by Jackie Faber
Later in Life is a podcast with Jackie Faber and Tori Nance about relationships, healing, sexuality, identity shifts, and all the chaos that comes with figuring yourself out later in life. What started as two online friends turned into a real-life relationship neither of us expected. Now we’re navigating love, partnership, nervous system healing, queer identity, midlife reinvention, and everyday life together in real time. Some episodes are deep. Some are hilarious. Most are both.
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July 21, 2026
<p>Last week, Tori shared how she changed her relationship with her symptoms—and how that changed everything.</p><p>This week, we're talking about what happened next.</p><p>No one prepares you for the moment survival ends. The burnout that follows. The grief. The boredom. The uncomfortable realization that your worth may have been tied to productivity for years. Or that the life you built around staying safe no longer fits the person you're becoming.</p><p>We also explore:</p><ul><li>Why getting your life back isn't always the relief you expect.</li><li>The difference between discernment and hypervigilance.</li><li>How fear-based communities can unintentionally reinforce the very patterns people are trying to escape.</li><li>Why safety can't live entirely in your environment.</li><li>And what it actually means to build a life instead of simply surviving.</li></ul><p>Whether you've experienced chronic illness, burnout, anxiety, trauma, or any season where your life became organized around fear, this conversation is about what comes after.</p><p>If this episode resonates with you, our new book <strong>Your Relationship With Your Symptoms</strong> expands on many of these ideas and offers a different perspective on fear, symptoms, and internal safety.</p><p>📖 Available here:<a href="" target="_new" rel="noopener"> https://stan.store/jackiefaber/p/your-relationship-with-your-symptoms</a></p><p><br></p><p>Connect with us</p><p><a href="https://stan.store/jackiefaber" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jackie Faber</a></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/torinancemusic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tori Nance</a></p><p>MCAS • Mold Illness • Nervous System • Burnout • Emotional Safety • Fear • Trauma • Productivity • Personal Development • Healing • Chronic Stress • Relationships • Self Awareness • Recoverychronic illness, MCAS, mold illness, nervous system regulation, fear loop, burnout recovery, healing journey, chronic stress, trauma healing, productivity, emotional safety, internal safety, hypervigilance, brain retraining, relationships, personal growth, Later in Life podcast, Jackie Faber, Tori, recovery after illness</p>
July 10, 2026
<p>For six years, Tori believed she was doing everything she could to stay safe.</p><p>She was diagnosed with MCAS and CIRS, survived on one food, carried EpiPens everywhere, sold her house, sold her car, avoided restaurants, and slowly watched her world become smaller.</p><p>She wasn't just living with symptoms.</p><p>She was organizing her entire life around avoiding them.</p><p>In this episode, we share the moment everything began to shift—not because she found another protocol or supplement, but because she started relating to her symptoms differently.</p><p>We explore the role of fear, attention, identity, hypervigilance, and the nervous system, and why reclaiming your life sometimes begins before your symptoms disappear.</p><p>This is not medical advice or a substitute for working with qualified healthcare professionals. It's a conversation about one person's lived experience and the perspective shifts that became part of her healing journey.</p><p><br></p><p>Resources</p><p><a href="https://stan.store/jackiefaber/p/youre-not-alone-n7l8xouf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">How My Nervous System Learned Safety PDF</a></p><p><a href="https://stan.store/jackiefaber" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@JackieFaber</a></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/torinancemusic?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=72df716e-be3f-48e7-837f-189dc6bc1ced" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@Tori Nance</a></p><p>chronic illness, MCAS, mast cell activation syndrome, CIRS, mold illness, chronic inflammatory response syndrome, nervous system, brain retraining, chronic illness recovery, hypervigilance, chronic symptoms, food sensitivities, chronic inflammation, trauma and chronic illness, nervous system regulation, identity, fear, symptom anxiety, chronic illness mindset, healing journey, emotional health, health anxiety, mind body connection, recovery story, attention, internal safety</p><p><br></p><p></p>
June 17, 2026
<p>One of the strange things about loving someone is that sometimes you get a front-row seat to their healing.</p><p>Not the Instagram version.</p><p>The real version.</p><p>The setbacks.<br>The accommodations.<br>The fear.<br>The determination.<br>The tiny victories that nobody else understands.</p><p>This week on Later in Life, we talk about our trip to Toronto, Tori's first hotel stay in six years, the challenge of navigating severe allergies and sensitivities while traveling, and why getting a cup of coffee back felt like such a big deal.</p><p>Along the way, we find ourselves talking about nervous system safety, the differences we noticed between Canada and the U.S., and what happens when life starts opening back up after years of getting smaller.</p><p>Because sometimes progress doesn't look like a breakthrough.</p><p>Sometimes it looks like a hotel room.<br>A cup of coffee.<br>A piece of bread.</p><p>And realizing just how far you've come.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://stan.store/jackiefaber" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jackie Faber</a></p><p><a href="https://www.torinancemusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Tori Nance</a></p><p>later in life podcast, relationship podcast, friendship, personal growth, self discovery, conscious relationships, nervous system healing, chronic illness, mold illness, food sensitivities, recovery journey, queer relationships, late bloomer lesbian, authentic living, self trust</p><p><br></p><p></p>
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Later in Life is a podcast with Jackie Faber and Tori Nance about relationships, healing, sexuality, identity shifts, and all the chaos that comes with figuring yourself out later in life.
What started as two online friends turned into a real-life relationship neither of us expected. Now we’re navigating love, partnership, nervous system healing, queer identity, midlife reinvention, and everyday life together in real time.
Some episodes are deep. Some are hilarious. Most are both.
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