Tea Buddies Podcast

By 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 w... more

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The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.

Tea Buddies Podcast episodes:

June 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
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1h 43min
May 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.
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1h 17min
March 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

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1h 14min
February 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!
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26min
March 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
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1h 7min
February 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."
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1h 9min
February 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"
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1h 2min
February 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?
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1h 20min
November 30, 2021 Friendship Stories 5, Better One Best than Many Low-Grades
In our fifth episode of the Friendship Stories series, Justin joins me to tell us what makes a true Friend for him, how matters of reciprocity have made him choose his Friends more carefully, and what made some of his Friendships last and some die.
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 - 0.35: Introduction
0.35 : Developing Friendships in childhood
3.08 : What makes a true Friend
5.10 : On keeping a close circle
8.20 : "If I don't draw the line for myself, the line will be drawn for me"
10.35 : Reciprocity and kindness in Friendships
18.30 : 'A' best Friend? Or 'the' best Friend? And who they are
30.45 : Expressing your feelings for Friends
40.20 : Should we normalise intimate expressions among guy Friends?
45.42 : Is there a good way to end a Friendship
48.50 : Experiences that stood out 1: Kindness betrayed
55.40 : Experiences that stood out 2: As genuine as it could get
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1h 1min
November 23, 2021 Friendship Stories 4, A Respect Earned and A Bond Divine
In this forth episode of Friendship Stories series, my friend Melinda joins me to share her experience of Friendship before and after she moved to Australia. We will be talking about what changed Melinda's perspective on Friendship after leaving her home country, her idea of best friendships, and how she goes about the hierarchical nature of her friendships.
Brace yourself for that and many more while enjoying your scrumptious evening tea and thank you once again for listening to Tea Buddies!

Out conversation timestamps:
0 - 0.34: Introduction
0.34 : Friendship, what comes to mind?
2.45 : First time taking the initiative to make Friends
7.45 : "You invest more, when it's you initiating the Friendship"
9.45 : On reciprocity
12.00 : 'A' best Friend? Or 'the' best Friend?
16.30 : On respect, boundaries, and being happy for one another
20.15 : Drama in Friendships
27.00 : What differentiates levels of Friendship
30.00 : What degrades Friendships
35.10 : On transparency, genuineness, and authenticity in hierarchical Friendships
41.20 : Experiences that stood out: "Jealousy made me raise my bar of Friendship"
46.30 : Concluding words
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51min

FAQs about Tea Buddies Podcast:

How many episodes does Tea Buddies Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.