Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

You don't need motivation or therapy.

You need different friends.

Think about it.

Find happy friends.

That is the piece of advice that I wish that I was taught along the way

would have saved me a lot of struggle, would have saved me a lot of giving of energy that I maybe

didn't quite have. Happy friends are medicine. They're better than meditation, a productivity app,

journaling, fill in the blank, whatever it is that you do as part of your daily routine to prime yourself to feel good.

I don't know about you, but when I'm in contact with any single friend of mine, I only feel seen, understood and generally, if not happy, steady. I don't hide myself.

I don't censor myself. I don't have to contort myself. I can be me. And as a result,

they can be the same. And it's not that serious. We get to be light, we get to be silly,

we get to have fun. Find happy friends. Happiness is its

own contagion. There are a couple of reasons, practical reasons you really want this in your life too.

First of all, humans are social animals and we all have mirror neurons, meaning if someone yawns or if there's a

group of people laughing, often we'll want to laugh or we'll catch ourselves yawning. Moods, emotions,

we catch them from others and if I want to be happy, I've got to get around happy people.

Also, think about it, happy people, they're not threatened by you. They want you to

win, they want you to succeed. So when you tell them your next big idea or share something that

you've been thinking about, that feels vulnerable, they'll be encouraging, they'll listen,

they'll take you seriously, and they're very likely to support you,

cheer you on, like, share, make introductions.

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