Elizabeth Gilbert - On Self Awareness

00:52 – Introducing today’s guest, Elizabeth Gilbert


04:40 – Elizabeth talks about her new book, City of Girls


12:01 – The ‘Me Too’ Movement, consent, and the impact on
sexuality


13:58 – Female sexual desire


16:39 – The importance of relationships and community


20:50 – Elizabeth shares her thoughts on what it means to be a
woman


25:01 – Elizabeth opens up about her decision to leave a prior
relationship


28:39 – Dr. Stephanie shares her own experience with being out of
alignment with herself


29:58 – ‘This isn’t working for me’


34:11 – Elizabeth opens up about her grieving process after
losing the love of her life, Rayya


42:48 – Elizabeth recalls fond memories of Rayya


50:34 – Where listeners can follow Dr. Stephanie
TWEETABLE QUOTES

“If women’s lives were automatically ruined by our poor
judgement when it comes to sex and love, there would not be a
woman left alive in this world.” (07:56)


“Sometimes the loss of innocence is such a relief because
sometimes you’re simply better off without it.”
(10:48)


“Female sexual desire is a dark – and I don’t mean sinful I
mean primal – it is a deep, biological, complex, messy,
ungovernable force.” (14:20)


“The most important relationship in my life is my relationship
to myself.” (17:29)


“If that voice arises and says ‘This is no longer a nourishing
environment for me,’ I’m bound by my contract of love to myself
to get the hell out of there.” (26:31)


“My fifty year old self says to my younger self, ‘I’m sorry I
didn’t know how to take care of you before, but I hadn’t met you
yet.’” (27:51)


“The most powerful words in the English language that a woman
can say are, ‘This is not working for me.’”
(29:58)


“It’s so funny, there’s certain human experiences that I’m
very scared of. Grieving isn’t one of them.”
(39:14)


“If I’ve done nothing else with my life, I just wanna be a
walking permission slip t make other people feel a little less
crazed and weird about their own lives.”
(49:39)
LINKS MENTIONED

Better! Website


Private Facebook Community for Better!


Dr. Stephanie’s Website


Dr. Stephanie’s Twitter –
@dr_stephanie


Dr. Stephanie’s Instagram –
@dr.stephanie.estima


Link to Dr. Steph’s Article


Elizabeth’s Instagram –
@elizabeth_gilbert_writer


Elizabeth’s Twitter –
@GilbertLiz


Elizabeth’s Facebook
BOOKS MENTIONED

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across
Italy, India and Indonesia


City of Girls


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