Space To Exhale with Lisa Hurley

Soft living is about more than luxury and comfort. For Black women especially, soft living can be a way of reclaiming joy, rest, self-love, while also resisting the pressure of the systems that were never designed for them to thrive. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa welcomes veteran educator, author, speaker, and anti-racist activist Rosemary Campbell-Stevens, MBE, for a conve...

Uncertainty can feel uncomfortable, but it can also create space for courage, calm, and, eventually, clarity. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa welcomes her friend Alexis Mobley, PCC , for a candid conversation about what it means to move forward when one’s next chapter is not yet clear.  After 25 years inside companies including IBM, JPMorgan, TransUnion, and Capital One, Alex...

Sometimes the life you worked hard to build stops feeling like the life you want to live. That does not mean you failed at life—you definitely haven’t. But it might mean that some changes need to happen.  In “The Soft Pivot: Reinventing Life on Your Own Terms,” Lisa Hurley welcomes Life Strategist, Senior Project Manager, and Mystique Femininity creator Christian Sismone for a conversation about r...

Sometimes getting your life back into alignment requires more than a slight reset. It requires a complete recalibration. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast Lisa welcomes award-winning international keynote and TEDx speaker, licensed clinical social worker, and transformation coach Jelan Agnew for “Recalibration Session: Getting Your Life in Alignment,” a candid conversation about what...

There comes a point when pouring from an empty cup stops looking generous and starts costing the pourer too much. Living in a depleted state is painful, both physically and mentally. Returning to the full self requires new boundaries, new habits, and new levels of self care. In this episode, “Soft Life Season: From an Empty Cup to the Full Self,” Lisa welcomes Anta Gueye-James. This milestone epis...

Black women are often expected to lead with excellence while carrying pressure that remains invisible to everyone else. The result can be that they experience chronic stress, continuous mental exhaustion, and a version of success that leaves little space to exhale. In “Clear, Calm & Capable: Leading Without Burnout,” Lisa Hurley welcomes Dr. Yvette Ankrah MBE, transformational coach, therapist...

Black people are expected to carry the weight of racism while continuing to work, lead, care for others, and prove their worth. It’s exhausting. That exhaustion has a name: Black fatigue, a phrase coined by Mary-Frances Winters to describe the cumulative, intergenerational toll of racism on the mind, body, and spirit.  In addition to being the founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Mary-Frances Win...

What happens when we stop treating noise, crowds, constant activity, and performative networking as the only paths to meaningful connection? In this spontaneous episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa Hurley is joined by her sister, author and community builder Sharon Hurley Hall , and her friend, author and event strategist Latrice Torres , for a warm, candid conversation about creating spa...

Burnout is not a mark of personal failure. It is usually the body’s honest response to systems that ask people to keep producing while ignoring what their nervous system is trying to say. In “Not Built for Burnout: Somatics and Sustainable Success,” Lisa Hurley welcomes Lauren Dike, Performance Consultant, Somatic Coach, founder of Harmonna, and creator of The Body-Based Guide to Surviving Modern...

Overdrive has become the default for far too many of us. Hustling. Pushing. Relentlessly pursuing more, more, more. This episode invites you to imagine a different way forward.  In Season 2, Episode 5 of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , "Overdrive vs. Underdrive: Redefining Success," host Lisa Hurley welcomes leadership coach, HR executive, TEDx Speaker, and LeaderKeys Consulting Founder a...

People experiencing menopause deserves more than myths, fear, and silent suffering. They deserve honest conversations, practical tools, and the reminder that this season of life can also be one of renewal. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, "Menopause, Managed: Rest, Resilience & Reclaiming Yourself," host Lisa Hurley welcomes licensed naturopathic doctor, menopause edu...

Success means very little if it costs you your peace. In this episode, Lisa Hurley is joined by Lola Bakare, Founder of be/co, architect of the #ResponsibleMarketing movement, and author of Responsible Marketing, for a conversation about building a meaningful life, pursuing sustainable success, and thriving without losing yourself along the way. Together, Lisa and Lola explore what it means to bui...

Bad bosses do more than ruin a workday. They can impact our mental health, our relationships, our confidence, and our ability to rest. In Episode 2 of Space To Exhale: The Podcast’s second season, host Lisa Hurley sits down with Mita Mallick , Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Reimagine Inclusion and USA Today bestselling author of The Devil Emails at Midnight , for an honest conversation...

Season 2 of Space To Exhale: The Podcast opens with a conversation that feels like a deep, relaxing breath. In this début episode of the second season, Lisa Hurley sits down with her big sister Sharon Hurley Hall, author of I’m Tired of Racism and creator of “The Unsilenced Method™, to explore what it means to intentionally create spaces where Black women can rest, reflect, reclaim themselves, and...

Gratitude is a verb. It must be felt, implemented, and expressed. In the Season 1 finale of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa is joined by her big sister Sharon Hurley Hall, author of I’m Tired of Racism, for a heartfelt conversation about the power of appreciation, especially when the world feels heavy.  Just in time for Thanksgiving, and the holiday season, this episode invites you into a tende...

Strong boundaries are not walls; they are bridges that lead us to peace. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa welcomes back Alexis Mobley, PCC; ICF-certified executive coach and founder of I, Matter Coaching. Together, the friends explore what it truly means to protect one’s peace without hardening one’s heart, a conversation that redefines boundaries as acts of softness, strength...

Choosing yourself is not selfish. It is sacred. In this powerful and affirming episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa Hurley is joined by Tara Jaye Frank, the visionary CEO of The Waymakers Change Group and author of the forthcoming book You Are Before The World: Doing Good Without Being Undone . Together, they explore what it truly means for Black women to reclaim sovereignty and selfhood...

The gentlest rebellions often shake the deepest ground. Amidst a culture which demands that Black women perform, produce, and persevere at all costs, Dr. Jade Singleton stands boldly in the gap. In this powerful episode, Lisa sits down with Dr. Singleton, visionary founder of the IKONI Collective, author of the The Stoic Era, and director of Ninety-Two: The Silent Revolt No One Saw Coming. Togethe...

In a world that too often demands conformity, being your full, unapologetic self is an act of resistance, reclamation, and self-love. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , Lisa is joined by award-winning playwright, speaker, and author Trey Anthony for a transformative conversation rooted in softness, truth, and deep alignment.  Known for her groundbreaking book Black Girl in Love (Wit...

What if the real glow up is not about “having,” but about “being?” What if it’s not about keeping up with the Joneses, but about keeping pace with your Self? 🙏🏾 In this deeply nourishing episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , Lisa welcomes Dr. Kathryn Tapper, Mayo Clinic–trained physician and Founder and CEO of GLOW Coaching, for a luminous conversation on what it truly means to glow from wit...

Racism in the workplace is not always loud. It often whispers through microaggressions, gaslighting, and the exhaustion of proving one’s worth again and again. In this powerful continuation of Working While Black: Trials, Tribulations & Transcendence, anti-racism advocate  and author of I’m Tired of Racism Sharon Hurley Hall joins Lisa Hurley, author of Space To Exhale and founder of The Great...

Empathy is more than a feeling—it’s a daily practice that shapes how we live, love, and lead. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , host Lisa Hurley sits down with Tammy Triolo , Founder of PCQ Consulting, creator of The Empathy Scorecard , and author of The Empathy Gap: It Is Black and White . Together, they explore the power of empathy as a pathway to joy, self-love, and liberation....

Soft living begins with knowing who you are. In this episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , host Lisa Hurley sits down with Dana Brownlee —globally recognized speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, and author of The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up —to explore the power of self-knowledge as the foundation for living a soft, centered, serene life. With wisdom and empathy born of their lived experience, L...

Too often, Black people are forced to hold their breath, bracing for the next microaggression, the next demand, the next wave of exhaustion. But we were never meant to live in survival mode, so what if we were to step out of survival mode and start breathing with intention? In this deeply affirming and practical episode Lisa is joined by Zhalisa "Zee" Clarke , breathwork expert and author of Black...

Rest is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.  It’s a strategy, and investment, a full-body “no” to the constant grind that tries to eat us alive.  The return we get from investing in our rest is a payoff in health, longevity, clarity, creativity, and liberation—but many of us hesitate to rest for fear we’ll be “left behind.” In this restorative episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast , Lisa sits down w...