Eat pray love made me do it : life journeys inspired by the bestselling memoir / with an introduction by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Introduction / Elizabeth Gilbert -- Take a breath / Rebecca Asher -- Garden State / Victoria Russell -- The gift / Mallory Kotzman -- Happy wife, happy life / Lisa Becker -- Intelligence / Peter Richmond -- "Pray" is the hard part / April Schmidt -- Reaching my boiling point / Tina Donvito -- Shift happens / Emily Shaules -- Making peace with myself / Eduardo Martinez -- Imperfectly enlightened / Shannon Sykes Westgate -- There you are / Jan Haag -- Adventurous woman / Laurna Strikwerda -- Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth / Eran Sudds -- Penny prayers / Aimee Halfpenny -- Road map / Alexandria Hodge -- Curing the incurable / Amy B. Scher -- Failure to freedom / Linsi Broom -- Steps / Melissa Bergstrom -- A bonk on the head / Kahla Kiker -- Someone like me / Sandra Roussy -- Pepperoni epiphanies / James Belmont -- The list / Annmarie Kostyk -- Living well / Nosipho Kota -- Bread and cheese / Nicole Massaro -- Out of the ashes / Regan Spencer -- Write it down / Chelsey Everest -- Me time / Theressa Real -- Divine timing / Crystal Gasser -- Playing the part / Lisann Valentin -- Fall risk / Karstee Davis -- Good enough / Laurie Granieri -- Cry teach grow / Leslie Patrick Moore -- Crossing over / Sondra Iperati -- Running on my own / Elizabeth Duffy -- "Read me your story, Mandy" / Amanda Whitten -- Answering the call of the higher self / Billy Rosa -- Second-act singer / Theresa Thornton -- My superstorms / Cara Bradshaw -- Tour de fifty / Robin Murphy -- Recognizing myself / Kitty Taylor -- Out of the dark / Danielle Rhinehart -- Un pedazo de pan dulce, a piece of sweet bread / Elizabeth Veras Holland -- Darkening gray / Susan Krakoff -- Getting back to me / Tracie Cornell -- It started with the flu / Lettie Stratton -- Seek heal grow / Jen Flick -- Coming home / Peggy Bresnick.

True stories inspired by one of the most iconic, beloved, bestselling books of our time In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert s Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves. Here, in this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers people as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background share their stories. The journeys they recount are transformative sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring. Eat Pray Love helped one writer to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and yet another to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. One writer, reeling from a difficult divorce, finds new love overseas; another, a lifelong caregiver, is inspired to take an annual road trip, solo. A man leaves seminary, embraces his sexual identity, and forges a new relationship with God. A woman goes to divinity school and grapples with doubt and belief. One writer s search for the perfect pizza leads her to New Zealand and off-the-grid homesteading, while another, in overcoming an eating disorder, redefines her relationship not only with food but with herself. Some writers face down devastating illness and crippling fears, and others step out of their old lives to fulfill long-held dreams of singing, acting, writing, teaching, and learning. Entertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new. What will Eat Pray Love make you do?