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Liberated Genius founder Dr. April Warren-Grice shares her experiences, advice and stories of struggle, compassion and truth that comes with being the work all right here in her blog. Laugh with her, walk with her, be motivated and changed by her as she shares what's on her heart and mind.

Trusting our intuition

June 27, 2017

It was a Friday, and on Fridays my mom does not want to go to the day club. In her words, “She goes Monday – Wednesday, and that’s enough.” She wants to watch The Young and the Restless soap opera and The Steve Harvey television show. As I got dressed and ready for the professional…

What if we acknowledged the pain?

June 20, 2017

On June 16, 2017, I had the honor of serving as one of the facilitators for the Public Forum for the Selection of a New Police Chief in St. Louis, MO. For those who may not be aware, this forum was the first of its kind in St. Louis, and was kind of a big…

The Magical Class of 2007

June 12, 2017

As I put on my Brooks Brother pants, pastel pink button up, I smiled and thought “yea.” It had been 10 years since I had seen the Ritenour High School class of 2007, and so I had to get dressed up for the occasion. The invitation said semi-formal, so I wanted to look the part.…

Shower or meditate?

May 15, 2017

I’ve had some of my greatest insights come during or immediately after a meditation or a nice shower. There is just something about the stillness that helps the insight, the solutions to problems, or just pure goodness rise to the surface. Whether it was an idea for the class I was teaching, the way to…

What if someone invested in us?

May 15, 2017

As I sat talking with cousin about random stuff, she asked me a great question: what if someone invested in her while we were growing up? My cousin is a self-taught and self-made business woman. She has had multiple successful businesses, and is the mother of two beautiful daughters. Everyone in our large family and…

Do nothing

March 22, 2017

When I decided to do nothing, I was able to do everything my heart desired. While in Goa, India, my meditation teacher gave us the inquiry to do nothing for 24 hours and we weren’t to talk with the exception of for making exchanges. At first, I was like, what? How do you do that?…

Doing social justice work versus being socially just

March 22, 2017

Mrs. Millie, from book and movie The Color Purple, is a middle aged and well-to-do white woman who is known for helping poor children of color. After meeting Mrs. Sophia, a Black woman, Mrs. Millie, bestows kisses on Mrs. Sophia’s children and states how clean they appear. She then asks Mrs. Sophia if she would…

Give up waiting

March 21, 2017

The moment we stop waiting, joy is present. When we wait, we diminish the present and give more power to the future. We become anxious for the next best thing, because it promises to be better and richer than the current thing we are experiencing. It will fulfill us. It will complete us and then…