The Uncomfortable Talk Show
The Uncomfortable Talk Show
Podcast Description
This season, I’m turning the spotlight onto indie writers, poets, and authors. My goal is to help you find your voice, overcome creative challenges, and share your unique stories with the world. Whether you’re dealing with writer’s block, navigating the complexities of self-publishing, or looking for ways to build your author platform, I’m here to offer support and practical advice.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of creativity, self-discovery, and the struggles of the writing process, with episodes discussing topics like overcoming writer's block, personal narratives of loss and recovery, and the intricacies of building an author platform, as seen in episodes featuring Susan Moore's raw explorations of silence and grief, as well as spotlight interviews with authors like Jessica K. Foster and Maren Jenner.
This season, The Uncomfortable Talk Show is getting even more real. I’m exploring the messy intersections of faith, fear, creativity, and humor — the stuff we’re usually too polite to talk about. From anxiety and bad theology to burnout, pimento cheese, and why laughter sometimes shows up in the darkest places, nothing’s off the table.
Along the way, I’ll share stories, invite honest conversations, and maybe even bring back a few indie voices to remind us we’re not alone. My goal? To give you permission to question, permission to laugh, and permission to keep going.
I’m Susan Moore — I grew up with messy faith, I process life through humor, and I host this podcast because I know how much courage it takes to keep going
My website is www.thesusanmoore.com
Season 3 kicks off with a tough but necessary conversation: what happens when anxiety meets faith — and the church gets it wrong? Too often, anxiety gets reduced to “a lack of faith” or “just pray harder.” But that kind of bad theology doesn’t heal; it harms.
In this episode, Susan unpacks why anxiety is more than a “spiritual weakness,” how scripture has been misused in these conversations, and why it matters to hold both faith and mental health with honesty. Along the way, expect some humor, some rawness, and the reminder that you’re not alone if you’ve wrestled with this tension.
Because permission to question… also means permission to breathe.
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