Meet April Michelle

My Story:

I live just south of St. Louis, MO. USA in a little river college town with my hubby of 12+ years. We love to travel, we love to volunteer, and we love to serve and share what we have with others. (Proverbs 11:25 - The generous person will prosper, And whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.)

I was diagnosed with Severe Ulcerative Colitis when I was 20 years old... At the time, I literally thought my life was OVER. I thought that there was no way I could ever reach any of my goals because I was officially 'broken'. I felt like an emotional and financial burden on my household.

I pushed and pushed myself because I was determined not to let anything hold me back. It was only after going 100 miles an hour in a million different directions and unsuccessfully trying to balance and manage my health, my career, my family responsibilities and my faith, that I realized something had to change.

The physical and emotional stress that comes with living with a chronic illness can be overwhelming in itself.

Add to that the added financial stress of co-pays, medications, hospitalizations, specialists, functional medicine or holistic treatments which are often not covered by insurance, and it’s the perfect recipe for chronic, stress induced flares.

Autoimmune disease is a multi-layered problem that requires a multi-layered solution to being able to successfully manage it. Care for chronic autoimmune illness includes not just managing the physical symptoms of the disease, but also our emotional health and personal happiness – all of which take a hit when our autoimmune disease affects us financially.

A few years ago, I was in one of the worst Ulcerative Colitis flares I had experienced since I had been diagnosed.

Bathroom trips every 10 minutes. Embarrassing symptoms and accidents. Prednisone induced insomnia and an emotional wreck. Brain fog. Secretly dealing with major anxiety, depression, and approaching a full blown burnout of my physical and emotional health.

It was rough.

All of this while having to drag myself to a job that I had no energy for but couldn’t afford to quit.

I had been trying to find a profitable and flexible work from home solution for a while. It wasn’t until by chance I found the world of Virtual Assistance.

I had no idea how much my VA business would change my life. It gave me a sense of freedom that I hadn’t experienced since before my autoimmune diagnosis.

I had the freedom to create a hustle free life that I love, pay off my medical debt and put money towards savings, enjoy scheduled days OFF and stop missing important events with my family and friends because I now had the energy to do what I wanted to do, not just what I HAD to get done.

Being able to work from home improved my physical, mental, and financial health so much that I HAD to show others how to do this too!

I created The Virtual Home Based Business Blueprint to teach others how they can become their own boss, set their own schedule, and make amazing money working from home in a business that lights them up without burning them out!

If you are SO READY to launch your very own virtual assistant business with skills you ALREADY have, then click below to join me inside The VHBBB!