Jane Garnett was disappearing.
She had the dream setup—a Santa Monica estate, a rich Hollywood husband, two kids, and a job with Leonardo DiCaprio. But she was vanishing inside it, waking up to a perfect life that she was performing, not living.
So she left it all—not for another man or a new beginning with better lighting, but to root out internalized patriarchy, deprogram from movie myths about love, and reunite with the wild child she lost along the way.
Psychological, sexy, funny, and loving, This Time with Feeling is a story of liberating ourselves to be the true stars of our own movies.
Named after the classic film direction—“One more take, this time with feeling!”—Jane’s journey is for anyone who is looking around their carefully constructed life and thinking, Where am I?
Simultaneously an intimate confessional, healer’s excavation, and reclamation of belonging, This Time with Feeling explores the deepest kind of turn-on: the chance to tear up expectations, re-enter our bodies, and say yes to the raw footage of life itself.
"This Time With Feeling” by Jane Garnett is Miranda July’s “All Fours” sexy, psychedelic cousin.
—Robin Tunney, Actress, The Mentalist, The Craft
"Not everyone can approach life with the passion, gusto and bravery of my friend Jane Garnett. But luckily, now all of us can read her book and journey with her through the struggles and triumphs, leaps and stumbles, and great flights of love and fancy that make up her unconventional life. Her writing is a marvel– a mix of raw candor, keen insight and profound wisdom. She is just as forthcoming with the juicy stories of passion and love as she is with the tender confessions of pain and heartbreak. It’s a beautiful read for anyone who has struggled to overcome childhood wounds and find their place in the world as a fully realized and liberated individual, which is to say, all of us"
—Annie Weisman, Producer Imperfect Women, Physical, About a Boy
Jane Garnett’s clever, intimate memoir, This Time with Feeling, is a raw and deeply funny account of escaping a staged Hollywood life to dismantle patriarchal myths and reclaim a vibrant, liberating lead role in her own reality.
—Liza Richardson, Head of Music, Original Series Amazon MGM studios
"This Time With Feeling is a fierce invitation for women to unlearn the roles we were handed, and step back into authorship of our own lives. Garnett writes with the kind of honesty that inspires you to take the next step in your evoluntionary journey"
—Carre Otis, Activist, Model, and author of Beauty Disrupted
A gripping personal journey about what it takes to forge a brave new life on your own terms, and how to defy everyone's expectations. Jane writes with such courage, humour and commitment, fearlessly examining how she became trapped - and how she broke free. Her exploration of how the patriarchy ensnares us, sometimes by our own hand, is powerful and eye-opening. I consumed it in one sitting - just brilliant.
—Claire Q. Smith, PhD Snr Lecturer University of York
This Time With Feeling” is a vibrant, soulful, and beautifully honest journey through a life lived with courage, creativity, and deep feeling. Reading it, I truly felt the full rainbow of emotions—joy, wonder, grief, laughter, tenderness, and inspiration.
Banana Jane’s extraordinary imagination reminds us of the healing power of play, movement, dancing and twirling our way back to ourselves.
She writes with conviction about staying aligned with her most vibrant, untamed self while also honoring the profound depth of her healing journey and her shamanic gifts. Her transition into becoming a mama and therapist feels like a natural and powerful evolution—one rooted in wisdom, lived experience, and a genuine devotion to helping others unleash wide open.
This book is both inspiring and deeply human—a reminder that our wildness, sensitivity, ambition, and healing are not separate paths, but part of the same beautiful becoming.
—Dr. Angela Taylor, PhD, LCSW
I could not put this book down! This Time With Feeling is a vivid memoir that will captivate you from the opening scene. Masterfully written, Garnett's prose will call you back into alignment with your soul and inspire you to entrain your heart with the world.
—Seana Zelazo, LICSW & Author of The Way of Inanna: A Heroine's Guide to Living Unapologetically
"THIS TIME WITH FEELING" s a call to adventure, an invitation to freedom, an inspiration to shake off the shackles of our conditioning and live fully. As women, we have been raised to squish ourselves into ‘good girl protocols’ that tether us to patriarchal systems of power and clip our wings. This book takes us on the journey of Jane Garnett’s un-tethering, it all its bittersweet beauty, pain and fierce grace. With so much injury in the masculine sphere right now, we need stories like this more than ever – stories that ritualise the female experience of liberation, finding our voice and our light in an ever darkening world.
—Amber Trentham, Screenwriter
Lush and evocative, this memoir draws the reader into a deeply felt journey of becoming. With exquisite vulnerability, Garnett offers a compelling portrait of learning to inhabit her own body, her own desires, and her own story—moving from fragmentation to wholeness.
Jane Garnett reveals the courage it takes to transform and live from one’s authentic center. She extends a powerful invitation—to feel more, to be free, and to step into the starring role of one’s own life.
—Dr. Theodora Harvey, PhD, Sex Therapist and Couples Counsellor
"This Time With Feeling” by Jane Garnett is Miranda July’s “All Fours” sexy, psychedelic cousin.
—Robin Tunney, Actress, The Mentalist, The Craft
"Not everyone can approach life with the passion, gusto and bravery of my friend Jane Garnett. But luckily, now all of us can read her book and journey with her through the struggles and triumphs, leaps and stumbles, and great flights of love and fancy that make up her unconventional life. Her writing is a marvel– a mix of raw candor, keen insight and profound wisdom. She is just as forthcoming with the juicy stories of passion and love as she is with the tender confessions of pain and heartbreak. It’s a beautiful read for anyone who has struggled to overcome childhood wounds and find their place in the world as a fully realized and liberated individual, which is to say, all of us"
—Annie Weisman, Producer Imperfect Women, Physical, About a Boy
Jane Garnett’s clever, intimate memoir, This Time with Feeling, is a raw and deeply funny account of escaping a staged Hollywood life to dismantle patriarchal myths and reclaim a vibrant, liberating lead role in her own reality.
—Liza Richardson, Head of Music, Original Series Amazon MGM studios
"This Time With Feeling is a fierce invitation for women to unlearn the roles we were handed, and step back into authorship of our own lives. Garnett writes with the kind of honesty that inspires you to take the next step in your evoluntionary journey"
—Carre Otis, Activist, Model, and author of Beauty Disrupted
A gripping personal journey about what it takes to forge a brave new life on your own terms, and how to defy everyone's expectations. Jane writes with such courage, humour and commitment, fearlessly examining how she became trapped - and how she broke free. Her exploration of how the patriarchy ensnares us, sometimes by our own hand, is powerful and eye-opening. I consumed it in one sitting - just brilliant.
—Claire Q. Smith, PhD Snr Lecturer University of York
I could not put this book down! This Time With Feeling is a vivid memoir that will captivate you from the opening scene. Masterfully written, Garnett's prose will call you back into alignment with your soul and inspire you to entrain your heart with the world.
—Seana Zelazo, LICSW & Author of The Way of Inanna: A Heroine's Guide to Living Unapologetically
"THIS TIME WITH FEELING" s a call to adventure, an invitation to freedom, an inspiration to shake off the shackles of our conditioning and live fully. As women, we have been raised to squish ourselves into ‘good girl protocols’ that tether us to patriarchal systems of power and clip our wings. This book takes us on the journey of Jane Garnett’s un-tethering, it all its bittersweet beauty, pain and fierce grace. With so much injury in the masculine sphere right now, we need stories like this more than ever – stories that ritualise the female experience of liberation, finding our voice and our light in an ever darkening world.
—Amber Trentham, Screenwriter
Lush and evocative, this memoir draws the reader into a deeply felt journey of becoming.
With exquisite vulnerability, Garnett offers a compelling portrait of learning to inhabit her own body, her own desires, and her own story—moving from fragmentation to wholeness.
Jane Garnett reveals the courage it takes to transform and live from one’s authentic center. She extends a powerful invitation—to feel more, to be free, and to step into the starring role of one’s own life.
—Dr. Theodora Harvey, PhD, Sex Therapist and Couples Counsellor
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