of a personal development group to appease her best friend, but it ended up leading her down a path of growth and figuring out who she is. Today, she says “my soul’s on fire 95% of the time.”

Guest Bio

April Provencher was a young mom who grew up quickly. In her late 20's I realized that she had no idea who she was or what she was doing, which led to some very dark times. She pursued progression and growth through her 30's and that’s when the magic started.

Turning 40 and Setting Your Soul on Fire🔥

April Provencher had her first son when she was 17. By the time she was 22, she was married with two kids and a career - all the seemingly adult things we’re supposed to strive for, but she was too young for it all. At some point, as her boys got older, she reversed course and lived out some of the typical early 20s behaviors in her late 20s.

She used to say she lived life backwards, but she’s come to realize that made her feel like a victim of circumstance, so now she says she lived life the way she was supposed to.

In her late 20s, April started to become very uncomfortable with herself. She identified as a mom, as a wife, as a restaurant manager, but not as herself. She says she grew up so fast that she never met herself. Her marriage fell apart and she spent several years living with her mom or her best friend. All she knew is that she wasn’t happy in her skin and she didn’t know who she was.

Her best friend asked her to go to a support group meeting for a personal development group. She went, albeit unwillingly. She had a bizarre yet transformative experience that first night and about a year later decided to take their weekend-long course, called Identity. She can’t recall what was taught in the class but she knows she absorbed at least some of it because she started seeing changes in her life and in her attitude that started small and then began to snowball.

After a while she realized she didn’t need to feel bad or lost anymore. She got little reminders that she could be ok, which were helpful because, she says, “when you’re stuck, you don’t feel like you can be ok.” She called them ‘small bursts of light’ that would encourage her to stay on the path. To be kinder to herself and others. To find things that made her happy. That was the snowball effect because now, April says “my soul’s on fire 95% of the time.”

It wasn’t an easy path, though. April was stuck in the “Ick” for what felt like a long time, and the path out of the “Ick” also felt like a long time. She learned to lean on people and let them support her. She learned how to lean on herself. She took advantage of resources that were available, from the Identity support group, to acupuncture to energy healing.

Today, she’s 40 and she wants to have some fun. She does good things for herself regularly. She has her own space and she’s focusing on her career. She’s turned into a beacon for others who find themselves stuck. She reminds people that they don’t have to stay stuck or sad and that there are people like her out there who can support them. She also knows - now that she’s unlocked the door - that growth is ongoing.

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