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Prevent Burnout: Energy Management, Not Time Management

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400

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 health journey, Chris walks through how to recognize the early signs of nervous system dysregulation before they become full burnout, how to regulate in real time using practical mindfulness tools, and how to align daily energy with what actually matters instead of what feels urgent.

This conversation challenges the belief that chronic exhaustion is the price of success, and offers a grounded alternative: empowered energy that honors your humanness and adapts to your current season of life. Whether you’re an entrepreneur or high-functioning professional who feels stretched thin, this episode offers a new lens for getting unstuck from hustle culture and reconnecting with sustainable, energized living.

Want to learn more about Chris’s offerings? Check out her website: https://prioritywellness.com

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Chapters

00:09 – Introduction: Burnout Is an Energy Problem, Not a Time Problem. The real currency you spend all day isn't minutes, it's nervous system capacity.

01:53 – Chris's Diagnosis Story: From Systems Engineer to MS

Two attacks within a couple of months, the diagnosis, and the decision to rebuild her relationship with energy from the ground up.

07:09 – Defining Burnout: Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Ineffectiveness

The three-piece definition, the WHO's occupational syndrome framing, and why caregivers who aren't employed can burn out too.

09:50 – The Three Nervous System States: Ventral, Sympathetic, Dorsal. Fully resourced versus fight or flight versus shutdown and freeze.

13:01 – Why We Talk Ourselves Out of Noticing Dysregulation

Chronic overworking, gradual onset, and how a coworker or loved one often notices before you do.

16:03 – Midlife, Perimenopause, and the Load Women Are Carrying

Shervon's own fibromyalgia diagnosis story and why the 40 to 60 age range shows up so often in Chris's client work.

18:16 – Agency Without Self-Blame. Separating what's yours to regulate from what's a toxic work environment, and the simple check-in question: what state am I in right now.

20:32 – Regulation Techniques by Nervous System State

Movement for dorsal shutdown, co-regulation and the hand-heart gesture for fight or flight, and breath counts for both, including Shervon's own 4-count inhale, 6-count exhale practice from her law enforcement years.

24:31 – Aligning Energy With What Actually Matters

Planning ahead for what might go sideways, the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, and re-grounding instead of abandoning yourself under stress.

28:13 – Building Grounding Into Mornings, Transitions, and Micro-Breaks. Morning rituals, using the space between meetings on purpose, and the pit-stop metaphor for why breaks make you more effective, not lazy.

33:17 – Embodiment: When Regulation Becomes How You Live

Shervon's story of leaving her desk for lunchtime walks around the federal building, and how a narrow, stressed lens widens once you're resourced.

35:34 – The Weekly Check-In and Teaching Kids to Self-Regulate

A 15-minute weekly alignment review, plus the Anita Baker story about a child already practicing emotional regulation.

39:34 – The Body as Ally: Where Emotions Show Up First

Physical signals as a thermostat, and tuning in before you can even name the feeling.

42:19 – Closing and Where to Find Chris

prioritywellness.com, LinkedIn, and her free monthly newsletter, Energizing You, at prioritywellness.com/free-report.

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AI Anxiety at Work: What’s Happening to Us Psychologically?

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0400

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

workplace change: why uncertainty about artificial intelligence can affect our sense of

professional identity, competence, security and value and how to respond without denial or

catastrophizing.

In this video:

• Why AI-related workplace uncertainty can feel so personal

• The difference between legitimate concern and assuming the worst

• Why professional identity can become connected to the work we perform

• How rapid workplace change can leave people feeling less relevant or left behind

• Three questions for turning AI anxiety into useful information

• Why “Where does my value move?” may be a better question than “What can AI never

replace?”

• How deliberate adaptation can restore a sense of agency

Research from Pew Research Center found that 52% of U.S. workers said they were worried

about future AI use in the workplace. Thirty-three percent said they felt overwhelmed, while 36%

said they felt hopeful.

Those numbers don’t mean every worker will experience AI-related anxiety or that AI will

eliminate someone’s job. They do demonstrate that workplace concern about AI exists at

substantial scale.

“AI anxiety” is used here as an everyday description of these concerns not as a psychiatric

Diagnosis.

The goal of this conversation is to understand what you’re experiencing, separate evidence from

prediction, and make your next professional decision from greater clarity.

WATCH NEXT: If AI Can Do Part of Your Job, What Are You Worth?

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change, mental health and the human side of the AI workplace transition.

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CHAPTERS:

00:08 – Introduction: When AI at Work Triggers Anxiety

The feeling is real, but the worst case scenario in your mind is not automatically your future.

02:31 – The Data: How Many Workers Are Actually Feeling This

Pew, Microsoft Work Trend Index, and Deloitte numbers on fear, overwhelm, and hope around AI in the workplace.

04:59 – The Tension: Stick With What You Know or Learn AI Faster

Why this tension can look like procrastination, resistance, exhaustion, or a mask of "it's fine."

06:41 – The Deeper Question: What Happens to Who I Am

When AI can perform pieces of the work that helped build your identity as the expert, the writer, the strategist, the counselor.

09:03 – AI as a Human Transition, Not Just a Technology Transition

The 2026 research on professional identity, devalued expertise, techno stress, and trust in human value.

11:26 – Feeling Less Relevant: The Need to Still Belong and Contribute

Naming AI anxiety honestly without turning every uncomfortable reaction into a diagnosis.

13:54 – Turning Fear Into Information: Question One and Two

What am I actually afraid of, and what is actually changing versus what am I predicting.

16:07 – Where Does Your Value Move To: Question Three

Moving past "what can AI never do" toward judgment, context, accountability, and interpretation.

18:30 – Deliberate Adaptation and What's Coming Next

Choosing clarity over denial or catastrophizing, and the setup for the next video: if AI can do part of your job, what are you worth.

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The Four Frequencies Keeping You Stuck (And Which One Is Running Your Life)

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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.

Shervon starts with the core teaching behind all four: a belief is a decision, and a decision is a frequency. Every choice you make about yourself, your relationships, your career, or your worth sets a frequency in motion, one that quietly builds your reality and calls in the evidence to confirm it. From there, she walks through each frequency in detail, from boundary integrity and emotional over-functioning to systemic efficiency and vision alignment, showing exactly how each one shows up in daily decisions, and why it feels so hard to interrupt.

This episode is designed to help you recognize which frequency is quietly driving your choices right now, whether it’s chasing approval, over-functioning for everyone else, staying reactive instead of intentional, or moving through obligation instead of alignment. You’ll walk away with language for a pattern you’ve likely felt for years but never had a name for, and a clear next step for shifting out of it.

If you’ve ever felt stuck without being able to explain exactly why, this episode gives you the frequency underneath the pattern. This is getting unstuck at the root.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Introduction: The Frequency Behind Your Life and Business

01:09 – What "Frequency" Really Means

02:09 – Belief Is a Decision, Decision Is a Frequency

03:03 – Childhood Example: The Money Belief

05:27 – Shervon's Own Story: The Friendship Belief

06:53 – Frequency #1: The Approval Frequency

09:46 – Frequency #2: The Caretaker Frequency

12:36 – Frequency #3: The Reactive Frequency

14:56 – Frequency #4: The Obligation Frequency

18:47 – Blending Frequencies and the Sovereign Transition

20:13 – Take the Frequency Audit

20:41 – Book an Alignment Call

21:10 – Closing

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From Doctrine to Direct Experience: How to Get Unstuck from Inherited Religious Beliefs w/ Joshua Pritikin

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 the less we believe, the closer we get to genuine religious experience.

Drawing on his new book Religion Unburdened by Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry, Joshua unpacks how doctrine, dogma, and inherited certainty can quietly become the very things that keep us stuck, disconnected, and spiritually contracted. This is a conversation for the conscious seeker who senses there is more, but cannot quite locate the door.

You can find Joshua’s book at his website: https://unburdened.biz/

Opening

00:11 — Opening: "Nearly every belief you've ever held was given to you by someone else."

01:09–01:36 — Book reveal + Kirkus Reviews praise for Religion Unburdened by Belief.

01:52 — Origin story: Joshua's teenage encounter with Carl Jung sparked the work.

02:22–03:20 — Shervon's parallel personal story: growing up Pentecostal, parents as pastors, questioning the tradition in college.

Core Thesis

03:44 — Central quote: "The less we believe, the closer we get to religion."

03:48 — Moses/burning bush example illustrating openness vs. confirmation bias.

04:42 — Anchor question: the psychological/spiritual cost of carrying inherited, unchosen beliefs.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Framework

06:25 — IFS introduced as the book's organizing framework.

09:27 — Blending vs. unblending defined via a concrete example (interview anxiety).

10:49 — Full IFS explainer: Richard Schwartz, 1980s origins, "parts" as subpersonalities.

12:15–13:35 — Applying IFS to religious questioning; "consent is the number one thing... don't move faster than your slowest part."

Psychedelics & Safety ("Field Operations Manual")

14:57 — Intro to the progression: meditation → cannabis → psilocybin → ayahuasca.

16:24–17:52 — Risk-reduction framework: why more support = safer entry point; therapist-guided work vs. going it alone.

20:02–20:24 — Shervon's own field context: how little was discussed 23 years ago vs. now.

21:23–24:12 — Santo Daime case study: ceremony as a structured practice for training "staying unblended" within community.

Spiritual Bypassing & Practice

25:14 — Spiritual bypassing named directly — using tranquility to avoid discomfort. High-value clip for a wellness audience.

27:37–29:23 — Practical meditation technique: keeping a notepad for distracting "parts" instead of forcing focus back.

Letting Go of Belief

32:08 — Key distinction: "process beliefs" (needed to practice) vs. "content beliefs" (expectations that create confirmation bias).

34:27–36:11 — Shervon's personal story: the college moment she learned "before God was male, God was female."

36:39 — Warning on high-conviction beliefs people would "risk relationships, employment, social standing" to defend.

39:29 — Closing insight: loosening belief expands community and connection across difference.

41:00 — Where to find Joshua: unburdened.biz, including the Santo Daime ceremony video on the site.

41:55 — Outro CTA: inviting listeners to sit with what came up.

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What Death Taught Me About Living: A Journey Into the Heart of Meditation

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 tension, grief, and inner chaos into open-hearted living.

Stuart shares the moment that changed everything for him, the nine-year global search that followed, and what he discovered when he finally found his teacher not in the East, but in his own hometown of New York City.

We explore his book Rudra Meditation, what it actually means to have an open heart, and why this non-denominational practice has reached seekers across the globe, including those who identify as atheist or agnostic. If you have ever felt the gap between knowing peace is possible and actually living it, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are. If you’d like to reach out to Stuart check out his website: https://stuartperrin.com/ . And his book Rudra Meditation: Transforming Life’s Tensions Into Joy And Love is available on Amazon: Rudra Meditation: Transforming Life's Tensions Into Joy And Love

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The Hidden Cost of Never Celebrating Your Wins (And How It Keeps You Stuck)

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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.

Shervon traces this pattern back to its root, the Scarcity Wound, and explains why achievement becomes the only proof of worth when enoughness was never modeled or never felt safe. She breaks down what this constant forward-motion is actually costing you, from burnout to disconnection to a nervous system that never gets the signal it's safe to rest.

This is a raw, personal episode built around Shervon's own reflection after hitting her one-year podcast anniversary and fifty-two episodes, and the moment she realized she wasn't celebrating, she was already onto the next goal. You'll walk away with the Enoughness Practice, a real tool for pausing long enough to let a win register in your body, not just your head.

If you're a high-achiever who struggles to feel proud of what you've built, this episode is for you. This is getting unstuck at the root.

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Can You Scale a Business Without Burnout by Leading with Conscious Operations w Joanna Zhang

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 model that helps entrepreneurs scale sustainably while also navigating a powerful soul awakening that transformed how she leads and serves.

This conversation blends practical strategy with conscious awareness, offering insights on strategic outsourcing, nervous system regulation, and building businesses that support both growth and well-being.

If you are an entrepreneur, leader, or visionary who wants to grow with clarity, integrity, and ease, this episode will expand how you think about scaling and success.

And if you’d like to connect with Joanna you can find her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhang-joanna/ , https://linktr.ee/joannazhang

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Can Therapy Heal a Nation? The Psychology Behind America’s Crisis of Division w/ Phyllis Leavitt

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 combination of psychological expertise and spiritual wisdom to the national conversation. Her newest book, America in Therapy, makes the case that the same principles driving individual healing, interrupting cycles of trauma, building self-awareness, and cultivating compassion, are exactly what this divided nation needs now.

This is not a political episode. This is a healing episode.

You will walk away with a clearer understanding of why our country is in crisis, how trauma cycles fuel division and violence, and what each of us can do, individually and collectively, to become part of the solution. If you have ever felt hopeless watching the news, if you fear for the next generation, or if you sense a calling to contribute something meaningful to the world right now, this conversation is for you.

You can order Phyllis’s book at her website: https://phyllisleavitt.com or at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0d1rYlj2

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It Only Takes One: How to Heal Your Marriage w/ Larry Bilotta

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 every dynamic in your partnership, and what it really means to take radical ownership of your relational experience. Whether you are in crisis or simply feeling disconnected, this conversation will shift how you see yourself and your relationship forever.

Check out Larry Bilotta’s downloadable PDF guide for men or women that helps you understand 7 ways you are pushing away your spouse without realizing it: https://larrybilotta.com/7ways/ and his website: https://youcansavethismarriage.com/

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The Power of Embodied Decision: How to End Decision Fatigue

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 forward. Shervon unpacks decision fatigue not as a willpower problem, but as a nervous system and identity issue, and shows why getting unstuck starts in the body long before it shows up in your circumstances.

In this episode, you will learn:

🔹Why decision is a lived, somatic experience rather than a purely mental process

🔹How embodied decision shifts identity at the root

🔹The connection between nervous system regulation and aligned decision making

🔹Why momentum builds internally before anything changes externally

🔹How to move from decision fatigue into decisive, grounded clarity

This episode marks a new chapter for The Expansion Room, rooted more fully in embodied spirituality, inner leadership, and soul-aligned growth for those ready to stop spinning and start moving.

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The Cost of Losing Yourself: One Man’s Journey Back to Himself w/ David Alan Brown

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 silencing your inner voices.

David opens up about his years as a stay-at-home dad, how the drift away from self led to deep mental health struggles and suicidal ideation, and what ultimately brought him back. He shares the breakthrough that led him to develop the Convergent Conversation, a method for reclaiming three core inner voices (instinctual, actualized, and inspired) and integrating them into a living, breathing practice for manifestation and self-authorship.

This episode is for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror and not fully recognized themselves. It is for the high-achieving professional who is quietly unraveling. The parent who gave everything to their family and forgot they had a self worth giving to. The seeker who knows something is missing but cannot name it yet.

David’s story is not just about surviving. It is about convergence: the radical act of calling all parts of yourself back home. Check out David’s website: https://davidalanbrown.com/convergence/

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By the end of this Masterclass, you will be able to name the specific root holding you back, understand how the scarcity wound and enoughness belief are connected to your stuckness, experience a live somatic regulation practice, complete an identity rewrite exercise. You’ll leave with two embodied daily practices and a clear next step toward the life you truly want.

Join me Thursday July 16th, 2026, 6pm ET.

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The Stories You Inherited Aren’t Yours to Keep: Journaling, Self-Knowledge, & the Path to Becoming w/ Kristan Swan

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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, Heart Mapping, and The Spiritual Autobiography Workbook. Through lived experience, including multiple marriages, raising three sons, and years of coaching visionary entrepreneurs, she discovered that most people aren’t held back by lack of strategy. They’re held back by lack of self-knowledge.

In this episode, Shervon and Kristan explore the relationship between storytelling and healing, how journaling moves us from surviving to thriving, and why giving yourself permission to be known, especially by yourself, is one of the most radical acts of transformation available to us.

If you’d like to reach out to Kristan, you can find her at: https://kristanswan.com

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Getting Unstuck: A Psychospiritual Approach to Breaking Free

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives frozen in place: the belief root, the body root, and the identity root. And at the center of all three is something most people never name directly. The quiet, persistent belief that they are not quite enough to have what they truly want.

This is not a motivational episode. This is a psychospiritual deep dive into why your nervous system learned to stay small, how the scarcity you experienced, whether material, emotional, or spiritual, became an identity wound, and what it actually takes to move through stuckness rather than around it.

I walk you through my Awareness, Regulation, Integration, Embodiment model as a practical map for breaking free, and I close with two embodied practices you can begin today. The Three Questions Practice to interrupt the stuck pattern in real time, and the Enoughness Practice to give your nervous system new data until abundance becomes your default frequency rather than the exception.

If you have built the career, led the rooms, and done everything right and still cannot shake the feeling that something is holding you back, this episode was made for you.

Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are ready to go even deeper, join me for the free live Masterclass, Getting Unstuck: A Psychospiritual Approach to Breaking Free

July 16th 6pm to 7pm ET.

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Letting Go Is Not Losing Yourself: A Somatic Approach to Releasing What Doesn’t Belong to You w/ Melanie Smithson

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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, how we become “hoarders of upset” without realizing it, and what it actually looks and feels like to shake yourself free from beliefs, emotions, and identities that were never truly yours to carry.

This is a conversation for those who have done the mindset work, read all the books, and still feel held back by something. Because sometimes freedom is not about adding more. It’s about releasing what doesn’t belong.

Contact Melanie Smithson at her website: https://www.smithsonclinic.com/

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#mindset #somatichealing #lettinggo #innerwork

Still Stuck After All the Inner Work? Why Your Body Is Blocking Your Abundance w/ Banya Lim

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 for abundance.Banya shares her personal story of losing her health, finances, and sense of purpose — and fully healing and rebuilding within six months. From that lived experience, she created the Chi Mastery System: an integrative method combining somatic awareness, energy alignment, and meditation to help conscious leaders and entrepreneurs release internal resistance and create aligned, sustainable success.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why mindset work alone isn’t enough to break through your next ceiling

• How unresolved emotional and energetic patterns stored in the body directly block your leadership and abundance

• What somatic awareness actually looks like in practice and how to begin noticing what your body is holding

• What “conscious wealth” really means and how to start creating it

If you are high-achieving on the outside and know something is off on the inside, this episode will shift how you see yourself, your body, and what’s truly possible for you.

Connect with Banya Lim: https://banyalim.com/

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Your Subconscious Is Running the Show: Hypnotherapy, Healing & Taking Your Power Back w/ Alix Hembery

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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 mind.

Together they explore how limiting beliefs are formed in childhood, why talk therapy alone often can’t reach them, and how hypnotherapy creates permanent, embodied change at the root. They also explore the fascinating intersection of hypnotherapy and psychedelic healing, two modalities that access non-ordinary states of consciousness to unlock transformation that logic simply can’t reach.

Whether you’re a high-achieving entrepreneur who’s done all the inner work but still feels stuck, a mother wanting to break generational patterns, or someone simply curious about what’s been quietly running in the background of your life, this episode will shift the way you understand your mind, your healing, and your power.

If you like to connect with Alix, check her out on IG: https://www.instagram.com/align.with.alix/ or visit her website at https://www.alixhembery.com

Listen, subscribe, and leave a review and share this episode with someone who’s ready to stop healing from the surface.

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What a 24-Day Water Fast Revealed About Consciousness, Healing & Who You Really Are with Dr. Jonathan Locust Jr.

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

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, whose journey from burnout and physical collapse to radical healing is unlike anything you’ve heard before.

We go deep on:

• Why success can be the most dangerous place to ignore your body

• What a 24-day water fast reveals about your relationship with consciousness

• How illness is sometimes the soul’s most precise form of communication

• The intersection of science, spirit, and strategy in healing

• Why community and discernment are non-negotiable on the healing path

This episode is for the high-achiever who’s doing everything “right” on the outside but feels something breaking down on the inside. Your body is not betraying you. It may be trying to wake you up.

If you would like to reach out to Dr. Jonathan Locust Jr. to find out more about the work he is doing in the world. You can find him at his website: https://www.conscirise.com/

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What If The Voice in Your Head Isn't Yours? Breaking Free from Conditioned Identity

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Have you ever stopped to ask where your beliefs about yourself actually came from? Not the polished answer, the real one. Because most of what we call our identity was never chosen. It was conditioned, quietly and completely, by culture, family, systems, and society long before we had the wisdom to decide what to keep.

In this episode, psychospiritual guide and coach Shervon Laurice unpacks what she calls the Identity Trap: the moment we confuse inherited conditioning with who we actually are. This is the episode for the conscious leader, the high-achiever, the soulpreneur who has done everything right and still feels an unexplainable emptiness at the center of it all. That emptiness is not failure. It is a signal.

You will walk away from this conversation understanding why awareness alone is not enough to create lasting identity transformation, how conditioned identity quietly drives your leadership, your business decisions, and your sense of worthiness, and what it actually means to build an identity rooted in soul rather than survival.

This is identity work at the level of mind, body, and spirit. And it will meet you exactly where you are.

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Grief as a Gateway: Awakening Through Loss w/ Angela Clement

Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Grief is not just about death. Every time we lose something that mattered, a relationship, a career, a home, an identity, a dream, grief is present. But what if grief is not the wound? What if it is the doorway?

In this powerful episode of The Expansion Room, I sit down with certified grief coach, healer, and author Angela Clement, who transformed the devastating loss of her husband of 35 years into a blueprint for spiritual awakening. Angela’s journey is a testament to what becomes possible when we stop running from grief and start walking through it with intention.

We explore why grief shows up in so many forms beyond bereavement, how unprocessed loss silently shapes our bodies, our relationships, and our businesses, and what it truly means to be transformed by loss rather than simply surviving it. Angela also shares embodied practices for grieving intentionally, the role of community and ritual in healing, and how to rediscover joy, not despite your grief, but because of it.

Whether you are navigating the loss of a loved one, a career shift, the end of a relationship, or a version of yourself you thought you would be forever, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

Angela’s book, Awakening Through Grief: A Spiritual Journey of Healing and Transformation After Loss is available on Amazon https://a.co/d/0iDHNyXl

And you can contact her through her website: https://www.healingenergy.world/

If you’re ready to go deeper into more clarity and alignment, book your Alignment Call with me at https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

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Becoming: How to Build an Identity That’s Rooted in Soul

Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Last week, we named the trap. This week, we build the way out.

In part two of this solo identity arc, psychotherapist and psychospiritual guide Shervon Laurice takes you into the sacred, often uncomfortable process of becoming, of deliberately constructing an identity that isn't built on your titles, your achievements, or what you produce, but on the truth of who you actually are at soul level.

This episode is for the high-achiever who has done the work, had the realization, and is now asking: "OK, so who am I?" It is for the Soulpreneur who is outgrowing a version of themselves and wants to step into the next one with intention, not just intuition.

In this episode, you'll discover: The difference between performing an identity and embodying one · How to use your values, your energy, and your nervous system as a compass · What it looks like to build a soul led business and life from the inside out.

If you haven't listened to part one — "The Identity Trap" — go back and start there. This episode picks up exactly where that one ends.

Ready to do this work at depth? ELEVATE is Shervon's 9-week coaching experience for leaders and Soulpreneurs who are ready to build from the soul outward. Learn more and book your Alignment Call here: https://elevatewithshervon.com/

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The Identity Trap: How the Work You Do Became Who You Think You Are

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

What if the identity you’ve been building your entire career has actually been quietly imprisoning you?

In this solo episode of The Expansion Room, psychotherapist, wellness coach, and psychospiritual guide Shervon Laurice gets deeply personal about one of the most invisible traps high-achieving leaders and entrepreneurs fall into: letting what you do define who you are.

This isn’t just a business conversation. It’s a soul conversation. Whether you’re a healer, a coach, a CEO, or a creative, this episode will help you see the labels you’ve unconsciously adopted, understand why they feel so hard to release, and begin the inner work of separating your identity from your output.

In this episode, you’ll explore: Why high achievers are most vulnerable to identity collapse · How your nervous system gets wired to perform a role · What it truly means to know yourself outside of what you produce · The first step to rebuilding an identity rooted in soul, not just success

This is part one of a two-part solo series on identity, becoming, and the inner work that no business strategy can do for you.

#IdentityShift #SoulpreneurLife #TheExpansionRoom

Identity Illusion: Awakening to Who You Were Always Meant to Be

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

What if the identity you believe is you is actually something you learned, inherited, and reinforced over time?

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with meditation teacher and consciousness researcher Dean Graves, host of the podcast Chatting with Arcturians, to explore one of the deepest questions of human existence:

Who are we really beneath the identities we create?

After decades of meditation and inner exploration, Dean Graves teaches that humanity carries a deeper design within us. Yet most people spend their lives operating from conditioned identities built from culture, fear, and inherited beliefs.

Together, Shervon and Dean explore:

• How identity is formed and why it often creates stress and internal conflict

• The difference between conditioned identity and true identity

• Why humanity may be entering a new age of awakening

• How meditation and self-awareness reveal deeper truths about our purpose

• The courage required to surrender limiting beliefs and step into who we really are

This conversation bridges psychology, consciousness, meditation, and spiritual evolution, offering listeners a powerful invitation to question the identities they have been living inside.

Want to connect with Dean? Here’s his website: https://www.ddeangraves.org/

Here’s Dean’s Book: The Enigma of Consciousness; a Spiritual Exploration of Humanity’s Relationship to Creation https://a.co/d/03MWFo3o

#ConsciousAwakening #IdentityTransformation #InnerWork

3 Daily Practices for Nervous System Alignment (Mind-Body-Spirit)

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Are you doing “all the right things” but still feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or emotionally drained?

In this episode of The Expansion Room, we explore 3 daily practices for nervous system alignment through the lens of mind, body, and spirit because true healing and regulation go beyond breathwork or mindset alone.

Your nervous system is constantly responding to your thoughts, physical sensations, and your deeper sense of inner truth. When one area is out of alignment, the others begin to compensate… and that can leave you feeling stuck, dysregulated, and disconnected from yourself.

In this episode, I walk you through simple but powerful daily tools to help you regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body, and realign with your authentic self.

If you’re on a healing journey, navigating burnout, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or simply craving deeper alignment in your life, this episode will give you grounded tools you can start using immediately.

Your Body Knows: How to Decode Health Mysteries to Get to Root Cause Healing w/ Beth Mielbrecht

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Your symptoms are not random. They are communications.

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with Beth Mielbrecht, a former mechanical engineer turned Health Detective, to explore how hidden imbalances silently drain your energy, focus, and leadership capacity.

Beth combines engineering precision, Reiki mastery, homeopathy, and bioenergetic digital muscle testing to help high-performing, intuitive people stop guessing and get exact answers.

You’ll learn:

• Why symptom management is not the same as root-cause healing

• How digital muscle testing works

• How hidden imbalances affect nervous system regulation

• Why sustainable success begins with embodied health

• How to start listening to your body differently

If you’re a conscious leader, entrepreneur, or high-achiever who knows something deeper is going on in your body, this conversation will change the way you see your symptoms forever.

If you would like to get in touch with Beth, you can find her at:

website: https://yourhealthwithbeth.com/

IG: yourhealthwithbeth

#RootCauseHealing

#EmbodiedLeadership

#HealthDetective

#NervousSystemRegulation

#MindBodySpirit

#TheExpansionRoom

Your Mindset is your Reality: Addictions, Psilocybin and Rewriting the Male Identity w/John Borden

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, I sit down with John Borden, author of Your Mindset Is Your Reality, to explore his journey from addiction, dopamine chasing, and self-sabotage to discipline, endurance, and conscious masculinity.

We talk about:

• Addiction and cheap dopamine culture

• The transformative potential of psilocybin

• Masculinity and emotional avoidance

• Integration after a psychedelic experience

• Building identity through discipline

• The difference between insight and embodiment

This is not a glorification of psychedelics. It is a grounded conversation about responsibility, identity, and the work required to change your life.

If you are curious about the intersection of psychedelics, masculinity, addiction recovery, and personal transformation, this episode will challenge and inspire you.

Get John’s book, Your Mindset is Your Reality: A firsthand account of the positive effects of psilocybin on mental health and addiction: https://a.co/d/0cl7Wj0q

#PsychedelicIntegration

#ConsciousMasculinity

#AddictionRecovery

#EmbodiedLeadership

#TheExpansionRoom

3 Somatic Tools to Reset Your Nervous System in Under 10 Minutes

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck even when you know you’re okay?

In this episode, I’m sharing 3 powerful somatic tools to reset your nervous system in under 10 minutes so you can move out of stress and into regulation quickly and effectively.

You’ll learn:

• Why your nervous system doesn’t respond to logic alone

• How to regulate your body using breath and movement

• Simple tools you can use anytime, anywhere

These practices are especially helpful for high-achievers, entrepreneurs, and leaders navigating stress, burnout, or emotional overwhelm.

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Self-Discovery Beyond Personality: How Energy, Conscious Choice, and Alignment Shape the Life You’re Meant to Live w/ Dr. Eleanor Haspel-Portner

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

What if self-discovery was not about finding more information, but about understanding your energetic design?

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice is joined by Dr. Eleanor Haspel-Portner to explore how psychology, neuroscience, quantum energy science, and ancient wisdom come together to support deep self-discovery and aligned life creation.

Together, they explore why insight alone is not enough, how energy patterns shape our choices and relationships, and how alignment creates sustainable success without burnout.

This conversation is for leaders, and seekers who are ready to stop forcing outcomes and start living in energetic integrity.

If you would like to connect with Dr. Eleanor, check out her website: https://nobleenergywellness.com and her YouTube channel: @nobleenergywellness

#TheExpansionRoom #SelfDiscovery #EnergeticAlignment #EmbodiedLeadership #ConsciousCreation #IntegrationOverInsight #PsychologyAndSpirituality

Thinking About Becoming a Psychedelic Therapist with Sarie McGlone

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Are you curious about becoming a psychedelic therapist or wondering what psychedelic-assisted therapy actually involves?

In this episode of The Expansion Room Podcast, transformational coach and psychotherapist Shervon Laurice sits down with Sarie McGlone to explore the rapidly emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

As interest grows around therapies involving compounds such as psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine, many therapists, coaches, and healing professionals are asking the same question:

What does it actually take to become a psychedelic therapist?

In this conversation, we explore the reality behind the growing interest in psychedelic therapy, including the training pathways, ethical responsibilities, and the deeper purpose of this work.

Together we discuss:

• What psychedelic-assisted therapy really is (and what it is not)

• Who is drawn to this work and why

• The current landscape of psychedelic therapy training programs

• Ethical considerations and responsibilities of psychedelic facilitators

• The future of psychedelic-assisted therapy in mental health and healing

Whether you are a therapist, coach, wellness practitioner, or simply curious about the future of psychedelic medicine and transformational healing, this conversation offers grounded insight into a field that is rapidly evolving.

If you would like to connect with Sarie, you can do so at:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarie-mcglone-5797a1105/

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecannablisscounselor

email: sarie@mcgloneconsulting.com

#PsychedelicTherapy #BecomingAPsychedelicTherapist #PsychedelicAssistedTherapy #PsychedelicTherapyTraining #PsychedelicIntegration

What Happens When You Release Limiting Beliefs and Step Into Your Authentic Power? With Tara Wiskow

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

So many women are doing all the “right” things and still feel stuck, disconnected, or like they are living someone else’s life. Today, we explore what actually happens when women release old narratives, inherited conditioning, and outdated identities so they can step fully into their authentic power, reclaim their bodies, their voices, and their truth.

In this episode of The Expansion Room, intuitive healer, speaker and energy coach Tara Wiskow joins Shervon Laurice for a riveting conversation where they explore how women can release shame, energetic clutter, and self-sabotage to reclaim their authentic power. They discuss identity, embodiment, emotional healing, and what it truly means to rise into the truest version of yourself.

If you’d like to connect with Tara, please check her out at: https://tara-wiskow.com

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How Do Energy and Emotion Shape the Physical Body and Influence Healing

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400

What if chronic symptoms are not failures of the body, but messages waiting to be understood?

In this episode of The Expansion Room, host Shervon Laurice sits down with energy healing practitioner and author Dayna Wylder to explore how energy, emotion, and nervous system regulation shape physical health. Drawing from neuroscience, somatic awareness, biofield tuning, and lived experience, Dayna shares how healing becomes possible when the body feels safe, supported, and listened to.

This conversation dives into the mind–body connection, the role of trauma and chronic stress in illness, and how sound, frequency, and energetic practices can support deep and lasting healing. If you are curious about the unseen dimensions of wellness and how to reconnect with your body as an ally, this episode offers powerful insights and grounded wisdom.

If you’d like to connect with Dayna Wylder: https://www.energyovermatter.com

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ELEVATE: Transformational Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/insights

Instagram → http://instagram.com/shervonlaurice

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Healing the Hustle: Mindfulness for High Achievers

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Healing the Hustle is a grounded, embodied conversation for high achieving leaders who are ready to stop forcing their way forward and begin leading from regulation, clarity, and alignment.

In this episode, Shervon Laurice guides listeners through mindfulness practices drawn from yoga therapy, yoga philosophy, and nervous system based work to help transform hustle from a survival pattern into a conscious way of moving through life and leadership.

You will learn how to recognize urgency in the body, regulate before action, and create practical daily rituals that support sustainable success.

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Resource Links:

🔹 Work with Shervon:

Why Insight Isn’t Enough:

https://elevatewithshervon.com/insights

Book an Alignment Call:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

ELEVATE: Transformational Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/insights

Instagram → http://instagram.com/shervonlaurice

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Why Inner Knowing is not Enough

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0400

You can be deeply self-aware, spiritually conscious, and successful on the outside and still feel blocked from the life you know you are meant to live. In this episode of The Expansion Room, host Shervon Laurice sits down with spiritual coach and master healer Cheryl Stelte to explore why awareness alone does not always lead to transformation.

Together, they unpack how subconscious energetic blocks form, why they resist talk-based and mindset approaches, and what it truly takes to clear the patterns that keep capable, spiritually aware people stuck. This conversation bridges psychology, energy healing, embodiment, and lived wisdom to help you understand where real change begins.

If you have done the inner work and still feel something holding you back, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a new path forward.

If you would like to find out more about Cheryl‘s work, you can do so here: https://cherylstelte.kartra.com/page/powerful-mediations

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Resource Links:

🔹 Work with Shervon:

Why Insight Isn’t Enough:

https://elevatewithshervon.com/insights

Book an Alignment Call:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

ELEVATE: Transformational Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/insights

Instagram → http://instagram.com/shervonlaurice

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Embodied Action Versus Hustle Action

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Many entrepreneurs are still operating from the belief that working harder is the way forward.

But what happens when your nervous system is more regulated, your alignment is clearer, and your identity is already shifting, yet your action still feels forced?

In this episode, Shervon Laurice explores the difference between hustle based action and embodied action, and why aligned growth requires a new relationship with how you move, lead and create.

This episode bridges the work of nervous system regulation, integration and identity based leadership, and offers a powerful reflection for anyone who is ready to take action from who they are becoming, not who they had to be.

If you have been doing the inner work but still feel tension around how you show up, this conversation is for you.

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Resource Links:

🔹 Work with Shervon:

4 Questions to Help You Get Unstuck: https://elevatewithshervon.com/4questions/unlock

Book an Alignment Call:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

ELEVATE: Identity-Based Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

Instagram → http://instagram.com/restoretranquility

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Why Does Expansion Feel Like Too Much

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Growth and expansion are often celebrated, but few people talk about why change can feel overwhelming once it actually begins. In this solo episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice explores how integration stabilizes expansion instead of overwhelming the nervous system.

You will learn why insight and decision alone are not enough for lasting change, how the nervous system processes growth, and what integration really looks like at the identity level. This episode is for anyone who has felt stretched, dysregulated, or uncertain after making a powerful decision to evolve.

If you are navigating personal growth, leadership expansion, or a major life shift and want that growth to feel grounded and sustainable, this episode will help you understand what your system truly needs.

Resource Links:

🔹 Work with Shervon:

4 Questions to Help You Get Unstuck: https://elevatewithshervon.com/4questions/unlock

Book an Alignment Call:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

ELEVATE: Identity-Based Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

Instagram → http://instagram.com/restoretranquility

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Can Entrepreneurs With ADHD Thrive Without Burning Out? Nervous System Regulation for Focused Leadership

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Entrepreneurs with ADD or ADHD are often creative, visionary, and deeply driven, yet many struggle with overwhelm, burnout, and inconsistent focus. In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with therapist and ADHD specialist Sarie McGlone to explore how nervous system regulation is the missing link for sustainable success.

Together, they unpack how ADHD impacts the central nervous system, why traditional productivity advice fails neurodivergent leaders, and how regulation-based practices can support clarity, focus, and confident leadership. This conversation is essential listening for entrepreneurs and business owners ready to stop pushing harder and start leading from alignment.

If you would like to connect with Sarie, she can be reached at: http://www.mcgloneconsulting.com

Regulate and Rise Group: https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/events-replays/regulate-rise

Resource Links:

🔹 Work with Shervon:

4 Questions to Help You Get Unstuck: https://elevatewithshervon.com/4questions/unlock

Book an Alignment Call:

https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/alignmentcall-sl

ELEVATE: Identity-Based Coaching → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

The Expansion Room Community → https://the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

Newsletter: Expansion Room Insights → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-expansion-room-insights-7378408432644628480

🔹 Connect:

Website → https://elevatewithshervon.com/

Instagram → http://instagram.com/restoretranquility

LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/shervonlaurice

Why the Real You is the Secret Sauce in Your Success

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with author and personal brand mentor Chanoa Inez to explore why authenticity is the true driver of success, fulfillment, and opportunity.

Chanoa shares her powerful journey of transformation after upheaval and loss, and how reconnecting to joy and self trust reshaped not only her life, but her work in helping others become more magnetic and memorable.

This conversation explores identity after trauma, resilience, manifestation, embodied self love, and why embracing what makes you uniquely you is not a risk, but your greatest advantage.

If you are navigating change, redefining success, or rebuilding after a major life shift, this episode offers insight, grounding, and permission to live from your truth.

If you’d like to connect with Chanoa, here’s her website:

https://www.chanoainez.com

4 Pillars of Conscious Leadership

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with educator and innovator Mitch Weisburg to explore the Four Pillars of Conscious Leadership: MindShifting, Resourcefulness, Resilience, and Collaboration.

If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or purpose-driven professional who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or ready for a deeper level of growth, this conversation will guide you back to clarity, grounded presence, and meaningful impact.

Together, Mitch and Shervon break down:

✨ What MindShifting really is and how to change self-limiting patterns

✨ How resourcefulness connects to emotional regulation and inner capacity

✨ What resilience looks like for conscious leaders (it’s not “pushing through”)

✨ Why collaboration is a spiritual and strategic practice

Mitch Weisburg, the developer of this leadership model, brings decades of experience helping people learn, grow, and collaborate in more empowered ways. His insights bridge psychology, education, systems thinking, and human potential.

You can find his body of work at MindShifting With Mitch

Whether you’re navigating stress, building a business, leading a team, or creating your next evolution, these four pillars will support you in aligning your inner world with your outer impact.

#ConsciousLeadership

#InnerWorkMeetsImpact

#MindsetForLeaders

🌱 ABOUT SHERVON LAURICE

Shervon is a Mental Wellness & Mindset Coach helping conscious leaders and entrepreneurs heal from within, elevate their thinking, and embody the identity they were meant to lead from. Her work bridges psychology, mindfulness, and spiritual embodiment to support purpose-driven individuals in creating aligned, impactful lives.

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Why Alignment Feels Uncomfortable

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:55:00 -0400

After an aligned decision is made, many people expect relief, clarity, or immediate momentum. Instead, they often experience discomfort, doubt, or nervous system activation. This episode explores why that response is not a sign of misalignment, but a natural part of integration.

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice unpacks the somatic and psychological realities that follow embodied decision. You will learn why the body resists change even when it is aligned, how to tell the difference between fear and intuition after a decision, and how old survival patterns surface during growth. Most importantly, this episode offers guidance on how to regulate the nervous system so your new identity has time to take root.

This conversation is for conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, and seekers who want to stay grounded, present, and aligned after choosing their next chapter.

#EmbodiedLeadership #NervousSystemHealing #ConsciousGrowth

The Power of Embodied Decision

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:28:00 -0400

Why clarity follows commitment, not certainty. And how alignment and momentum begin in the body, not the mind.

In this relaunch episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice explores why true transformation does not begin with logic, certainty, or a perfect plan, but with embodied decision.

This episode invites conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, and seekers into a deeper understanding of decision as a lived, somatic experience rather than a mental process. Through reflection and spiritual insight, Shervon unpacks how embodied decision shifts identity, aligns the nervous system, and creates momentum long before anything changes externally.

This episode marks a new chapter for the podcast, rooted more fully in embodied spirituality, inner leadership, and soul-aligned growth.

#EmbodiedDecision #ConsciousLeadership #SpiritualEmbodiment

Crossing the Threshold Into Becoming

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this deeply reflective transitional episode, Shervon Laurice closes one chapter of The Expansion Room and ceremonially opens the next. Through embodied spirituality, conscious leadership, and soul-aligned inner work, she explores the sacred art of completing a cycle and stepping into the unknown with clarity and intention.

This episode invites listeners into a moment of pause, an opportunity to let go, integrate, reflect, and honor their own thresholds. Shervon also offers a glimpse into the upcoming relaunch, where embodiment, spiritual alignment, and the power of decision take center stage.

Shervon Laurice is a psychotherapist, psychospiritual guide, and transformational coach who helps conscious leaders and high-achieving professionals realign with their truth and expand into their next evolution.

As Founder & CEO of Restore Tranquility, LLC and creator of the ELEVATE coaching experience, she integrates psychotherapy, yoga therapy, mindfulness, and psychedelic-informed approaches to support profound healing and alignment.

Through her coaching programs, retreats, masterclasses, and her online community The Expansion Room hosted on the Circle platform, Shervon guides clients to release limiting patterns, regulate their nervous systems, and embody the leader they are meant to be.

Website: shervonlaurice.com

IG: instagram.com/restoretranquility

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ5Vf8uv2rw

Circle: the-expansion-room.circle.so/c/start-here/

The Journey from Fear to Love: A Psychologist’s Path to Self-Compassion

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0400

Join Shervon Laurice in The Expansion Room as she welcomes psychologist and author Linda Marsanico, whose memoir A Train to Sedona explores the courageous shift from fear to love, compassion, and inner freedom.

In this uplifting conversation, Linda shares the pivotal moments that shaped her spiritual awakening, how she integrates psychology with heart-centered living, and the practices that help us heal old patterns and return to our true nature.

If you’re moving through a season of personal transformation or seeking a deeper connection with love, presence, and your highest self, this episode offers grounded wisdom, embodied tools, and a powerful reminder that the journey inward is the path home.

Linda Marsanico writes and blogs about love, compassion, playfulness, visualization, meditation, and stillness as a road to a joy-filled life. She encourages clients to develop the muscle of meditation and mantra as a support for a disciplined mind.

Linda is a spiritual coach who considers the mind body & spirit of a person. She sees

herself as a healer, employing Reiki, Vortex (R) and Integrated Energy (R) modalities.

Website - LindaMarsanico.com

Twitter X - @LMarsanico

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.co/in/linda-marsanico-b2854a5b/

Facebook - www.Facebook.com/profile.php?id=00007089480249

Email - lindamarsanicophd@gmail.com

Video: The Intro of The A Train to Sedona

Recorded TalkRadioNYC Shows:

www.talkradio.nyc/shows/the-a-train-to-sedona

Conscious Healing. Clarity. Personal Evolution.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice sits down with Daniel McQueen, author of Psychedelic Cannabis and cofounder of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, to explore how leaders and high-achievers can use psychedelic cannabis safely, ethically, and intentionally for profound inner transformation.

We dive into what makes cannabis reliably psychedelic, the trauma-informed preparation needed before a journey, and the essential ingredients for responsible self-guided psychedelic work. Daniel also breaks down the 30-day integration practices that help conscious leaders translate insight into measurable change, emotional resilience, and aligned decision-making.

If you’re curious about psychedelic-assisted healing, somatic transformation, or leadership rooted in consciousness and clarity, this conversation offers grounded guidance, safety frameworks, and practical steps for your next evolution.

https://medicinalmindfulness.org/project/daniel-mcqueen/

The Science and Spirit of Sound Healing

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0400

What if sound could heal the mind and body? In this episode of The Expansion Room, host Shervon Laurice and guest Terrie Weaver, a scientist and trained sound healer, explore how vibration, frequency, and music can restore balance, reduce stress, and open the door to deep emotional healing.

Discover the neuroscience behind sound therapy, Tesla’s 3-6-9 frequency code, and the unified energy field explored in The 1 Field. From brainwave entrainment to soul resonance, this conversation bridges science, spirituality, and the art of vibrational healing.

Terrie Weaver is a Reiki Master and Sound Healer. She earned her Masters of Science from John's Hopkins University and spent her early career as a scientist and life science educator. After facing a serious health challenge that couldn't be solved by Western medicine, she turned to holistic health. This was a turning point in her life, and now she has dedicated her focus to helping others heal with sound, movement of energy, and

Leading in a Loud World: The Power of the Introverted Entrepreneur

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Shervon Laurice is joined by Elizabeth Elson and together they explore the hidden strengths of introverted leaders and entrepreneurs and the unique challenges we face in a world built for extroverts.

Drawing on Susan Cain’s groundbreaking book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, and new research showing how introverts often outperform extroverts in certain leadership roles, Shervon and Elizabeth offer soulful insights on energy management, authentic leadership, and practical ways to prevent burnout while staying true to your natural rhythm.

If you’ve ever felt drained by “being on” all the time, this episode will help you reclaim your quiet power and lead from your center.

Elizabeth Elson is the founder of The Department of Clarity, a social media messaging studio that creates custom strategies enabling thought leaders to measurably grow their reach. A 20-year veteran of award-winning documentaries and podcasts, she’s known for her “clarity radar”, the ability to make complex ideas unmistakably clear and shareable.

An introvert herself, Elizabeth’s strategies favor depth over volume: helping clients batch, script, and repurpose their content so they can show up with calm authority online and sustain a rhythm that reflects their energy, values, and voice.

You can find Elizabeth Elson at: elizabeth@departmentofclarity.com

The Role of Plant Medicines in Humanity’s Return to the Sacred

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this illuminating conversation, host Shervon Laurice sits down with author Stephen Gray (Cannabis and Spirituality, Returning to Sacred World, How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World) to explore how plant medicines and psychedelics can serve as catalysts for both personal awakening and collective transformation.

Together, they discuss Indigenous wisdom, spiritual practice, and how plant medicines and psychedelics may hold a key to a global shift in consciousness. Leading to humanity rediscovering the sacred as we navigate the crises of the modern world.

Stephen Gray is a teacher and writer on spiritual subjects and sacramental medicines. He has worked extensively with Tibetan Buddhism, the Native American Church, and with entheogenic medicines. The author of Returning to Sacred World: A Spiritual Toolkit for the Emerging Reality; Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer's Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally; and How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out (Editor/Contributor). He has also been a conference and workshop organizer, leader, and speaker for many years. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-gray-506616b8?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Effective Boundary Setting for Self-Care This Holiday Season

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, Mental Wellness & Mindset Coach Shervon Laurice explores how setting healthy boundaries is one of the highest forms of self-care—especially during the holiday season.

The end of the year Holiday season can be a beautiful time to re-connect with family and friends and make new memories. And for some of us it can be a very stressful time of unwanted expectations, which is why effective boundary setting is essential to protecting your peace and making self-care a non-negotiable part of your celebrations.

Discover how to:

~ Define your emotional and energetic limits

~ Say “no” without guilt (and “yes” to your wellbeing)

~ Communicate with clarity and consistency

~ Recognize your triggers and protect your peace

~ Strengthen relationships through healthy boundaries

These insights will help you navigate family dynamics, stress, and social expectations with grace this Holiday season—so you can feel grounded, connected, and whole.

"Shervon Laurice

www.laurelmdchiropractor.com

Circle: the-expansion-room.circle.so "

Chiropractic Care for Mental wellness

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400

Discover how chiropractic care goes beyond back pain to improve mental wellness.

Join Shervon Laurice as she welcomes Dr. Terence McAuliffe who comes from a long line of chiropractic healers. They will explore the powerful connection between chiropractic care, the nervous system and mental wellness. Together they will dive into the history chiropractic practice, how adjustments regulate stress response and why this approach can be particularly supportive trauma, anxiety, depression and PTSD. If you're curious about holistic ways to balance body and mind, this conversation offers you some practical insights and inspiration for your healing journey.

McAuliffe Chiropractic

The New Paradigm of Mental Health

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode of, The Expansion Room, Shervon explores the future of mental health — one that transcends symptom management and embraces whole-self healing. Discover how science, spirituality, and soul work are converging to create a new model of wellness rooted in alignment, embodiment, and expansion.

For so long, our mental health systems have focused on symptom management — reducing anxiety, treating depression, addressing trauma — but what if true healing isn’t just about quieting the noise in our minds? What if it’s about aligning the mind, body, and soul so that we experience true healing and can therefore live from a place of authenticity, creativity, and wholeness.

Shervon Laurice, MS, LCPC, RYT

YT: http://youtube.com/@restoretranquility

www.restoretranquility.com

Circle: the-expansion-room.circle.so

Root to Rise: Grounding for Growth & Expansion

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400

Discover why slowing down, grounding your nervous system, and honoring your roots creates the foundation for authentic growth and expansion.

Join Shervon Laurice and her guest Sarie McGlone for this lively discussion on the ways we can reconnect with our bodies, values and ancestry in order to raise our vibration. Whether you are seeking more energetic stability in your life or are moving through a big life transition, this conversation will guide you to creating more harmony, strength and clarity.

Email: sarie@restoretranquility.com

IG: thecannablisscounselor

My Journey Through Science and Spirit

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode of The Expansion Room, I share my personal 22-year journey of bridging science, spirituality, and soul work in the healing process. From my early years rooted in psychotherapy and evidence-based practices, to my awakening through yoga, mindfulness, and psychedelics, and finally into the deeper realm of soul work — this is the story of how I learned to integrate it all.

You’ll hear how science gave me structure, spirituality gave me meaning, and soul work gave me depth and purpose. I also share my vision for the future of healing — where therapy, coaching, psychedelics, and integrative wellness come together to create transformation at the deepest level. If you’re on your own journey of growth, healing, or awakening, I hope this episode inspires you to reflect on the threads of science, spirit, and soul in your life — and how they can be woven together to help you expand.

www.linkedin.com/in/baltimoreacupuncture/

Circle: the-expansion-room.circle.so

Psilocybin and Mental Health Integration

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:00 -0400

This week on The Expansion Room, we explore psilocybin and mental health integration through a spiritual lens. We discuss the history of psilocybin, the unique challenges in bringing psychedelic healing to the community, and the role of integration in making this work sustainable and transformative. Whether you’re curious about microdosing, mental health benefits, or the spiritual dimensions of psychedelics, this episode will inspire reflection and possibility.

This week my special guests are Jared Edmonds and Reggie Bucksell, founders of The Living Sacrament a sacred spiritual community that recently received federal protections as a psilocybin church. They will share their personal journeys into psychedelics and their groundbreaking work bringing sacred healing, as an expansive practice, to the community.

thelivingsacrament.com

Acupuncture for Stress and Mental Health

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:00:00 -0400

This week we will discuss Acupuncture and how it supports out nervous system, reduces stress and promotes emotional balance.

I love Acupuncture for many reasons! My guest, Tom Ingegno, will discuss his work as an acupuncturist and how he helps people regulate their nervous systems to have a positive impact on mental health and enhance overall well-being.

website: charmcityintegrative.com/

book: thecuppingbook.com/

podcast: irreverenthealth.com/

What Is This Thing Called Spirituality?

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:00:00 -0400

In this episode we explore what spirituality is, what it really means, how it differs from religion and why so many seek it for deeper meaning and connection.

My guest JohnPaul Anderson shares his own journey and how it led to him creating Ritune.me, a platform for spiritual exploration and growth. Discovery how spirituality can support mental health and overall wellbeing.

Ritune.me

How Fresh Air and Sunlight Improve Mental Health

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:00:00 -0400

Have you noticed the days are getting shorter? Fall is coming. And millions of people will experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which can cause low mood and energy during fall and winter. But there are powerful natural elements that we can use now to improve our mental health outcomes later. Join me to learn the five simple practices you can start doing now to support your mental wellness through the fall and winter.

In this episode of The Expansion Room, we will discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), what it is and how to identify the symptoms. We will also discuss the science behind how it effects your body and mood. And finally, we'll discuss what are the five habits that can help you find relief.