the matcha diaries

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.

From 'having to kill to know if you're a psychopath', to 'covid tests ACTUALLY feeling good?!' .. we cover it all in this episode as we discuss YOUR unpopular opinions. In this episode, we react to the unpopular opinions that you shared with us on our Instagram. We definitely had a few controversial and juicy topics, and Leo and I crossed heads on a few as we shared our honest thoughts! We had lots of fun recording this episode as we felt like we got to know you all a little bit better. 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.

Our first ever book club episode!! Ahh 💚 📖 In this episode we discuss all things Book Lovers by Emily Henry. We dive into our favourite parts of the book (ones that made us cry or gave us goosebumps) , our least favourite bits, Nora's character as a protagonist, and how the book compares to the classic hallmark movies! We also share who we think would be perfect for the part if this were to ever turn into a movie or TV show.  Now onto the next one!! This coming month we will be reading the fantasy novel “Sorcery of Thorns” by Margaret Rogerson. We are working towards having the call to discuss this book on the 24th of July which means you should get your book ordered as soon as possible if you’d like to join X  We are excited to share that we will be moving all book club content to our Patreon page!   https://www.patreon.com/thematchadiaries By joining our book club you will have access to…. Our exclusive book club content ( book discussions and ‘behind the scenes’ content ) An exclusive monthly podcast episode Monthly calls chats with us via google meets A community of like-minded people that love books as much as we do! Joining is only £2 per month! The reason we’re setting this price is that we genuinely want this to be the best community and space and we want to dedicate a lot of time and energy into it! Setting up the Patreon will really support us in being able to do that x Obviously this is completely up to you and If joining the Patreon isn’t something you are looking to do, we will still be releasing our regular weekly episodes so you’ll still get some matcha chat time <3. 🍵 We really appreciate any of you that join or already has expressed interest in the book club coz it means so much to us & we’re so excited to see and hear more of your faces/voices x

... and we're back with another catch up! In this episode we were originally meant to be only reacting to your friendship breakups (pt 2 of our episode two weeks ago) but ended up talking about so much more - our controversial celeb opinions, finding food freedom/old disordered eating patterns, how to react to family members commenting on your appearance & lots more! After we finished recording this one, we both said that this felt like an OG matcha diaries episode - just us two chatting, covering pretty much every topic under the sun apart from the one we were originally meant to discuss (lol) .. but LOVING it! So we hope you enjoy it too & feel like you’re catching up with us at your local coffee shop. <3 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. P.S. this is the first episode we're uploading on our new weekly sunday schedule (so in future you can count on starting your week with us in your ears 😚)!

Whilst Cara is enjoying the sunshine & family time in beautiful Jordan, I (Leo) take the mic and get REAL about my current relationship status and emotions.  This episode is part life catch up, part listener Q&A - with questions discussed including: how did i meet my boyfriend? (full story time included 🤪) how to maintain long distance communication successfully? is it natural for number of friends to decrease in adulthood? how to be satisfied with yourself in times of transition (e.g. school to uni, uni to job)? So... please pour yourself a matcha and enjoy listening (and don't worry Cara will be back next week!!) 🍵 Follow us on instagram (@the.matcha.diaries) to stay up to date on our lives and contribute to future episodes.

This episode is a juicy/sad/pensive/chaotic one!  If there's one thing that hurts even more than romantic breakups, its friendship ones. Those are so often the ones we can't stop wondering and thinking about ... even years later! So we asked our listeners to submit their friendship breakups on our instagram and reacted to them on the podcast (obviously whilst also giving our unsolicited advice and sharing our own experiences).  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. P.s. - could the lovely listener who submitted the story about her (clearly fake) friend making an INSTA POST about how she thought the listener's long distance relationship wouldn't last (wtf, we repeat wtf??) pretty please send us a photo of the post because we're dying to see it!