Episodes

In this episode, Janice and guest Saintless discuss relational anarchy (RA, a.k.a. relationship anarchy) as an approach to being more human vs. transactional in our relationships. They also talk about how dominant social and political systems negatively impact our intimate relationships. And they share their personal experiences exploring RA and dating, and what's involved in practicing RA including: self-awareness, negotiation, checking out our assumptions, and loving-kindness.Note from Jan...

In this episode, Janice and guest Maria Cheung (somatic pleasure coach and clinical sexologist) talk about generational trauma and how patterns created in our parents' time—like conflict avoidance, self-criticism, hyper-independence, etc—get passed down to us and our other relationships.They discuss how those patterns can be birthed by historical and cultural factors—like family separation, men being allowed to have multiple wives, and the one-child policy China—and how ongoing systems like ...

In this episode, Janice and guest Andrea discuss shame and shaming in social justice movements and spaces, including:Common ways that shame shows up in our activism workIs shaming ever okay? Is it effective in moving people toward action?How do we react or cope when we are steeped in shame?How is shaming politicians/institutions different from shaming people?How can we take care in not shaming others in a way that hurts the movement?This conversation is not meant to be ...

This episode is all about anger! How many of us come to fear, and then disown, this core emotion. And the ways we adapt to our uneasy relationship with anger, including avoiding conflict, people-pleasing, and being passive-aggressive.Janice talks about her own experiences repressing her anger for many years, and why she had come to see anger as a threatening emotion that had to be sent to the corner of her internal world.She shares about the therapy work (Internal Family Systems Therapy)...

In this episode, Janice discusses why it's challenging to show up authentically in our intimate relationships, including some of the ways internalizing dominant culture's "relationship rules" had her constantly feeling insecure and trying to manage her past partners.She shares about how practicing relationship anarchy (RA) – which advocates for us building our relationships through open communication, collaboration and mutual consent vs. according to prescribed labels and rigid social norms ...

In this introduction to Season 5 of The Soul's Work Podcast, Janice answers four questions:Where has she been for the past two years? (Short answer: Palestine)What does Palestine have to do with the podcast and the inner/relationship work we talk about here?What's changed on the podcast? (Short answer: Janice has been cleaning up shop)What topics will we discuss in Season 5?Welcome back and thanks for being on the journey for this new chapter of the pod!-----Janice is ...