Bold Journey Magazine: Meet April Warren

March 10, 2026

We recently connected with April Warren and have shared our conversation below.

Hi April, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

I believe God allows everyone to be resilient. But it’s a choice. It’s something you have to decide for yourself.
Think about a baby learning to walk. They fall over and over. Nobody tells them to quit. They don’t sit there thinking, “Well, that didn’t work.” They get back up. That’s resilience.
Everybody on this planet has faced something unexpected. Nobody gets a free pass from life. It comes in waves. One day you’re doing back handsprings, feeling on top of the world… and the next day, something hits you out of nowhere, and you’re sitting there with a pint or two of cookie-dough ice cream. (And listen — no judgment. We all cope somehow.)
I still remember my first heartbreak💔. I was 13 when my first boyfriend broke up with me. I was absolutely crushed. My mom could still tell you about the big crocodile tears I cried. I truly thought my life was over. Looking back now, it almost makes me smile… but at the time, it felt huge. And honestly, heartbreak didn’t just happen once.
Funny enough, we’re friends on Facebook now. Life has a way of humbling your 13-year-old dramatic self.
Everyone loses someone they love. Everyone. That’s just part of being human. Grief is a season you have to walk through. You can’t skip it. But most people, after the tears and the hard days, keep going. They keep living. They keep loving. They keep showing up.
That’s resilience.
It’s something we’re all born with. Life will test it, stretch it, and sometimes almost break it. But at the end of the day, we get to decide whether we stay down or get back up.
And for me? Long story short — I get my resilience from God. He’s the reason I’m still standing, still trying, still believing, and still moving forward no matter what life throws my way.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

At Integrity Financial Solutions, I help individuals and families protect what they’ve worked hard for. I specialize in life, health, and Medicare insurance, and because I’m an independent broker, I’m able to focus on what people actually need instead of pushing one company’s agenda.

What really makes this work special to me is the transformation that happens. I love seeing someone go from feeling confused and overwhelmed to finally feeling clear and confident. Insurance can sound intimidating at first, but with the right guidance, it really can become something that makes people feel more secure and empowered.

Right now, I’m growing my digital presence and building more educational tools so I can reach and help more people virtually across multiple states. At the end of the day, my mission is simple: educate first, serve with integrity, and help people make confident decisions about their future.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Looking back, I’d say three things have really made the biggest difference in my journey: being decisive, being adaptable, and always being willing to learn.

Being decisive helped me move forward even when everything wasn’t lined up perfectly. I’ve learned that a lot of times clarity doesn’t come before you move — it comes after. Once I make a thoughtful decision, I try to move forward with it instead of sitting around second-guessing myself.

Adaptability has been huge, too, because life does not always go the way you planned it. When things changed unexpectedly in my earlier years, I had to shift, refocus, and keep going. That ability to adjust without completely losing my momentum has shaped me in a big way, both personally and professionally.

And then there’s being willing to learn. My business wasn’t something I was just born knowing how to do. I had to learn it. I studied, asked questions, stayed open, and kept growing. The more you learn, the more confident you become. And that confidence helps build resilience too.

For anybody early in their journey, I’d say don’t sit around waiting until you feel 100% ready, because most of the time that moment never comes. Look at your situation, make the best decision you can, and move with intention. Stay flexible when life shifts, and never stop learning. And always remember your “Why!”

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

I believe in leaning into your strengths first, then working on your weaknesses so they don’t hold you back later.

When I was younger, athletics was one of my biggest strengths. And when that part of my life ended unexpectedly, I had a choice to make. I could sit around focusing on what I couldn’t do anymore, or I could put that energy into something else. So I leaned into academics, and that choice really changed the direction of my life. I didn’t turn into somebody else — I just shifted.

I handled business the same way. Business wasn’t something I was naturally born knowing, so I couldn’t rely on instinct. I had to lean into the strengths I already had — discipline, making decisions, and being willing to learn. Then I started working on the areas where I didn’t feel as strong by studying products, learning new material, and even trying to get better at things like AI prompts. I didn’t try to do everything at one time. I just kept building on what I was already good at and worked on the rest as I went.

I think your strengths are what give you confidence, and working on your weaker areas is what helps you grow. But there’s definitely a balance. If you only focus on your strengths, your weaknesses can start getting in the way. But if you spend too much time focusing on your weaknesses, you can let the very things that made you strongest start to atrophy.

So for anybody early in their journey, I’d say pay attention to what comes naturally to you — the things that just click. Start there. Let that lead the way. Then work on the other areas as you grow. Growth is really just becoming more of who you already are, not trying to become somebody totally different.

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