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?