Dr. April Lynn James created her program, The ALICE Way: The 5-Step, Wonderland-Inspired Approach to Total Well-Being, to help adults rediscover their natural joy and playfulness so that they can better navigate life’s ups and downs.
Although she grew up taking vitamins and doing yoga, only during her doctoral studies did she really embrace holistic wellness in order to heal from stress-induced weight gain, depression, and tendonitis.
The following “Decade of Awfulness” pushed her even further down this path. An unplanned viewing of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010) introduced her to Lewis Carroll’s works and her guardian angel, Madison Hatta, Sonneteer. These experiences opened her eyes to the amazing power of the arts to heal body, mind, and soul.
Affectionately known as The PhDiva, Dr. April is a classically trained soprano with a PhD in Music from Harvard. Her “delightfully readable” book, The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera debuted at #1, and is an international best-seller.
Dr. April did not create Madison; Madison comes through Dr. April. Madison is the guardian angel of Dr. April's sense of humor.
The "Madisonnets" began flowing through Dr. April in the summer of 2011. She plus Madison now have well over 200 with which to delight the ear, eye, heart, and mind.