I Love You and I Need To Go: Elizabeth Gilbert Takes Us On A Journey All The Way To The River

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“Emotional sobriety, for me, is taking complete accountability for my own nervous system… A simple thing that I've learned to say is not ‘You need to stop behaving the way that you're behaving,’ but ‘I love you and I need to go.’” – Elizabeth Gilbert In this moving conversation, Jen welcomes Elizabeth Gilbert, the beloved author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic, to discuss her latest book All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation. Liz shares the extraordinary story of her relationship with Rayya Elias — best friend, muse, partner — a love that deepened in the midst of Rayya’s terminal cancer and lifelong struggles with addiction. Together, Jen and Liz explore: • What it means to find “your person” and go all the way to the river with them • The hidden costs of people-pleasing and addiction • Why emotional sobriety is the key to integrity and freedom • How love, grief, and liberation can coexist in one life This is Liz at her most vulnerable and wise — a conversation that will stay with you long after it ends. Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/4li8ZJz Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert – https://amzn.to/3Hu5tOi All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/3UM9rEY Sarah M. Broom, writer - https://www.instagram.com/sarah_m_broom/?hl=en Codependent No More by Melody Beattie - Martha Beck - https://marthabeck.com/ Guest’s Links: Website - https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth_gilbert_writer/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GilbertLiz Substack - https://elizabethgilbert.substack.com/ Connect with Jen! Jen’s Website - https://jenhatmaker.com/ Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker Jen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker The For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.

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• Love & Compassion