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The Marie Forleo Podcast

372 - What Elizabeth Gilbert Wants You to Know About Sex, Creativity, & Grief

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

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] Thanks for listening! New episodes drop every Tuesday. Make sure you hit the follow button to get notified. <3 If you prefer video or want closed captions, you can watch all our episodes on YouTube → http://www.youtube.com/marieforleo COME SAY ‘HI!’ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/marieforleo Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marieforleo Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/marieforleo Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/marieforleo MORE RESOURCES FOR YOU: Ever dreamt of being a writer? Grab my free mini-course to become a more confident writer in just 7 days!→ https://marielovesyou.com/freewritingclass-a For more Elizabeth Gilbert wisdom bombs, listen to our episode about Big Magic and unleashing your most creative life here → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marie-forleo-podcast/id1199977889 If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review! <3 It really helps us get encouraging and actionable advice to entrepreneurs and creatives who need to hear it most!

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Louise from Team Portleo. Welcome back to the second part of our

0:06.1

Building Your Joy series. Today, we're listening in while Marie chats with the

0:10.4

incomparable Elizabeth Gilbert. They go deep into how our creative work can thrive

0:15.4

not in spite of, but because of our hardest most painful experiences and how we

0:20.5

can approach each new phase of life with openness. Let's get to it.

0:30.6

Elizabeth Gilbert. All we do is make sounds. We don't make words.

0:38.3

I'm so freaking happy that you're back. I mean, the last time we did this in this

0:42.8

format, you were launching Big Magic. Yeah. And a lot has transpired in the world.

0:48.0

In your whole different world. In every way it was a whole different world. In

0:51.3

every way. Our lives were different. The world was different. Very much so. But

0:54.8

anyway, I love you. I've missed you. I love all of our adventures. Can we talk

1:00.6

about that for a minute? I think we should just begin with that. Tell us. I'm

1:04.2

wearing Jersey Marie's earrings because I needed a little extra badass power

1:08.7

today. So I was like, can I borrow some of it? And like, reached into your box and

1:13.1

got the biggest possible ones that I can actually see in my peripheral vision.

1:17.2

And you know that the earrings are not the right size unless you can see them

1:20.6

from your peripheral. Yeah, no, those are Jersey Marie's earrings and they have

1:23.8

special power. It's so funny. I'm showing Liz some jewelry. It's to pick from

1:27.6

I'm like, oh, do you want to see these smaller? She's like those. I was like, you

1:31.1

went straight for Jersey Marie. I want those ear bangles. Yeah. Give me those. It's

1:34.9

the best ever. And I have to congratulate you. So Liz and I were like hanging out

1:39.6

talking in my dressing room. And I have to say, so city of girls, you guys, this

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