#820: Elizabeth Gilbert — How to Find Your Inner Voice, Set Strong Boundaries, and Live a Life of Radical Ease (Repost)
2025-07-30 · 116 min · episode 820 · 13 entities
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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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