Its just one of these weeks.. maybe something was in the air?? In this episode we discuss how we’ve been feeling recently and share our recent struggles with switching off from work when things are stressful, finding a better work life balance, and detaching our work from our identity. we talk about:  the importance of setting boundaries whilst knowing yourself worth Detoxing from all technology after work Prioritising time for hobbies/body movements /outdoors Detaching work from being a reflection on yourself (especially if you have people pleasing tendancies)  I (Cara) personally found this episode really helpful to talk through especially as I had quite a self-inflicted unhealthy week. I want this to be a reminder that its okay to have off weeks and to let yourself go.  Let’s recognise that we should be proud of ourselves and how we handle stressful situations, even when also highlighting and recognising that we could be kinder and have a healthier work balance in the future. If you're a student this episode can still apply to you as we recognise a lot of similar feelings that we had at uni/school!   to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts - pls do follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries), tiktok or subscribe to us on youtube here!  Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here!  for advertising opportunities ( or you don't have any social media and want to chat ) please email us at: thematchadiariespod@gmail.com logo credit: @french75studio

right in time for valentines day, we asked u guys to ask us questions over on our instagram, all about the big l-word - LOVE! and boy did you ask some good ones - after giving an update on our weekend (which we spent together eeep), we talk about: the origins of valentines day & our thoughts on it  the importance of platonic love  our self-love journey & practices  how to stop being co-dependent in a relationship  whether true love always involves pain  does a fulfilled and happy life have to involve romantic love?  and if we do say so ourselves, this is a v cute episode that will hopefully get you thinking and feeling in a lovey-dovey mood. 💌 so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵  p.s. not even gonna lie i am currently half delusional from a long work day, so if anything sounds weird (in this description or in the ep), i'm to blame ahhh!!! to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts - pls do follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries), tiktok or subscribe to us on youtube here! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! for those responsible non-social media owners out there, you can also always email us at: thematchadiariespod@gmail.com. <3 

"Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty, only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Being and nonbeing produce each other. The difficult is born in the easy. Long is defined by short, the high by the low. Before and after go along with each other. So the sage lives openly with apparent duality and paradoxical unity.  - 2nd Verse of the Tao Te Ching  In this weeks episode, we have a lot of questions and thoughts hehe.. we discuss the concept of the duality of life and how understanding it and most importantly accepting it.. can change the way we perceive our life!!  Some specific topics we question are:  - can two things both be true at the same time ? - the conflict and struggle of wanting and striving for self improvement and how that contradicts with self acceptance and self love  - how we're allowed to feel all the emotions present in the human experience at the same time  - how duality is present in both the human experience and in nature  - Is it true that you can only fully know one thing by understanding its opposite ? (love + loss, success + failure, dark + light, the good + the bad) ? song reference: Happy & Sad by Kacey Musgraves join us for the journalling challenge this week as we keep track of all of the supposedly contradicting moments of extreme emotion that we feel throughout each day! so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) or subscribe to us on youtube here.. to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here!  for advertising opportunities please email us at: thematchadiariespod@gmail.com  logo credit: @french75studios sources:  duality-what-it-is-and-why-it-s-essential-to-appreciate-life  https://youaligned.com/the-duality-of-life/ popular-life-coach-inspires-masses-through-powerful-surfing-metaphor-see-because-theres-something-a-surfer-understands-better-about-life-than-most-other-people/

Stoking the embers when you’re not around I don’t want a shadow I want you In the light of the flame I’m remembering I can be beautiful in private too - zoe berger In part 2, Leo & I were joined by the wonderful zoe who is a writer/graphic designer living in nyc to talk about self love, relationships, sexuality, breakups, sex stigmas, attachment styles, and loneliness. We hope you enjoyed this raw, unfiltered episode as much as we did. Defo check out zoe's iconicccc style here on her ig, or her wonderful writing on her blog! without further ado... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! logo credit: @french75studios

being self aware and having a good understanding of yourself (i.e why you think things, why you feel things) has its perks, but is there such thing as being too self aware? are we spending too much time overthinking every emotion we feel? is our focus on self development hindering our ability to live in the moment? join us in this early morning coffee chat, as we try to figure out how to break the cycle of overthinking and negative self talk….and instead live life in the moment, taking each day as it comes ♥️ please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! logo credit: @french75studios

"i’ve been seeing my loneliness as an entity i live with, like a roommate. i take my loneliness on dates. we listen to sad music together. we sit together at dinner. i look it in the eyes. we don’t fight." - zoe berger  this truly is a very special conversation and might be one of my favourite guest episodes yet! cara & I were joined by the wonderful zoe who is a writer/graphic designer living in nyc to talk about loneliness, love, mental illness and everything in between. some specific q's we answer are: how to find the beauty in loneliness and stop feeling ashamed? how to deal with heartbreak or breakups? what is it really like to live with BPD and depression? how to know what medication or treatment is right for your mental illness?  recording this episode was so insightful to us because zoe has the most beautiful way of looking at life and the human emotional spectrum! i took sooo much away from this conversation and i'm sure you will too. <3 check zoe's iconicccc style here on her ig, or her wonderful writing on her blog! without further ado... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! logo credit: @french75studios

welcome back to our first episode of 2023! catch up with us as we share with you how we spent our new years + leo’s bday together, and join us for our 2023 manifestations! In this week's episode we continue with our tradition as we we take this time to set our intentions for the upcoming year…new habits we want to introduce, patterns we want to break and goals we want to achieve. We also discuss the ways in which we want to push ourselves out of our comfort zone this year! so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! logo credit: @french75studios

welcome back to the last episode of 2022 and this year we’re sticking to our tradition! Join us as we look back at 2022... celebrating the big wins, little wins, the greatest challenges and the lessons we've learnt. but most importantly we get to hear the lessons that YOU'VE learnt in 2022! we want to thank every person that participated in this episode and shared with us what they've taken away from 2022. and for those of you that would like to do your own reflections, here are the questions we discussed in the episode: if the energy of your past year could be encapsulated by one word, what would that word be? what were your big wins this year? what were your small wins this year? what were your challenges this year? (and what did you learn from them?) 4 things you’ve learnt so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! ps. Cara's episode with her twin sister will be out in the new year! <3  logo credit: @french75studios

the tmd girlies are back together for a cosy, chit-chatty episode! we VERY passionately discuss our favorite (and least favorite) christmas movies we've watched so far this year, and most importantly, we dish out some more advice (these ones were juicyyyyy).  questions/topics included: how to know whether he likes you or he thinks you're just friends what to do when you fall out of "attraction" how to deal with not having a friendship group/feeling insecure in friendships to have, or not to have, an office crush so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here! logo credit: @french75studios

the mother-daughter duo is back!! home for the holidays, I (leo) am joined by my mother (YEYYY) in this episode to give our (definitely unqualified but gladly given) advice on some questions/topics you guys sent us over on IG. some of the topics we cover include: how to procrastinate less how to deal with overwhelming to-do lists tips for managing a long distance relationship getting over socialising anxiety does he just want to be friends or is he actually interested… so... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes, and share any of your thoughts! Also, if you want to join our book club... you can join us here!. p.s. we also just uploaded our first vlog on YT (eeeep!!), let us know what you think and any future video ideas 💘 logo credit: @french75studios