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Aug 2023
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372 - What Elizabeth Gilbert Wants You t...

Marie Forleo
About this episode

Can you survive your worst choices? How do you get through heartbreaking grief? Why is sexual desire key to living a fully expressed life? When you get Elizabeth Gilbert and me together in a room, there’s no telling where the conversation will go. In this moving episode, she provides deep insight into dealing with knee-buckling loss and how to treat every setback as a creative challenge. This episode is funny, touching, and a little sexy. You don’t want to miss it. Click play to listen now.

WHAT’S COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:
An inside look into Elizabeth Gilbert's writing process [04:05]
What 4 years of meticulous book research actually looks like [05:23]
Why you don’t have to be a “good girl” to be a good person [11:24]
The surprising daily habit that helped Elizabeth move through grief [18:22]
How to find joy and inspiration in your deepest losses. [20:40]
The biggest creative challenge you’ll face in life — and how to overcome it. [21:28]

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