The Expansion Project Newsletter

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

Changing the Face of Therapy

Hi Beloved Community, It’s Dr. Saira—and today I’m showing up with something that feels almost too big for words. You’ve probably felt the shift if you’ve been watching our weekly videos. Over the last nine months, we’ve been in a deep creative gestation. Quietly tending to som...

by Dr. Saira — Apr 18, 2025 advanced consciousness therapy energy and psychology integration future of therapy holistic mental health intuitive psychology new healing modalities the expansion project

Beyond Brain Science

In this week's video, I share some new thoughts around an old teaching that helps people understand how their brain functions, and what we can do to get it back on track when things get messy. Watch the video to be guided through something both playful and deeply transformative: ...

by Dr. Saira — Apr 11, 2025 brain and nervous system conscious expansion mind-body connection presence and alignment

There's a Rhythm to Doing and Being

Have you been avoiding the pile of dishes in the sink? In this week's video, I talk about how I have learned to wait for the "spark" and not force myself to check off my task list and then simmer with rage and resentment. Let's be honest: with all the competing priorities of day-...

by Dr. Saira — Apr 04, 2025 avoiding burnout inspired action the presence protocol

From Contrast to Clarity

"As you know what you do not want, you know more clearly what you do want, and so an improved idea is born from the contrast you are living. As you sift through the details of your life experience, day by day and moment by moment, you radiate a constant barrage of vibrational o...

by Dr. Saira — Mar 28, 2025

The Spring Melt

In this week's video I share my personal story about how over the years I categorized my experiences into four distinct boxes, and how these very same boxes left me feeling fractured and disconnected from myself. Through the melting of these boxes over the last two years, my worl...

by Dr. Saira — Mar 21, 2025 consciousness living the inspired life new beginnings personal transformation presence protocol

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