the matcha diaries

SPOILER ALERT: We have two biiiig announcements that we share with you guys in this episode (listen for more info hehehe) !! This episode is all about the B word ... breakups. They can break your heart, crush your spirits and sometimes make you feel so hopeless and alone, which is exactly why we wanted to make this episode!  We share our own personal experiences with breakups, as well as our top tips to help you, not only get over a breakup, but reframe your opinion of them and make it an opportunity for self-growth and healing. If you're going through a breakup right now, we just want to say we are so so sorry you are, but also that you will emerge from this more powerful, in touch with yourself and ready for true love than you ever were before (i know this may sound like bullshit, but trust us on this one!!). And if you ever need a virtual shoulder to cry on, please don't hesitate to DM us on @the.matcha.diaries.  Without further ado... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Also, if you want to join our book club and come meet us in person (eeeeeep) ... you can join us here!

POV: you’re our housemate and we’re sitting on our living room floor drinking chai and debriefing about life. This episode I’m joined by my two (three if you count Michael’s guest appearance) besties/housemates for a chaotic chat about everything under the sun. Some topics we discuss are: how we’re dealing with the cost of living crisis balancing work, responsibilities and life wanting to finding a passion project contraception/going hormone free (clearly this is a topic on the front of my mind bc I seem to talk about it a lot!!) cultural differences the butterfly effect & the alternative lives we could lead the power of our mind and how to tap into it daily practices to practice self love (incl. affirmations, meditation) P.S If you’re only interested in a chat about our subconscious/spirituality/affirmations, listen from 40 mins in! Sadly, Cara couldn’t join us for this week’s recording because she’s currently having the bestest time ever in Jordan... but don’t you worry the matcha diaries duo will be reunited next week!!!  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!. Also, if you want to hear or know more about my friends ale and vaish who joined me in this episode, you can follow us on our newly made joint insta (@holy3summ) we mention in this episode (shameless self promo i know) !! 

Have you ever had a dream that left you feeling weird the next day but you couldn't quite put your finger on the reason why? Well, I (leo here) had one of those recently - which got us talking & thinking about the meaning behind our dreams and how the subconscious can sometimes harbour long forgotten or deeply buried feelings... So we decided to do some research into the topic... and boy are we glad we did!  In this episode we share our findings about the subconscious (obviously with the caveat that we're no scientists, we're merely curious matcha girlies wanting to share our newly acquired wisdom with all of you!), and cover the following:  What is the difference between our conscious and subconscious mind?  Which areas of our life does the subconscious impact? How does the subconscious communicate with us?  How does trauma or negative past experiences impact our subconscious? How can we tap into our subconscious to create the life we want? 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. cara is still in jordan recording from her phone so please excuse the audio quality!!!! :'( Our sources for the episode: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150217-how-smart-is-your-subconscious  https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/health/psychology/31subl.html https://www.briantracy.com/blog/personal-success/understanding-your-subconscious-mind/ https://www.gailmarrahypnotherapy.com/9-interesting-facts-about-your-subconscious-mind/ subconscious Archives - Spirituality Decoded What is Behavior? - Spirituality Decoded https://www.boldsky.com/yoga-spirituality/thought/2014/spirituality-and-the-subconscious-mind-049187.html 13 Fascinating Facts about the Subconscious Mind - Spiritualify

First off - we want to say we're SO sorry about the audio quality, Cara had to record on her phone because she’s at home in Jordan (😍), but we still wanted to upload the episode because we loved recording it... So we hope you still enjoy listening!! In this episode we do something we’ve not done in this way before! We react to an article which seems to contradict the whole principle of our podcast?? We’ll link the article here, so you can have a read along with us. We discuss the topics of: Are the principles of self improvement and self care toxic? Who REALLY is benefiting from Gen z continuously striving towards bettering themselves? Does one have to drink alcohol to live your twenties well? What is better - blissful ignorance or being being all too conscious of all the bad in the world? We ended up having a lot of open ended conversations and would looooveee to hear your guys thoughts on the themes we talked about!! 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!

This episode is definitely a listen for when you're on your hot girl walk! We felt so empowered after recording this episode and felt ready to care a little less about what others think and trust who we are a lot more xx In this episode, we address... Where we're at with confidence at the moment How confidence makes every aspect of your life better -  friendships, appearances, not being afraid to be your true self The spotlight effect where people tend to overestimate how much others notice aspects of one's appearance or behaviour   Affirmations, self worth, and internal trust and how that leads to confidence How being in the moment and living in the moment can give you confidence Our negative bias and why we need to stop listening to it How pushing yourself out of your comfort zone is key to confidence building  Everyone says fake it till you make it.. but how do we do it?? When do YOU feel most confident?  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

TW: this episode contains mentions of domestic abuse and physical violence This episode is is giving '3am car chats with your bestie' vibes.. thanks to your anonymously submitted questions we talked about some SUCH good topics that really made us think...  what would you say to 15 year old you? what is your biggest dream? how do you get conversations to go past small talk? what's the meaning of life? what to do if a guy likes you...but you're not interested in guys? how to get out of a toxic/abusive home situation? what to do when you're comparing yourselves to us/people online (spoiler alert: pls don't!!!) 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 If you're struggling with abuse in the home, below are some hotlines that might be able to help! England Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 Online live chat Northern Ireland Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline 0808 802 1414 Online live chat Scotland Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline 0800 027 1234 Online live chat Wales Live Fear Free 0808 80 10 800 Online live chat

In this very special episode, Leo is joined by the one and only Michael Kinder (a very close friend of both of us + Leo’s future housemate) to answer all the questions about dating that you’ve wanted to get a guys opinion on! We wanted to stick to our Sunday uploads, so we decided that it would be super cool if Leo recorded an episode whilst she was in Greece (hence the background noise - we’re sorry if this bothers you a little x)! Definitely listen to this episode if you want to hear some of Michael’s experiences and advice on… First dates (who makes the first move ?) How much prep to do for a first date? Online dating and why it doesn’t work (sometimes) All the phases before being official.. talking phase…exclusive phase.. what do they even mean and how to know if you’re moving too fast? Is it better to date someone who was your friend first? The worries on who has more experience.. (in dating + in the bedroom) Body count and does it even matter? Why is It so hard to commit in todays day and age with extreme comparison? How to get over a breakup + cope with those emotions? 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

Welcome back to part 2 of us reacting to things you do/did in your life because of societal pressures!  In this short chatty episode, we dive into more juicy topics like dating pressures at a young age.. we talk about the power of movies and books and the role it played in making us feel pressured to date and find "the one" at such a young age... We discuss the pressures of dressing a certain way to fit in and finally the pressure to shave in today's society. Why is it a thing? Why is that more "feminine" and why is it so hard to push against these pressures even when we know they are stupid! Basically we had a big RANT!! So... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives and contribute to future episodes.

Hopefully not too soon for another catch up xx In this episode we were meant to be reacting to things you do/did in your life because of societal pressure, but as always we ended up catching up about a lot more - Cara opens up about recently feeling anxious about little things that never used to make her anxious, Leo shares her horror landlord story ( she was almost going to be homeless) and feeling overwhelmed, and finally we dive into career & uni societal pressures!  Look out for a part 2 next week where we dive in to more juicy topics like dating pressures, shaving because thats "feminine", and dressing a certain way to fit in.  So... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives and contribute to future episodes.

In the 4th episode of our matcha chat series, Cara dives into hustle culture exposing not only how toxic it is ( shocker right!? ) but how glorified and ingrained it is in today's society. What is the actual point of hustling? Doesn't it just cause burnout ? and WHY is prioritising our personal lives not good enough??..  Cara talks about the it all in this episode, even touching on the anti hustle movement and how we should all spend some time defining what success looks like to us and only us ;)   So... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening to this cozy chill episode! 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives and contribute to future episodes.