Later in Life

Jackie Faber
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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.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    Ep 7: Nobody Talks About What Happens Next

    Last week, Tori shared how she changed her relationship with her symptoms—and how that changed everything. This week, we're talking about what happened next. 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. We also explore: Why getting your life back isn't always the relief you expect.The difference between discernment and hypervigilance.How fear-based communities can unintentionally reinforce the very patterns people are trying to escape.Why safety can't live entirely in your environment.And what it actually means to build a life instead of simply surviving.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. If this episode resonates with you, our new book Your Relationship With Your Symptoms expands on many of these ideas and offers a different perspective on fear, symptoms, and internal safety. 📖 Available here: https://stan.store/jackiefaber/p/your-relationship-with-your-symptoms Connect with us Jackie Faber Tori Nance 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

  2. Jul 10

    Ep 6. I Thought I Was Keeping Myself Safe

    For six years, Tori believed she was doing everything she could to stay safe. 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. She wasn't just living with symptoms. She was organizing her entire life around avoiding them. 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. We explore the role of fear, attention, identity, hypervigilance, and the nervous system, and why reclaiming your life sometimes begins before your symptoms disappear. 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. Resources How My Nervous System Learned Safety PDF @JackieFaber @Tori Nance 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

  3. Jun 17

    Ep 5. The First Hotel Room in Six Years

    One of the strange things about loving someone is that sometimes you get a front-row seat to their healing. Not the Instagram version. The real version. The setbacks. The accommodations. The fear. The determination. The tiny victories that nobody else understands. 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. 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. Because sometimes progress doesn't look like a breakthrough. Sometimes it looks like a hotel room. A cup of coffee. A piece of bread. And realizing just how far you've come. Jackie Faber Tori Nance 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

    Ep 5. The First Hotel Room in Six Years

  4. Jun 8

    Ep 4. The Relationship Is the Point

    What do mattresses, chemical sensitivities, friendship, and getting engaged have in common? Apparently... us. In this episode, we share the continuing mattress saga (yes, there are more mattresses), the story behind our engagement, and why our friendship became the foundation for everything that followed. We talk about what it felt like to "just know," moving quickly without feeling rushed, navigating challenges together, and why acceptance has become one of the defining characteristics of our relationship. More than anything, this conversation explores a simple idea: The relationship isn't built around solving problems. The relationship is the point. In this episode: ✓ The mattress saga continues ✓ Living with chemical sensitivities ✓ The engagement story ✓ Knowing before it made logical sense ✓ Friendship as the foundation of love ✓ Why acceptance matters more than perfection ✓ Learning not to see each other as problems to fix Later in Life is a podcast about friendship, love, identity, healing, and building a relationship that feels like home. Hosted by Jackie & Tori. Jackie Faber Tori Nance friendship before romance, friends to lovers, healthy relationships, emotional safety, relationship podcast, lesbian relationship podcast, queer relationships, wlw podcast, nervous system healing, attachment styles, conscious relationships, later in life love, midlife relationships, engagement story, relationship advice, friendship in relationships, emotional intimacy, healthy love, secure relationships, self safety, authentic relationships #LaterInLifePodcast #RelationshipPodcast #FriendsToLovers #HealthyRelationships #EmotionalSafety #WLWPodcast #QueerLove #ConsciousRelationship #AuthenticRelationships #LoveLaterInLife #FriendshipFirst #EmotionalIntimacy #SecureAttachment #NervousSystemHealing #SelfSafety

  5. Jun 1

    Ep 3. I Had a Jackie Box

    This week on Later in Life, we finally tell the story of how we met. What started as a coaching call turned into a two-year friendship, daily conversations, voice memos, songs, album releases, failed attempts to create distance, and two people having completely different experiences of the same connection. In this episode, Tori shares what was happening behind the scenes long before Jackie realized how important the relationship had become—including the moment she realized she was in love, the songs she never admitted were about Jackie, and the mysterious "Jackie Box." We also explore why some relationships feel fast from the outside, but feel like catching up on the inside. Jackie Faber Tori Nance later in life podcast, friendship to lovers, queer relationship, relationship podcast, emotional intimacy, online friendship, falling in love with your best friend, healing podcast, identity shifts, self discovery, women loving women, lesbian relationship, late bloomer lesbian, authentic relationships, nervous system healing, personal growth, friendship turned romance, life transitions, modern relationships, emotional connection, long distance friendship, online friends to lovers, queer love story, healthy relationships, relationship stories

  6. May 25

    Ep 2. We Wrapped the Mattress in Plastic

    This week on Later in Life, we attempt to solve a mattress crisis caused by chronic illness, detergent allergies, a crumbling 15-year-old bed, and what can only be described as lesbian survival mode. What starts as a simple Marketplace inquiry quickly turns into U-Hauls, plastic-wrapped mattresses, emergency cleaning missions, asthma attacks, and an unexpectedly emotional conversation about patience, safety, and what it feels like to finally be chosen in a relationship. Also… we may or may not be sleeping on what looks like a serial killer mattress. Follow our socials Jackie Faber Tori Nance later in life podcast, relationship podcast, lesbian podcast, queer relationship, friendship to lovers, emotional intimacy, healing podcast, lifestyle podcast, mattress story, chronic illness journey, nervous system healing, healthy relationships, queer love story, online friends to lovers, women loving women, relationship dynamics, authentic relationships, couple podcast, late bloomer lesbian, emotional safety

  7. May 18

    Ep 1. We Lost the Cat and Ended Up in the ER

    Welcome to the first episode of Later in Life. What started as a plan to tell our relationship story quickly turned into a conversation about the absolute chaos of our Mother’s Day weekend — losing the cat, meeting the parents, accidental allergic reactions, emergency room visits, cuddle alarms, laundry detergent wars, and what it actually looks like to build a relationship later in life. This episode is messy, funny, intimate, and probably the most accurate introduction to us possible. Jackie Faber Socials Tori Nance Socials later in life podcast, lesbian relationship podcast, queer podcast, healing podcast, relationship podcast, sexuality podcast, late bloomer lesbian, women loving women, self discovery, identity shifts, midlife reinvention, authentic relationships, nervous system healing, couple podcast, lifestyle podcast, queer love story, friendship to lovers, emotional intimacy, modern relationships, podcast for women

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About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Jackie Faber
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Jackie Faber
  • Show Website
    Later in Life

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