Melissa Etheridge Has Been on a Hero’s Journey All Her Own
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🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Melissa Etheridge has written two memoirs now–her new one is Talking to My Angels. For many people, writing more than one memoir might seem excessive, but Etheridge has lived a lot. She’s reflective on just how much she’s learned between 40, when she wrote her first memoir, and about 60 where she’s writing from now, especially how a definitive spiritual experience (thanks to what she calls a hero dose of cannabis) really separated her life into “before” and “after.”
On the other side, Melissa finds herself happier and more centered than ever. She’s articulate and sure about how she found that peace, and seems to have an amazing capacity to learn from and process the not-so-peaceful events in her life.
And of course music is the thrumming throughline underpinning everything from her career to her memories of childhood, to what drives her now after so many challenges that could have broken many. But Melissa seems to ground herself even deeper in times of trial, and has a lot to teach anyone about resilience, grit, and grace.
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| 0:42.0 | Melissa Etheridge has written not one but two memoirs and her new one is called Talking to My Angels and wow so much has happened between |
| 0:46.1 | 40 when she wrote her first one and 60 plus 2. She talked with me about a definitive spiritual experience thanks to what she calls a |
| 0:56.2 | hero dose of cannabis. Wow, sounds intense that really separated her life into before and after. |
| 1:04.0 | Now on the other side, Melissa finds herself happier |
| 1:07.5 | and I think more centered than ever. |
| 1:09.6 | And she'll walk us through how she found that piece, but she also has an amazing capacity to learn |
| 1:15.9 | from the not so peaceful events in her life. |
| 1:19.4 | And of course, music is the thrumming through line underpinning everything in her life. |
| 1:24.9 | So there's a little of that in this interview as well. |
| 1:28.2 | Hope you all enjoy my conversation with Melissa Etheridge. |
| 1:42.0 | Gosh, we have so much to talk about because you have so much going on, but one of the main reasons you're here is to talk |
| 1:44.5 | about your new memoir which is your second memoir. How can you possibly write two? |
| 1:51.1 | Well when you write one at the age of 40 at 40 you think oh my gosh I've lived so much life |
| 1:57.4 | but then when you turn 60 you're like I was just getting started you know because so much happens from, in my life, so much happened from 40 to 60. |
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