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This reads as a push to stop shrinking yourself and to live more fully in the space already available to you. It can be taken to mean that self-doubt is the main barrier, and it lands when someone is hesitating to claim work, love, or a creative voice they already have a right to use.
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About Elizabeth Gilbert
American journalist and author
Elizabeth Gilbert is an American journalist and author. Her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, was published in 2006 and became widely read around the world. The book has sold more than 12 million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2010, which helped make Gilbert a familiar name far beyond literary circles.
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Books by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love
2007
Big Magic
2015
The signature of all things
2013
Committed
2010
City of Girls: A Novel
2019