The Peter & Tekky Show

The Peter & Tekky Show

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The Peter & Tekky Show episodes

  • Chill vlog #42: learning to ask for help & question what we believe

    In today’s vlog:

    • Why Peter finds asking people for help so uncomfortable — and how we’re practising it together
    • Realising it’s okay to depend on your partner for things you genuinely struggle to do yourself
    • Why I think when you really want something, you somehow find the time to make it happen
    • Questioning religion, the “God of the gaps,” and why context and curiosity can completely change how we see something
    29 min
  • Chill vlog #41: how to stop quitting & how to make big decisions

    In today’s vlog:

    • Why the 100-day vlog challenge is forcing me to keep going at the exact moments I would normally quit
    • What struggling with daily Santai content taught me about persistence, accountability and improving instead of just repeating
    • The “regret question” I use when making big life decisions — including why Peter and I moved to Vietnam
    • Creating an alter ego to become the person I want to be, plus a moral dilemma: would you steal medicine to save your partner?
    29 min
  • Chill vlog #40: advantage of being in a quad & living a better life

    In today's vlog:

    • The unexpected advantages of being in a quad, from supporting each other through conflict to growing old together
    • Why arguments, frustration and discomfort can sometimes help us grow
    • How moving from Australia to Vietnam and leaving corporate life helped me build a life I actually wanted
    • How the people and environments around us shape what we believe is possible—and even what we learn to judge
    18 min
  • Chill vlog #38: our future as a quad & how travel changed my perspective on life

    The audio for the first half is a bit difficult to listen to (apologies, I didn't realise the wind would disrupt the audio SO much... I was going to scrap the whole vlog but managed to salvage as much of it as I could).

    In today's vlog I'm on the back of a motorbike on the way to dinner with friends and my bbs. From talking about where our relationship is going to how travel has changed the way I see the world.

    12 min
  • Chill vlog #36: why comfort matters so much to me & why i struggle to actually take a break

    In this vlog:

    • Why I keep so many old clothes and underwear just because finding something genuinely comfortable is so difficult
    • How ADHD makes physical discomfort harder for me to ignore once I notice it
    • Finally taking a holiday after working pretty much nonstop for two months
    • Why boredom can actually feel worse to me than being tired from working
    • How working for myself completely changed my relationship with “work”
    • Why oversharing might actually be how you find people you genuinely connect with
    • Why confidence comes from taking action, failing and figuring things out rather than waiting until you feel ready
    • Learning to take other people’s advice as a data point instead of assuming their way will work for me
    • Fidget toys, motion sickness and hunting an unreasonable number of mosquitoes in our hotel room
    24 min
  • Chill vlog #35: why happiness isn’t the goal & how do we decide what’s real?

    In today's vlog:

    • Why packing for a trip is so stressful for me and how ADHD makes it even harder
    • How struggling to put comfortable outfits together influenced why I wanted to start a clothing brand
    • Slowly learning Vietnamese and why the tones and mouth movements are so difficult
    • Why I don’t think the goal of life is to always be happy
    • The difference between happiness, contentment and accepting uncomfortable emotions
    • Why being exceptional sometimes means accepting that not everyone will understand you
    • Religion, death, legacy and why people want to be remembered
    • How our experiences shape what we believe is “real”
    • Science, placebos, snake oil and how we decide which sources to trust
    30 min
  • Chill vlog #34: what really matters in a partner & designing our first clothing collection

    In today's vlog:

    • Forgetting my gym gloves, getting two right gloves from Peter and why I’m so particular about comfort
    • Why being “particular” is often just about making yourself feel comfortable
    • The shared philosophy on life that originally brought Peter and me together
    • Why having similar values and cultural understanding can matter in a relationship
    • Learning how fashion designers turn an inspiration into something unique without making it tacky
    • Designing our first collection around a “garden” concept
    • Deciding which country/company should own the Santai trademark
    • The constant business dilemma between optimising everything and just getting started
    • Why I’m shifting Santai’s content towards slowing down, being present and enjoying the journey
    • Trying to improve our content little by little instead of waiting until everything is perfect
    29 min
  • Chill vlog #33: questioning why we do things & its the small things that make love last

    In today's episode:

    • Why I stopped and questioned whether I actually needed to close a cupboard door
    • How many things we do simply because we’ve been taught that we “should”
    • Why we judge people for doing things we don’t feel allowed to do ourselves
    • Where all our free time went despite technology making everything faster
    • Questioning astrology, science and how little we may actually understand about the universe
    • Why celebrating milestones can help us stop and appreciate where we are
    • Why love is built through thousands of small everyday acts, not just anniversaries
    • Making sure you and your partner actually want the same type of relationship and life
    • Thinking about death, fulfilment and what kind of life I actually want to live
    30 min

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