I know next to nothing about Elizabeth Gilbert, but the shape of this article is a little confusing. In the beginning it seems you’re saying that you learned from her, but now you have let her go, implying that she disappointed you in some way. And then when you talk about what made that change, it seems that you have some kind of jealousy over the choice she made. So did you decide your jealousy he was misplaced, and that what she did was wrong? If so, that is not clear in this article.

I learned around the time I got married that I would never have all my emotional needs met from just one person. I am constantly surprised by other people who don’t grasp that truth.