Elizabeth Gilbert on Self Acceptance
from Creative Mind Audio Hosted by Douglas Eby
"I’ve kind of been a student of self-acceptance my whole life because I’ve had to be." Author Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love” and “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”) was one of the speakers at the Self-Acceptance Summit produced by Sounds True. Host Tami Simon: Let’s start right with self-acceptance as a topic that you care about – why is this an important topic to you personally Elizabeth Gilbert: Well, I mean I’ve kind of been a student of it my whole life because I’ve had to be, because its absence – it’s moments of absence – in my life have brought me the darkest pain I’ve ever been in. And the only way out of that pain of the absence of self-acceptance was to claw, study, fight, beg and inch my way toward it. And it’s been what I’ve been up to for a long time, and it’s something that I still have to work on. And there are times where I lose it. I’d have to find my way back to it again and again and again – which of course always means finding your way back to your heart – it’s the only place you’re ever gonna find it. ~~~~ Hear the full length interview and many others: Self-Acceptance Summit recordings Article with more details, quotes, videos: The Self-Acceptance Summit A related article: Elizabeth Gilbert on fear and courage and being creative. ... Support the show View selected episodes and articles with more resources: The Creative Mind Audio Podcast page on the main site. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thecreativemind.substack.com/subscribe
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