The Expansion Room

Getting unstuck rarely starts with new information, it starts with excavation. In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with Kristen Crabtree, author of Be the You That's More You Than You've Ever Been, to unpack 52 years of forgetting who she was, including 22 years inside a psychologically abusive marriage, and how she rebuilt her identity one buried layer at a time. Kris...

If AI can now do part of your job, does that mean you're becoming less valuable at work? Not necessarily. In this episode of The Expansion Room, we explore how AI at work is changing where your professional value comes from, and how to discover where it moved. Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you to learn another AI tool, take another course, or move faster. That advice isn't wrong, but it'...

Unburdened leadership starts with releasing weight that was never yours to carry. In this episode of The Expansion Room, we explore why so many women leaders are running on empty, and what it actually takes to lead from a regulated, grounded place. We talk about the emotional and spiritual burden women accumulate over years of leading and serving others, why nervous system regulation, not willpowe...

Your job title can survive while the value inside your job quietly moves somewhere else. If AI can already do part of your work, the real question is not "Is my career safe?" The real question is: which part of my value is getting cheaper, and which part is becoming more important? In this episode of The Expansion Room, I walk you through the AI Career Pre-Flight, a practical six-step framework to...

Most couples aren't stuck because they lack communication skills. They're stuck because they're having the same conversation on repeat, just wearing a different outfit each time. Money one week, parenting the next, who forgot to handle something the week after that. Different topic, same fight. In this episode, we explore why certain conflicts never fully resolve, no matter how many times a couple...

Are you worried that artificial intelligence could replace your job or change your career faster than you can adapt? Don’t start with panic. Start with evidence and a plan. Licensed clinical professional counselor and Coach Shervon Laurice offers a practical framework for workers and experienced professionals concerned about AI job displacement, changing job responsibilities, automation and the pr...

What does a Golden Gloves champion know about grief that most of us spend a lifetime avoiding? In this episode of The Expansion Room, we sit down with author Mark Connor, whose life moves from the boxing rings of Saint Paul, where he became the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves lightweight champion at seventeen, to the quiet devastation of losing both parents, and the Catholic faith that held the space...

If artificial intelligence can perform part of your job faster than you can, does that make you less Valuable? For many experienced professionals, AI is raising a question deeper than job security: If technology can perform some of the work that helped establish my expertise, where does my professional value go next? Licensed clinical professional counselor and Coach Shervon Laurice examines the r...

What if burnout isn’t a scheduling problem but a signal your nervous system has been sending you for months? In this episode, former systems engineer and Director of Performance Improvement Chris Vasiliadis shares how a multiple sclerosis diagnosis rewired her entire relationship with energy, mindfulness, and what it means to be well. Drawing on her background in human performance and her own heal...

Artificial intelligence is changing the workplace but the transition isn’t only technological. For many workers, it’s psychological. If you’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, uncertain about your job, or worried about falling behind as AI becomes more common at work, this conversation is for you. Licensed clinical professional counselor and Coach Shervon Laurice explores the human side of AI wo...

Every stuck pattern has a frequency underneath it. In this solo episode of The Expansion Room, transformational coach and psychotherapist Shervon Laurice breaks down the four hidden frequencies she sees running the lives of high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs, and soul-led business owners: the Approval Frequency, the Caretaker Frequency, the Reactive Frequency, and the Obligation Frequency. Sher...

Most of us were handed a belief system before we were old enough to question it. And somewhere along the way, those beliefs stopped being a doorway and started being a wall that blocks growth. In this episode, psychospiritual guide and coach Shervon Laurice sits down with psychologist, researcher, and author Joshua Pritikin to explore one of the most provocative ideas in modern spirituality: that...

What if the most profound spiritual awakening of your life happened not in a monastery or on a mountaintop, but at your dying father’s bedside when you were sixteen years old? In this episode of The Expansion Room, I sit down with Stuart Perrin, international Rudra meditation teacher, author of seven books, and a man who has spent over five decades helping people on four continents transform tensi...

You hit the milestone. Then immediately started planning the next one. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and it's not a discipline problem. In this solo episode of The Expansion Room, transformational coach and psychotherapist Shervon Laurice unpacks why so many high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs, and soul-led business owners skip past their own wins without ever letting them land. She...

Can you truly scale a business without burnout? In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with Joanna Zhang, founder of The Operations Genius and creator of the world’s first Fractional VA Service, to explore how conscious operations, aligned leadership, and inner transformation can redefine success. Joanna shares how she built a flexible, accountability-driven operational m...

What if everything we know about healing trauma could be applied to an entire country? In this episode, Shervon sits down with psychotherapist and author Phyllis E. Leavitt to explore one of the most urgent questions of our time: Can America heal? With over 30 years of clinical experience and a deeply personal journey through childhood trauma and spiritual awakening, Phyllis brings a rare combinat...

What if you could heal your relationship even if your partner refuses to change? In this powerful episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with marriage expert Larry Bilotta, who spent 27 years in a loveless marriage before discovering the breakthrough that changed everything. Larry reveals why healing a relationship does not require two willing people, how your inner world shapes...

Are you exhausted from overthinking every decision in your life and business? In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice reveals why true transformation never begins with logic, certainty, or the perfect plan. It begins with embodied decision. If you are a conscious leader, soul-led entrepreneur, or solopreneur who feels stuck in analysis paralysis, this episode offers a different way...

What happens when a man who once coached others on inner power slowly loses himself to the demands of marriage, fatherhood, and the quiet erosion of identity? In this powerful episode, Shervon Laurice sits down with writer, teacher, and personal empowerment guide David Alan Brown to explore one of the least-talked-about conversations in the wellness space: men, identity loss, and the cost of silen...

What if the story you’ve been living was never actually yours? Author, journal creator, and self-knowledge advocate Kristan Swan joins Shervon Laurice on The Expansion Room for a conversation about the transformative power of knowing yourself deeply, telling the truth about your life, and using simple tools to access the wisdom you already carry. Kristan is the creator of Spaghetti on the Wall, He...

What if the reason you cannot seem to move forward has nothing to do with your strategy, your discipline, or your work ethic? What if the real root of your 'stuckness' is a belief your nervous system learned long before you had the words to question it? In this episode of The Expansion Room, I am going beneath the surface of what it means to feel stuck and into the three roots that keep so many hi...

What if letting go has nothing to do with losing who you are? Somatic therapist and author Melanie Smithson joins Shervon Laurice on The Expansion Room to dismantle one of the biggest myths holding people back from transformation: that releasing the past means releasing yourself. In this episode, Melanie shares why the body is one of the most accurate and underutilized guides we have for healing,...

What if the reason you keep hitting the same ceiling in your business has nothing to do with your strategy and everything to do with energy stored in your body? In this powerful episode of The Expansion Room, host Shervon Laurice sits down with acupuncturist, somatic energy healer, and spiritual coach Banya Lim to explore the deep connection between energetic blocks, the body, and your capacity fo...

What if the reason you’re still stuck has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with a belief that was wired into you before you even had the language to name it? In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with Rapid Transformational Hypnotherapist Alix Hembery — trained by the legendary Marisa Peer — for a deep dive into the science and soul of the subconscious m...

What happens when a high-achieving academic loses his health, survives a 24-day water fast, and comes out the other side with a completely different understanding of consciousness and identity? In this powerful episode of The Expansion Room: Where Inner Work Meets Impact, I sit down with Dr. Jonathan Locust Jr., founder of ConsciRise and former university Vice President of Inclusive Excellence, wh...