"I’ve kind of been a student of self-acceptance my whole life because I’ve had to be."
Author Elizabeth Gilbert (“Eat, Pray, Love” and “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”) was one of the expert speakers interviewed for the Self-Acceptance Summit produced by Sounds True.
From the interview:
Host Tami Simon: Let’s start right with self-acceptance as a topic that you care about – why is this an important topic to you personally
Elizabeth Gilbert: Well, I mean I’ve kind of been a student of it my whole life because I’ve had to be, because its absence – it’s moments of absence – in my life have brought me the darkest pain I’ve ever been in.
And the only way out of that pain of the absence of self-acceptance was to claw, study, fight, beg and inch my way toward it.
And it’s been what I’ve been up to for a long time, and it’s something that I still have to work on.
And there are times where I lose it. I’d have to find my way back to it again and again and again – which of course always means finding your way back to your heart – it’s the only place you’re ever gonna find it.
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» The live Self-Acceptance Summit is over. Here are some related resources:
⏺ Self-Acceptance books and programs by various authors, from Sounds True.
The page notes about the program "Radical Self-Acceptance" that author Dr. Tara Brach "says the most difficult—and pervasive—challenge to Westerners today is the suffering caused by our feelings of unworthiness and self-aversion.
"Radical Self-Acceptance offers a way to break out of this emotional prison, so you can discover the freedom that comes with kindness and true appreciation of yourself and others."
The page also includes The Self-Acceptance Summit recordings, with presenters Caroline Myss, Tara Brach, Matt Kahn, Richard Schwartz, Adyashanti, many more
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⏺ The Self-Acceptance Summit: Volume 1: How to Overcome Self-Judgment and Live a Life of Bravery, Compassion, and Authenticity (Audible Audiobook) – Elizabeth Gilbert (Author, Narrator), Iyanla Vanzant (Author, Narrator), Parker J. Palmer PhD (Author, Narrator), & 8 more.
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