Notes from the Edge

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 neuroscience behind body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), trichotillomania, shame, nervous system regulation, and the path from self-judgment to self-understanding. After hiding he...

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  Kayla Crane  as we explore the hidden ways trauma, attachment, and past experiences shape the way we love, fight, trust, and connect. Together we’ll discuss: • Why communication alone...

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 accomplished professionals still feel burned out, disconnected, and unfulfilled despite doing everything “right.” After more than 30 years in business, architecture, entrepreneurshi...

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 explore the connection between recovery, spirituality, resilience, and our relationship with the natural world. After overcoming addiction and transforming her own life, TeZa has d...

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 Cheryl Stelte, bestselling author, speaker, and founder of the Azarias Energy Healing Certification Program, as we explore why awareness doesn’t always lead to transformation and what it...

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 business challenge she encountered was something much deeper: people searching for purpose, alignment, and a way to succeed without sacrificing themselves. In this episode of  Note...

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  Part II  of my conversation with financial advisor, former Benedictine monk, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author  Douglas Lynam  as we take a deeper look into the psychology of money thr...

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 with neurodivergence, trauma histories, and mental health challenges while navigating your own. Sharing stories from her own family, Lisa discusses her daughter’s late autism diagnosis...

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 Edge , Lisa Lacy explores the overlooked intersection of menopause, depression, neuroscience, and women’s mental health. Drawing from current research and her own lived experience of surg...

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 conversation with healer, teacher, and author  Ben Oofana , whose work bridges decades of study in Native American healing traditions, Taoist internal arts, meditation, and emotional transformati...

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 in boardrooms, businesses, and everyday conversations while diagnoses like Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Complex PTSD continue to carry so much stigma? Toge...

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 and world-builder  Justin Anderson  to explore how fiction can become a bridge to healing for people who struggle to put their pain into words. Justin never intended to build a mytholo...

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 understood communication, leadership, parenting, boundaries, and human relationships. This conversation isn’t about horses. It’s about the hidden ways we communicate, the blind spots we al...

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  Notes From the Edge , Lisa Lacy sits down with Douglas Lynam, whose extraordinary journey spans Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, twenty years as a Benedictine monk, and a career...

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 believing they’re losing themselves. Motivation disappears. Anxiety gets louder. Depression returns after years of stability. Relationships suffer. Careers become harder. Many begin wonderi...

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 invisible wounds that led to addiction, depression, and one life-altering question: Who am I without the uniform? In this powerful episode of  Notes From the Edge , host  Lisa Lacy  sits...

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 down with  Harold Walter Azmann , Founder and CEO of the World Mental Health Forum, for a compassionate discussion about chronic suicidal thoughts, depression, suffering, hope, and wh...

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 Future Self , a reflective series under the  Notes From the Edge  podcast, I explore a question that caught me completely off guard: If success doesn’t guarantee peace… what have I actuall...

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 episode of  Midnight Menopausal Meanderings , I’m reflecting on a conversation that reminded me of something I’d forgotten. We’re not just people trying to survive another Monday. We are...

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  Notes From the Edge , Lisa Lacy explores the grief of watching your body change, the unexpected humor that helps us survive it, and the profound psychological shift that happens when you...

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 woman I’m still becoming. Each episode is a letter to my future self, exploring the lessons I’m learning in real time about healing, identity, recovery, relationships, resilience, and wh...

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 philosophy, part neuroscience, part marriage counseling you didn’t ask for, and occasionally… it starts with something as ridiculous as biscuits and gravy.  In this deeply personal solo epi...

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 “letting it go.” Together, we’ll explore: • Why trust is a biological prediction, not just an emotion • What happens inside the brain and body after betrayal • Why attachment and fe...

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 a thoughtful conversation about self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the questions that shape our lives. Together they explore what it means to know yourself without judgme...

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 relationships to the growing misuse of the term “narcissist,” Lisa challenges listeners to look beneath the labels and ask deeper questions. Why do we perform certain roles? What happen...