In the first episode of Still Here, Vic introduces herself: wife, mother, daughter, business owner, realtor, psychic medium, author, and now podcaster. She looks back on a sensitive, intuitive childhood in South Louisiana and her lifelong dream of motherhood, then on January 18, 1999, the day her father was arrested, when she was 15 and her childhood split into before and after. She also names some of what came later: becoming pregnant at 19, losing her son after a dream that warned her days before, severe anxiety, a narcissistic marriage, sepsis, and skin cancer. Vic explains why she stayed quiet for so long, protecting her family and raising her neurodivergent children, and why she's ready to speak now that she's no longer in the middle of the storm. She talks about how grief, trauma, motherhood, anxiety, intuition, and spirituality became connected, and about learning the difference between anxiety warning her that something could happen and intuition telling her that something was happening. She closes with what "still here" means to her, a message for anyone going through something alone, and what she would tell her younger self. At the end of the episode, we share information about Jeannie Marie Chavez, also known as G or Jeannie, who has been missing from San Antonio, Texas since July 18, 2024. She was 32 when she disappeared and is now 34. She has black hair, brown eyes, and distinctive tattoos, including a rose on her neck, a portrait of a child, extensive tattoos on her arms, script on her wrist, and the letters P R A Y across her fingers. If you have seen Jeannie or know anything about where she is, please do not approach her or anyone who may be with her. Contact the San Antonio Police Department at 210-207-7660 or the Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-3243. Texas DPS case number: M2511001. Please share, especially with anyone in or around San Antonio. 0:00 Introduction 1:41 What You Wouldn't Guess 3:11 Growing Up in South Louisiana 5:33 Dreaming of Motherhood 6:38 The Day Everything Changed 8:07 Why I Stayed Silent 9:35 Putting My Children First 11:29 Ready to Tell My Story 12:08 Trauma, Anxiety and Intuition 13:52 Why Our Stories Matter 15:07 What 'Still Here’ Means 16:31 If You're Going Through Something 18:05 To My Younger Self 19:52 Help Bring Jeannie Chavez Home If this episode spoke to you, subscribe to follow along as Vic continues telling her story.
