@Nakov Thank you so much, this worked perfectly, mostly. When I initially tried it I used the code you suggested and I also moved it to AppServiceProvider like you said, and this gave me an error, shown below. So I moved it back to AuthServiceProvider just to test, but kept the code change you said, and it worked here. I'm sure the error is nothing surprising for someone that is experienced and knows the ins and outs of Laravel, but I'm still having to research every little thing.
When I initially started with Laravel I was brand new to PHP, so I started with this "kit" so to speak, called Wave, and it had a pre-built configuration for Laravel, Voyager, and some other things that helped me get started. so I'm assuming the way this is configured is why this works properly in AuthServiceProvider, but I wanted to ask you if you think this could pose some kind of problem? Or if it works, I'm assuming that's al that matters?
Either way, thank you for your help.
Aforementioned error:
