Notes from the Edge

Hosts

• Lisa LacyHost of Notes from the Edge; writer, trauma educator, executive advisor, and transformational coach

Frequent guests

• Natalie Holder · 1 episodeEmployment attorney, workplace strategist, author of Exclusion, and former corporate people and culture executive
• Natalie Vartanian · 1 episodeRelationship and intimacy coach and co-founder of Wake Up or Break Up
• Glenn Nielsen · 1 episodeRelationship and intimacy coach and somatic therapist; former electrical contractor who runs a retreat center

Topics

• Professional networking
• Self-compassion
• Bullying
• Organizational culture
• Satisficing
• Affinity bias
• United States Capitol Police
• Personal board of directors
• Career pivoting
• Exclusion (Natalie Holder book)
• Workplace exclusion
• Workplace trauma
• Wake Up or Break Up
• Transformational coaching
• Dialectical behavior therapy

Recently covered

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  How Do You Know When Work Becomes Trauma? Toxic Work Culture with Natalie Holder

  Oct 2, 2026 · 50 min

  Lisa Lacy talks with employment attorney Natalie Holder about workplace trauma, exclusion, affinity bias, and how to plan a deliberate career pivot.

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  How do you stop performing in your marriage? Somatic Healing in Intimate Relationships with Natalie Vartanian & Glenn Nielsen

  Oct 1, 2026 · 50 min

  Lisa Lacy talks with coaches Natalie Vartanian and Glenn Nielsen about inherited marriage roles, somatic awareness, relationship agreements, and keeping romance alive.

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