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‘You just need to get off the train’ Tea Talks with Claudia Posada: On comparison, busy minds and finding balance in 2025
Send us a textIt’s Valentine’s Day and what a good reminder it is to be kind to yourself, not put yourself under too much pressure and most importantly to have fun! 🪩💌 Today we’re back with another chatty New Year’s episode with a twist as before recording Claudia & I spent the afternoon with card & magazines to put together mood boards for our 2025 intentions & beyond We talk through our mood boards and why we were drawn to the things we chose. We discuss it all from finding calm, being more present, to not packing your schedule too full so you can find joy in the spontaneity of deciding what do to do on the day (like seeing it’s snowing and buying sledges 🛷 ❄️)We’ve also moved to full video episodes so you can watch on YouTube & Spotify 📺 🥳 Video editing for the first time with a new software was an experience 😁 so bear with this first episode! If you do watch it, spot my Valentine’s themed socks 💗 (which were entirely unintentional as we didn’t know when the episode was going out!)We would love to hear about your 2025 intentions! 🎉Available on all platforms now to listen or watch! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:57 Setting up our 2025 moodboard intentions 02:04 Sharing our moodboards 05:34 Finding calm & being present 11:07 Plans, balance & prioritisation 17:57 Relationships & prioritisation 22:48 Allowing yourself moments of calm 32:16 Bringing play & joyfulness into life - have fun! 36:37 Comparison & letting go 41:07 The abundance of choice/information overload 43:16 What we're looking forward to this year 49:15 Our words of the year 54:00 Conclusion & Recommendations (TV series/book)Claudia - Book - Absolutely & Forever (Rose Tremain) Juliet - TV show - Blue Lights - BBC iPlayer https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S2 Ep7 - Training as an opera singer, finding her own voice & building confidence in others with Jasmine Faulkner
Send us a textIt’s the final episode of season 2 and I am delighted to have my friend Jasmine Faulkner as a guest 🥹I’ve known Jasmine since primary school, and I’m so very proud of everything she does and the person she is.She’s a soprano singer who fuses classical, cinematic & electronic sounds, having performed at some of the biggest venues/events including: Mens & Women’s FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium, London Fashion Week for Annie’s Ibiza, Windsor Castle for Royalty & Houses of Parliament. She has campaigned for the rights of women in Iran & is someone who lifts up & supports everyone up around her. I am so lucky to have her as my friend. You’re in for a treat!For the first time I’ve also added a blooper reel at the end of the episode so I hope you enjoy that too 😂Here are the mugs talked about, if you’d like to follow along and see: 1. Pink clear mug - ‘a really studious’ mug2. ‘It takes a big heart to shape a little mind’ mug - gift from a students’ parent3. See you later alligator mug @oliverbonas - a gift when she left her 9-5 job Other things mentioned: ☕️ ‘Big hand huggy cosy’ @emmapuddickpottery weather mug☕️ @teapigs - peppermint tea ☕️ Gummy bear tea ☕️ @yogitea - messages ☕️ @birdandblendtea - Baby spice 💃 @ecstaticdance.uk UK We always love to hear what you think so please let us know and follow/leave a comment or a review if you enjoy 💗https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S2 Ep6 - An Olympic journey, the power of believing in yourself & the importance of trying lots of things with Jazmin Sawyers
Send us a textThis month’s guest is the incredible Jazmin Sawyers. She’s a European gold medallist 🥇& 2 x Olympian but also does so many other things! It was a JOY to have her as a guestWe talk about everything from her accidentally becoming a dinosaur mug influencer, some very special mugs from friends, how much family & friends support means in sport to how having multiple interests helped her when her journey to the Paris Olympics ended when she ruptured her achilles in AprilIt’s not everyday you get to sit down & chat all about tea, coffee and mugs with someone that has inspired you with their mindset & journey 🥹She’s also a mug enthusiast & collector, so tricky choices were made about which mugs to bring on. A most wonderful selection of mugs from those wrapped in nostalgic memories, to unexpected collaborations & handmade treasures: 3D Dinosaur mug - Llandudno Pier (North Wales family holidays)Istanbul European Indoor Championships 2023 mug (Gold medal and 7m (!) jump)Handmade mug made by & gifted by Dina Asher-SmithJCB teacup & saucer - gift from Ben WilliamsOther things mentioned: ☕️ ⏰ Joy Resolve - Barisieur tea & coffee alarm clock ☕️ AeroPress coffee maker ☕️ Assembly coffee ☕️Celestial Seasonings - Bengal Spice tea ☕️Yorkshire tea biscuit brew 📚Gold Rush - Olivia Petter 📺 The OA 🎙️ Happier with Gretchen RubinAvailable on Spotify, Apple & Amazon We always love to hear what you think so please let us know and leave a review if you like 💫https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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S2 Ep5 - The Great Pottery Throwdown, a teaching journey & a potters pass the parcel with James Stead
Send us a textThis month’s guest is the brilliant @james_stead_ceramics 🎨 James is a ceramics teacher (who taught me at school!), a potter and more recently a finalist on series 6 of @potterythrow 🏺For more context on some of the things discussed from @potterythrow , you can watch all the series on @channel4 , and James also has some reels on a few of his creationsIt was so great to chat all about the pottery world, and to get a completely different perspective into mugs & the intricacies of how they’re madeEvery item talked about is quite astonishing in its craft so I’d highly recommend following along with the pictures as you listen for the full experience: 1. Ray Gridley large blue mug2. @richmillerpots wood-fired orange mug3. Drip down mug (slip trailing) - pottery circle swap at Potfest 4. A gift from @roynon_ceramics - red and white Voronoi mug 5. @danielboyleceramics black & blue salt-fired mug 6. Bonus item ✨ @clarewakefieldceramics bowl Other things mentioned: ☕️ @potfest.co.uk ☕️ International ceramics festival - Aberystwyth ✨Takeshi Yasuda 🎙️ For Flux Sake 🎙️ @pottymouth_pottery_podcast 🪴 Baslow Pottery near Bakewell, Derbyshire (Ray Gridley’s pottery)🪴 @whichfordpottery ☕️ @whittardofchelsea1886 Available on Spotify, Apple & Amazon https://www.instagram.com/amugslifepod/profilecard/?igsh=N2I3d3BpbWF0czRr
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Tea Talks with Katie: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
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A look into people's mug collections, and the meaning a cup of tea/coffee has for us. The premise is that guests bring on 3-5 mugs on and it's a catalyst for broader conversation. Episodes are released monthly and there will also be special Tea Talks episodes about other topics enjoyed with a mug in hand
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