EP 585: The Truth About Secure Love (Taylor Swift & The Courage to Be Disliked)

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson

Mental Health, Relationships, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

💕 Today’s episode, I’m breaking down what secure love really looks like through the lens of Taylor Swift’s new album and the powerful psychology from The Courage to Be Disliked. We’ll explore how to embody your worth, release old patterns, and create relationships that feel calm, steady, and safe.

Inside the Episode:

✨ What Taylor’s “secure love era” teaches us about healing after relational trauma and finally choosing calm, steady love over chaos.

✨ The lyrics that show how real love feels safe, freeing, and deeply mutual—and how you can start experiencing that too.

✨ Why all of life’s struggles are rooted in relationships and how healing those roots leads to lasting peace.

✨ How true freedom comes from the courage to be disliked and to live authentically, even when others don’t understand.

This episode will inspire you to stop revisiting your past pain, let go of who you used to be, and intentionally build the life and love you actually want.

If you’re ready to do this work, to release the past, embody your worth, and become securely attached, it’s time to apply to the Empowered.Secure.Loved. Relationship Program.

This is your space to heal, grow, and create the love you’ve always wanted.

Click Here to Apply the Empowered.Secure.Loved Program

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, psychologist, relationship coach, attachment theory expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, author of Love Magnet and Athletic Wear Connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise yourself worth, have great relationships, and step confidently into the next level of your life.
0:22.3	Each week, two episodes will air featuring expert advice, live coaching, and tips, showing you
0:28.4	exactly how to improve your life and attract a healthy relationship. You deserve to feel empowered,
0:34.8	secure, and love. Buckle up and Let's Get Vulnerable.
0:42.0	Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast.
0:44.8	I'm your host, Dr. Morgan.
0:46.4	We have a lot to talk about today.
0:49.1	I want to talk about Taylor Swift's new album, but specifically why I think she is singing about
0:57.7	secure attachment. And I will tell you my top three favorite songs and why they are my favorite
1:05.0	off of the album. And we're even going to look at some of the lyrics. So this will be a fun episode. I've never done one
1:12.4	like this before. I'm really excited to share this with you. If you are a Swifty, great. If you are not,
1:19.6	I promise you there's still some value you'll get out of this. And who knows, maybe you'll go
1:25.4	listen to one of these songs after this episode.
1:29.1	But I'm really excited to dive into that. And then after we cover T. Swift's new album,
1:35.2	I want to jump into a wonderful book that I read recently. And it's all about Adlerian psychology.
1:45.3	What's awesome is I'm going to take things from the book,
1:50.9	five primary foundational truths that I extracted.
1:56.2	So I'm saving you the work of having to read this book.
1:59.0	And then we will also connect it to attachment theory
2:03.5	and having healthy relationships. So this is going to be a great episode. I know you will love this one.
2:11.2	The book that we're reviewing is called The Courage to Be Disliked. I finished it this weekend and I just knew I needed to review it on the pod. So let's jump in. I can't wait to share this episode with you. All right, let's review the life of a showgirl. This is T. Swift's latest album. And here's the truth, y'all. Am I a Swifty?
2:38.2	Not necessarily, however, I go through phases where I do really, really love her music.
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