Speaking & Keynotes

Inspiring Audiences to Add Life to Their Years, Not Just Years to Their Life

People are living longer than ever before, yet many are unprepared for the opportunities and challenges that come with those additional years.


The question is no longer simply how long we will live. The question is how well we will live.


As a Gerontologist, speaker, and aging advocate with more than 35 years of experience in health and senior care, I help audiences rethink aging, challenge outdated assumptions, and discover practical strategies for creating a healthier, more purposeful, and fulfilling future.


Through engaging keynotes and interactive workshops, participants leave inspired, informed, and equipped with actionable tools they can apply immediately.

Signature Speaking Topics

Living Bold, Not Old™: A Blueprint for Aging Well

Most people spend decades preparing financially for retirement but very little time preparing for the life they want to live. This inspiring presentation challenges outdated beliefs about aging and empowers women to approach their next chapter with intention. Drawing on the Bold, Not Old™ framework of Reflection, Intention, Action, and Accountability, participants will explore how to create a future filled with vitality, resilience, purpose, connection, lifestyle, and legacy—the six essential pillars that support a meaningful and fulfilling life at any age.


Aging Is Inevitable. How We Age Is Not.

An informative and empowering look at aging that challenges common myths and explores what longevity research teaches us about creating a vibrant, meaningful, and resilient future.


Add Life to Your Years: The Healthspan Advantage

Discover the difference between lifespan and healthspan and learn practical strategies to support physical health, brain health, independence, and quality of life for years to come.


Designing Your Next Chapter

Retirement is not the finish line—it's the beginning of a new chapter. This empowering presentation helps women create a vision for a future filled with vitality, purpose, growth, and possibility.


Think Better, Age Better

The way we think about aging influences how we experience it. This eye-opening session explores the impact of age beliefs on health, confidence, and wellbeing while helping participants develop a more positive and empowering mindset for the years ahead.


What Audiences Gain

Participants leave with:

  • An empowering perspective on aging that challenges outdated beliefs and expands what's possible. 
  • Greater confidence and a practical roadmap to influence their aging journey. 
  • Practical, research-backed strategies to increase healthspan and maintain independence as they age. 
  • Greater clarity about what matters most and a vision for creating a meaningful, purpose-filled next chapter. 
  • Actionable tools and motivation to start making intentional choices that create a healthier, more fulfilling future. 

 

Why This Message Matters

People often spend decades planning financially for retirement but very little time preparing for how they want to live during those years.


Yet the choices we make today influence our future health, independence, relationships, purpose, and quality of life.


My mission is to help audiences move beyond fear, challenge outdated beliefs about aging, and proactively create a future worth looking forward to.


Because aging is inevitable. How we age is not.


Ready to Inspire Your Audience?

Available for keynote presentations, conferences, leadership events, employee wellness programs, women's groups, professional associations, caregiver conferences, retreats, and customized workshops.


Let's create a program that leaves your audience informed, inspired, and ready to take action.

Contact me to discuss your event

Praise

“I am so impressed with April and her “Bold Not Old” workshops that we have had two sessions already and we are looking forward to having her back for a third. She is very knowledgeable, relatable, fun, and made the audience feel extremely comfortable. She opened our eyes and made us think about the choices we need to make to have the life we want. I highly recommend her”.

Karen Herbert, Director - Miami Township Senior Center

"April's energy, humor and deep expertise made her keynote one of the highlights of our conference. She leaves audiences both inspired and equipped to take action."


"April is inspiring and presents the information in a way that encourages a new understanding of the aging process."


"Her workshop will impact my personal practice helping me to be more aware of negative views on aging and help to promote a culture of acceptance and appreciation of the entire lifespan."

"April Ibarra has an incredible passion for older adults and ensuring their voice is heard. She is not afraid to broach tough topics about aging and help us see these issues through the lens of the older adult and what is best for them. Additionally, April is great to work with and a fantastic speaker. I have been honored to work alongside her and to have her as a guest on my Caregiver Chats podcast."

- Lakelyn Eichenberger, Ph.D., Gerontologist and Caregiving Advocate - Home Instead

Testimonials

Events 2026

senior care summit
Reimagining midlife
the summit
April Apple Podcast

What I've done lately:

the summit
anchorpointe webinar
navigate change with confidence
Aging Life care
find joy in the unexpected
unscripted aging
wellness for longevity
story keepers
Empowering Family Caregivers
Embracing Positive Aging
Wellness for Longevity
Aging in place

Interview with Teresa Youngstrom and A Better Approach to Memory Care

Aging Life Care National

Caregiver Chats Podcast

Proactive Steps to Prevent Falls

council on aging forum

Key Note Speaker @COA Forum on Aging

The New Age of Aging - Putting Ageism in it’s Place to Combating Ageism
2024 Conference Dates: March 5 & 6, 2024

Location: Sharonville Convention Center
11355 Chester Rd.  Cincinnati, OH 45246-4002