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 Book Was Never Just the Book: Turning Your Story into Legacy with Missy Maxwell Worton
Jul 29, 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 27, 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…
WATCH ME with Renee Carbone Fleming
Jul 26, 2026
The Price of Waiting for Permission and the Power of Becoming Visible AnywayWhat happens when a woman stops waiting to feel confident, stops explaining every decision, and starts building the life…
People Were More Comfortable With My Suffering When I Carried It Quietly
Jul 26, 2026
Female Anger, Menopause, and What Happens When the Manageable Woman DisappearsPeople celebrate strong women until those women get angry, set boundaries, stop apologizing, or remove access.In this…
The Last Rocketman: Fear Is Information Not Instruction with Dan Schlund
Jul 25, 2026
What happens when the thing that made you feel most alive nearly kills you?“Rocketman” Dan Schlund is one of the last professionally trained Rocketbelt pilots in the world. For a decade, he flew jet…
When Your Diagnosis Enters the Room Before You Do
Jul 24, 2026
Psychiatric labels, medical dismissal, and what happens when a human being becomes paperworkWhat happens when a provider sees your psychiatric history before they truly see you?In this deeply…
What the Hell is Love?
Jul 23, 2026
What happens when you grow up without hearing “I love you,” without being held, and without learning what safe, enduring affection feels like?In this deeply personal solo episode of Midnight…
The Competence Trap with Loren Silverman
Jul 23, 2026
Burnout, Boundaries, and Why the Most Capable Person in the Room May Be Closest to the EdgeWhat happens when competence becomes a survival strategy?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy…
Before the First Hit with Dave Kopeny
Jul 23, 2026
How Parents Can Recognize Risk, Interrupt Addiction, and Become Their Child’s Strongest Protective ForceEvery parent wants to believe their child will know how to recognize danger, make the right…
Who Got You Here Won't Get You There
Jul 23, 2026
Jim Hughes on Identity, Fear, Self-Judgment, and Becoming the Person Beneath the PerformanceThe person who got you here may have been exactly who you needed to become.The achiever. The…
When Leadership Stops Developing People with Dr. Katie Trowbridge
Jul 23, 2026
Curiosity, Compliance, and Teams That Think.Why do capable, intelligent teams stop taking initiative?Sometimes it is not because people are lazy, disengaged, or unwilling to contribute. Sometimes…
When Compassion Is Not Enough
Jul 21, 2026
What happens when someone you love is in crisis, refuses help, and waiting for them to become “ready” may cost them their life?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with…
The Confidence Beneath the Craving
Jul 21, 2026
Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, and Rebuilding a Life with the S.O.B.E.R. MethodWhat happens when you remove the substance, but the pain, pressure, and survival patterns underneath it remain?In this…
THE MONSTERS WE CARRY
Jul 21, 2026
Richard Spegal on Dark Fantasy, Mental Health, and the Battles WithinAuthor Richard Spegal returns to Notes From the Edge for a deeper conversation about the profoundly human truths hiding inside…
Living With an Invisible Illness: The Unbearable Fear and Loneliness
Jul 20, 2026
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…
The Call That Cannot Go Unanswered
Jul 19, 2026
Recovery, AI, and the Human Cost of a Missed Moment in Addiction TreatmentWhat happens when someone finally finds the courage to ask for help, calls a treatment center, and no one answers?To an…
Mother of 6 Found Slain: For Cletha
Jul 17, 2026
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…
When Survival Becomes an Identity
Jul 17, 2026
Childhood Trauma, Self-Destruction, and Reclaiming the Person Beneath the PerformanceContent note: This episode includes discussion of childhood sexual abuse, suicide attempts, addiction patterns…
Menopause, Insomnia, and the Disappearing Bullshit Filter
Jul 17, 2026
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…
When Love Becomes the Way Back to Yourself
Jul 16, 2026
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…
The Stories Life Writes Through Us: Nursing, Hospice, Faith & Storytelling
Jul 16, 2026
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…
When Skill Isn't Enough
Jul 16, 2026
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…
The Miles We Run From Ourselves: Endurance, Anxiety, and What Lies Beyond Grit
Jul 15, 2026
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…
