#820: Elizabeth Gilbert — How to Find Your Inner Voice, Set Strong Boundaries, and Live a Life of Radical Ease (Repost)

Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love as well as several other international bestsellers. Her latest novel, City of Girls , was named an instant New York Times bestseller. Go to ElizabethGilbert.Substack.com to subscribe to “ Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert ,” her newsletter, which has more than 120,000 subscribers.

This episode was originally published in September 2024. Show notes and links: https://tim.blog/2024/09/26/elizabeth-gilbert-2/

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Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Who is Elizabeth Gilbert?

[00:05:42] No cherished outcomes.

[00:10:55] Self-compassionate ownership of responsibility.

[00:15:52] The daily practice of writing letters from love.

[00:22:22] Two-way prayer vs. one-way prayer.

[00:30:57] The male approach to this practice.

[00:34:27] How do you feel toward yourself vs. about yourself?

[00:36:53] Understanding self-hatred to foster self-friendliness.

[00:43:20] Setting boundaries and dealing with those who refuse to honor them.

[00:50:15] Why (and how) Elizabeth avoids big family holiday gatherings.

[00:52:15] Comfort in solitude.

[00:53:38] Much abuzz about Elizabeth’s new ‘do.

[00:57:52] Boundaries, priorities, and mysticism: a relaxed woman as a radical concept.

[01:04:02] What mysticism brings to Elizabeth’s reality.

[01:07:26] A better question to ask than “What do I want?”

[01:09:32] Elizabeth’s hard-ass approach to project commitment.

[01:16:40] Creativity guidance from Elizabeth’s higher power.

[01:21:08] How *The Morning Pages* influenced *Eat, Pray, Love*.

[01:24:27] More productive questions to ask than “Why?”

[01:26:16] The pointlessness of purpose anxiety.

[01:30:59] Balancing presence with other aspects of a well-lived life.

[01:36:17] Comfort with mortality.

[01:40:21] What motivates Elizabeth’s *Letters from Love* newsletter?

[01:41:29] What can potential readers expect from this newsletter?

[01:46:33] “Is the universe friendly?” — Frederic W. H. Myers

[01:49:29] Parting thoughts.

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