Ep 25: Jacie Targett — Chronic Presence & The Path Back to Yourself (Second Appearance)

In this soulful follow-up conversation, we welcome back Jacie Targett, founder of AnamSaor Healing and creator of Chronic Presence, a groundbreaking framework that helps individuals reclaim identity, safety, regulation, and sovereignty after chronic stress or trauma.What unfolds in this episode is a deeply human journey — a blend of laughter, real life, emotional honesty, and the profound work of returning home to yourself.This is an episode that grounds, softens, and invites you into presence.

🕒 TIMESTAMPS & CHAPTERS
00:00 — Intro: Technology Fails & Real-Life MomentsA light, relatable opening as Dena and Jacie navigate tech hiccups, spilled coffee, and the beauty of everyday imperfection.

04:00 — Reclaiming Identity Through ExpressionJacie shares how returning energy allows her to reconnect with self-expression — makeup, beauty, hair — and how these small acts reflect healing.

06:30 — The Roots of Chronic Presence

We explore the foundations of Chronic Presence:
• returning to the body
• reconnecting with truth
• rebuilding internal safety
• expanding emotional capacity
• strengthening spiritual grounding

10:15 — Trauma, Shutdown & The Road Back

Jacie reflects on her lived experience with childhood trauma, autoimmune illness, emotional abuse, dissociation, and survival-mode living — and how presence became her medicine.

15:20 — What Healing Really Looks Like
A conversation on gentle self-observation, regulation, clarity, and creating micro-moments of presence in daily life.

19:45 — The Power of Safe Support
This episode models what healing spaces feel like:
• nonjudgmental
• slow
• honest
• compassionate

24:00 — Who Chronic Presence Is For
• trauma survivors
• women navigating chronic illness
• those healing from emotional abuse
• individuals in dissociation or freeze
• people rebuilding identity
• practitioners seeking embodied tools

27:40 — The Invitation to Come Home
A closing reflection on presence as the foundation of healing, alignment, and sovereignty.

💛 What We Explore in This Episode

✨ The Human Side of Healing
Healing happens in real life — in mess, frustration, and unexpected moments. Choosing gentleness over self-criticism changes everything.

✨ Identity, Expression & Reclaiming the Self
Trauma fragments identity. Healing restores it — slowly, safely, and joyfully.

✨ Chronic Presence: The Philosophy
A practice of living from presence rather than survival:
• freeze → aliveness
• dissociation → embodiment
• fragmentation → wholeness

✨ Trauma, Illness & the Long Road Back
Jacie’s lived experience shapes her work and offers grounded hope for sustainable healing.

✨ The Power of Gentle Healing Spaces
This conversation reflects safety, warmth, honesty, and compassion.

🌱 Why This Episode Matters
If you’ve felt numb, disconnected, overwhelmed, stuck in survival, or unsure of who you are — this episode offers clarity and direction.

🧡 Who This Episode Is For
• Trauma survivors
• Women navigating chronic illness
• Individuals healing from emotional or psychological abuse
• People recovering from dissociation or freeze
• Those rebuilding inner safety and identity
• Practitioners supporting healing journeys

🎧 Tune In
This episode is gentle, grounded, and real — focused on sustainable healing through presence.
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