Anne Lamott & Neil Allen: Write Toward the Really Real

What if the secret to better writing isn’t more technique—but more truth? Tami Simon speaks with beloved author Anne Lamott and her husband Neal Allen—writer, spiritual coach, and author of Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences —about the craft of finding your voice, writing toward compassion and truth, and why the most powerful sentences come not from the polished mind but from the really real. This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Anne Lamott & Neil Allen: Write Toward the Really Real is an episode from Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon.

This episode is 01:03:04 long.

This episode was published on Mar 17, 2026.

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