Soft-Life School: Black Genius and the Need for Rest, with Dr. Chantell Frazier | Ep. 11

Class is in session! 👩🏾‍🏫👩🏾‍🎓 In this nourishing and necessary episode of Space To Exhale: The Podcast, Lisa is joined by the brilliant Chantell Frazier, Ph.D., founder & CEO of Anansi Research, founder of the Healthy Scholars community, and creator of the Love Notes for Black Women in Academia campaign.

In “Soft-Life School: Black Genius and the Need for Rest,” Lisa and Chantell unpack what it means to center rest as a radical act of self-preservation, especially for Black women navigating the grind culture of academia.

In this first episode in the Soft-Life School series, you are invited into a space where Black brilliance does not require burnout, where healing is just as valuable as achievement, and where you are worth more than your credentials. This is a masterclass in unlearning the violence of overwork and reclaiming the healing energies of ease, imagination, and rest. 💚

In this episode, you will learn about:

✅ How grind culture impacts Black women in academia

✅ Dr. Frazier’s journey creating communities of healing and care

✅ How Dr. Frazier’s "Love Notes for Black Women in Academia" became a balm for burnout and a blueprint for collective care

✅ Why rest is not a reward but a requirement—especially for Black women intellectuals and creatives

✅ How to honor your genius and your humanity in high-performance spaces

✅ Simple, sustainable strategies for building a soft life that sustains your genius

Tune in and exhale. Because your body AND your brain deserve to rest.

Join us for what will be a healing and inspiring show. 

CREDITS:

👸🏽Guest: Dr. Chantell Frazier, founder & CEO of Anansi Research, founder of the Healthy Scholars community, and creator of the Love Notes for Black Women in Academia 

👸🏽Producer: Lisa Hurley, Author Space To Exhale and Founder, The Great Exhale

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