![]() She attended New York University, where she studied political science by day and worked on her short stories by night. ![]() To listen to the episode, as well as the whole archive of The Quarantine Tapes, subscribe and listen on iTunes or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts.Įlizabeth Gilbert was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969, and grew up on a small family Christmas tree farm. And sometimes the grief will back off, and other times it will say, oh, no, we’re doing this right now. Just because this song came on, no, no, no. We’re not doing this right now I’m driving home from the grocery store. ![]() ![]() I’m in a negotiation against my grief a lot of the time, like, oh, no, no, no, no, not here, not here. And what I’ve learned is you have to let it, and that is so hard, especially for somebody like me who wants to control everything. Everyone I know who’s been through grief does describe it as coming in waves. I don’t know what your experience was with your sister, but you, and then I think of it as-I’ve never had a baby, but I imagine it coming as these waves of contraction. Paul Holdengräber: I remember when losing my sister, I spoke with someone we both know, Adam Phillips, and Adam said to me, never forget that Freud speaks “the work of mourning.”Įlizabeth Gilbert: Right. ![]()
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