Notes from the Edge
Gamut Podcast Network
153 episodes
Notes From the Edge is where polished stories end and the truth begins. Hosted by writer, trauma educator, executive advisor, and author Lisa Lacy, this globally ranked podcast explores survival, identity, trauma, addiction, recovery, leadership, relationships, and reinvention through raw, deeply human conversations. No scripts. No small talk. Just the stories we were taught to hide, the roles we performed to survive, and the truths that set us free. What did you perform in order to survive? Welcome to the edge. www.lisalacy.com
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THE MONSTERS WE CARRY
Richard Spegal on Dark Fantasy, Mental Health, and the Battles Within Author Richard Spegal returns to Notes From the Edge for a deeper conversation about the profoundly human truths hiding inside dark fantasy.…
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Living With an Invisible Illness: The Unbearable Fear and Loneliness
In this deeply personal solo episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy records at 3 a.m., during the hour when the world grows quiet and every unfamiliar sensation in the body becomes impossible to ignore. Lisa lives…
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The Call That Cannot Go Unanswered
Recovery, AI, and the Human Cost of a Missed Moment in Addiction Treatment What happens when someone finally finds the courage to ask for help, calls a treatment center, and no one answers? To an organization, it may…
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Mother of 6 Found Slain: For Cletha
On August 9, 1969, while the world’s attention turned toward the Manson murders across town, another woman was killed on what society considered the wrong side of Los Angeles. Her name was Cletha, and she was my…
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When Survival Becomes an Identity
Childhood Trauma, Self-Destruction, and Reclaiming the Person Beneath the Performance Content note: This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse, suicide attempts, addiction patterns, abusive…
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Menopause, Insomnia, and the Disappearing Bullshit Filter
The dogs woke me up. Menopause made sure I stayed awake. And suddenly my nervous system was hosting a 3:00 a.m. board meeting about every decision I have made since 1997. In this episode of Midnight Menopausal…
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When Love Becomes the Way Back to Yourself
What happens when the person you learned to abandon in order to survive is yourself? Many of us learned early how to stay quiet, become useful, keep the peace, earn approval, and make ourselves smaller so other people…
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The Stories Life Writes Through Us: Nursing, Hospice, Faith & Storytelling
What happens when a lifetime of caring for people, witnessing loss, raising a family, and navigating life’s hardest moments becomes the foundation for storytelling? Join me for a new live episode of Notes From the…
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When Skill Isn't Enough
What happens to the surgeon after a patient experiences a devastating complication? Clinicians are trained to make life-or-death decisions, perform under extraordinary pressure, and remain calm when everything is at…
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The Miles We Run From Ourselves: Endurance, Anxiety, and What Lies Beyond Grit
How far will we push ourselves before we finally ask what we are running from? Marc Hopkins has completed the Bigfoot 200, eight Ironman-distance triathlons, and more than 200 endurance events. But the most difficult…
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Why Love Gets So Complicated
Why do relationships feel harder than ever, even when two people genuinely love each other? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with relationship coach, author, speaker, and ordained minister…
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High Performance Without Burnout: Building a Better Relationship with Time
We all get the same 24 hours. So why do some people feel purposeful while others feel overwhelmed? Join me for a live conversation with keynote speaker, author, and time strategy coach C.W. Hawley as we explore the…
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The Human Cost of High Performance
What does success cost when the person carrying it is quietly breaking underneath it? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with James Lang, Managing Partner and co-founder of OverLang Venture…
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When Survival Rewrites Morality
What happens when the future disappears? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, I’m joined by dystopian thriller author T.A. Thompson, creator of The Mark, to explore the fascinating intersection of survival,…
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Finding Meaning, Hope, and the Courage to Keep Talking About Suicide Loss.
What happens after a loss that changes your life forever? How do we talk about suicide, grief, and mental health in ways that bring healing instead of silence? Join me for a powerful live episode of Notes From the…
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When a Vision Changes Everything: Consciousness and the Search for Meaning
What happens when one extraordinary experience changes the course of your entire life? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with Australian visionary author Eugene Samolin to explore the…
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When High Achievement Becomes Survival
Success isn’t always a sign that we’re thriving. Sometimes it’s evidence of how well we’ve learned to survive. In this episode of Notes From the Edge, I’m joined by internationally recognized stress management…
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You got screwed. Your brain may have gotten rewired.
If you’ve ever walked away from betrayal wondering, “What happened to me?” this episode is for you. Whether the betrayal came from a partner, family member, workplace, friendship, your health, or even life itself,…
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What If Nothing Is Wrong With You? Understanding the Behaviors That Help Us Survive
What if the behaviors we judge the most are actually the ones that helped us survive? Join me for a powerful live episode of Notes From the Edge with Jessie Hannah, creator of Bare Becoming, as we explore the…
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When Love Meets Survival: Healing Relationships After Trauma
What if the biggest challenges in our relationships aren’t about communication at all? What if they’re about survival? Join me for a live episode of Notes From the Edge with licensed marriage and family therapist…
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Finding JOY in a World That Rewards Burnout
What if success isn’t the destination we’ve been taught it is? Join me live for an honest conversation with Ted Kopecko, #1 international bestselling author of Finding JOY… Journey of You, as we explore why so many…
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Beyond Survival: Awakening Through Adversity
What if healing ourselves is the first step toward healing the world? Join me for a powerful live conversation with author, artist, environmental advocate, and longtime meditation and yoga practitioner TeZa Lord as we…
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When Healing Isn’t Enough: The Deeper Shift Beyond Insight
We’ve all heard the advice. Go to therapy. Journal. Meditate. Read the books. Do the inner work. But what happens when you’ve done all of that and something still feels stuck? Join me for a live conversation with…
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Success Without Alignment: Why High Achievers Still Feel Empty
Can you build a successful business without losing yourself? Entrepreneur, speaker, and business strategist Gini Trask has spent decades helping companies grow into multi-million-dollar organizations. But behind every…
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The Money Monster Within: Managing Yourself Before You Manage Your Money
Most financial advice focuses on budgets, investments, and strategies. But what if the biggest obstacle to financial freedom isn’t your bank account? What if it’s the unconscious story you’re living? Join me for…
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When Everyone’s Brain Works Differently: Living with autism, ADHD, trauma, and mental illness under one roof… and learning that understanding matters more than being right.
What happens when everyone in the house experiences the world through a different nervous system? In this deeply personal episode of Midnight Menopausal Meanderings, Lisa Lacy explores the reality of loving people…
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The Mental Health Crisis Nobody Warned Women About | Menopause, Depression & the Hidden Risk of Suicide
What if the greatest mental health crisis facing midlife women isn’t happening because they’re “losing their minds”… What if it’s happening because we’ve stopped listening? In this solo episode of Notes From the…
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The Patterns We Repeat: What Our Relationships Reveal About Ourselves
Why do so many of us find ourselves living the same story with different people? Why do painful relationship patterns continue long after we’ve left the original wounds behind? Join me for a powerful live…
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Why Some Mental Health Diagnoses Become Identities and Some Become Prisons.
What if the diagnosis isn’t the whole story? In this live episode of Notes From the Edge, we’ll explore one of the most important conversations happening in psychology today. Why has ADHD become increasingly accepted…
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When Stories Heal What Therapy Can’t with Justin Anderson
How Fiction Gives Voice to Invisible Wounds. What if the story that changes your life isn’t found in a psychology textbook… but in a fantasy novel? This week on Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with author…
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What the Horse Saw Before I Did with Maria Alessandri
How Our Relationships Reveal the Parts of Ourselves We’ve Never Examined.More than twenty years ago, Maria adopted a rescue horse believing she was there to train him. Instead, the horse transformed the way she…
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The Wealth We Can’t Spend
From Marine to Monk to Money Manager: What Money Is Really Trying to Teach Us. Money is one of the most emotionally charged languages we speak, yet few of us were ever taught how to understand it. In this episode of…
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A New Kind of Depression in Menopause: When Your Hormones Change, Your Brain Changes Too
What if the sadness you’re carrying isn’t simply emotional? What if your brain is trying to adapt to one of the biggest neurological transitions of your life? Millions of women enter perimenopause and menopause…
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Who Are You When the Identity That Defined You No Longer Exists?
What happens when the identity you’ve built your entire life around suddenly disappears? After multiple combat deployments as an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, Benjamin J. Lee came home carrying…
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Understanding Chronic Suicidal Thoughts: A Conversation About Hope, Healing, and Mental Health
What if thoughts of suicide aren’t always a desire to die, but a signal that something inside desperately needs to change? In one of the most important conversations we’ve had on Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits…
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Maybe Success Was Never the Goal
What If Satisfaction Is the Thing You’ve Been Chasing All Along? What if the thing you’ve been chasing your entire life… was never the thing you actually needed? In this episode of Lessons for Lisa: Notes to My…
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When You Remember You’re Made of Stardust
How Looking at the Universe Can Shrink Even Our Biggest Problems What happens when you stop looking at your life through the lens of your problems… and start looking at it through the lens of the universe? In this…
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When Your Body Becomes A Stranger
What happens when the body you’ve lived in for 50 years suddenly doesn’t feel like home? This isn’t just a conversation about menopause. It’s a conversation about identity. In this deeply personal solo episode of…
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The Hidden Cost of Keeping Score
Lessons for Lisa: Notes to My Future Self is a reflective solo series under the Notes From the Edge podcast umbrella. These aren’t lectures. They aren’t polished TED Talks. They’re honest conversations with the…
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Midnight Menopausal Meanderings: It was Never about the Biscuits & Gravy
Welcome to the first episode of Midnight Menopausal Meanderings, a new recurring series under the Notes From the Edge umbrella. This series is where the polished masks come off. It’s part storytelling, part…
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The Biology of Trust After Betrayal
Why is it so hard to trust again after betrayal, even when you know the danger has passed? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy explores the biology of betrayal and why healing is about so much more than…
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The Courage to Be Seen: What Healing Really Asks of Us
What if healing isn’t about becoming someone new? What if it’s about having the courage to finally tell yourself the truth? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with counselor Teddy Engels for…
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The Masks We Wear: Identity, Narcissism & What We Perform to Survive
Welcome to another episode of Notes From the Edge. In this unscripted solo conversation, Lisa Lacy explores the masks we wear to survive and the identities we often mistake for who we really are. From mom guilt and…
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What Men Don’t Say: Breaking the Trauma Bond Cycle
Why do so many intelligent, capable people stay trapped in relationships that continue to hurt them? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with Steve Barton to explore trauma bonds through the…
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Truth in the Shadows: Mental Health, Identity & the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Some of the most important conversations happen in the gray areas. In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with author and former military officer Richard Spegal for an honest conversation about…
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The Sanctuary Bond: How to Build a Relationship That Feels Safe, Strong, and Lasting.
What do you do when life gives you a second chance? In this powerful episode of Notes From the Edge, I sit down with Gaylen Wilson, heart transplant survivor, relationship coach, author, and founder of The Monument…
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The Game of Ten: Moving Beyond Fear, Self-Doubt, and Shame
What if the biggest obstacle to your success isn’t a lack of skill, knowledge, or opportunity but the invisible fears running beneath the surface? In this thought-provoking conversation, Lisa sits down with executive…
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Are You Performing Your Sex Life?
What happens when performance follows us into the most intimate parts of our lives? In this powerful conversation, Lisa Lacy sits down with relationship and embodiment coach Tracy Allyn to explore performative sex,…
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The Art of Saying No: Why Women Were Never Taught This Skill
Why is saying no so hard? For many women, it isn’t a communication problem. It’s a survival strategy. In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa explores the psychology of people pleasing, the conditioning that…
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“I’m Fine”: The Hidden Cost of High-Functioning Survival
She has the career. The responsibilities. The accomplishments. The smile. Everyone thinks she’s doing fine. But what if competence has become camouflage? In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa explores the…
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