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The Tea Mind with Erica Moore

The Tea Mind with Erica Moore

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Summary
 Welcome to The Tea Mind – a warm, cosy space where we pause for tea to reconnect with ourselves, rebalance our body and mind, and savour life’s moments before they slip away.

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Episodes
  • S2 • #98 • The Art of Doing Nothing (While the Tea Steeps)

    S2 • #98 • The Art of Doing Nothing (While the Tea Steeps)
    10 Nov 2026

    Episode Summary

    This week, we’re exploring something that sounds ridiculously easy but can be surprisingly difficult: doing absolutely nothing.

    Have you noticed how quickly you reach for your phone whenever there’s a spare moment? Even waiting for the kettle to boil can become an opportunity to check messages or squeeze in another little job.

    We’ve become remarkably good at filling every available gap in our day. But have we lost our tolerance for simply being bored?

    In this Tea Pause, we’re brewing a delicate white tea and experimenting with leaving a few minutes completely unoccupied. No scrolling, no planning the next task, no trying to make the time productive.

    We’re also questioning why we feel the need to make every moment useful, and whether doing nothing really needs a benefit at all.

    Perhaps boredom doesn’t always need fixing.

    Join me for a cup of tea and a small experiment in leaving a little space in your day, just to see what happens.

    Today’s episode is brought to you by: The Balanced Mind, a comforting Chinese white tea blend with dark elderberries, apple, warming cinnamon, linden blossom and other botanicals. It’s a lovely tea to enjoy slowly while we experiment with doing nothing and giving ourselves permission to leave a little time unoccupied.

    In this pause for tea, you’ll discover:

    * 01:29 – Have we lost our tolerance for being bored?

    * 02:47 – Our shared experiment: doing absolutely nothing while the tea steeps.

    * 05:00 – Noticing how a few moments of silence actually feel.

    * 05:50 – Why boredom can feel like something we need to escape.

    * 07:04 – The subtle expectation that every spare minute should be put to good use.

    * 07:22 – When even slowing down becomes another task to complete properly.

    * 08:03 – Enjoying your tea as it cools and wondering what we might notice when we stop trying to be useful.

    * 08:24 – A simple invitation to try one undistracted Tea Pause each day for a week.

    “Boredom doesn’t always need fixing.”

    Resources and Links

    Make sure you’re getting eteaket’s Tea Mail to be the first to discover awesome teas, like The Balanced Mind so you can create more space in the middle of everyday life.

    Thanks for pausing for tea with me today.If this helped, I’d love a quick comment, a heart, or a share. It genuinely helps this post reach more people who need a calmer next step.

    Erica x

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    10 min
  • S2 • #97 • Money, Music & Meaning with Alan Wick

    S2 • #97 • Money, Music & Meaning with Alan Wick
    3 Nov 2026
    Quick note - there are very occasional choice words in this episode, so use caution if you’ve got younger people in earshot.Episode SummaryWhat happens when the things that once drove you no longer feel quite so important?In this conversation, I’m joined by Alan Wick, whose life has taken him from playing drums in a rock band to building internationally successful businesses and now helping other entrepreneurs.Alan shares some extraordinary stories, including working with The Jam and selling his first business during a flight on Concorde. But beneath those stories is a more personal conversation about ambition, money and how our ideas about success change.We talk about the stroke that forced Alan to reconsider how he was living, the values he eventually recognised from his father, and his growing interest in serendipity and being open to unexpected opportunities.Alan also introduces the intriguing idea of our wild twin, the part of ourselves that might have been left behind as we learnt to do what was expected of us.It’s a conversation about following curiosity, learning to listen to yourself and making room for the people and experiences that matter.And perhaps noticing the opportunities that are already appearing in our own lives.Today’s episode is brought to you by: Bollywood Dreams Chai tea, a bold Assam black tea with cinnamon, ginger, cloves & warming chai spices. In this pause for tea, you’ll discover:* 03:08 - Alan’s early days as drummer for Titus Oates, and how the pressure to impress record companies began to change his enjoyment of music.* 09:05 - The crossroads between pursuing music and building his first business, and why he chose entrepreneurship.* 14:29 - How noticing what other sound companies overlooked helped Alan win The Jam as a client.* 20:52 - The remarkable story of selling his first business on Concorde, with a little help from champagne and a flight altitude display.* 27:18 - What really fuelled Alan’s ambition, and why he doesn’t find it useful to ask whether he’d make the same decisions again.* 34:10 - His reflections on difficult business partnerships, ignoring his instincts and learning to listen to more than his head.* 37:25 - The stroke Alan calls his “stroke of luck”, and how it began to change his approach to work, family and success.* 44:42 - Why Alan believes serendipity, openness and a willingness to take thoughtful risks have shaped his life more than any carefully written plan.* 50:13 - Rediscovering his father’s values, rethinking his relationship with money and defining success as happiness and having enough choice.* 55:24 - The idea of the “wild twin”, questioning the things we think we should do, and why other people can help us understand ourselves more clearly."To be serendipitous means to be open to new ideas."Resources and Links* Alan Wick’s website: More about Alan’s work and background.* The DO Lectures: The community and learning experiences through which Alan and Erica connected.* Firms of Endearment: The book Alan read during his recovery that helped shape his thinking about business.* Conscious Capitalism: The book that brought Alan back to his father’s approach to business.* The Second Mountain: Mentioned during Alan’s reflections on the “wild twin” and what we really want from life.* Tenzing: Alan mentions this 2026 film, directed by Jennifer Peedom, which tells the story of Tenzing Norgay, who reached the summit of Everest alongside Edmund Hillary in 1953. Great achievements come from following something deeply meaningful to you, but they also depend on the people who help you get there.Make sure you’re getting eteaket’s Tea Mail to be the first to discover awesome teas, like Bollywood Dreams Chai so you can create more space in the middle of everyday life.Thanks for pausing for tea with me today.If this helped, I’d love a quick comment, a heart, or a share. It genuinely helps this post reach more people who need a calmer next step.Erica xThe Tea Mind is reader-supported. To get new posts (and support my work), consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theteamind.co.uk/subscribe
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    1 hr and 2 min
  • S2 • #96 • A Little Less to Hold in your Head

    S2 • #96 • A Little Less to Hold in your Head
    27 Oct 2026

    Episode Summary

    Have you ever felt overwhelmed by everything you need to do, even before you’ve started?

    Sometimes it’s not just the number of things on our to-do list that’s exhausting. It’s the mental effort of remembering them all. The unfinished tasks, conversations, reminders and thoughts that keep going round and round in our heads.

    In this week’s Pause for Tea, we’re making a cup of The Contented Mind and trying a simple brain dump together. With nothing more than a pen, paper and a few minutes, we’ll give those thoughts somewhere else to go. The idea is to put whatever's taking up space in your head onto paper, without worrying about what to do with it just yet.

    We’ll also consider why having somewhere reliable to keep our thoughts and tasks can help us focus on what’s actually in front of us.

    You don’t need to finish your to-do list to feel a little less burdened by it.

    Today’s episode is brought to you by: The Contented Mind, a tropical blend of Ti Guan Yin oolong and Chunmee green tea, with coconut and pineapple bringing a fruity sweetness.

    Oolong is a wonderfully varied category of tea, ranging from lightly oxidised, delicate varieties to darker, roasted styles. It’s a tea worth taking time over, with flavours that can develop over multiple infusions.

    In this pause for tea, you’ll discover:

    * 01:43 – The difference between having lots to do and carrying a constant mental inventory.

    * 03:20 – Introducing the brain dump: a simple way to get thoughts out of your head and onto paper.

    * 06:31 – Returning to your tea while allowing more thoughts to surface.

    * 10:34 – What your page might reveal about the things you’ve been mentally carrying.

    * 12:28 – Cognitive offloading: why having somewhere reliable to store reminders can free up attention.

    * 13:26 – What to do with the thoughts and concerns that no longer need your attention.

    * 14:10 – Returning to your tea and focusing on the next thing in front of you.

    “There’s a lot of mental effort goes into remembering things rather than actually doing them.”

    Resources and Links

    Make sure you’re getting eteaket’s Tea Mail to be the first to discover awesome teas, like The Contented Mind so you can create more space in the middle of everyday life.

    Thanks for pausing for tea with me today.If this helped, I’d love a quick comment, a heart, or a share. It genuinely helps this post reach more people who need a calmer next step.

    Erica x

    The Tea Mind is reader-supported. To get new posts (and support my work), consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.



    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theteamind.co.uk/subscribe
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    16 min
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