Jackie Faber: Inside My Journey

Jackie Faber

This podcast is me showing up and speaking in real time. No scripts. No teaching. No performance. Just my lived experience as it unfolds — thoughts, realizations, identity shifts, and whatever wants to be spoken. These conversations explore healing, trauma, personal sovereignty, perception, energy, and what it means to stop performing growth and start living in alignment. Listen at your own pace.

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    S1 E5: Why Some Healing Advice Feels Invalidating (And When It Finally Makes Sense)

    There are certain concepts in healing that used to infuriate me. “You have to love yourself first.”“Stop outsourcing your safety.”“Let them show you who they are.” At one point in my life, those ideas felt dismissive and invalidating. Not because they were wrong — but because I hadn’t experienced them yet. In this episode, I break down the difference between cognitive understanding and somatic experience — and why so much healing advice creates pushback when your nervous system is still oriented toward survival. We explore: Why intellectualizing healing can only take you so far The shift from outward orientation (securing safety through others) to inward orientation (self-holding) Why “self-love” means something completely different depending on your nervous system state How the same advice can feel threatening in one stage — and peaceful in another You cannot think your way into inward orientation.You regulate your way into it. And once it lands in your body, the same concepts that once felt invalidating finally make sense. www.findingauthenticity.ca/welcome self love, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, somatic healing, emotional healing, healing journey, self healing, nervous system healing, emotional regulation, trauma recovery, self worth, personal growth, attachment healing, somatic therapy, mental health podcast, self trust, inner healing, embodiment, codependency healing, relationship healing

    16 min
  2. FEB 9

    S1 E4: Unconditional Love Is Not Enough: The Missing Piece in Spiritual Relationships

    Love is one of the most talked about — and most misunderstood — concepts in spirituality. Many of us were raised believing love is something we earn, perform for, or receive from other people. Then, if we begin a healing or spiritual journey, we often swing to the opposite extreme and learn that love is something we source from within. But what if both perspectives are incomplete? In this episode, I explore the evolution of love through three stages:• Love as something we seek from others• Love as an internal state• Love as something that moves between people I share a personal relational experience that revealed how the concept of unconditional love can sometimes become abstract — and why spirituality often misses the lived, human experience of love inside relationships. We explore the idea of embodied love — where love is not just a state you hold internally, but something that becomes alive through mutuality, participation, responsibility, and shared relational presence. This conversation challenges the idea that love only exists as acceptance or detachment and invites a deeper understanding of how love actually lives, moves, and evolves between two people. If you've ever struggled to reconcile spiritual concepts of love with real human relationships, this episode is for you. Visit my work: www.findingauthenticity.ca unconditional love, embodied love, conscious relationships, trauma and relationships, nervous system and relationships, spiritual bypassing in relationships, self sourced love, emotional healing, relationship patterns, mutuality in relationships, embodiment in relationships, love as participation

    17 min

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This podcast is me showing up and speaking in real time. No scripts. No teaching. No performance. Just my lived experience as it unfolds — thoughts, realizations, identity shifts, and whatever wants to be spoken. These conversations explore healing, trauma, personal sovereignty, perception, energy, and what it means to stop performing growth and start living in alignment. Listen at your own pace.