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Say no to hustle culture, and yes to a life of ease.
In Space To Exhale: A Handbook For Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life, Anthem Award-winning activist, writer, and community builder Lisa Hurley delivers an inspiring and practical guide to help Black women—and everyone who needs to—remove their superhero cape, embrace rest, and create lasting life-work balance. Her transformative Exhalation Point™ framework reveals the keys to help you:
KNOW YOURSELF: Remember who you are, align with your values, and celebrate your strengths
LOVE YOURSELF: Practice positive self-talk, curate your close circle, and prioritize rest
BE YOURSELF: Show up authentically, protect your energy, and live a soft, centered, serene life
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In Space To Exhale, Lisa Hurley shares relatable anecdotes to help you realize you’re not alone in your struggles, whether in life or at work. With warmth, wit, and a healthy dose of well-earned wisdom, Hurley draws on her experience as a Reiki Master, community builder, and burnout warrior, providing you with tools and tips to help you transform your life from stressed to blessed.
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Not in the U.S.? Space To Exhale is also available in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
Rest Is The New Success
In Space To Exhale: A Handbook For Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life, Reiki Master and neurosparkly writer Lisa Hurley takes you on an inspiring journey to help you curate a life filled with ease, joy, and glimmers of delight.
Lisa delivers a poetic yet practical guide to help Black women―and anyone who needs to―remove their superhero cape, embrace rest, and create lasting life-work balance.
In this uplifting book, Lisa shares anecdotes about her own trials and triumphs, as well as the tools that have helped her transform. Through her Exhalation Point™ Framework―Know Yourself, Love Yourself, Be Yourself―as well as tools like affirmations, meditations, and breathwork, Lisa invites you to:
Cultivate self-love
Prioritize self-care
Embrace underdrive
Remember who you are
Live a soft, centered, serene life
Do less, get rest―and exhale
Space To Exhale: A Handbook For Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life is a balm for the spirit. It’s ideal for anyone seeking to embrace the art of the pause, take a deep breath, and consciously make their dream life a reality.
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About Space To Exhale
Who Is Space To Exhale For?
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🖤Anyone who is tired of feeling tired, and is ready to get some rest.
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🖤 Black women who are done with being the "Strong Black Woman," and are ready to step into their Soft Black Woman era.
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🖤 People who enjoy quiet pursuits like meditation, prayer, journaling, and breathwork.
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🖤 Black people who want tips on how to navigate "Working While Black."
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🖤 Folks of all ages who want cheat codes on how to avoid pitfalls in their lives, relationships, and careers.
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🖤 Everybody who is ready to live a life that truly serves their highest good.
Advance Praise for Space To Exhale
“Lisa Hurley’s Space To Exhale is more than a book—it’s the breath Black women didn’t know we’d been holding and the release we didn’t know we needed. Lisa creates what bell hooks described as a ‘homeplace’—a space where we can lay down our armor, unburden our spirits, and reclaim our peace. This book is both balm and battle cry, calling us to choose softness over struggle, ease over exhaustion, and stillness over survival. For every Black woman who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or undone—Space To Exhale is an essential read.”
Founder of Black Girls CODE & Black Innovation Lab
Kimberly Bryant
“Space To Exhale is so relevant for such a time as this. Those of us who are a part of the global majority–and particularly Black women–are under intensified attacks, leaving many of us feeling unsafe and exhausted. Hurley provides a soul-nourishing guide for Black women seeking to create a more serene, centered, balanced life. With deep wisdom and practical advice, Hurley invites us to pause, breathe, and curate a life of intentional rest, connection, and alignment. Space To Exhale is truly a gift.”
CEO, The Winters Group, Inc. and author of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Mary-Frances Winters
“Lisa’s words found me as I was grappling with how to make room for much-needed rest while feeling the weight of external demands and internalized overwork. Through humor and her embodiment of brunch energy, I felt the embrace of another Black woman who has rejected the lies that we must earn rest; that we must acclimate to exhaustion. There is a better way, and in Space To Exhale Lisa, breath by breath, leads us to the soft life we more than deserve.”
Author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League
Dr. Joy Buolamwini
“In a world that demands constant hustle and relentless output, Space To Exhale, the debut book by Lisa Hurley, proposes a much-needed alternative: rest, stillness, and sanctuary. With warmth, empathy, and wit, Lisa shares her wisdom and insights to help you cultivate a deeper connection with your authentic self, shed the weight of societal expectations, and curate the life you truly desire. Space To Exhale is a must-read for anyone seeking personal growth, permission to rest, and a pathway to living a softer, more meaningful life."
Bestselling author of The Memo, Right Within, and You Are More Than Magic
Minda Harts
“With Lisa Hurley’s distinctive blend of lyrically luscious prose and poetry that makes one feel embraced by the healing of ancestral music – AND – her no-nonsense, always-actionable, authoritative guidance, reading Space To Exhale felt like embarking on and returning from a retreat as a changed woman. Hurley’s evocative words, steeped in empathy, provided a much-needed reminder that it is ok – and doable – to be my authentic, intense self, and still lavish myself in self-compassion.”
CMO Advisor, and author of Responsible Marketing
Lola Bakare
“Rarely have I encountered a book that truly speaks to the soul—Space To Exhale does that and so much more. In her seminal work, Hurley helps Black women feel seen, valued, and celebrated—positing the revolutionary concept of centering ourselves and our needs by designing a life that nourishes, validates, and energizes us. Beautifully written in Hurley’s relatable, witty style, Space To Exhale is part love letter, part sermon, part guide—a gift to any Black woman striving to live a life that’s centered, purpose-driven and joyful.”
Workplace Antiracism Advocate, and author of The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up
Dana Brownlee
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Meet the Author
Lisa Hurley is an Anthem Award-winning activist, writer, and community builder. She is the author of Space to Exhale and the founder of The Great Exhale, a soft virtual space where Black women can relax, heal, and thrive. Her work centers Black women, and operates at the nexus of self care, community care, joy, and rest.
Lisa is an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a board member of YuVoice, and a juror for the Anthem Awards. A respected figure, she has been honored as one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs to follow on LinkedIn, voted as one of LinkedIn’s Top 50 Black Creators, and recognized as a Top 10 Anti-Discrimination Activist worldwide. In addition, Lisa has been honored by Hush Loudly as an Introvert to Watch, and as one of pocstock's Future of Black America Top 50 Leaders. As a result of her activism, her words have been quoted in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Adweek, Sweet July, and more.
A Founding Member of The Book Academy, Lisa is also a graduate of the University of the West Indies, and of New York University.
With a strong belief in good vibes, Lisa is a Reiki Master, and is known for her inspiring affirmations on TikTok. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her adopted Jack Russell Terrier, reading a good book, and expressing her creativity through fashion. Of Caribbean heritage, Lisa is a world traveler with an understandable preference for warmer climes. Her love languages are sunshine, laughter, and naps.
Space To Exhale is an invitation for us all to live more rested, considered, meaningful lives. •
Space To Exhale is an invitation for us all to live more rested, considered, meaningful lives. •
Quotes from Space To Exhale
“A soft life is a rested life.”
“We cannot hustle our way to good health.”
“We can’t secure the bag if we don’t first secure ourselves.”
“Capes off. Kimonos on. We’re in our soft life era.”
“I am giving myself permission to exhale.”
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More Praise for Space To Exhale
“Lisa Hurley's Space To Exhale invites readers–especially Black women–into a sanctuary of self-discovery, self-love, and serenity. Lisa's guide offers more than permission to rest; it provides a roadmap to reclaiming joy, balance, and authenticity. I cannot imagine anyone that does not need this roadmap. Part memoir, part toolkit, Space To Exhale blends affirmations, journaling prompts, breathwork exercises, and meditations with practical strategies for surviving and thriving in life’s most challenging spaces. This book equips readers with tools to pause, reflect, and exhale.
Communications, Marketing, DEI Executive, and author of The Price of Nice
Amira K.S. Barger
“Space To Exhale is a breath of fresh air. Lisa has created not just a book but a sanctuary, a space where Black women can truly, finally exhale. Every page feels like a soft hand on your shoulder, reminding you that rest is our right, not a reward. Lisa names the exhaustion we carry, and lovingly invites us to lay it down. Space To Exhale is equal parts validation and permission, and a guide for choosing softness in a world that demands hardness. More than a book, it's a lifeline.”
Brianna Doe
Founder & CEO, Verbatim
Space To Exhale feels like a hug. It embraces the reader with soothing, spa-like vibes of serenity, stillness, self-care, and sisterhood. With every anecdote, affirmation, and meditation, Lisa reminds us all that softness is the new strength and ease is the new wealth.
The world and everyone in it can choose whatever they want, but Black women need to choose the soft girl era. It's our time.”
Founder of Black Introvert Week, and Founder of the award-winning podcast HushLoudly
Jeri Bingham, EdD
“As a Black woman who has experienced burnout myself, I can say with certainty that this book is much needed, and it has the power to change lives. Space To Exhale is more than a handbook; it’s a sanctuary. It offers practical tools, heartfelt wisdom, and a gentle reminder that living a life of ease, intention, and authenticity is not only possible, but necessary.”
Zee Clarke
Author, Black People Breathe
“Though the book Space To Exhale is written primarily for Black women, Lisa Hurley’s insights transcend color boundaries, offering wisdom for anyone navigating identity and ambition. As a Black man, her call to shed societal expectations and embrace rest deeply resonated with me.
Space To Exhale is more than a handbook—it’s a balm for the soul, urging us to pause, realign, and prioritize thriving over mere survival. Lisa’s work is a timely revolution.
Global Book Ambassador and Taoist Nomad, The Chocolate Taoist
Diamond Michael Scott
“Standing ovation. I have NEVER read a book like Space To Exhale. "We exist beyond the stereotypes" is the reason why Space to Exhale is the book that breaks boundaries for how books should be written. Lisa Hurley has given us an incredibly impactful gift in the form of a road map to "own your soft life." She shares her practices (affirmations, meditations, and more), and allows us into her stories that carry us gently from word to word and page to page. This book allowed me to exhale in new ways. ”
LaTonya Davis
CEO, L. Davis Consulting