The Expansion Project Newsletter

So...I Got a Kitten

I have a childhood history of compliance. I was the good girl who always did what she was told, and went along with what the adults wanted. From a very young age, I learned that there was no point asking for a pet, because "we are not pet people". As a child of immigrant parents,...

Jul 11, 2025

Learning to Be, Not Just Do

It's been a strange few days. Technically, I am on my one-week summer break, and yet I haven't been able to really step away and melt into the holiday feeling. The fact that I am writing this newsletter and didn't think it through to make an alternative plan or hand it off to so...

by Dr. Saira — Jul 04, 2025 advanced consciousness therapy self-help transpersonal psychology

Old Beliefs, New Reality

Dear Expansion Community, Last weekend, I took an impromptu trip to Canmore, Alberta. It was the first time I drove through the Rocky Mountains by myself, and it was surprisingly pleasant. For those who know me well, they know that I prefer to be the passenger rather than the dri...

by Dr. Saira — Jun 27, 2025 #advancedconsciousnesstherapy #consciousnessexpansion #energymeetspsychology #healingwithoutlabels #rewriteyourstory #thepresenceprotocol

Making Decisions from the Heart

What does it mean to make a choice? Yesterday morning, I got a text from a friend. He needed a listening ear, so I called him and we chatted quietly as he hid in an empty office at work. He is facing a conundrum and has to make a decision where either outcome will have real and l...

by Dr. Saira — Jun 20, 2025 advanced consiousness therapy decision making transpersonal psychology

What Tiredness is Teaching Us

Dear Community, I'm friggin' pooped. First we were ramping up for our Practitioner Training in Salmon Arm, BC in April. Then the Women's Retreat near Kamloops, BC in early May. Then the big launch of Advanced Consciousness Therapy in Calgary, Alberta at the end of May. And early ...

by Dr. Saira — Jun 13, 2025 advanced consciousness therapy launching new modality rest and recovery spiritual calling

Carried By The River

Dear Expansion Community, It’s Dr. Saira here. (NOTE: In case you are new to the community, here's the back-story: Monique and Texas Peck (who are married), my husband Faizan Sabzaali, and I are the Founding Four at The Expansion Project.) Last week, Monique and I ended up in Cal...

by Dr. Saira — Jun 06, 2025 advanced consciousness therapy june 7 2025 living in flow the presence protocol therapist training

Flowing Through The Flu

Dear Expansion Family, My dear friend Texas is struggling through an illness. The kind where you're out on your back, lying in bed for days, waiting for the bug to take its toll and your system to re-set. He’s obediently following all the home remedies, drinking the soups, restin...

by Dr. Saira — May 31, 2025 alignment vs hustle culture consciousness and immune system healing through rest live spiritual event canada spiritual burnout recovery

They Got Burnout Wrong!

Dear Beloved Community, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to keep showing up for others—especially when your own tank feels dangerously close to empty. If you’re someone who lives with your heart wide open—if you’re a helper, a healer, a parent, a caregiver, a t...

by Dr. Saira — May 23, 2025 burnout recovery for healers consciousness-based therapy healing professions mental health sustainable self-care practices

Why Words Matter

Once or twice a quarter, Texas and I offer enrollment into our Mentorship Circle, a small group of people who have demonstrated accountability and leadership in their own lives and are ready to come more fully into their place in the world, ready to let their light shine beyon...

by Dr. Saira — May 16, 2025 advanced consciousness therapy cross-cultural spirituality language and spiritual growth mystical concepts in healing online consciousness course the expansion project

Tearing Down the Walls

Happy Friday! It's Dr. Saira with your weekly update and love letter. And today is a little different. Usually, I write this really close to the time I send it, but this week I have to write it earlier because we are ramping up to be at our Women's Retreat. The team will make s...

by Dr. Saira — May 09, 2025 advancedconsciousness newtherapy transpersonalpsychology

Exposing the Taboo in Therapy

To All the Truth-Tellers out there - this one's for you. Let’s be honest for a second: how many of us got into the healing arts because we wanted to make a real difference… only to end up feeling frustrated when the tools we were taught just don’t seem to move the needle? This we...

by Dr. Saira — May 02, 2025 advancedconsciousnesstherapy clientbreakthroughs consciousnessshift energypsychology expansionproject therapistburnout therapisttools transformationaltherapy

Introducing Texas and Growing the Family

The Intro This week, we are shifting gears! In today's newsletter, you will get the usual weekly update and a nudge to watch the video, but there is another thing we will be adding today and in the weeks to come: Practitioner Profiles. You see, exactly two weeks ago, we trained our first coho...

by Dr. Saira — Apr 25, 2025

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