the matcha diaries

just a ramble on female friendships, and some of my thoughts on the topic 💌. PSA: skip to 13:40 mins if you want to dive straight in, because the beginning is a debrief on paris & a lil life catch up! to stay up to date on our lives, contribute to future episodes and share any of your thoughts - pls do follow us on  instagram ,  tiktok  or subscribe to us on youtube  here ! 💌 also, if you wa...

this episode we are throwing it back to the youtube days and diving into my all-time favourites - from books, tv shows, songs, podcasts, scents, time of day, season to memories, accomplishments and physical/psychological traits of myself, all of it is covered hehe. this was such a fun episode to record & i hope you enjoy it and maybe get some new recs from it, or at least just get to know me a...

the girlies are here to give you their thoughts on YOUR romantic dilemmas, situationships and questions. this week i'm joined by my two amazing house mates and besties ale and vaish, and we give you our honest (and sometimes opposing) thoughts... from unrequited love, a boyfriend pulling back, moving to a new city and dating there to religious differences keeping you apart...we cover it all. s...

hi everyone! welcome to an episode about stress... i don't know about you guys, but for me this has been VERY present in my recent life and has started to have real physical effects on me. so it's time to debrief about it, tackle it and stop the cycle! with the help of you lovely people who contributed on our instagram, this episode talks about: how stress is currently impacting me what yo...

as promised we have an EXCITING guest on today’s episode… none other than marco (1/2 of the matcha boyfriends) himself. we chat all things (long distance) relationships and answer the following questions: how/when did we talk about who will move? what was our experience in the beginning of our relationship vs ou experience now? how have, and do, cultural differences affect our relationship? tips o...

pov: you are in the garden with us drinking smoothies and talking about summer, body confidence, bucket lists, hot girl summer, soft girl summer, and ways to get over someone In this chatty episode we discuss: our recent experiences and honest struggles with body image. We share personal stories, thoughts, and feelings around this topic and try share some tips on how to embrace our bodies and have...

this episode goes deep and unfiltered about all things LDR’s!! i answer the following q’s you guys asked over on our instagram. was i entertaining anyone else besides marco, and if so, what made him stand out? how to deal with trust issues in a long-distance relationship? how to manage your insecurities in a long-distance relationship? do you have any regrets about entering a long distance relatio...

why can making connections feel so HARD? in this episode, we discuss the fear of missing out on meaningful connections (FOMO) in friendships, the challenges of making connections as we age, and the power of knowing your worth and embracing authenticity and how important it is for fostering meaningful connections with others. we delve into the anxieties that can arise when we feel excluded or disco...

in this chatty episode, we dive into the experience of FOMO (the fear of missing out) and the feeling of being behind in life. We all experience these moments where we question our choices, wondering what might have been if we had taken a different path. Leo and Cara share their thoughts around balancing all aspects of life, feeling behind & comparing where we 'should' be to others and...

we're back with part 2 of our episode on the inner critic (aka if you haven't listened to our last episode yet... you should... right now tehe <3!). in today's episode we have a lil catch up about life and then discuss the different types of the inner critic that exist, as well as 6 methods to not only manage your critical inner voice, but eventually silence it. this episode is esse...

we think its time to tell our inner critics that they can go f*** themselves!! In this longer episode (our way of saying a quick sorry for not uploading last week 🥺)  we're taking some time to reflect on our experiences with our inner critic.  But first we want to understand all about what actually is the ‘inner critic’. We'll be exploring the philosophy and history behind this phenomenon...

not your usual calm cosy tmd girlies... in this late night in person episode, we honestly just needed to get a few things off our chest... from pre travel stress to a 'not so nice' neighbour experience, we spend some time sharing our raw reactions to a few awkward moments we've had this week.. to add to that, we also answer one of your advice questions all about the struggles of living...

hey everyone and happy easter weekend!! this week i'm (leo) joined by 3 of my amazing girlfriends to answer some of your questions - from spicy to wholesome, we've got it covered! in this ep we talk about... how to live with your friends our thoughts on open relationships... to do or not to do our first times our thoughts on self-love & practices we have platonic love moving to a new c...

it’s spring time 😮‍💨🪄💘💐 Join us for this weeks episode as we set our intentions for the upcoming season ( manifesting the positivity for all of us ) We share the things we want to get rid of (aka cleanse), the things we want to invite in, and most importantly some rituals for cleansing the negativity going into the spring season xx more specifically we touch on our inner critics, struggles wi...

welcome to this very special and exciting episode where we are joined by the lovely mady maio <3 mady maio is the co-founder of Camber, co-host of Okay Sis Podcast, and the host of the new video podcast series, 36 Questions Later. the series features four blind dates, where strangers ask each other the “36 questions that lead to love.” the questions date back to a 1997 study and went viral in a...

let's set the scene for this episode: early morning cozy pyjama coffee chat ☕  in this episode, we explore the idea of being your own best friend and how that can positively impact your life and even your relationships with others. We think about all the ways we can actually be there for ourselves and the importance of building that connection and nurturing that relationship with ourselves. w...

hellooo, we're back after a week's break (kinda unintentional but we explain why) and have the biggest catch up with you guys in this ep! ☕  we chat about our recent favourites, what we've been watching/reading/listening to and what's been on our minds. to end the episode we give our thoughts on a listener question all around independence and whether one really needs to be single to work on...

do you notice yourself agreeing with others for the sake of agreeing? struggle to say no to others? constantly apologise for things? ... if you're saying yes then this episode is for you!!  in this solo episode, i (cara) sit down and share some of my personal experiences with 'people pleasing' and discuss the following topics and questions: what people pleasing actually is and what does it lo...

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 technol...

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 st...

"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 Chin...

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...

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...

"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 l...

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 t...