Elizabeth Gilbert exploded into the public’s consciousness in 2006 with the release of her mega-bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love. Since then, she’s published a series of books, given a TED talk on creative genius that’s been viewed more than 10 million times, become a leading voice on the pursuit of a creative, connected and vital life.
Gilbert’s book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, takes you deeper into what it means to live a creative life, offering a wonderful blend of wisdom, unabashed magical thinking, amazing stories and a lot of unexpected myth-busting and contrarian insights. Podcast host, Jonathan Fields, talks to Liz about the power of curiosity and the fallacy of passion, where creativity comes from, what stops us from doing the thing we’re here to do, the importance of caring for your vessel, what happens when you think you’ve reached the end of your capacity and her powerful lens on what it means to live a good life.