Edge Note: What if your mind understands the trauma, but your body is still surviving it?

You can understand your patterns. You can know where they came from. You can spend years learning the language of trauma and healing, and still find your body reacting as if the danger never ended. In this Edge Note episode of Notes From the Edge, Lisa Lacy sits down with registered somatic movement therapist and educator Katy Slany for a conversation about somatic therapy, nervous system regulation, embodied healing, and why insight alone does not always create lasting change. Katy explains why trauma is a whole-body experience, what people actually mean when they talk about “regulating the nervous system,” and how learning to tolerate and understand our physical sensations can change the way we respond to anxiety, fear, relationships, and the world around us. She also shares her own healing journey and how survival, illness, isolation, and the fear of connection became deeply intertwined. This conversation is ultimately about something bigger than regulation. It is about recovering choice, autonomy, and the ability to listen to the wisdom of your own body. In this episode: • Why understanding trauma intellectually may not change the body’s response • What nervous system regulation actually means and why it is often oversimplified • How somatic work can help us reconnect with sensations we have learned to avoid • Why healing is not a destination, but a changing relationship with our experiences • How inherited beliefs, survival patterns, and conditioning can disconnect us from our autonomy and power Connect with Katy Slany: Katy Slany | Transformative Somatic Education Connect with Lisa Lacy Inside the Edge: https://www.lisalacy.com/inside-the-edge What did you perform in order to survive? Welcome to the Edge. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.