Just a heads up everyone.

These are adults having adult conversations,

so there is the possibility of adult language. Hi everyone and welcome to Magic Lessons, a podcast produced by Maximum Fun.org and

Riverhead Books.

I'm Elizabeth Gilbert and I just wrote this book called Big Magic, Creative Living Beyond Fear.

But even when I was finished with the book, I didn't feel like I was really finished with the subject.

So I wanted to make this podcast where I could take the subject of creativity out into the world and have real conversations with real people about it.

And that's where magic lessons come from.

And what are magic lessons?

Roadmaps for the path to creativity, the extra nudge we need when we're

feeling stuck in our creative lives.

Hey everyone, welcome to Magic Lessons. I'm Liz Gilbert. And if this is the first time you're hearing the podcast, I don't want to spoil anything for you so definitely do go back and

before you listen to this check out the ten previous episodes they're full of great

stories and advice and they set the stage for what's going to happen here today

so I'm super excited about today's episode and they set the stage for what's going to happen here today.

So I'm super excited about today's episode because I'm checking in with all five of my wonderful magic lessons students.

Each one of these five women, Aaron, Missy, Melissa, Betsy, and Casey had been running into obstacles

recently in their own creative journeys. They had lost their joy or their courage or

they just weren't really sure what to make next. Over the course of this series, I've been giving them each a little toolbox,

a combination of coaching and a few assignments in order to set them in the right direction.

I've also been asking some brilliant friends of mine to weigh in on this podcast. the Pastor Rob Bell, Anne Patchet, Raya Elias, and John Hodgman, for helping me to

weigh in on this podcast in each case.

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