Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Okay, my friends, let's be real for a second because I want to ask you something and I know what's true for me, at least sometimes, okay?

This is the question.

Do you actually want advice or do you just want permission?

Do you want somebody to co-sign on a decision that you've already secretly made? And then you

reach out asking for advice, just hoping someone will affirm your very good decision. Isn't this the reality?

I mean, think about it. When was the last time you reached out to someone and you were like, hey,

do you think that I should or do you think it's a good idea if? And you already know exactly what

you want them to say. And then when they give you the wrong

answer, so to speak, you're like, oh, I did this with my friends recently. I texted a couple of them.

Just a photo of me or a video of me with no filter saying, oh, do you think I could use a little bit more

lip filler? So I do like half a syringe every couple of years. I'm super conservative. I started

getting some lip filler once I moved to Miami. And I noticed that my Miami friends always

encourage it and my New York friends don't. It's hilarious. But what's so funny was one of my

friends my message, she was like absolutely not not, you look great, keep it really

natural. I wrote back to her saying, that's not the answer I wanted. And she said, well,

ask your Miami friends. Isn't that so funny? Like, why do we do this? We already know what we want

to do. We just need someone to say,

yeah, go, yeah, do it. It's like we can't completely trust our own decisions or our own

desires, whether something's big or small and we need someone else to affirm it to go, yes,

permission granted, go ahead, do the thing. Where might you be doing this in your life right now?

Where might you be seeking permission, despite already knowing what it is that you want? You just

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