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Susan Chen

Susan Chen

Ex-Wall Street Exec → Founder of Superlative | Discreet in-person Vedic Meditation for high performers who can’t switch off | 1,400+ trained | Forbes, Nasdaq, Yahoo

We read 245 of their posts. Here is what they actually do.

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84KFollowers
6.7Posts / week
2.8KAvg likes
2.5KMedian likes
403Avg comments
11K likesBest post

Engagement over time

Average likes per post, by month.

24.4likes / 1K followers

That puts them in the 95th percentile of the 1,210 creators we track in the 50K to 100K follower band. Reach is not the same as resonance, and this is the ratio that separates them.

2026-01Average likes per month2026-09

Their hooks, word for word

The opening line of their best-performing posts. This is what stops the scroll.

Content pillars

What they post about, with a line from a real post as evidence.

  • Burnout, identity, and the illusion of success
    Top post on trading life for career targets hits 10,516 likes.
  • Vedic meditation and nervous system recovery
    Recent posts consistently pitch deep rest and meditation over mere relaxation.
  • Career transitions and reframing adversity
    Posts detailing leaving Wall Street and navigating layoffs drive massive historical engagement.

Signature moves and voice

The repeatable moves that show up across their best posts.

  • Open with a two-line paradox contrasting hustle against peace.
  • Contrast past toxic work habits with present healthy boundaries.
  • End vulnerability narratives with structured, numbered mindset reframes.
Tone of voiceCalm, deeply empathetic, reflective, and authoritative, blending former executive intensity with mindful presence.

What works for them

Patterns that separate their top posts from the rest.

  • Universal vulnerability about career burnout vastly outperforms direct course promotional pitches.
  • Contrasting 'before vs now' lifestyle lists drives peak virality and saves.
  • Curated actionable framework lists generate exceptionally strong comment section engagement.

When they post

Every post, grouped by day of week.

Mon
2.7K
Tue
3.1K
Wed
3.3K
Thu
2.9K
Fri
2.9K
Sat
2K
Sun
2.8K
Posts publishedAverage likes

Best day is Wednesday at 3.3K average likes. Saturday is their weakest at 2K.

What format works

Text, image, video or carousel, ranked by what actually lands for them.

FormatPostsAvg likes
Image2422.8K
Video1993
Text only2256

Steal this

Moves you can apply to your own posts this week.

  • Frame personal career anxiety as a universal executive struggle to build trust.
  • Use bulleted 'Before vs Now' contrasts to illustrate personal transformation clearly.
  • Provide numbered reframe exercises so readers can instantly apply mental shifts.

Best-performing posts

Ranked by likes, across everything we analysed.

1

Real luxury isn't what you can buy. It's what you refuse to sacrifice. I spent years in the "just one more year" trap. Sacrifice now, live later. Grind today, rest tomorrow. Except tomorrow kept moving. And when I finally arrived, money couldn't buy back what I traded to get there.

11K likes663 comments2026-07-15View on LinkedIn ↗
2

Failure isn't final. Giving up is. People wait for luck to find them. But luck isn't given. It's created - every time you stand back up. When I left Wall Street at 37 to start from zero, I didn't feel lucky. I felt terrified.

10K likes774 comments2026-07-07View on LinkedIn ↗
3

When everything collapses. Look closer. The deal that fell through. The job you lost. The separation. In the moment, it feels like the end. But look back at your own life. How many times did the "worst thing" lead to something better? Two layoffs in three months once had me spiraling.

9.4K likes534 comments2026-07-12View on LinkedIn ↗
4

Progress looks like failure. Only if you expect a straight line. We've all been through enough to know: the path from A to B is rarely straight. Yet every time we start something new, we default to wanting it easy, fast, stress-free. But when going river rafting, no one picks the lazy river.

8.1K likes836 comments2026-07-14View on LinkedIn ↗
5

Careers can give you purpose. They can also erase you. A client came to me recently, wrestling with a decision to leave a job he loved but no longer felt aligned with. The hardest part wasn't the uncertainty. It was letting go of who he'd become because of that title, that team, that role.

7.4K likes639 comments2026-07-02View on LinkedIn ↗

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Built from public LinkedIn posts, last refreshed 2026-10-31. Follower counts and engagement change over time. Susan Chen is not affiliated with 2pr.io.