95. Why Elizabeth Gilbert Disappeared & What She Came Back to Say
05/12/22 • 65 min
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Part Two of our gorgeous conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert:
1. Liz describes Rayya’s death as “a fist fight”–and how Rayya went out swinging.
2. In the wake of Rayya’s death, how Liz grieved, and what helped.
3. Liz’s spiritual practices: communing with a higher power, her recovery community, and starting over.
About Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Gilbert is author of the international bestseller, EAT PRAY LOVE, which has been translated into over thirty languages, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The book became so popular that Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2010, Elizabeth published a follow-up to EAT PRAY LOVE called COMMITTED—an instant a #1 New York Times Bestseller, as well as BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR. She is author of two novels: THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, and CITY OF GIRLS. And she is the creator of the Onward Book Club, which takes place on her Instagram via a live chat, as a way of spotlighting, studying, and celebrating the work of Black women authors.
Elizabeth divides her time between New York City, rural New Jersey, and everywhere else.
TW: @GilbertLiz
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Part Two of our gorgeous conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert:
1. Liz describes Rayya’s death as “a fist fight”–and how Rayya went out swinging.
2. In the wake of Rayya’s death, how Liz grieved, and what helped.
3. Liz’s spiritual practices: communing with a higher power, her recovery community, and starting over.
About Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Gilbert is author of the international bestseller, EAT PRAY LOVE, which has been translated into over thirty languages, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The book became so popular that Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2010, Elizabeth published a follow-up to EAT PRAY LOVE called COMMITTED—an instant a #1 New York Times Bestseller, as well as BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR. She is author of two novels: THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, and CITY OF GIRLS. And she is the creator of the Onward Book Club, which takes place on her Instagram via a live chat, as a way of spotlighting, studying, and celebrating the work of Black women authors.
Elizabeth divides her time between New York City, rural New Jersey, and everywhere else.
TW: @GilbertLiz
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94. Liz Gilbert Shares the Whole Story for the First Time
1 RecommendationsPart One of our intimate conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert:
1. When Glennon called Liz about Abby–and Liz then told Glennon about Rayya.
2. The moment Liz imploded her life as she knew it.
3. How, after a decade of friendship, Liz finally told Rayya that she was in love with her.
4. The brutal chaos of Rayya’s addiction at the end of her life–and what Liz had to do and say to protect herself.
About Liz:
Elizabeth Gilbert is author of the international bestseller, EAT PRAY LOVE, which has been translated into over thirty languages, and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The book became so popular that Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2010, Elizabeth published a follow-up to EAT PRAY LOVE called COMMITTED—an instant a #1 New York Times Bestseller, as well as BIG MAGIC: CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR. She is author of two novels: THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, and CITY OF GIRLS. And she is the creator of the Onward Book Club, which takes place on her Instagram via a live chat, as a way of spotlighting, studying, and celebrating the work of Black women authors.
Elizabeth divides her time between New York City, rural New Jersey, and everywhere else.
TW: @GilbertLiz
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96. Cameron Esposito: How to Save Your Damn Self
Glennon and Abby welcome their dear friend Cameron Esposito to discuss:
1. Cameron’s brutiful relationship with her body–and how it feels playing a sexy TV role.
2. The way Cameron grew up using humor as self-defense and to become socially “valuable”–and the moment she wondered if comedy was no longer working for her.
3. Why Cameron says she’s able to cry for the first time in 35 years.
4. How as a gender-nonconforming queer kid, Cameron felt “overnoticed”–and how being a comedian allows her to “hide in plain sight."
5. The rule Cameron and Glennon made to help them become better at friendship.
CW: eating disorders
About Cameron:
Cameron Esposito is a queer, gender non-conforming standup comic, actor, writer and host.
As a standup, Cameron has headlined tours and festivals nationwide and internationally. As an actor and host, Cameron has been seen across television and film, appearing in big budget films and beloved Sundance indies, and on Netflix, HBO, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Starz, Comedy Central, Logo, TBS, IFC, E! and Cartoon Network. Cameron's podcast, Queery, features hour long conversations with some of the brightest luminaries in the LGBTQ+ community, including Emmy and Grammy winning performers, Olympians, politicians, even an astronaut. Cameron's writing has been published by The New York Times, Vulture/New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, Refinery29 and more. Cameron's first book, Save Yourself, was an instant bestseller and is available in paperback March of 2022. Next up, Cameron is set to recur on the ABC series A Million Little Things and appear in HBOMax's Moonshot. Cameron lives in Los Angeles and likes to swim.
TW: @cameronesposito
IG: @cameronesposito
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