Tea Buddies Podcast

Tea Buddies

In a world of serious matters, with serious grown-ups, there are those of us, too, who'd lurk into the coziness of a hot, freshly brewed cup of tea, contemplating Friendships on a land too basic, as we see it, and too mundane for such stirring affairs, thinking to ourselves, "This is life better defined".

  1. Attachment Styles and Love Languages in Light of the Pandemic

    03/20/2022

    Attachment Styles and Love Languages in Light of the Pandemic

    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

    1h 6m
  2. Friendship Stories 7, From Sharing Snacks to Sharing Stories

    02/24/2022

    Friendship Stories 7, From Sharing Snacks to Sharing Stories

    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."

    1h 9m

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In a world of serious matters, with serious grown-ups, there are those of us, too, who'd lurk into the coziness of a hot, freshly brewed cup of tea, contemplating Friendships on a land too basic, as we see it, and too mundane for such stirring affairs, thinking to ourselves, "This is life better defined".