Magic Lessons Ep. 209: “Show Up Before You’re Ready” featuring Glennon Doyle Melton
This week, on the season finale of Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert takes a deep dive into the some of the season’s themes with writer and a...
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In Season 2 of Magic Lessons, the author Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat Pray Love) offers wisdom and advice to artists trying to overcome creative obstacles. To help these writers, poets, dancers, a...
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20 of 22 episodesMagic Lessons Ep. 208: “Leap Into the Fire” featuring Martha Beck
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Hope, a spoken-word poet in Ohio. A self-described introvert, Hope wants to take her p...
Magic Lessons Ep. 207: “Living the Dream and Facing the Nightmare” featuring Neil Gaiman
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Britta, a former lawyer-turned- writer in Amsterdam struggling to make progress on her...
Magic Lessons Ep. 206: "Dancing From the Heart" featuring Amy Purdy
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Penelope, a dance teacher in New Jersey, who wants to create a dance performance to ma...
Magic Lessons Ep. 205: “Call Your Real Life By Its True Name” featuring Gary Shteyngart
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Colleen, an advertising executive in New York City, who dreams of being a storyteller...
Magic Lessons Ep. 204: “Who Gets To Decide Whether You're A Legitimate Artist?" featuring Mark Nepo
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert talks with Cecilia, a young poet in Florida. Cecilia fell in love with poetry in college and a...
Magic Lessons Ep 203: "Know the Taste of Failure" featuring Michael Ian Black
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert enlists the comedian Michael Ian Black to help coach Keith, an improv comedy performer in Balt...
Magic Lessons Ep. 202: "Make the Brutal Into the Beautiful" Featuring Brandon Stanton
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Anne, a photographer in Pennsylvania. For the last few years Anne has been documenting...
Magic Lessons Ep. 201: "You Have a Screaming, Not a Calling." Featuring Sarah Jones
Jo has spent years working on her phD on the Holocaust and fighting for feminist causes, but that work is not where her true passions lie. S...
Magic Lessons season 2 begins Friday, July 29!
Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert returns for the second season of her hit podcast MAGIC LESSONS, ready to help another batch of aspiring...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 12: Brene Brown on "Big Strong Magic"
The author of BIG MAGIC talks to Brene Brown, the author of RISING STRONG, about how essential creativity is for healthy, wholehearted livin...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 11: "The Big Check-In"
The author of BIG MAGIC finds out how five podcast participants are honoring their "contracts with inspiration." This is an installment of M...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 10: "John Hodgman on "The Question of What Come Next"
The author of BIG MAGIC speaks with the writer, comedian, and prolific podcaster about the boredom of mastery and the thrill of self-reinven...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 9: "Dear Creativity and Fear"
The author of BIG MAGIC helps a photographer find the courage to follow her creative impulses into a new realm. This is an installment of Ma...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 8: "The Pure Pleasure of Making Stuff"
The author of BIG MAGIC and the multi-talented Rayya Elias on the sheer joy of creation. This is an installment of Magic Lessons with Elizab...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 7: "Sexy, Dirty, Nasty, Wicked"
The author of BIG MAGIC helps an art teacher run off and have an affair with her art. This is an installment of Magic Lessons with Elizabeth...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 6: Ann Patchett's Counter-advice "Dive into That Well"
The author of BIG MAGIC and the author of THIS IS THE STORY OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE on stories that demand to be told. This is an installment of...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 5: "Access Your Joy"
The author of BIG MAGIC helps a grieving songwriter get back to making music. This is an installment of Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 4: Rob Bell on how "The Action Is Right Here"
The author of BIG MAGIC speaks with Pastor Rob Bell about protecting the soul in a soulless environment. This is an installment of Magic Les...
Magic Lessons Se. 1, Ep. 3: "The Thing That You Are Seeking Is Also Seeking You"
The author of BIG MAGIC helps a call center worker find a way to keep the creative spirit alive. This is an installment of Magic Lessons wit...