Episode 286 - The Healing Power of Psychoanalysis with Joan K. Peters

May 30, 2025 The Jōrni Podcast Episode 286 - The Healing Power of Psychoanalysis with Joan K. Peters This episode contains adult subject matter and some listeners may be triggered by this content. Listener discretion is advised. We rarely hear what psychoanalysis feels like from the inside. What it means to return to the same room, week after week, and begin to uncover the patterns that have shaped how we move through the world. In this episode, we step into that experience with someone who committed to the process not once, but twice, and came away with a deeper understanding of herself that couldn’t have been reached any other way. This conversation gives us a glimpse into the long view of healing. It’s about the subtle ways insight can surface when we are not chasing it, and how change often comes from staying with what we once tried to turn away from. Through personal reflection and lived experience, we’re invited to consider what it means to truly invest in knowing ourselves. JOAN K. PETERS Joan K. Peters was born in New York City and got her Ph.D in comparative literature from The University of Chicago. She"s published a novel and two books about women and work and is a professor emeritus of literature and writing at California State University at Channel Islands. She lives in Ojai with her husband, her dogs, and her chickens. Her new book is Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis. RESOURCES https://www.untanglingjoan.com/ THE JŌRNI RESOURCES https://thejornipodcast.com for show notes https://thejorniblog.com for more holistic healing and mental health resources https://thejorni.com LIKED THIS EPISODE? Share this episode on social media and leave us a short review https://thejornipodcast.com/episode-286-the-healing-power-of-psychoanalysis-with-joan-k-peters