
Accidental Friends
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This is what you get when two Canadian women, who come from completely different backgrounds, serendipitously meet in a Brooklyn apartment. Alene Degian and Kristen Mandala became instant friends over their mutual sense of adventure, humor, and tearing up the dance floor, which has since blossomed into a five-year-long friendship.
Accidental Friends
1M ago
It's time for Alene's fave episode so here we are with Hate it or Love it: Social Media. Over the last year or so, Alene has made a career in social media and has even started her own social media management company so it's safe to say she spends ALL her time on there.
She wanted to bring this episode back as a little reminder for herself and everyone else, so we hope you enjoy it the second time around!
Social media plays such a huge part in our lives and we definitely have a love-hate relationship with it. Have you ever even looked at the amount of time you spend on there every d ..read more
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1M ago
We're doing something a little differently! This week, ya girls needed a break but we didn't want to leave you without an episode.
So we thought we'd bring you back to one of our earlier seasons. This week we're reposting one of Kristen's favourite episodes . The reasoning behind her choice? "A funny contrast to the valentines convo!"
And she is right about that. We hope you enjoy this wayback!
Season 2, Episode 8: Who Carries the Emotional Labour in Your Relationship?
Relationships are about give and take – we've all heard that before. But in some relationships, the emotional burden to make t ..read more
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This episode is for the taken, the single, and everyone in between! Valentine’s Day is always such a tricky part of the year. Regardless of whether or not you’re in a relationship, people have mixed emotions about the day. Is it a commercial holiday? Is it just for those in relationships? What’s the point of it if the other 364 days of the year, there’s no show of affection or love? We are getting into it! Alene has spent MANY a Valentine’s Days alone and she shares her tip on how to make this Valentine’s Day as a single person your favourite one yet!
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We took a different route this week and wanted to talk about empathy towards men. We’re quick to make a jab at “being a white man” and might sometimes come off as “man-haters” but that just isn’t true at all. We empathize with men deeply on a lot of issues, specifically surround anything that doesn’t offer them a space to be vulnerable or true to themselves. This week we’re diving into things we empathize with men about and hope that our male listeners feel that this is a safe space for them.
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Here we sit in our thrones (really just normal chairs but you get the picture) talking about red flags in relationships and other parts of our life, so it was time we turned the spotlight onto ourselves. Because we are nothing if not self-aware queens! This week we talked about 3 red flags we see in ourselves in both our friendships and relationships – and somehow this exercise came a little easy for us? Tune in to find out what we think our biggest flaws are! We’d love to hear yours.
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2M ago
Okay, before you think, whooooa that’s some existential stuff right there, stick with us. Death is something that we will all experience at some point in our lives – hopefully not for a very very long time. So if this “experience” is universal to us all, how come it’s not talked about? Well, we went there this episode. Where do we think we go when we die? Are we scared of death? How do we really feel about it? And is there really a big white guy in a beard and white cloak greeting at those pearly gates with a margarita?
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2M ago
Have you ever travelled somewhere and had the feeling, “oh this feels like home”? And we’re not talking about the fleeting feeling of going somewhere new and wanting to move there immediately, this is more of a soul tie to a place. Well, we have but we’ve never really talked about it in depth. And while we both live in Toronto, we have very different things to say about our “home,” the big city. Do we even feel at home here? Where would we be living instead? In this episode, we talk about it all, discussing the feelings of community, how a city can feel like it promotes individualism, and fina ..read more
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2M ago
Okay, we’re admitting it. We went down a Reddit rabbit hole and let us tell you, there are some gooood stories on there! So while we would have liked to discuss every single juicy detail, we took some of the most interesting questions we could find (for now…) and answered them ourselves. This week we get into:
What are your thoughts about the concept of virginity, purity, the sacredness/specialness of sex, and saving yourself for marriage?
What are your thoughts on dating outside your culture?
What are your thoughts on being with someone who has no sexual or relational experiences?
How would ..read more
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3M ago
It's always the same thing. December 31st comes around and everyone reflects on the past year. Did we accomplish our new year’s resolutions? What was even on that list?
But the last few years, we’ve been doing things a little differently. Rather than setting SMART goals like we’ve always been taught (who’s with me here?), we do intention setting. How do we want this year to feel to us? What would the best version of ourselves look like? In this episode, we go into detail about our new version of new year’s resolution, give you an example by going through Kristen’s ’30 before 30’ list, and tell ..read more
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3M ago
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or is it? For many people the holidays bring up all sorts of feelings. Happiness, joy, but also anxiety, frustration, and stress. From body image issues, to setting boundaries with family members, to comparing yourself to others’ seemingly picture-perfect life, these are the aspects of the holidays not often talked about. In this episode, we dive into how we deal with all those conflicting feelings that come up during this time, how we’re looking at jealousy differently, and how to create moments of peace when you feel you don’t have any. So happy holi ..read more