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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What Do We Reach for When Purpose Is Gone? PTSD, Gambling Addiction & Life After War with Sean Carberry
Sep 08, 2026
What do we reach for when the thing that gave us purpose, identity, adrenaline, and belonging is suddenly gone?Sean Carberry is an award-winning journalist and former NPR Kabul correspondent whose…
Why Do We Self-Sabotage? EFT, Nervous System Safety & Trauma Responses with Carol Look
Sep 05, 2026
What if the behavior you’re trying hardest to get rid of was once the very thing that helped you survive?Carol Look is a psychotherapist and founding EFT Master who has spent decades helping people…
Closure, Betrayal Trauma & Rebuilding Self-Trust | Solo Episode with Lisa Lacy
Sep 04, 2026
How much longer are you willing to wait for someone else to validate what you already know happened?Lisa Lacy is a trauma educator and relationship advisor exploring one powerful idea: sometimes…
When You Can’t Afford to Fall Apart: Grief, Fatherhood & Starting Over with Lee Ehlers
Sep 03, 2026
What happens when everyone needs you to be okay, but you’re barely surviving yourself?Hollywood screenwriter and producer Lee Ehlers spent years learning how to survive rejection, but nothing…
Why men are lonely and healthy masculinity with Michael Ostrolenk
Sep 02, 2026
What if real masculine strength has less to do with pushing harder and more to do with learning how to regulate yourself, feel deeply, and stay present under pressure?Michael Ostrolenk, licensed…
Emotional Sobriety, Addiction Recovery & Healing What Still Hurts with Dr. Dean & HollyKem Sunseri
Sep 01, 2026
What happens when you stop the addiction, but the pain underneath it is still running your life?Dr. Dean Sunseri, licensed professional counselor, and HollyKem Sunseri, certified life coach with more…
Who Told You That? | Solo Episode with Lisa Lacy
Aug 29, 2026
Who told you that you were too sensitive, too difficult, selfish, dramatic, unstable, or simply too much? And when did someone else’s opinion become part of your identity?In this solo episode of…
Men’s Mental Health, Loneliness & Healthy Masculinity with Jason Lange
Aug 28, 2026
What happens when men are taught that vulnerability is weakness, but connection is exactly what they need most?Jason Lange is a men’s embodiment coach and group facilitator who believes men don’t…
ADHD, Autism & AuDHD: Trauma, Masking and Late Diagnosis with Ellie AuDHD Capstick
Aug 27, 2026
What happens when you spend decades believing you’re lazy, too much, unreliable or simply doing life wrong, only to discover your brain has been working differently all along?Ellie AuDHD Capstick is…
Can Worms, Sprouts & Laughter Change Your Life? with Cathy Nesbitt
Aug 26, 2026
What if the secret to a healthier, happier, more sustainable life is hiding in a bin of worms, a jar of sprouts and one really good belly laugh?Cathy Nesbitt is an award-winning entrepreneur and…
Regret, Grief & Moving Forward Without Moving On with Stephanie Renner
Aug 25, 2026
What if moving forward doesn’t require you to “get over” what happened?Stephanie Renner is an attorney, keynote speaker, and creator of the Regret to Resilience Method™, a framework for moving…
Menopause Didn’t Make Me Crazy. It Exposed What I Was Already Carrying. Solo Episode with Lisa Lacy
Aug 22, 2026
What happens when menopause doesn’t create the crisis, but exposes everything your mind and body have spent decades carrying?Lisa Lacy, writer and host of Notes From the Edge, explores how surgical…
Sexual Addiction & Betrayal Trauma: Boundaries, Grief and Healing with Roxanna Johnson
Aug 21, 2026
What happens to the spouse when the person with the addiction gets all the attention?In this deeply personal conversation, Lisa Lacy sits down with author, speaker and advocate Roxanna Johnson to…
The Longest Distance: Men’s Mental Health, Male Loneliness & Emotional Healing with Daniel Sterling
Aug 19, 2026
What happens when achievement becomes a substitute for being seen?Writer, memoirist, and speaker Daniel Sterling joins Lisa Lacy for a candid conversation about men’s mental health, male loneliness…
Coercive Control & Trauma Bonding: Why You Can’t “Just Leave” Solo Episode with Lisa Lacy
Aug 18, 2026
Why does someone stay in a relationship they know is hurting them? And why can leaving feel almost physically unbearable, even when you know you need to go?In this special solo episode of Notes From…
Integrative Psychiatry: Root-Cause Mental Health, Depression & Whole-Person Care with Dr. Naveen Thomas
Aug 16, 2026
What if psychiatry looked beyond symptoms and asked a different question: What else could be happening here?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with Dr. Naveen Thomas…
Designing a Life After Divorce: People-Pleasing, Reinvention & Creating a Home That Feels Like You with Jodi Koch
Aug 14, 2026
What happens when you realize the life you worked so hard to hold together no longer feels like your own?
In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with Jodi Koch, CEO of Elizabeth…
Beyond the Mind: Consciousness, Trauma, Identity & the Search for Meaning with Dean Graves
Aug 12, 2026
What if stress isn’t simply something to eliminate, but something trying to show us where healing needs to happen?
In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with mental health…
Women Have It Harder: The Pay Gap, Sexual Violence, Self-Sacrifice, Menopause & the Cost of Being Female
Aug 09, 2026
Women have it harder.
There, I said it.
And no, this is not a man-hating manifesto. I love men. In fact, parts of my romantic history would suggest I may have loved them a little too…
Teen Drug Use, Kratom & Addiction Prevention: What Parents Need to Know with Dave Kopeny
Aug 08, 2026
The drug landscape facing teenagers is changing faster than many parents realize.
In this second conversation with author, educator, private investigator, and ASAP Community founder Dave Kopeny, we…
Kitchen Design, Home & Reinvention: Building a Life You Love with Marvin W. Towler
Aug 07, 2026
What if designing a kitchen and designing a life have more in common than we think?
In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with kitchen designer and longtime construction…
The Book Was Never Just the Book: Turning Your Story into Legacy with Missy Maxwell Worton
Jul 30, 2026
What if the story that will not leave you alone is not merely asking to be written, but asking to become a message that changes lives?In this live episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down…
Suicide, Radical Listening & the Truths We Leave Unsaid with Sean Wellington
Jul 29, 2026
This conversation includes candid discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, attempts, grief, and the emotional realities carried by survivors and the people who love them.What happens when someone…
No Longer Leading With the Wound with Hilary Momberger Powers
Jul 29, 2026
What happens when success arrives before you have had the chance to understand who you are?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with transformational mentor, trauma-informed…
Hope Without Sight: Learning to Feel Deeply Without Losing Yourself with Saylor Cooper
Jul 29, 2026
What happens when empathy feels less like a gift and more like carrying everyone else’s emotions inside your own body?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with former client…
I Worked It. But It Didn’t Work. Why Didn’t You Tell Me?
Jul 28, 2026
When doing everything “right” in recovery leaves you smaller, sicker, and further away from yourself.For two years, I did exactly what I was told.Six days a week. Sometimes two meetings a day…
You Can't Automate Relationships with Beth Granger
Jul 27, 2026
Beth Granger on visibility, digital trust, critical conversations, and staying human in an increasingly automated worldTechnology can help us reach thousands of people, write polished messages, and…
How Chronic Devaluation Shapes Confidence, Relationships, and Ambition
Jul 27, 2026
What happens when nothing you accomplish ever seems to be enough?In this solo episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy explores the long-term impact of chronic devaluation, especially when it begins…
Clawing Back From the Bottom with Bryan Blackmon
Jul 27, 2026
Bryan Blackmon left Texas for California chasing a dream. Instead, he found himself homeless, sleeping in his car, and drowning in alcohol and addiction.Then an elderly landlord named Elaine chose…
I Was Wounded… and Slightly Feral
Jul 27, 2026
It is exactly midnight, I am editing Notes From a Certified Madwoman, and I have finally realized something:Maybe I was never crazy.Maybe I was wounded, dysregulated, surviving, and just slightly…
