Get Your Mind Right: The Therapy You Need to Get Through the Coronavirus Pandemic A Business is Only as Strong as Its Most Precious Asset - YOU! Looking for something different? Well, this podcast is for you! In this episode of The Solopreneur Journey, Psychotherapist Aprile Andelle unpacks the signs and solutions for dealing with the pandemic to maintain good mental health. We talk about how she offers help via her online practice, the physical effects of becoming mentally overwhelmed and how Aprile, as a mental health expert keeps herself well and equipped to support her patients. Brief Background of Host of The Solopreneur Journey Podcast, Ex-pat Entrepreneur Jewel Daniels   Jewel Daniels is the head of Daniels Communications Global, a leadership development firm specializing in executive coaching, cultural competency, and developing leaders. She is also the author of four books, with her latest becoming a bestseller, https://jeweldaniels.net/new-book-profile (Three Sides of Every Crisis: Strategies to Sustain Business, Manage Your Career and Take Care of You). The book talks about how to find opportunities amid a crisis by learning to adjust your perspective so you can pivot, strategize, and take action to #kickthecrisis.   About The Solopreneur Journey Podcast   The Solopreneur Journey Podcast reaches out solo entrepreneurs, single-shingle, one-person enterprises who are just starting their business or killin' it in business. The show is ripe with information for those transitioning from careers to become entrepreneurs and growing to become larger companies' business owners.   You will glean lessons from everyday solopreneurs. Plus, those who have scaled their business and featured guests who pay it forward to share leadership lessons, the power of collaboration, how to price your goods and services, negotiation, marketing, and practicing excellent EQ (emotional intelligence).   One of the show's strongest offerings is its ability to cover a broad spectrum of industries with people worldwide in a way that appeals to our audience by meeting people where they are along their solopreneur journey.   Where All Things Begin  [00:01:26] Aprile offers breakthrough counseling through her practice with online therapy that reaches people around the globe, a concept that garnered greater attention due to the pandemic and people having to self-quarantine. She credits her Caribbean vibe of having a calmer nature or as those of Jamaican heritage say, “everything irie,” partial for her natural easy demeanor that is critical when providing therapy. [00:06:00] Quiet in her nature, an observant and good listener who is introspective are the most important assets of what became the basis of being a good therapist. A path Aprile pursued after years in the entertainment industry dealing with various personalities and studying international business. These became vital to trailblazing a solopreneur virtual therapy practice fed by a love for technology. [00:15:40]  “I love to be that witness” while walking along the journey of helping people battle depression, anxiety and other challenges  while guiding them to breakthroughs that maintain their mental wellbeing is the sweet spot of Aprile’s online therapy practice. Also, helping to shake the stigma of therapy to help people embrace the fact that everyone needs help and doing what is necessary to get to a better place makes good, practical sense for becoming your best self, a critical need when running a business.  [00:20:30] Do therapist need to take a break? The combination of the pandemic and the #BlackLivesMatter protests became taxing in a therapy practice that exploded due to the additional strains on individuals’ mental wellbeing. Knowing when and how to pivot showed up for Aprile in several forms that included tending to her own physical and mental wellbeing. [00:24:30] The strain...