594: ANNE LAMOTT on Writing, Healing and Finding Love When you Least Expect It

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Health And Wellness, Education, Spirituality, Relationships, Personal Development, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Growth, Self-improvement

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Today's podcast features an extensive conversation with Anne Lamott about the transformative power of love in overcoming life's greatest challenges, the journey and struggles of a writing career, and the importance of self-care. She shares personal anecdotes and insights on facing incredulous losses, the significance of love in healing, and how love manifests in various forms to offer support and comfort. She delves into the writing process, combating the inner critic, and the therapeutic role of writing in dealing with personal trauma and difficulties. Throughout, there's a strong emphasis on the necessity of self-love, asking for help when needed, the impact of addiction and recovery on one's life, and the spiritual journey encompassing self-discovery and acceptance. Get the Start Today Journal - https://starttoday.com/products/start-today-journal 00:00 The Power of Love in Our Darkest Moments 01:33 A Writer's Journey: From Novels to Motherhood and Beyond 05:10 Embracing the Shitty First Draft: A Writer's Salvation 07:08 The Writing Room: Community and Critique in the Creative Process 13:53 Navigating the Challenges of a Writing Career 25:47 Spiritual Practices for a Fulfilling Life 30:57 Asking for Help: A Lesson in Love and Support 35:01 The Turning Point: A Journey to Self-Love 36:45 A New Love Affair with Myself 37:48 Finding Love and Navigating Marriage 39:30 Embracing Age and Rejecting Expiration Dates 42:39 The Power of Writing and Overcoming the Inner Critic 54:38 The Spiritual Journey and Helping Others 59:04 Overcoming Addiction and Finding Community 01:10:35 The New Book: A Deep Dive into Love Have a question you want Rach to answer? An idea for a podcast episode?? Call the podcast hotline and leave a voicemail! Call (737) 400-4626 Sign up for Rachel’s weekly email: https://msrachelhollis.com/insider/ Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelHollisMotivation/videos Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MsRachelHollis/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices.

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0:00.0	against all odds love bats last and that we fall we slip on the cosmic banana peel we go through an absolutely and truly
0:11.1	unservivable loss and there's no happy horseshid or nice Christian
0:16.8	bumper stickers that do any good then but loved us and love comes up really close to us and it might be your best girlfriend or
0:25.7	it might be your dog it might be something you saw on Twitter and it reaches down
0:31.0	for you and it helps you get back to your feet at some point and it dust you off and if you have to sit right back down again it sits down with you.
0:39.0	And love in the form of whoever sees you in your absolute sorrow and grief and unokiness
0:48.0	doesn't give you advice, doesn't try to get you to feel better than you can. It just loves you.
0:57.0	Hi, I'm Rachel and in in this show, we talk about everything.
1:05.4	Life and work, health and healing, relationships with others and with ourselves.
1:11.9	These are stories for the seekers.
1:14.9	These are conversations for the curious.
1:18.4	This is the Rachel Hollis podcast. For me as a writer you are sort of this iconic figure. How did this come to be? You have a
1:39.6	really storied career as a writer.
1:42.8	What was that journey like for you?
1:44.6	Well, I wrote four novels to begin my career.
1:48.5	I was very blessed to get my first one published
1:52.0	when I was 26. It was called Hard Laughter and it was a novel about
1:56.0	my father's and the family struggle with his metastatic brain cancer because
2:02.0	there were no books in the library about a family going through it with
2:05.4	any grace or humor.
2:07.7	And so at that point I began telling my writing students who I had right away,
2:14.4	write what you'd love to come upon,
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