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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".

06/19/2023

Friendship Grief - "I Grieved Because They Meant Something To Me"

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

1h 43m
05/12/2023

Friendship Grief - Healing Through Therapy

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

1h 17m
03/11/2023

Friendship Grief - From Denial to Acceptance; The Story of A Two Decade Long Friendship

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

1h 13m
02/01/2023

Tea Buddies' Return

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!

25 min
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
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
02/23/2022

Friendship Stories 6, Make Effort to Understand Me

In today's episode of the Friendship Stories series, Arielle shares with us the values she pursues in Friendships and what loyalty means to her. I also ask her all things considered, is it still worth it to be genuine? 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 - 0.30: Introduction 0.30 : Friendship, what comes to mind? 1.20 : Earliest memory of Friendship 3.40 : How Arielle's idea of a Friend has changed over years 4.40 : Values she pursues in Friendship 8.00 : Dramas and Friendships 10.00 : What is Loyalty? 14.50 : "As long as we can talk about it, there's still a chance" 16.00 : Putting ourselves in one another's shoes 20.00 : Listen to understand, not to prove each other wrong 24.30 : "Hurt people hurt people" 31.00 : Those who stand by no matter what: "Friend is where you restart." 38.15 : Arielle's love languages 49.00 : Is genuineness worth it? 53.10 : Experiences that stood out: "He took a shot for me"

1h 1m
02/14/2022

A Psychologist Couple's Love Story

In today's Valentine exclusive episode, our hosts, Justin and Esther are joined by a multicultural, psychologist couple Mrs Evone Phoo and Mr Bashir Bashardoost, both currently lecturers at the Department of Psychology, HELP University, Malaysia. The will be sharing with us the story of how they met, the way they maintain a loving and deep relationship in their marriage despite their individual and cultural differences, and their take on how it feels to have a psychologist partner. 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 - 2.50 : Introduction 2.50 : How Evone and Bashir met 6.00 : Their first impression of one another 8.20 : "The similarities brought us together, but the differences helped us explore" 13.00 : How to mitigate the differences? 17.40 : How they manage their dissimilarity anxiety; Helplessness in fully protecting and understanding one’s partner 32.50 : Separating being a therapist from being a partner 44.00 : Some cultural differences 59.00 : What they appreciate about each other's cultures 1.06.00: At what point the idea of marriage came into play? 1.12.00: How to cultivate a safe space for trust and connectedness despite the challenges?

1h 20m

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".

Creator

Tea Buddies
Years Active

2021 - 2023
Episodes

26
Rating

Explicit
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© Tea Buddies
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