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Lisa Hurley is a five-time Anthem Award-winning author, activist, podcaster, second-generation Reiki Master, and rest advocate. Her work centers Black women, and converges at the nexus of self care, community care, joy, and rest. Through her writing, speaking, and community-building, Lisa champions soft living for Black women. 

Hurley is the author of Space To Exhale, a transformational book created to help people beat burnout, embrace rest, and curate a soft life. Part memoir, part manifesto, part meditation guide, Space To Exhale is a self-help book that inspires readers to practice the pause and take time to exhale.

As a champion of rest for Black women, Lisa is the founder of The Great Exhale, a global virtual community dedicated to sisterhood, serenity, and soft living. TGE offers curated rituals, inspiring affirmations, and healing conversations for those ready to say no to hustle culture and yes to a life of ease. It is a healing hub where Black women can relax, lay their burdens down—and exhale.

An Executive Member IADAS, Lisa is also 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 one of the Top 10 Anti-Discrimination Activists in the world. 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 thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Adweek, and more. 

With a passion for speaking out that belies her natural introversion, Lisa is a prolific podcaster. In addition to being the Host and Executive producer of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, a five star-rated show that focuses on self care for Black women, she is also the Co-Founder & Co-Host of The Introvert Sisters Podcast, and a former Co-Host of The Tea on Tap podcast. 

With a strong belief in good vibes, Lisa is known for her inspiring affirmations on TikTok. In her free time, she enjoys bonding with her family, reading a good book, and expressing her creativity through fashion.

Of Caribbean heritage (Barbados, Trinidad, and Jamaica), Lisa is a world traveler with an understandable preference for warmer climes. Her love languages are sunshine, laughter, and naps.

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📚 Learn more, and order Space To Exhale: www.spacetoexhalebook.com
🎙️ Listen to Space To Exhale: The Podcast: bit.ly/STEPodcastOnSpotify
🔗 Stay connected: https://linktr.ee/lisahurley

Lisa Hurley

I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1996 and have been practicing as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist for over 25 years. I have worked in core Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), an inpatient adolescent therapeutic community,  and in outreach projects with Somali refugees and children in the care system.  I have specialised in working with Looked After Children since 2000 and spent 7 years between 2004-2011 setting up and managing an in-house psychological consultation service for Brent Children’s Services.  Between October 2011 and May 2019, I took a partial career break whilst my children were young but during this break from the NHS, I worked part-time as an independent practitioner primarily offering therapy and training to children, families, professionals and carers working with both Adopted and Looked After Children as well as undertaking some court assessments and private work. In June 2019 I returned to statutory services as part of the Clinical Team in Hammersmith and Fulham’s Children’s Services. In addition to working directly with young people and their families, my key role there is to embed systemic practice within the organisation which we do through individual, team, and whole systems consultation.  My primary focus of self-reflexivity is how workers, teams, and the organisation are working towards anti-oppressive practice and imaginative drawing on different bodies of knowledge (including lived experience).

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