‘It’s been excellent for her,’ says Jordan Peterson about wife’s conversion to Catholicism

Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson feels very positive about his wife’s conversion to Catholicism. 

Tammy Peterson had her confirmation over the Easter weekend at Holy Rosary Church in Toronto, Ontario, in Canada. 

She last month opened up to Catholic news outlet EWTN about her conversion, saying that faith and prayer had helped her deal together with her terminal kidney cancer diagnosis. 

“Life is suffering and you are going to have to have something to carry on to when the world opens up and there is nothing beneath you,” she said. “When that happens … God can bring you back up again.”

Pictures of her confirmation shared by EWTN show her standing together with her husband holding candles. 

Jordan Peterson was asked about his wife’s conversion in a separate interview with EWTN News.

“It’s been excellent for her,” he said, adding that it has been “great” for his or her marriage. 

“Since she’s pursued her efforts at enlightening herself more thoroughly, and this investigation of Catholicism has been key to that, she’s rather more who she is. And that is great because I like who she is,” he said. 

As for himself, Peterson said it was “unlikely” that he would follow his wife into the Catholic faith because he lives “on the borders of things”. 

In 2021, their daughter Mikhaila Peterson announced her “very sudden” conversion to Christianity and said she had experienced an “absurd” amount of peace after embracing the religion.

She converted after “seriously praying” about 4 “major problems” in her life and seeing those prayers answered. She also had a strong dream that convinced her to make the leap. 

“This loud thundering voice just yelled ‘do it!’. And I woke up at 5:30 within the morning pondering, ‘I feel I just got yelled at by God. I feel that just happened.’ That’s what it felt like,” she said. 

“It occurred to me that I feel what it meant was just go all in, don’t do that like 75 per cent in.”