Jordan Peterson Returns to Some Work Despite Illness: ‘I’m So Relieved To Be…Doing Something Creative’

Amid an extended and severe health battle, Dr. Jordan Peterson is back to writing and is also releasing weekly lectures. Peterson has posted several recent updates on social media sharing that, while he is currently unable to participate in podcasting or public speaking, he is grateful to be making himself “useful” again. “My activities are still very limited at the moment. I have been doing some writing, however–thank God,” said Peterson in a social media post Tuesday, July 7. “I’m so relieved to be once again doing something creative and useful.” RELATED: Jordan Peterson Dealing With Akathisia Amid ‘Hellish’ Year, Daughter Mikhaila Reveals My activities are still very limited at the moment. I have been doing some writing, however–thank God. I’m so relieved to be once again doing something creative and useful. I have also been watching Professor Paul Kengor’s The Dark Side of Marxism from @petersonacademy. It… — Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) July 7, 2026 Jordan Peterson Is Grateful To Work on ‘Something Interesting and Useful’ Dr. Jordan Peterson is a Canadian-born psychologist, author, podcaster, and conservative media commentator. He is known for opposing a Canadian bill that defended gender identity and expression, for exploring how people find meaning, and for speaking out on masculinity. Peterson has published lectures on different books of the Bible, although he does not identify as a Christian. In 2021, his daughter, Mikhaila Peterson Fuller, revealed that she had become a Christian, and in 2023, Peterson’s wife, Tammy, announced that she was joining the Catholic church. In August 2025, Fuller announced that Peterson would be “taking time off from everything” and that he had been diagnosed with CIRS (chronic inflammatory response syndrome). Fuller has since been posting various updates on her father’s health and on other trials her family has been going through. Those included the near-death of Fuller’s infant daughter over that same summer. In October, Fuller said that the summer had been extremely difficult and that Peterson had been in the ICU dealing with sepsis and pneumonia. She also said he had “been suffering for the last number of years with unexplainable neuropathy and weakness, amongst other symptoms.” “We don’t have a better explanation for his neurological symptoms at the moment, other than spiritual attacks,” said Fuller. She also said her father was diagnosed with critical illness polyneuropathy. In April, Fuller explained that it was extremely stressful for her family to give updates on her dad but that it was also stressful to have people speculate when there were no updates. She revealed that the family had learned that the cause of Peterson’s neurological symptoms was akathisia and that it was “the worst thing I’ve ever seen anyone go through.” My activities are still very limited at the moment. I have been doing some writing, however–thank God, said Dr. Jordan Peterson.Click to Post