Say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease. That’s what making space to exhale is all about. Join 5-time Anthem Award winner, Reiki Master, author, and community builder Lisa Hurley as she provides you with tips, tools, and soft-life strategies to help you curate a life you love. Like her book of the same name, Space To Exhale: The Podcast is meant to be a portal to elevation for us all.
Through healing modalities like breathwork, affirmations, and meditations, as well as inspirational conversations with her guests, Lisa guides you on a life-changing journey to help you Know Yourself, Love Yourself, Be Yourself—and create much-needed space to exhale.
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Season 1: Episode 16
Working Twice as Hard
In this hard-hitting episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa sits down with Janelle Benjamin, B.A., J.D.—Founder & CEO of All Things Equitable Inc., and host of the Twice As Hard Vodcast Series—to unpack the exhausting, systemic reality that Black women are expected to work “twice as hard to get half as far.”
The friends and activists also discuss the “last in/first out” treatment that many Black women are subjected to, a topic that is particularly poignant at this time in history when thousands of Black women have lost their jobs.
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Season 1: Episode 15
Work Smart: Build Better Teams
What does it take to rebuild trust in workplaces that were never designed with us in mind? Lisa sits down with Minda Harts, bestselling author of "The Memo" and of her latest groundbreaking title "Talk To Me Nice: The Seven Trust Languages for a Better Workplace."
Together, they unpack the silent crisis of broken communication at work, and reveal a liberatory new framework for repairing connection, restoring respect, and reinstating psychological safety
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Season 1: Episode 14
Hush Loudly, Live Boldly
In a world that often equates volume with value, what does it mean to honor the quiet power of introversion, especially as a Black woman? In this illuminating episode Lisa sits down with Jeri Bingham, Host of the Hush Loudly: Introverts Redefined podcast, to celebrate the brilliance, boldness, and beauty of those who speak softly but live powerfully.
Season 1: Episode 13
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Triumph After Trauma
Season 1: Episode 12
Writing to Exhale, Part 1
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Season 1: Episode 11
Season 1: Episode 07
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Season 1: Episode 10
Visas, Verses & Vulnerability
Season 1: Episode 09
Having It All
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. (@likuamadi)
💚 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.
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Season 1: Episode 08
Writing While Black, Part 1
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.
Season 1: Episode 06
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The Space To Exhale Book Launch
Working While Black , Part 1
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.
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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: speaker, author, and host of the Triggered AF podcast.
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There is power, and profound healing, in telling our stories, in our own words. Lisa is joined by Elona Washington, Chief Publishing Officer of The Author’s Journey, to explore how writing is an act of healing and reclamation.
Soft Life School
Class is in session, and it’s led by the brilliant Chantell Frazier, PhD. The scholar and CEO of Anansi Research joins Lisa to discuss why Black brilliance must be supported by community and centered around rest.
There’s a poet in most of us, and if we travel inward we can connect with that part of our spirit. Lisa is joined by Caribbean-America performance poet Herisa The Traveler, who shows us how to create sanctuary in our stanzas.
Despite prevailing narratives, Black women CAN have it all. And more importantly, we deserve to. Liku Amadi, Esq., Founder of the Anasa Law Firm and host of the Black Women Can Have It All podcast, shares what it looks like to define success on your terms—and live your truth out loud.
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Season 1: Episode 05
Finding Balance
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.
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Being a Black Woman
Season 1: Episode 04
Thinking Gently
Season 1: Episode 03
Curate Your Career
Ready to revolutionize your career? You’re in the right place. It’s pretty much impossible to curate a life that truly works for you without also curating your career. Join Lisa and Latrice Torres, Founder and CEO of, as they share strategies, signs, and secrets to success, and talk about how to create space to exhale in your professional life. If you’re at a crossroads in your career, you don’t want to miss this episode!
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Season 1: Episode 02
Season 1: Episode 01
Just Breathe
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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.
Get ready for a spirited conversation that's the best mix of spicy and serene. Lisa is joined by her very first guest, Alexis Mobley, PCC, CEO of I, Matter Coaching & Consulting. Like Lisa, Alexis is known for her energy of refined ratchetry, so you're in for a treat. Edges are snatched, gems are dropped, and tea is spilled.
The two friends talk about all things boundaries: what they are, why we need them, and how to enforce them. They also discuss why having strong boundaries is a form of self love—especially for Black Women. If you're ready to learn how boundaries can help you feel happier and curate a soft life, this is the episode for you!
In the début episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa shares the “why” behind the show—and the book after which it is named. She reveals her battle with burnout, her desire for better, and shares the event that finally made her start fully embracing soft living. After grounding everyone with a collective breath, she shares a poignant and compelling excerpt from the book that not only outlines who Space to Exhale is for, but also explains why we’re all so desperately in need of rest.
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Podcast Appearances
Real Talk on Racism, hosted by Russ Terry. Guest: Lisa Hurley
October 2021