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From ghosting to emotions to Arabic and Persian literature and religion, Justin and Salah discussed various topics in our final episode of the Friendship Grief series. Tune in to hear their views about obstacles to grief, individual responsibility, and red flags in a friendship.



Episode Timestamp: 

00.00: Introduction 

05.15: Who can be a good friend?

11.30: Desperate to fit in or simply adaptable?

17.00: Friendship killers

23.00: We befriend those who are curious about us

38.00: On ghosting

44.00: How to respond to being ghosted?

51.00: No such thing as positive or negative emotions

56.30: On faith and responsibility

01.04.00: What about forgiveness?

01.15.00: Obstacles to forgiveness

01.14.00: Why and how friendship is so unique

01.25.00: Proper grief language

01.29.00: On fear and anger

01.37.00: Last words - Acceptance












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Alya takes us through her experience of losing her best friend and how she found her healing through therapy.


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In this episode, Gurmin shares with Salah her story of losing a 20-year-old Friendship and going through 5 Stages of Grief before making peace with her loss. 



Episode Timestamp: 

00.00: Introduction 

03.30: Early experience of Friendship, heartbreaks, and empathy

06.30: Reciprocity 

10.20: Losing a childhood Friend 

23.00: Stages of Grief 1: Denial

26.00: Stages of Grief 2 & 3: Anger and Bargaining 

29.50: Stages of Grief 4: Depression

32.00: Stages of Grief 5: Acceptance

33.00: Is the Friendship done and dusted with?

45.00: Making & losing Freinds; The Asian context 

52.15: Validated by my dog, supported by my husband, and processed it with a Friend

57.40: Grief & Growth 

01.08.00: A message to those grieving and those consoling the bereaved








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Sooo, we're finally backk! 

In this solo episode, Salah takes us through whys of our stagnation, what he's heard about batchmates' friendship losses after graduation, and what Tea Buddies wants to achieve in 2023! 

Buckle up and enjoy the rest of your evening with Tea Buddies!


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In today's episode, our hosts, Justin and Esther are joined by a good friend of Kean Sian, a psychology graduate from HELP University, Malaysia.
Kean has always been fascinated about psychological measures. We actually did three episodes together on personality tests for Tea Buddies. Today he will be discussing his views on attachment styles and love languages and how the pandemic altered his and his ex-partner's love expressions and needs and their attachment styles.
This episode marks Tea Buddies' 1st anniversary coinciding with the beginning of the spring season. On behalf of my team at Tea Buddies, I wish everyone a very happy Persian new year and thank you once again for listening to tea buddies.

Our conversation timestamps:
0 - 2.20 : Introduction
2.40 : Kean's experience dating during the lockdown
4.45 : The 4 attachment styles and which one was Kean's and his ex-partner's
12.45 : What changed during the lockdown
21.00 : Unexpected crisis and what couples can do about it
28.05 : How crisis brings past unfinished businesses back up to the surface
31.45 : Impact of crisis on how we prioritise needs and eventually on our attachment dynamics
38.00 : Practising mature communication
46.35 : Exploring love languages and how to go about teaching one another how to love one another
56.45 : The importance of feedback and appreciating gestures of love
59.15 : How Kean and his ex-partner discussed their love languages
1.03.30 : Concluding notes and takeaways

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Today's episode, the final one of the Friendship Stories series, is a manifestation and testimony to a bromance long endeared. 

Amir and I have been best friends for almost a decade and today we sit to reflect on and reminisce memories of a Friendship that started long distanced and has continued so for the past 9 years. We talk about what has made this bond survive through multiple challenges, misunderstandings and distance, how this Friendship has helped us evolve into better versions of ourselves, and the importance of listening and willingness to learn about one another.

Brace yourself for that and many more while enjoying your scrumptious evening tea and thank you once again for listening to Tea Buddies!

Our Conversation Timestamps:  
0 - 2.20: Introduction
2.20 : Friendship, what comes to mind?
3.00 : Amir's earliest experience of Friendship
5.30 : How Amir's idea of a Friend has changed over the years
7.30 : In pursuit of learning and cultural diversity through Friendship
10.40 : Openness to new experiences
11.20 : A bit of background on Amir and Salah's Friendship
14.50 : How we started and maintained it despite the distance
18.20 : What made us click
20.30 : On the importance of listening and willingness to explore
22.50 : Salah's endless "why?"s and Amir's becoming a better listener
27.10 : How this Friendship helped Salah fight his Shadows
32.50 : "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger": We learned to repair instead of discard
39.30 : What held Amir back from expressing himself in his Friendships
44.10 : On masculinity and fear of vulnerability
46.50 : Amir's pivotal role in Salah's English improvement
58.50 : A lesson from Friendship: "Tell them who you exactly are and be there for them."

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