What does it take to alchemize your pain into purpose—and your triggers into triumph? In this powerful episode, Lisa sits down with the ever-impactful Alechia Reese, MBA, CSM: speaker, author, and host of the Triggered AF Podcast.

Alechia keeps it real about what healing actually looks like, beyond Instagram quotes and “positive vibes.” Together, Lisa and Alechia explore the messy middle of transformation, discuss how to honor your triggers without becoming them, and reveal why healing is both a personal rebellion and a collective revolution.

If you’re navigating trauma, reclaiming your voice, or seeking tools to thrive (not merely survive), this conversation is for you.

In this episode, you will learn:

✅ Why your triggers aren’t your enemies; they’re invitations to heal.

✅ How to stop performing strength and start practicing wholeness.

✅ Tools for navigating trauma while still choosing joy, softness, and community.

✅ What it looks like to build a life rooted in value, truth, and transformation.

✅ Why healing out loud is radical, sacred, and necessary for Black women.

Join us. Heal with us. Exhale with us. Transform with us. It is time.

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Alechia Reese, host of the Triggered AF Podcast

👸🏽Host & Executive Producer: Lisa Hurley, Author, Space To Exhale and Founder, The Great Exhale

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🔗 Connect with Alechia on:

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Instagram: @alechiareese

Instagram: @triggeredafpc

Instagram: @gotvaluenation

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ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

There is power, and profound healing, in telling our stories out loud, in our own voices, and today’s guest knows that for sure. Elona Washington, MSM is the Chief Publishing Officer of The Author’s Journey, and editor of Triumph in the Trenches: The Green Book for Black Professionals, a groundbreaking anthology that centers the lived experiences of Black people navigating corporate spaces. 

In "Writing to Exhale: Triumph, Truth, and Transcendence," Elona joins Lisa to explore how writing becomes a path to reclamation, how storytelling becomes a salve, and how naming one’s personal truth creates space for collective healing. This is not just a conversation; it’s a call to write, to release, and to rise.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✍🏾 How writing your truth can be a powerful form of healing, release, and resistance

✍🏾 Why storytelling is essential for Black professionals navigating systems designed to silence us

✍🏾The behind-the-scenes journeys of Elona's memoir and of Triumph in the Trenches, and what they revealed about the power of vulnerability and voice

✍🏾 Ways to begin documenting your own story, even if you’ve never called yourself a writer

✍🏾 Practical ways to honor your lived experience and turn it into a legacy that uplifts others

✍🏾 Why we must write ourselves into history

✍🏾 How sharing your truth can help others heal, grow, and exhale

This is your invitation to remember that your story is both your sanctuary and your superpower. 

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Elona Washington, Chief Publishing Officer of ⁠The Author’s Journey⁠, and editor of⁠ Triumph in the Trenches: The Green Book for Black Professionals⁠

👸🏽Executive Producer: Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and Founder of The Great Exhale

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Loved the episode? Write a review! 😊🙏🏾

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Black Enterprise Feature: Navigating the Book Publishing World

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🔗  Connect with Lisa on

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GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

Class is in session! 👩🏾‍🏫👩🏾‍🎓 In this nourishing and necessary episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa is joined by the brilliant Chantell Frazier, Ph.D., founder & CEO of Anansi Research, founder of the Healthy Scholars community, and creator of the Love Notes for Black Women in Academia campaign.

In “Soft-Life School: Black Genius and the Need for Rest,” Lisa and Chantell unpack what it means to center rest as a radical act of self-preservation, especially for Black women navigating the grind culture of academia.

In this first episode in the Soft-Life School series, you are invited into a space where Black brilliance does not require burnout, where healing is just as valuable as achievement, and where you are worth more than your credentials. This is a masterclass in unlearning the violence of overwork and reclaiming the healing energies of ease, imagination, and rest. 💚

In this episode, you will learn about:

✅ How grind culture impacts Black women in academia

✅ Dr. Frazier’s journey creating communities of healing and care

✅ How Dr. Frazier’s "Love Notes for Black Women in Academia" became a balm for burnout and a blueprint for collective care

✅ Why rest is not a reward but a requirement—especially for Black women intellectuals and creatives

✅ How to honor your genius and your humanity in high-performance spaces

✅ Simple, sustainable strategies for building a soft life that sustains your genius

Tune in and exhale. Because your body AND your brain deserve to rest.

Join us for what will be a healing and inspiring show. 

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Dr. Chantell Frazier, founder & CEO of Anansi Research, founder of the Healthy Scholars community, and creator of the Love Notes for Black Women in Academia 

👸🏽Producer: Lisa Hurley, Author Space To Exhale and Founder, The Great Exhale

SHOW NOTES

CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:

🔗 Connect with Chantell on:

LinkedIn

Linktree

Learn more:

Healthy Scholars Community

Anansi Research Newsletter

Storytelling for Researchers Webinar

CONNECT WITH YOUR HOST:

🔗  Connect with Lisa on

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Learn more:

SpaceToExhaleBook.com

Linktree

Engage!

Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #TheSpaceToExhaleShow

GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

Join Lisa and Herisa Stanislaus, MPH (aka Herisa The Traveler and Herisa The Traveling Poet) for Visas, Verses, and Vulnerability: Healing Through Words. In this episode the two Caribbean-American creatives discuss what it means to journey inward and outward as Black women finding healing in unfamiliar places.

In a world that demands our resilience but rarely offers us refuge, Herisa reminds us that we can create sanctuary in our stanzas, liberation in our luggage, and softness in our steps. Because for those of us who’ve had to cross oceans just to breathe, poetry can be a passport to peace. 🙏🏾

In this episode, you will learn:

💚 How travel and poetry can become tools of healing, resistance, and return

💚 What it means to reclaim the visa narrative as a third-culture woman of Caribbean heritage

💚 The role of ritual and writing in nervous system regulation and creative grounding

💚 Why vulnerability is revolutionary for Black women—and how to make space for it

💚 What “home” means when you’re always in motion—but still rooted

Join us for what will be a healing and inspiring show. 

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Herisa Stanislaus, MPH, founder House Poetry with Herisa, and creator of the Breathe, Speak, Thrive workshop.

👸🏽Producer: Lisa Hurley

SHOW NOTES

CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:

🔗 Connect with Herisa on:

LinkedIn

Facebook

YouTube

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/herisathetraveler; www.linkedin.com/in/herisastanislaus; https://www.facebook.com/HerisaTheTraveler

Learn more:

www.herisathetraveler.com

www.herisastanislaus.com

GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

What does it really mean for Black women to “have it all,” and who gets to decide? In this nourishing and truth-telling episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa Hurley is joined by powerhouse attorney, podcast host, wife, and mother of two, Liku Amadi, Esq., Founder of the Anasa Law Firm and host of the Black Women Can Have It All podcast.

Together, they dismantle the limiting narratives around Black womanhood, success, and “balance,” and instead offer a liberatory reframe rooted in choice, community, and joy. Liku brings her signature brilliance, candor, and care to the mic, sharing what it looks like to define success on your terms—and live it out loud.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅  Why the phrase “having it all” can feel both empowering and oppressive—and how to make it yours

✅  How Liku balances entrepreneurship, motherhood, and rest with grace, and without guilt or grind

✅  The difference between society’s expectations and your soul’s calling

✅  Why reframing “success” is crucial for Black women’s liberation and mental health

✅ How focusing on life-work balance, in that order, can help you create space to exhale

💚 Come exhale with Lisa and Liku as they redefine what “having it all” really means. 

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Liku Amadi, Founder of the Anasa Law Firm and Host of the Black Women Can Have It All Podcast

👸🏽Producer: Lisa Hurley

SHOW NOTES

CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:

Liku Amadi is an award-winning attorney and three-time-published academic author. She graduated magna cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and had the honor of serving as the first Black Editor-in-Chief on California’s first all-Black woman law review board.

As a first-generation Tanzanian, Bay Area native, and mother of 2, Liku blends legal expertise with the practical, forward-thinking solutions that only come from managing family and work life.

Her goal is to help you build a proactive legal foundation that supports your vision and growth so you can lead with peace of mind and security instead of worrying about whether your business is protected. It is.

🔗 Connect with Liku on:

LinkedIn

TikTok

YouTube

Instagram

LinkTree

Learn more:

Black Women Can Have It All website

Listen to Black Women Can Have It All on Apple

Listen to Black Women Can Have It All on Spotify

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GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

What does it mean to write while Black? To put your truth on the page in a world that so often tries to silence or sanitize it?

In this deeply personal and insightful episode, Lisa sits down with her brilliant big sister, Sharon Hurley Hall: author, anti-racism activist, and a fierce advocate for equity everywhere—including in the publishing industry.

Together, they explore the joys and challenges of writing as Black women, the publishing paths they've each chosen (Sharon is a self-published author; Lisa went the traditional publishing route), and the power of using their words as tools of both resistance and restoration.

This is more than a sibling conversation—it’s a masterclass in writing with purpose, publishing with intention, and building legacy on their own terms.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

✅ The pros and cons of self-publishing vs. traditional publishing—straight from two sisters who’ve done both

✅ How to navigate racism, gatekeeping, and erasure in the publishing industry

✅ Why writing as a Black woman is both a radical act and a sacred responsibility

✅ The emotional labor of telling the truth, and how to care for yourself in the process

✅ How Sharon and Lisa each define success: not by sales alone, but by impact, agency, and integrity

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Sharon Hurley Hall, author of I’m Tired of Racism

👸🏽Podcast Producer: Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and Founder of The Great Exhale

SHOW NOTES

CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:

Sharon Hurley Hall (she/her) is an author, educator and anti-racism activist. A former journalist and writer, Sharon is also the author of I'm Tired of Racism: True Stories of Existing While Black and Exploring Shadeism. In addition, Sharon is the Founder of Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter (where she's on a mission to fight racism one article at a time) and the SHHARE anti-racism membership community. In what passes for her spare time, Sharon provides mentoring for introverted Black women and creates courses to help people share their important stories. 

🔗 Connect with Sharon on:

LinkedIn

YouTube

Federate Social

Instagram

Learn more:

https://sharonhh.com

https://www.antiracismnewsletter.com/

https://books2read.com/tiredofracism#

STAY IN TOUCH:

🔗  Connect with Lisa on

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GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

Join Lisa and her fabulous soul-tribe of sisters for a very special episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast! This show is a celebration of Lisa’s first-ever pub day of her first-ever book, Space To Exhale!! 😁🎉📚

The show is moderated by Alexis Mobley, PCC 💚 (@imattercoaching), and features these special guests: 

💚 Liku T. Amadi, Esq. (likutmadoshi)

💚 LaTonya Davis (@iamlatonyadavis2025)

💚 Sharon Hurley Hall (@shurleyhall)

💚 Elona Washington, MSM (@elonawashington)

Each of these phenomenal Black women played a sacred role in helping Lisa get Space To Exhale to the finish line. This episode is about giving flowers, expressing gratitude, sharing space, and exhaling together.

Join the sistahood and bask in the good energy and high vibes of the extra-special episode.

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guests:

💚 Liku T. Amadi, Esq.

💚 LaTonya Davis

💚 Sharon Hurley Hall 💚 Alexis Mobley

💚 Elona Washington, MSM

👸🏽Producer: Latrice Torres, CEO of LeaderKeysConsulting

STAY IN TOUCH:

🔗  Connect with Lisa on

LinkedIn

Instagram 

TikTok

Learn more: 

SpaceToExhaleBook.com

Linktree

Engage!

Share your thoughts about the episode using the hashtag #TheSpaceToExhaleShow

GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.

This episode brings together family, fire, and fierce truth-telling. Lisa is joined by none other than her brilliant big sister—author, activist, and anti-racism educator Sharon Hurley Hall—whose powerful book I’m Tired of Racism has become a rallying cry for equity and justice in workplaces around the world.

Together, the sisters exhale and unpack what it really means to navigate the working world while Black: the daily microaggressions, the systemic exclusion, the masks Black people are often forced to wear, and, most importantly, the ways Global Majority people can reclaim our power, protect our peace, and transcend all the weapons that form against us.

This isn’t just a conversation. It’s a reclamation. It is soft sisterhood and righteous rage. It is healing, humor, and a deep dive into the lived realities of Black women in professional spaces—brought to you by two sisters who have walked parallel paths in different corners of the diaspora.

In this soulful, searing show, you will learn:

🖤The emotional, spiritual, and professional toll of working while Black—and how to name it, navigate it, and survive it

🖤How Sharon transformed her pain into purpose through writing and anti-racism work

🖤The importance of unlearning the internalized rules of white supremacy culture in the workplace

🖤What it means to rest, recharge, and resist as Black women professionals

🖤How sisterhood, spirituality, and ancestral wisdom keep us rooted and rising

Whether you’ve ever been the only one in the room, had to shrink yourself to survive, or are simply tired of racism in all its forms, this conversation will leave you feeling seen, soothed, and so ready to exhale.

CREDITS:

👸🏽Host & Executive Producer: Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and Founder of The Great Exhale

👸🏽Guest: Sharon Hurley Hall, author of I’m Tired of Racism

👸🏽Podcast Producer: Latrice Torres, CEO of LeaderKeysConsulting

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved the episode? Write a review!  😊🙏🏾

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CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST:

🔗 Connect with Sharon on:

LinkedIn

YouTube

Federate Social

Instagram

Learn more:

https://sharonhh.com

https://www.antiracismnewsletter.com/

https://books2read.com/tiredofracism#!

CONNECT WITH YOUR HOST:

🔗  Connect with Lisa on

⁠LinkedIn⁠

⁠TikTok⁠

⁠Instagram⁠ 

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Learn more:

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⁠Linktree⁠

GET SPACE TO EXHALE:

📚Get your copy of ⁠Space To Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life⁠

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Already read it? Leave a review on ⁠Amazon⁠, ⁠Barnes & Noble⁠, or ⁠Goodreads⁠. (Or all three! 😊) 

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

Say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist and founder of The Great Exhale, provides you with an inspiring and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft, fulfilling life.

Part memoir, part manifesto, part meditation manual, Space To Exhale is a self-help book that empowers you to put your mask on first, remove your superhero cape, and create lasting life-work balance.

Lisa draws on her experience as a Reiki Master, community builder, and burnout survivor, sharing anecdotes about her trials and triumphs―as well as the tools that have helped her transform. Through healing modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework, Lisa guides you on a life-changing journey to help you:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Published by ⁠Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on ⁠Amazon⁠, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, ⁠Bookshop⁠, ⁠Books - A - Million⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Both embracing your silence and using your voice can be sources of power, but how do you know how to tell? In this soul-stirring episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa sits down with the brilliant Elaine Lin Hering—facilitator, keynote speaker, and author of the must-read book Unlearning Silence. Together, they explore the delicate dance between the silence imposed on us, and the silence we intentionally claim.

They speak honestly about both the cost and the value of staying quiet, how to know when our silence is harming us, and the courage it takes to unlearn that silence and reclaim our voices—especially as women of color navigating systems that often reward our invisibility. Elaine shares how she’s rewriting her relationship with voice, agency, self-love, and boundaries—and invites us to do the same.

This is not just a conversation. It is also a mirror and a meditation. Tune in and exhale as the two kindred spirits discuss:

💚 The difference between imposed silence and chosen stillness—and why that matters.

💚 How to recognize when your silence is self-protective vs. self-erasing.

💚 Practices for tuning into the “quiet within” even when the world is loud.

💚 What it means to reclaim your voice without betraying your peace.

💚 Why unlearning silence is an act of liberation.

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👸🏽Host & Executive Producer: Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and Founder of The Great Exhale

👸🏽Guest: Elaine Lin Hering, author of Unlearning Silence (Penguin, 2024)

👸🏽Producer: Latrice Torres, CEO of LeaderKeysConsulting

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ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

Say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist and founder of The Great Exhale, provides you with an inspiring and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft, fulfilling life.

Part memoir, part manifesto, part meditation manual, Space To Exhale is a self-help book that empowers you to put your mask on first, remove your superhero cape, and create lasting life-work balance.

Lisa draws on her experience as a Reiki Master, community builder, and burnout survivor, sharing anecdotes about her trials and triumphs―as well as the tools that have helped her transform. Through healing modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework, Lisa guides you on a life-changing journey to help you:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Filled with soft-life strategies and written with Lisa’s warmth, wit, and well-earned wisdom, Space To Exhale invites you to curate a life filled with joy, peace, and glimmers of delight.

Published by ⁠Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on ⁠Amazon⁠, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, ⁠Bookshop⁠, ⁠Books - A - Million⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

What if softness isn’t something you do, but something you think? In this tender and thought-provoking episode, Lisa is joined by the luminous LaTonya Davis—Founder of the LaTonya Davis Network and of 4C in the C Suite—to explore the radical truth that soft living begins not with scented candles or spa days (although those matter), but with how we think, speak, and relate to ourselves.

Together, LaTonya and Lisa unpack the mental unlearning required to shift from survival to serenity, and how embracing gentle thoughts can be a gateway to liberation—especially for Black women who’ve been conditioned to prioritize everyone but themselves.

This is not your average self-care conversation. This is a decolonized reimagining of what it means to think softly—and of why having a gentle mindset might be the most revolutionary act of all.

Whether you’re new to soft living or you’ve been reclaiming your ease one deep breath at a time, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, dig deep, and tune in to YOU.

Join the two sista-friends to discover:

• Why LaTonya says “softness is not performance, it’s presence”—and what that looks like in daily life

• How our internal narratives are shaped by grind culture, patriarchy, and whiteness—and how to rewire them with intention

• Practical mindset shifts for choosing ease, even when life is loud

• What to do when guilt creeps in during your rest journey (hint: it’s not “push through”)

• How to extend grace to yourself, especially on the days when rest feels impossible

🧘🏾‍♀️ This episode is an exhale. A balm. A gentle nudge back to yourself. Tap in, and let’s think gently together.

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CREDITS:

👸🏽Host & Executive Producer: Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and Founder of The Great Exhale

👸🏽Guest: LaTonya Davis, PCC, CEO of L. Davis Consulting, and creator of the Queens & Crowns Network

👸🏽Producer: Latrice Torres, CEO of LeaderKeysConsulting

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Already read it? Leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads. (Or all three! 😊)

ABOUT SPACE TO EXHALE:

It is time to exhale: to say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley, Anthem Award-winning activist, founder of The Great Exhale, and leader in the rest movement for Black women, provides you with an uplifting and practical guide to help you beat burnout, embrace rest, and live a soft life.

As a soft Black woman, and an advocate of rest for Black women, Lisa supports readers via modalities like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, as well as her powerful Exhalation Point framework. This inspiring self-help book guides you on a life-changing journey to:

• Know Yourself: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths.

• Love Yourself: Practice positive self-talk, select your close circle, and prioritize rest.

• Be Yourself: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life.

Ready to exhale? Get your copy today. Published by⁠ Wiley⁠, Space To Exhale is available on⁠ Amazon⁠,⁠ Barnes & Noble⁠,⁠ Goodreads⁠, and wherever books are sold. 

Need several copies for your book club, event, retreat, or ERG? Visit our bulk orders partner⁠ Porchlight Books⁠.