The Tea Mind with Erica Moore

Episode Summary This week, Erica Moore sits down with artist and entrepreneur Eleanor Cunningham. Many people know Eleanor as the founder of Edinburgh Larder. But this conversation isn’t really about hospitality or art. It’s about noticing when you’ve drifted away from something important and finding your way back. Eleanor shares how years of building and expanding a successful business eventually...

Episode Summary This week’s pause for tea is an invitation to notice how easily our attention drifts into the future. Many of us find ourselves living in “when things calm down”. When the project is finished, when the calendar clears or when the next season arrives. But while we’re preparing for what’s next, life keeps unfolding. In this episode, we explore the subtle habit of treating life as pre...

Episode Summary As summer approaches, many of us find ourselves pulled in different directions. Family commitments fill the calendar, holidays need planning, and if you’re running a business, you may already be thinking months ahead. It’s easy to mistake a full schedule for meaningful progress. In this week’s pause for tea, we explore why overwhelm is often less about having too much to do and mor...

Episode Summary This week, we’re pausing with a familiar feeling: the weight of unfinished things. Maybe it’s a projects that keeps getting moved from one week to the next. Or a decision that keeps popping up? Or perhaps a conversation that never quite reached an ending. As we move through June and begin looking towards the months ahead, these open loops can occupy more of our attention than we re...

Episode Summary This week’s episode is about what happens when there are too many voices in the room and your own becomes harder to hear. When we’re uncertain, it’s natural to seek more information. Sometimes that helps but more often than not it creates so much noise that we lose touch with what we already know. In this pause for tea, you’ll create a little distance from the constant stream of in...

Episode Summary Welcome back to The Tea Mind Podcast, a space to slow down, step out of the noise, and see things a little more clearly. In today’s conversation, I’m joined by Katharina Geissler-Evans, founder of heiter magazine, to talk about what happens when the pace of life stops feeling sustainable. We explore the realities of burnout, the pressure of constantly striving, and the moment Katha...

Episode Summary In this solo episode, Erica reflects on overperformance and the pressure many of us feel to keep pushing, producing, and staying constantly switched on. Inspired by Dr Pippa Grange’s book Life Reclaimed , we explore the difference between sustainable rhythm and relentless output. You’re invited to notice the warning signs we often override in the name of productivity and to reconsi...

Episode Summary This solo episode is for the decision that keeps circling. The message you have not sent. The boundary you keep renegotiating. The direction you already sense, but keep questioning. We explore the difference between thinking more and seeing more clearly. When a decision feels heavy, the answer is not always found by analysing every possible outcome. Sometimes clarity comes when you...

Episode Summary This week’s clarity note is about the difference between being busy and actually moving forward. It’s for the days that feel full from beginning to end, yet somehow still unfinished underneath it all. Through a simple tea pause, this episode helps you slow down enough to notice where your attention has gone, what has drained your energy, and what really matters beneath the weight o...

Episode Summary Through this conversation with Sarah Philip, a Psychologist and Coach with almost 20 years of experience in Education, we explore how clarity can often come from small moments of alignment - it doesn’t have to be big, life-changing decisions. When you create space to think, three things come into focus: your values, your time, and your attention. That clarity is what makes change p...

Episode Summary This episode explores the feeling of over-commitment and the way constant yeses can leave us stretched thin without noticing. You’ll be guided to see that overwhelm is not always a planning problem. Sometimes it comes from generosity, ambition, or not wanting to disappoint. What feels heavy may not need more effort. It may just need a clearer decision. As you listen, you’ll begin t...

Episode Summary In this short clarity session, we’re focusing on something simple but often avoided: finishing . Closing one open loop that’s been sitting in the background of your mind. We explore that moment where the energy of starting fades… and why so many things get left in that middle stage. Through a guided tea practice, you’ll be invited to notice where things tend to stall, what’s actual...

Episode Summary Welcome to The Tea Mind Podcast. This episode is a short clarity practice for moments when your mind feels full and you’re being pulled in too many directions. It will help you move from holding everything at once to seeing what actually matters right now. As you sit with your tea, you’ll begin to notice the difference between what feels urgent and what is actually important. Use t...

Episode Summary Welcome to Season 2 of The Tea Mind Podcast where we explore the moment something clicked… In this episode, I’m joined by Hannah Buchan, a coach who works with women whose lives are working on paper… but don’t quite feel the way they expected. We explore The “Feel Alive” Moment - that moment when you realise that nothing is wrong, and yet something is missing. The point where succe...

Episode Summary In this Tea Mind pause, we pause with a cup of white tea and explore the gentle practice of openness. White tea carries a quiet, contemplative energy that naturally supports moments of reflection. As spring unfolds and the Wood element brings forward motion and growth, this practice invites balance through softness, awareness, and ease. Today’s tea: Any white tea you’re drawn to… W...

Episode Summary In this week’s Tea Mind Pause , I invite you to use this time to step way from the constant ping of notifications and tasks. Instead, see what it feels like to lean into the pace of your tea leaves instead of the clock. Today’s tea: Any herbal infusion you’re drawn to… I’m drinking the deliciously bright and tart Hibiscus (herbal infusion from Satemwa Estate in Malawi). In this pau...

Episode Summary With the Spring Equinox on 20 March , this Tea Pause is an invitation to check in with yourself and explore what can feel like “enough” right now. You’ll brew a cup of tea, settle into the body, and use the energy of the season to find a steadier middle ground between forward motion and rest. Today’s tea: Choose any white tea that you’re drawn to today, maybe Silver Needle or White...

Episode Summary Today’s Tea Pause is a small practice in simplicity - noticing how little is required for this moment to feel like enough. Today’s tea: Genmaicha (green tea blended with toasted rice).If you don’t have it, choose any green tea you’re drawn to- green tea and early spring “wood element” energy can support a lighter load and clearer direction. In this pause for tea, you’ll: * arrive i...

Episode Summary In this episode of The Tea Mind Podcast , I’m joined by Claire Fitzsimmons , co-founder of If Lost, Start Here , a wellbeing company on a mission to help people get to a better place. As an ICF Associate Certified Coach and a certified emotions coaching practitioner, Claire works with women navigating change, burnout, emotional overwhelm or simply a sense of feeling stuck. We’re ex...

Episode Summary A Tea Pause for a Busy Mind (8 mins) When your thoughts are loud, your emotions feel close to the surface, or everything feels like too much … this Tea Pause is for you. Today’s tea: Kukicha Sencha (green tea - clean, light, gently renewing).Drink any green tea you’re drawn to and let it guide you back to balance. Safety note: If you’re driving, save this episode for later. In this...

Episode Summary Solo episodes are getting shorter - on purpose. This week is a gentle guided moment of attention you can do with a cup of tea in your hands. Today’s tea: a black tea (I’m drinking Besos de Calco , Colombian “chocolate kisses” black tea). Choose any black tea you feel drawn to. In this pause for tea, you’ll: * settle into your breath and body * soften tension (shoulders, jaw, stomac...

Episode Summary White tea is subtle, which makes it perfect for practising presence. In this episode, we explore Shoshin (beginner’s mind) as an antidote to living on autopilot - plus a 3-minute tea routine to help you taste your life again , even when your brain is doing admin. In this episode, we cover: * Why life can start to feel “same, same, same” as routines harden * Shoshin (beginner’s mind...

Episode Summary This week on The Tea Mind , I’m joined by Svetlana Kukharchuk , founder of The Cheese Lady and author of The Cheese Connoisseur’s Handbook . Her journey takes us from Siberia to Scotland, via cheese counters in New York and caves in France - but really, this is a story about trusting your senses, building from joy, and choosing progress over perfection . Whether you're a fellow foo...

Episode Summary Late January can feel heavy. The “fresh start” buzz is gone, and spring feels miles away. In this episode, Erica explores wintering as a real practice (not an Instagram aesthetic), guided by the Water element in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) - quiet, deep, steady energy - paired with white tea . You’ll learn how to conserve your reserves now, so you’re resourced for the coming...

Episode Summary After leaving law to build eteaket, I needed steady focus - not the spike-crash cycle I got from coffee. This episode explores why tea can feel calmer and clearer, and how pairing tea with tiny rituals (breath, stillness, journaling) creates “better energy” you can actually work with. In this episode, we cover: * Why “more coffee, more progress” can backfire - especially if you’re...