What if the missing piece in your creative life isn’t more effort, but more coherence? We dive into the power of loving your latest work without apology, using Taylor Swift’s unabashed obsession with her new songs as a spark to rethink modesty, devotion, and what truly attracts opportunity. Instead of waiting for validation, we ask how obsession—expressed as clarity, consistency, and genuine taste—turns you into a signal people can trust.
🔥 Because it's my birthday, I'm inviting you to join Self Coaching Society, my inner circle, for the WHOLE of 2026 for just $297. Lock me in as your life coach for just $297 for a WHOLE YEAR here. 🔥
Episode Transcript
Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
Okay, I think that we talk aboutTaylor Swift a lot on this
podcast, but why not?
To me, she's such an example ofa high-integrity person and
someone who does not pander toher creative blocks, right?
(00:23):
She's a creation machine.
How many albums?
I don't even know.
I'm currently really enjoyingthe life of a showgirl too.
I broke down a couple of myfavorite songs on some uh other
episodes here.
But why am I bringing her uptoday?
I saw a couple of snippets ofher on the Stephen Colbert show
because I believe herdocumentary just dropped, the
(00:43):
behind the scenes of her erastour.
And she said something that juststood out to me, and I thought,
gosh, I wish we did this more ashuman beings.
I wish that we lent into thismore because this is revealing
and it can teach us.
Stephen Colbert asked her, okay,what's your favorite song?
Right.
She ended up saying all too wellis her number one, but I
digress.
(01:04):
And she said, you know, it'shard to say, you know, it I need
almost like time to digest mymost recent album.
But she said, Look, I'm just soobsessed with my latest songs.
That's it, my friend.
She said, I'm just so obsessedwith the life of a showgirl
tracks.
I'm so obsessed.
Are you obsessed with your work?
(01:25):
Your book, your podcast, the wayyou run a home, the job that you
show up to each day, theoutcomes that you produce.
I am so tired of this.
Oh, modesty, oh humility, oh, Idid my best, oh, I'm a work in
progress.
No.
How about you're obsessed withit?
When we're obsessed with our ownstuff, that is contagious.
We can feel it.
(01:46):
Other people can feel it.
Because we don't attract successby hoping for it or thinking,
you know, it exists one day inthe future.
When we are devoted, when wecreate and do things that we
fall in love with, that we arein love with, our obsession
becomes the work.
It's not the reward.
(02:06):
It's not the, oh yeah, mostdownloaded or book sales or this
or that.
Our devotion here is the prize,our obsession with what it is
that we create.
And I've got to tell you,success shows success shows up
in our life, our creativeendeavors, when it's not diluted
with fears, with doubts, withanxieties, with procrastination.
(02:30):
It's like we become these clearchannels.
To me, this is what coherenceis.
And coherence is magic.
A lot of people use the wordalignment, which I also like,
but I also feel like it'soverused in the coaching world.
When we are coherent, theuniverse responds.
(02:51):
The universe doesn't rewardeffort, it doesn't reward hours
put in, it doesn't reward youchecking, uh crowdsourcing
opinions for your for your work,for your business, but it does
reward your own coherence.
Opportunities trust coherentpeople.
So if you think success is goingto be measured by your hard work
(03:13):
and hours put in, look around.
Hard work ought to be rewarded,but it isn't.
It's your coherence, yourauthenticity, you being you.
And look at even Taylor's uhTaylor's uh number one track,
right?
The fate of Ophelia.
Who knows?
I mean, unless you've studiedShakespeare or read Hamlet, you
(03:34):
don't know who Ophelia was.
And I was actually volunteeringyesterday at a women's shelter,
full circle moment, loved it.
I used to receive gifts as achild from from the shelters
that we lived in, from churchesthat were close by.
So showing up and volunteeringwas so much fun for me, giving
Christmas presents to children.
And the girls there who werevolunteering too, they were all
(03:55):
doing the Taylor Swift Fate ofOphelia dance.
Taylor Swift isn't thinking, oh,shall I do a Shakespeare track?
Ooh, shall I mint, shall I makethis kind of a blend of old and
new?
No, she loves reading, she lovesShakespeare, she liked the story
of Ophelia and saying that shewas saved in this modern sense
by the love of her life.
(04:16):
This is coherence.
This is her doing her.
This is her being real.
And yes, the rewards come notfrom effort, but from coherence.
My friends, where can you bemore yourself today?
Say what you want, wear what youwant, create what you want, do
it for you, and see whathappens.
(04:40):
Until tomorrow, my friends.
So much.
Love and ease.
Hey friend, I've got somethingreally cool for you.
I want to give you free accessto my signature course called
Slay Your Year, which typicallysells for$997.
You can check it out, all thedetails at SlayYourYar.com.
(05:01):
All you have to do to get accessis leave me a review, leave a
review of this podcast on ApplePodcasts, take a snapshot of it,
and send it to info at susiemore.com.
That's info at susie more.com,and we'll get you set up with
access.
Popular Podcasts
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Burden
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.