Member since November 2025
April Chavez, CEO of Driven Livin' LLC, has interviewed over 300 of the world's most inspirational leaders and hosts the popular "The Wellness Driven Life Show." As a former law enforcement officer, performance coach, digital content creator, and community builder, she empowers individuals to pursue daily habits that integrate the spiritual, intellectual, and physical dimensions of being. Her approach blends her experiences in high-pressure careers with her personal well-being and spiritual journey, offering practical and metaphysical insights for living a wellness-driven life.
The Spiritual Dimensions of Ourselves – exploring the energetic blueprint that guides our human experience. This is the foundation of true wellness and performance; saying we aren't spiritual beings is like saying we don't have skin. My greatest joy is discussing the practical ways we can harness our inner power to influence our outer reality.
I would share the parallel accounts of surviving two vastly different, yet equally life-threatening, situations: first, battling systemic lupus and critically low platelets as a child, where I faced death purely from internal collapse. Second, my time as a Deputy Sheriff in the rugged Colorado mountains, operating alone without backup, where death was an external threat.
The comparison is summarized in my personal quote:
"I have successfully led in two of the top ten most dangerous career fields on earth, survived numerous near-death situations within those fields, and battled an autoimmune disease, and nothing has brought me closer to death than the emotional turmoil of my perception of situations and events which turned into beliefs."
~ April Chavez
This story powerfully illustrates that our most significant challenges are often internal, providing a gripping hook for any talk on resilience and mindset.
My entire journey is rooted in the profoundly evident truth that our internal workings shape our external reality. Years of personal experience battling chronic illness, combined with intimate dealings with people from all walks of life during my time in law enforcement and the corporate arena, solidified this truth.
My professional roles gave me the communication skills and understanding of large-scale influence I needed. The realization wasn't a single event but a cumulative, undeniable knowing: I had to move beyond individual interactions to influence people on a global scale. This led to the launch of Driven Livin' LLC—an educational platform for holistic wellness—and hosting my talk show on YouTube, the world's most widely used platform, where the a-ha moments continue to validate this path through constant synchronicity.
I would share the parallel accounts of surviving two vastly different, yet equally life-threatening, situations: first, battling systemic lupus and critically low platelets as a child, where I faced death purely from internal collapse. Second, my time as a Deputy Sheriff in the rugged Colorado mountains, operating alone without backup, where death was an external threat.
The comparison is summarized in my personal quote:
"I have successfully led in two of the top ten most dangerous career fields on earth, survived numerous near-death situations within those fields, and battled an autoimmune disease, and nothing has brought me closer to death than the emotional turmoil of my perception of situations and events which turned into beliefs."
~ April Chavez
This story powerfully illustrates that our most significant challenges are often internal, providing a gripping hook for any talk on resilience and mindset.
My entire journey is rooted in the profoundly evident truth that our internal workings shape our external reality. Years of personal experience battling chronic illness, combined with intimate dealings with people from all walks of life during my time in law enforcement and the corporate arena, solidified this truth.
My professional roles gave me the communication skills and understanding of large-scale influence I needed. The realization wasn't a single event but a cumulative, undeniable knowing: I had to move beyond individual interactions to influence people on a global scale. This led to the launch of Driven Livin' LLC—an educational platform for holistic wellness—and hosting my talk show on YouTube, the world's most widely used platform, where the a-ha moments continue to validate this path through constant synchronicity.