Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Do you want to know the real sign of self-love?

There are many things that can illustrate it, our relationships,

how we take care of our bodies, our boundaries. Yes, there is a whole list. And if you

ask different people, they'll say, this is how I love myself. This is how I take care of myself.

For me, it's simple. And really, it can be defined by this one thing, which is defining success on my

terms. I've recorded episodes around this before, specifically

talking about an image driven versus a purpose driven life, meaning focusing on what fulfills

you versus what looks good to other people. And really, in the end, isn't that success creating

a life that feels good to you versus a life that

looks good to other people? Because if there's anything I know, it's that society doesn't measure

success in the same way that our spirit and our intuition does. It just doesn't. It's all about accomplishments,

being number one, money, status, hot parties, being at the right events. We know this and it's a

little bit different for everyone based on where you live, based on your cultural conditioning,

based on what your society and your community values? For example, I know that growing up,

traditionally, growing up in England, creative work is less valuable than work in science,

engineering, mathematics, etc., etc. Creative work is nice, but it's kind of like more of a hobby.

It's something that's reserved for people who

are maybe quite sensitive and they have this very artistic side. Creative work might not be

valued. Working in certain sectors might not be valued. But anything that involves fame,

money, power, influence, that's valued. So we have to be careful, my friends,

because the influences will never stop coming from outside of us, never ever. Maybe it's from our

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