June 19, 2026

Good Girl Conditioning: Survival or Personality?

Were you taught to be kind… or taught to disappear?In this episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa explores Good Girl Conditioning through the lens of survival, adaptation, and identity. What happens when being agreeable, helpful, accommodating, and responsible stops being a choice and becomes a performance?From people-pleasing and perfectionism to high-functioning survival, this episode examines the hidden cost of earning approval and the question many women eventually face:Who am I if I stop being who everyone expects me to be?If you’ve ever struggled with boundaries, overachievement, self-erasure, or the pressure to hold everything together, this conversation is for you.Reflection Question:What did being a good girl cost you?Notes From the Edge is hosted by Lisa Lacy, writer, trauma educator, executive advisor, author of the upcoming memoir Notes From a Certified Madwoman, and its field guide companion The Psychology of Performing™.What did you perform in order to survive?www.lisalacy.com Notes from the Edge with Lisa LacyHuman conversations about trauma, identity, recovery, reinvention, relationships, leadership, and the lives we build after survival.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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