# What Did You Perform in Order to Survive?

An episode of [Notes from the Edge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1896943121), 19 Jun 2026, 6:59.

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Welcome to the first episode of Notes From the Edge. I’m Lisa Lacy, writer, trauma educator, executive advisor, author of the upcoming memoir Notes From a Certified Madwoman, and its field guide companion, The Psychology of Performing™. In this opening episode, I share why this podcast exists, the question that changed my life, and the conversations we’ll be having here. Together, we’ll explore high-functioning survival, identity, trauma, addiction, recovery, leadership, relationships, mental health, reinvention, and the roles people perform in order to survive. Because sometimes what looks like personality is adaptation. Sometimes what gets labeled as dysfunction is survival. And sometimes the life that saved you becomes the life that confines you. The question at the center of it all: What did you perform in order to survive? Human conversations about the things people don’t talk about… but need to. Welcome to the Edge. www.lisalacy.com Notes from the Edge with Lisa Lacy Human conversations about trauma, identity, recovery, reinvention, relationships, leadership, and the lives we build after survival. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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