The Room to Be Brave

We all carry rooms inside us. Some are filled with light. Others are locked in darkness. This is the story of opening every door.

For years, April Day Garcia believed healing meant moving forward—leaving California for Iowa, Iowa for New York, building a new life and never looking back. As an occupational therapy assistant, she helped others heal while ignoring her own pain. She built a career, a family, a life that looked whole from the outside.

Until it all broke open.

Depression. A mental health crisis. Alcoholism she could no longer hide. Her marriage was hanging by a thread. Her teenage daughter was watching her unravel. From losing fingers to meningitis to nearly losing herself entirely, April finally realized she couldn’t keep running. Healing wasn’t about moving forward—it was about going back.

The Room to Be Brave is a memoir about the thousand rooms we carry within us—the childhood bedrooms we lock tight, the hospital rooms that changed us, the spaces we’re terrified to enter. And what happens when we finally find the courage to open every door.

Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real, this memoir explores:

Breaking generational cycles of abuse and addiction
Getting sober and staying sober
Finding joy not despite our darkness, but because of it
How facing our past can finally bring us home

If you’ve ever felt broken, stuck, or convinced you’re too damaged to heal, this book will show you otherwise. Written with dark humor and fierce honesty, The Room to Be Brave proves that our worst rooms don’t have to define us—they can transform us.

This is an invitation to stop running and start healing—one room at a time.

“A powerful depiction of the long-lasting wounds trauma leaves on our psyche.” — The BookLife Prize

“So much more than a book—it’s an inspirational story that gives us a framework for how to approach our own healing journey. Garcia teaches us that we can redecorate the rooms that brought us pain and fill the dark ones with light.”
— Dr. Randie London, PhD Psychologist

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