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Elizabeth Gilbert

A Near TED Experience

Ann Medlock | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Giraffe Heroes, Heroes, Ed Viesturs, Public Speaking, Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Tan, Mountain Climbing, Puget Sound, Seattle, Ted, Hans Rosling, Technology, Phobias, Global Heroes, Fears, Tedx, Viesturs, Media News
Ann Medlock

A few weeks ago I was asked to talk at TEDxPugetSound, one of the many regional "franchises" that are now springing up. I was allotted 10 minutes to talk about "Global Heroes."

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Cameron Todd Willingham: Did Texas Execute An Innocent Man?

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Criminal Justice System, Capital Punishment, Cameron Willingham Innocence, Crime, Elizabeth Gilbert, Texas, Arson, Innocence Project, Barry Sheck, Cameron Todd Willingham Execution, Dna Testing, Gerald Hurst, Cameron Willingham Execution, Cameron Todd Willingham, Death Penalty, Cameron Willngham Death Penalty, Death Row, Politics News

Huffington Post blogger Barry Scheck, of the Innocence Project, weighs in on the new evidence revealed by an investigative report in the New Yorker on...

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Ted@State: A Trip To The Nation's Capitol

Adriana Dunn | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elizabeth Bagley, Jacqueline Novogratz, TED Talks, Stewart Brand, Blaise Aguera Y Arcas, Paul Collier, Elizabeth Gilbert, Dave Eggers, Chris Anderson, Jeff Skoll, Hans Rosling, Clay Shirky, TED@State, Government Reform, Politics News
Adriana Dunn

The U.S. political system is no longer inaccessible and shrouded in secrecy. The prime example of this new attitude was yesterday's TED@State talk.

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The Paradox Of Failure: The Other "F" Word

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Honda Motors, Elizabeth Gilbert, Failure, Entrepreneurship, Robert Sutton, Biggest Failure Award, Randy Komisar, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

This is the 8th installment in the ongoing series Impossible To Inevitable: Dare To Dream Big ...

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Eat Pray Love, Creativity, Television, Elizabeth Gilbert, Showers, Dreams, Caffeine, Mormons, Brain-Storming, Patience, Albert Einstein, Coffee, Tea, Ideas, Sleep, Living News
Lee Schneider

I believe that ideas come from having a prepared mind, and yet there is that undefined something that makes me wonder if a larger consciousness comes into play.

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The Call of the Calling

Tabby Biddle | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Women and Intuition, Eat Pray Love, Callings, Gut Feeling, Intuition, Elizabeth Gilbert, Women and Business, Intuitive Thinking, Transitions, Living News
Tabby Biddle

For me one of the biggest lessons this time around has been about coupling intuition with good old-fashioned hard work, consistency and follow-through just like Edison suggested.

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Why Can't a Woman (Writer) Be More Like a Man?

Jennifer Weiner | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Ann Patchett, Lady Writers, Philip Roth, Lit Crit, Junot Diaz, Cormac McCarthy, Media News
Jennifer Weiner

The dichotomy of men writing big, important books about war and women writing little, lapidary books about domestic life is shifting.

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"Eat, Pray, Love" Your Way to Closer Relationships

Kari Henley | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Eat, Eat Pray Love, Featured Contributor, Elizabeth Gilbert, Community, Family Gatherings, Dr. Cara Barker, Living News
Kari Henley

Last week, we baked a cake together. The cake was called Community and the ingredients were all the layers of relationships we have in our lives: ours...

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Impossible To Inevitable: Dare To Dream Big (And 5 Tips To Get You Started!)

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Impossible Dream, Phillipe Petit, Dr. Judith Rich, Featured Contributor, Living News, Man on Wire!, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Gilbert, Best Documentary Film 2009, Wire Walker, Twin Towers, Living News
Dr. Judith Rich

Part One "So many of our dreams at first seem Impossible, then the...

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TED Conference: Elizabeth Gilbert, "Eat, Pray, Love" Author, On Genius And How We Ruin It

TED.com | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, TED Conference, Elizabeth Gilbert Ted Video, Ted Video, Ted, Elizabeth Gilbert Genius, Ted Conference and Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert Ted, Elizabeth Gilbert Eat Pray Love, Ted Elizabeth Gilbert, Living News

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "...

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Gabbing with Gates: We Talk Meltdown, Malaria, Mosquitoes, and How Not Getting Enough Sleep Lowers His IQ

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Gates Mosquitoes, Economic Stimulus Package, TED Conference, Ted, Malaria, Elizabeth Gilbert, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Warren Buffett, Gates Foundation, Pneumonia and Diarrhea, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Notes from the TED conference, and my conversation with the world's most maniacal polymath, Bill Gates, in which we discuss the economy, his charitable giving, and what happens if he doesn't get enough sleep. READ MORE CNBC's Clueless Mark Haines Calls Me "Clueless" on Morning Joe: I Respond Only people like Mark Haines, their vision limited by Wall Street blinders, don't see the lunacy of allowing stockholders to reap rewards at taxpayers' expense. READ MORE Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halfway Across a Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss If we are going to spend two trillion dollars (and most likely more) trying to deal with the economic crisis, shouldn't we do it right? READ MORE Watch: Arianna On MSNBC, Discussing Obama Admitting His Mistakes: "A Teachable Moment"

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TED Day 3: Elizabeth Gilbert's Creative Demons

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Ted, Creativity, Eat Pray Love, Writing, TED Conference, Ted 2009, Technology, World News
Steve Rosenbaum

Just when you think you've seen every cool robot, or the latest adhesive wall-climbing robotic gecko - TED goes and surprises you with one of the most unexpected and moving emotional talks of the conference so far.

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I Wish Obama Would Kiss Me

Julia Moulden | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Year of the Ox, Michelle Obama, Harper's, Lewis Lapham, President Obama, Eat Pray Love, Julia Moulden, Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Valpy, Globe and Mail, New Radicals, The Giving Life, Featured Contributor, Living News
Julia Moulden

Blame it on the Year of the Ox - or the year of hugs and kisses, "ox", as I'm calling it. What got me started was seeing how so many commentators are...

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Interview With Elizabeth Gilbert, Author Of Eat Pray Love: "I'm A Physically Lazy Person"

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert Interview, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Books, Living News

Saturday's edition of The Guardian has an interview with Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of perennial bestseller, Eat Pray Love. On her "mid-life crisi...

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My Trip to Google's HQ

Janet Carlson | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Michael Pollan, Vending Machines in Schools, Trans Fat Ban, Google, Business News
Janet Carlson

The vending machine at the Google Headquarters charges more for foods containing unhealthy ingredients. How California is that?

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Step XI Of My Spiritual Journey: In Which I Seek A Guru

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, The Inner Life, Oprah, Gurus, Oprah Elizabeth Gilbert, Oprah Guru, Living News
Verena von Pfetten

At this point in my spiritual journey, and following my previous post on Britney Spears - and the abstinence there from - I have decided to head in th...

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