 In 2015, Gilbert and several other authors including Cheryl Strayed participated in fundraising efforts for Syrian refugees which raised over $1 million in 31 hours.In 2016, Gilbert shared a video of herself singing a karaoke version of Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to raise money for BlinkNow Foundation, an organization inspired in part by "Eat, Pray, Love".In a 2015 article for "The New York Times" titled "Confessions of a Seduction Addict," Gilbert wrote that she "careened from one intimate entanglement to the next—dozens of them—without so much as a day off between romances."