Elizabeth Gilbert: On Love, Loss, and Breaking Free

About this episode

Elizabeth Gilbert discusses love, loss, and personal awakening in a conversation with psychotherapist Emily Marinelli.

What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening? * In her critically acclaimed novels and immensely popular works of nonfiction including Eat Pray Love and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert expands our understanding of creativity, spirituality, and love. This episode features a powerful conversation between Elizabeth and psychotherapist and CIIS professor Emily Marinelli on love, loss, and breaking free. * This episode was recorded at the beautiful Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco on October 24th, 2025. A transcript is available at ciis.edu/podcast. To find out more about CIIS and public programs like this one, visit our website ciis.edu and connect with us on Instagram @ciispubprograms. * Some podcast apps may not display links from our show notes properly, so we have included a list of links below. * We hope that each episode of our podcast provides opportunities for growth, and that our listeners will use them as a starting point for further introspection. Many of the topics discussed on our podcast have the potential to bring up feelings and emotional…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Marinelli

Guest: Elizabeth Gilbert

Topics covered

• love
• loss
• creativity
• spirituality
• awakening

Keywords

• love story
• heartbreak
• creativity
• spirituality
• awakening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIIS

Books & works: Eat Pray Love, Big Magic

Places: Sydney Goldstein Theater

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