Diagnosed with Stage 3 triple negative breast cancer at 34, doctors told me I had a 1 in 3 chance of making it to 40 without a recurrence. Intent on making the next 6 years count, I embarked on a “40-by-40” bucket list, which included running the NYC Marathon, skydiving in Colorado, kayaking the Main Salmon River, rock-climbing in Moab, attending an Oprah Winfrey show, going on a chocolate tour of Paris, swimming with dolphins, learning how to figure skate, and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, among other things. I not only checked off everything on my list; I am still cancer-free thirteen years later, and hard at work on a “50-by-50.”

In addition to a memoir of walking the Camino Santiago in 2018 (Camino de Lemon) and the first in a YA fiction trilogy (The Underground), I am the author of three books on crisis management (Recipe for Lemonade), disaster recovery (Life After Lemonade, also available as an Audible.com audiobook), and post-traumatic growth (New Tricks). I also dabble in screenwriting (check out my scripts on Coverfly: https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/aprilcapil) and once in a while post fun projects like this one and this one on my eponymous YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/aprilcapil).

In 2020 following the COVID-19 crisis, I decided to become an IIN-certified Health Coach. After losing 55 pounds in a year at age 46 by reducing my carbohydrate consumption and adopting healthy habits, I fell in love with a low-carb lifestyle and have never looked back. I wrote a book about my journey – The Possible Diet – and created a digital planner, free e-course, and YouTube Channel featuring recipe tutorials to support others pursuing healthy lifestyle choices.

Read more about my journey in Authority Magazine or Thrive Global.

Learn more about my experience as a keynote presenter and panelist on my Speaking Page.