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Big Magic
- Creative Living Beyond Fear
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
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Radical Acceptance
- Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame
- By: Tara Brach
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Drawing on the wisdom of Buddhist teachings, illustrative stories and the transformative power of meditation, Tara guides us in healing the shame and fear that bind our hearts. In the West, most of us have suffered the fear of not being 'good enough', feeling insecure about our appearance, our sexuality, our intelligence, our spiritual progress or - often most importantly - being worthy of love. When these feelings of insufficiency or self-aversion are strong, we fear abandonment and rejection.
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Imperfection and perfection reconciled
- By Galah on 02-04-2021
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Eat Pray Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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It's three a.m., and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her 30s, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance.
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Heart lifting
- By anna on 03-12-2023
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Living Untethered
- Beyond the Human Predicament
- By: Michael A. Singer
- Narrated by: Michael A. Singer
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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When our sense of wholeness depends on things or people outside ourselves—whether it's a coveted job, a new house, a lavish vacation, or even a new relationship—sooner or later we're bound to feel unsatisfied. But how do we embark on this inner journey? Living Untethered is the book to reach for. It provides clear guidance for moving beyond the thoughts, feelings, and habits that keep you stuck—so you can heal the pain of the past and let your spirit soar. It's time to stop struggling and start experiencing.
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Wonderful....if.....
- By Tina Cashman on 12-05-2022
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Heart Minded
- How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love
- By: Sarah Blondin
- Narrated by: Sarah Blondin
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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A treasury of meditations for living from your heart - from a top teacher. With poetic brilliance and skillful instruction, renowned teacher Sarah Blondin brings you a treasury of meditations and spiritual teachings to help you detach from your busy mind and tune into your feeling heart. As the students of her popular online trainings can attest, these simple and powerful practices can instantly bring you into a deeper connection with yourself and others. And you can go back to these meditations whenever you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or afraid.
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 28-11-2022
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The Courage to Be Disliked
- How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
- By: Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future.
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Shining a light on the here and now
- By Vivien on 01-03-2018
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Letting Go
- The Pathway of Surrender
- By: David R. Hawkins MD
- Narrated by: Peter Lownds PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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Letting Go describes a simple and effective means by which to let go of the obstacles to enlightenment and become free of negativity. During the many decades of the author's clinical psychiatric practice, the primary aim was to seek the most effective ways to relieve human suffering in all of its many forms. The inner mechanism of surrender was found to be of great practical benefit and is described in this book.
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I’ve listened to this more than 50 times
- By Sharam on 17-02-2019
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Radical Acceptance
- Awakening the Love That Heals Fear and Shame
- By: Tara Brach
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Drawing on the wisdom of Buddhist teachings, illustrative stories and the transformative power of meditation, Tara guides us in healing the shame and fear that bind our hearts. In the West, most of us have suffered the fear of not being 'good enough', feeling insecure about our appearance, our sexuality, our intelligence, our spiritual progress or - often most importantly - being worthy of love. When these feelings of insufficiency or self-aversion are strong, we fear abandonment and rejection.
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Imperfection and perfection reconciled
- By Galah on 02-04-2021
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Eat Pray Love
- One Woman's Search for Everything
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
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It's three a.m., and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her 30s, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance.
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Heart lifting
- By anna on 03-12-2023
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Living Untethered
- Beyond the Human Predicament
- By: Michael A. Singer
- Narrated by: Michael A. Singer
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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When our sense of wholeness depends on things or people outside ourselves—whether it's a coveted job, a new house, a lavish vacation, or even a new relationship—sooner or later we're bound to feel unsatisfied. But how do we embark on this inner journey? Living Untethered is the book to reach for. It provides clear guidance for moving beyond the thoughts, feelings, and habits that keep you stuck—so you can heal the pain of the past and let your spirit soar. It's time to stop struggling and start experiencing.
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Wonderful....if.....
- By Tina Cashman on 12-05-2022
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Heart Minded
- How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love
- By: Sarah Blondin
- Narrated by: Sarah Blondin
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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A treasury of meditations for living from your heart - from a top teacher. With poetic brilliance and skillful instruction, renowned teacher Sarah Blondin brings you a treasury of meditations and spiritual teachings to help you detach from your busy mind and tune into your feeling heart. As the students of her popular online trainings can attest, these simple and powerful practices can instantly bring you into a deeper connection with yourself and others. And you can go back to these meditations whenever you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or afraid.
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Amazing
- By Anonymous User on 28-11-2022
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The Courage to Be Disliked
- How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
- By: Fumitake Koga, Ichiro Kishimi
- Narrated by: Adrian Mulraney
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our real selves and find lasting happiness. The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future.
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Shining a light on the here and now
- By Vivien on 01-03-2018
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Letting Go
- The Pathway of Surrender
- By: David R. Hawkins MD
- Narrated by: Peter Lownds PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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Letting Go describes a simple and effective means by which to let go of the obstacles to enlightenment and become free of negativity. During the many decades of the author's clinical psychiatric practice, the primary aim was to seek the most effective ways to relieve human suffering in all of its many forms. The inner mechanism of surrender was found to be of great practical benefit and is described in this book.
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I’ve listened to this more than 50 times
- By Sharam on 17-02-2019
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Super Attractor
- Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
- By: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bernstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Ready to turn what you want into the life that you live? The number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Universe Has Your Back shows you how. In Super Attractor, Gabrielle Bernstein lays out the essential methods for manifesting a life beyond your wildest dreams. This book is a journey of remembering where your true power lies. You'll learn how to co-create the life you want. You'll accept that life can flow, that attracting is fun, and that you don't have to work so hard to get what you want.
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Talks too much about herself
- By Anonymous User on 05-11-2019
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Becoming Nobody
- The Essential Ram Dass Collection
- By: Ram Dass
- Narrated by: Ram Dass
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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This audio collection brings us five essential sessions, featured in the Ram Dass documentary film Becoming Nobody, presented here in their entirety. Each beautifully illuminates a core dimension of Ram Dass’s wisdom. Through teaching stories, true accounts, eye-opening revelations, and his one-of-a-kind sense of humor, this legendary teacher helps show us the way out of the prison of our self-identity - and into the joy of being at once “nobody” and the universal divine at play in the world.
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This man still needs a lot of attention
- By CJ on 14-05-2020
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The Four Agreements
- By: don Miguel Ruiz
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
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Wise agreements that can be applied with practice
- By Flip B on 04-04-2018
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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
- A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
- By: Bronnie Ware
- Narrated by: Bronnie Ware
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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A courageous, life-changing memoir that teaches us to apply the lessons learned by those nearing their death to our own life. After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with meaning. Despite having no formal qualifications or experience, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to the needs of those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed.
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A unique insight
- By Salman on 10-07-2020
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The 5 Second Rule
- Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
- By: Mel Robbins
- Narrated by: Mel Robbins
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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How to enrich your life and destroy doubt in five seconds. Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself?
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Seriously?
- By Anonymous User on 30-01-2018
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Ego Is the Enemy
- By: Ryan Holiday
- Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their images with sheer, almost irrational force, I've found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition." (From the prologue)
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I learned new things from this book
- By Shokoufeh on 01-12-2016
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Hagitude
- Reimagining the Second Half of Life
- By: Sharon Blackie
- Narrated by: Sharon Blackie
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Western folklore and mythology are rife with brilliantly creative, fulfilled, feisty, and furious role models for aging women, despite our culture's focus on youthfulness. In her exciting new book, mythologist and psychologist Sharon Blackie explores these archetypes, presenting them in a way sure to appeal to contemporary women. Drawing inspiration from these examples, women can reclaim midlife as a liberating, alchemical moment rich with possibility and their elder years as a path to dynamic power.
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Not at all what I was hoping for
- By Bungy on 21-02-2023
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TED Talks
- The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson, Tom Rielly, Kelly Stoetzel
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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Since taking over TED in the early 2000s, Chris Anderson has shown how carefully crafted short talks can be the key to unlocking empathy, stirring excitement, spreading knowledge, and promoting a shared dream. Done right, a talk can electrify a room and transform an audience's worldview. Done right, a talk is more powerful than anything in written form.
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A must have for all speakers.
- By P. Guichard on 20-05-2016
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Indistractable
- How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
- By: Nir Eyal, Julie Li
- Narrated by: Nir Eyal
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more. Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.
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Read Lost Connections by Johann Hari instead.
- By James on 08-03-2020
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The Daily Stoic
- 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
- By: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Why have history's greatest minds - from George Washington to Frederick the Great to Ralph Waldo Emerson along with today's top performers, from Super Bowl-winning football coaches to CEOs and celebrities - embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics? Because they realize that the most valuable wisdom is timeless and that philosophy is for living a better life, not a classroom exercise. The Daily Stoic offers a daily devotional of Stoic insights and exercises, featuring all-new translations.
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Great intro to the Stoic philosphy
- By Avi Naidu on 21-01-2020
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Eastern Body, Western Mind
- Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self
- By: Anodea Judith
- Narrated by: Laura Jennings
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
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In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith has brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and case studies, Eastern Body, Western Mind seamlessly merges the East and West, science and philosophy, and psychology and spirituality into a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.
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Best book ever!
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-2018
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The Artist's Way
- A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
- By: Julia Cameron
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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Since its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose.
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Excellent if you can look past the God-stuff
- By Goraek on 06-02-2022
Publisher's Summary
Listeners of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process and showing us all just how easy it can be.
By sharing stories from her own life as well as from her friends and the people who have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear.
Whether you long to write a book, create art, cope with challenges at work, embark on a long-held dream, or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding, Big Magic will take you on a journey of exploration filled with wonder and unexpected joys.
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- Lee
- 24-01-2016
Brought me back to life
I will listen to this book over and over again! How did she see inside me? Outstanding, inspirational and deeply motivating. Welcome back creativity, you dear old friend!
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- Mez
- 06-10-2015
Brilliant
This is the best audio book I've listened to so far. Incredibly well written and beautifully read, relevant to anyone undergoing a stagnant creative rut or in my case, in need of courage to express myself fearlessly.
Loved every second of it!
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- Vanessa Hughes
- 30-09-2015
Wonderful
I loved it. Unlike some books on creativity, it's not preachy and doesn't scold, more like having a conversation with a compassionate mentor. Not all authors can or should narrate their own work, but Liz Gilbert does a wonderful job . I was terribly disappointed when i realized I'd finished it as i could have happily listened for another few hours, and will definitely be going back for a re-read.
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- paul
- 07-11-2017
good in parts, loopy in others
if you can get past the 'destiny / universe wants X / ideas exist in the ether and are transmitted from one unknown person to the next' etc etc elements, then there are some nice phrases and sentiments and ideas.
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- Dee
- 15-01-2016
Outstanding, insightful, helpful, beautiful voice.
Loved it. I didn't want it to end. Beautifully spoken. Helpful, self worth restoring, brilliantly nurturing.
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- Jollypenno
- 27-10-2015
Grateful for the big magic algorithm that gave me this book
Somehow missed the whole Eat Pray Love phenomenon, so when I finished The Signature of All Things (which I loved) I got a big surprise when I followed up on Elizabeth Gilbert.
This may be why I ended up with Big Magic after searching for a completely different Audible book, and I'm tremendously grateful.
I can't think of any other book I've listened to quite so intently. Not only does Elizabeth Gilbert have a lovely reading voice, but there is so much wisdom in Big Magic, I would recommend this book to everyone - not just frustrated artist, actors, writers, dancers...
I work in IT and haven't had an inclination to do anything creative since I had to do art at school. This book has inspired me in such a profound way that I'm now savouring and enjoying life like never before.
The tidbits about The Signature of All Things were also a bonus for me, because I completely lost myself in that wonderful story.
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- Louise from Australia
- 29-10-2015
Years of unanswered questions answered!
I've always been a creative person driven by inspiration & passion but never understood why I couldn't hold those feelings all the time or why when I stopping creating I'd feel like life had no meaning. This book explains all this & has helped me immensely in understanding how I work inside & what I have gone through as a creative person is normal! This book answers so many unanswered questions - a new ago of personal develop is revealed in this book. Am so grateful to have read it!
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- Jill
- 02-10-2015
Refreshing
A great listen. Encouraging all of us to be our creative selves free from the anxiety of perfectionism and criticism. Thanks Elizabeth.
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- Brettbeger
- 13-09-2018
A murky, unsure story, told well.
Elizabeth Gilbert reads her story well, but it is marred by somewhat preposterous themes and awkward name dropping. It goes nowhere, although it does have some words of wisdom. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either.
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- samantha
- 19-01-2016
Awesome! Thoroughly enjoyed listening to Elizabeth
Inspired me to do something I never thought I'd do. Easy to listen to & her retell of stories past were very enjoyable.
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- Lucy
- 12-09-2020
Inspirational!
This book is very inspirational and demystifies the complex subject of creativity and creative living. It is witty, funny and relatable. I could not put it down.
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- Richa Kejriwal
- 03-05-2018
Couldn't stop listening
Inspiring and wonderfully motivating book. Loved every bit and learnt how creativity can change our life if only we can muster the courage to follow the sign.
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- Vinutha
- 22-11-2017
Expand your deeper meaning of Creativity.
Elizabeth brings in her own opinions on creativity and how/why not to stop this process. She connects each of her theory with an story that gets sketched into your mind forever. Enjoyed listening to it and I might listen to it again and again.
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- Jane
- 03-11-2023
Best book on creativity i'ever read
The book helped me to go through my hardest time writing my PhD thesis. Recommend it to everyone
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-2023
Wonderful
What a create audio book to reconnect me into my creativity, to not take it so seriously and tap into the magic.
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- kate Muller
- 30-10-2022
loved every breath of it
food for the soul leading out of the madness and inyo a clear way of being. Gilbert voice is now in my head reminding me each step of the way . I will be listening to whole bok again and again harvesting every treasure of insight
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-2022
incredibly Inspiring
this is the best book for creatives I've read to date!
Magic indeed...
You won't regret it!
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- Lillu (Aletta) Deysel
- 04-01-2022
My next new Bybel, love this
Amazing 💙♥️💜💙♥️💜 nothing to add, nothing to take away. This is amazing just like Eet love pray, every time I listen to it, I get more out of it, thank you Elizabeth
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- Anonymous User
- 17-11-2021
very enjoyable
I love her tone as she narrates this book and it wasn't quite what I expected but it's a good book. very practical. Big magic sounds grand at first, you think it's about getting big ideas, a grand sparkly bright life etc but I love it's kind of down to earth- ness. How everyday people can find their magic and navigate their ways around life's blockages that stop us from being our best. big magic is about accessing your best self.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-2021
creative freedom
This book really helped me to let go of my own expectations of myself and just accept that my creativity is a part of what it is to be me.
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- Andy F.
- 01-12-2015
Big Magic indeed!
There's just something wonderful about Liz Gilbert. This was my first encounter with her writings having initially dismissed Eat. Pray. Love. as (and I know I'll get stick for this) "a bit too girly". However, discovering her at Big Magic is an excellent, hype free (relatively) way to engage with her writings.
I've found them pretty inspirational and am currently writing a business plan for an arts project I'd always dreamed about. Whether it's a success or not will be anyone's guess, but I'm more comfortable with fear being along for the trip as a result of this book. It's allowed me to accept that you need to take risks to be happy when you live a creative life.
Having the book read by Liz really enhances the overall experience, after all, who better to perform the piece than the person who wrote it?
In short, listen to this book. It has the potential to be life changing!
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- Mr & Mrs D
- 28-09-2015
Inspiring listen
Great listen especially if you are struggling to self motivate or having trouble believing in your own self worth. Will listen to this audio book again and be seeking out other books by this author.
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- Ian B Magic
- 19-10-2017
Not practical, spiritual and wishy-washy.
Couldn't finish it. Dreadful.
I was looking for a book to get my creative juices flowing and instead found this one: a book where ideas are real things flowing around the universe and it is down to our consciousness to touch them.
"Ideas have no material body, but they do have consciousness and they most certainly have will. Ideas are driven by a single impulse : to be made manifest. The only way ideas can be made manifest in this world is through collaboration with a human partner... "
If you like talking to your fear as if it's a child you're taking on a journey while floating your subconscious in the cosmos trying to touch ideas then this is for you. It's not for me.
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- Jlh548
- 11-11-2015
Gilbert is a fabulous narrator
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It's a great book - super inspiring and helpful in uncovering lost or dormant creativity. Gilbert is also a fabulous narrator - makes you feel as if she's speaking straight to you! Couldn't "put it down", as it were.
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- kindle fire hd user
- 07-11-2015
Magic!!
Absolutely loved this audio book, I listened to it all in just two days I was addicted and quite sad it had to end. She tells inspirational stories from her own life and others in a very lighthearted way and she had me belly laughing at somethings... As soon as i finished listening to this, I signed a contract with inspiration when she came knocking (you will have to read to know what I mean) Definitely recommend this book to anyone who struggles to get their creative juices flowing and experiences mind block from time to time. She just tell it as it is!
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- Beth
- 10-11-2015
Big Magic is magic!
You can tell that this has been authentically written from the heart and soul and uses the authors life experiences to connect with all of US the creative beings out there. A joy to listen to and I'll be listening again. soon
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- Alicia Kon
- 22-10-2015
a Good Spirit whispering in my ear :-)
I ve listened to the audio book several times - it's like a friend sharing her experiences with me... loved it!
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- Elizabeth
- 09-11-2015
Lovely
This book illustrates a very freeing attitude towards aspects of life and encouraged me to look deeper within myself. Very inspiring words.
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- Rhoda
- 11-10-2015
soaked it up
loved big magic. I'd listened to the podcasts beforehand and knew that I needed this book!
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- Daria
- 08-11-2015
A marvel, soon to be classic!
A fantastic line narrated by the author. Captivating, smooth, smart and inspiring.
Would recommend to everyone to read at least once.
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