Eat, Pray, Toxic Love Addict w/ Elizabeth Gilbert

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love author) opens up about love, addiction, grief, and spiritual growth. She opens up about her relationship with Raya, the painful lessons of codependency, and why heartbreak can feel as devastating as substance abuse. Together, they explore life as “Earth School,” the healing power of unconditional love, and why telling the truth is often the only way out of life’s deepest traps. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Green Chef (50% OFF!) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://greenchef.com/50soulboom⁠ reMarkable (FREE returns for 100 days!) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://remarkable.com⁠ Ollie (60% OFF!) 👉⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ollie.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Fetzer 👉 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.fetzer.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ SUBSCRIBE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👕 MERCH OUT NOW! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📩 SUBSTACK!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW US! IG: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://instagram.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://tiktok.com/@soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONTACT US! Sponsor Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@companionarts.com⁠⁠ Work with Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠business@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Companion Arts Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I identify as somebody who's a blackout codependent, a skid row, sex and love addict.
0:08.1	One of the hardest cases I've ever met.
0:10.6	This story is so incredibly brave. How did you get out of that?
0:15.6	I mean, I contemplated, plotted, and seriously considered murdering Rea.
0:19.9	And I'm the nice lady who wrote E. Pray Love.
0:22.1	She was my best friend, the love of my life.
0:25.1	And we thought that we were about to embark on a devastating and beautiful romantic love story.
0:33.1	But then she didn't die.
0:35.1	She didn't die.
0:41.9	Music But then she didn't die. She didn't die. Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:46.4	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
0:49.7	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy.
0:56.7	Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.
1:04.3	Liz Gilbert, welcome to Soul Boom. Boom.
1:11.5	Liz, I want to make a confession to you.
1:15.3	I've failed you.
1:16.9	I've failed you and your mission.
1:20.9	I think I know where this is going.
1:23.9	You told me on an Instagram live about this mission of yours with these beautiful You Are Loved stickers.
1:32.0	And I was like, I'm doing that.
1:34.4	I'm totally going to do that.
1:36.7	And you sent me, you went through the struggle of FedExing me or UPSing me.
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