Fika for Life

Being a supportive friend: part 1

A lot of the podcasts that Edward and Linh record are inspired by our listeners. Today's episode is one of them. In their typical style, Linh and Edward, enjoy a Swedish fika as they dive into answering the question about being a supportive friend instead of a backstabber.

Cross Culture at Culture night in Uppsala, Sweden 2021 aka a Chinese man who is trapped in a Black mans body

Both Linh and Ed grew up in several cultures during their lives. Listen to their story from a cultural lense and hear about their struggles, experiences and lessons they have learned. Maybe you already know that Ed and Linh belong to the Cross Culture church in Uppsala and in this podcast they explain what their church is about and how multiculturalism is shaping this fellowship. Special treat: Ed is demonstrating the difference between his experience of an African church and African-American church. Also, meet Linhs son Ettai and hear the studio audience cheer and take part in the conversation. This episode is extralong and can also be found at https://www.crossculture.se/ and https://youtu.be/yjikmehW3Uo

How to reject advances

Linh and Edward share their experiences and advice about saying no to someone whom you are not interested in being more than just a friend. Of course, there will be the normal sharing of personal experiences and their usual humoristic approach as they impart wisdom for the day.

 

Olympic commentators

Some of our episodes are so spontaneous that we are taken by surprise. That is how it was with this episode. As Linh and Edward started talking about the Olympics 2020, they end up becoming couch commentators. They even share some insights into their favorite events and why. Let us know if there are any sports related episodes that you would like for us to do.

 

Working with your colleagues

One of Linh's co-workers have provided the topic for today's episode. Edward and Linh are using their quirky brand of humor, experience and wisdom, to talk about working with one's colleagues. We love it when you our listeners, give us topics that you want us to discuss. Enjoy.

Communication in a relationship

One of the most common problems within relationships is miscommunication. It is not uncommon that people experience the same event in two different ways. In today's episode Linh and Edward attack this subject with their usual brand of humour and life-experience, as they demonstrate how couples can apply mirroring to their arsenal of solution oriented tools, geared to help them thrive together. 

Real Life Story 2 - Butt out Mom

In this episode Edward and Linh along with guest Mikael give advice to a real problem that Linh encountered at day care. What seemed like a normal relationship problem quickly turned out to be something else when it was revealed that that the mother-in-law butted in and caused the relationship to end.

Real-life story is when one of our listeners, or people from our network of contacts, asks Edward or Linh to give advice about an actual problem that they are currently facing. As always Linh and Edward share their insights from their shared experiences with, of course, a bit of humor as well.

Happy Birthday Sweden!

Today's episode was recorded on June 6th which was Sweden's national day and Edward's 25th anniversary of being in Sweden. Linh and Edward along with their guest Mikael talk about among other things, what they like about being in Sweden, but with their normal humorous twist on the issues of the day. You will also learn what Vabing is in Sweden (Vård av barn - Care of one's child).

Is there really the one?

There are a lot of people who seem to be convinced that there is only one person who is their match. Edward and Linh and their guest Timmy, talk about knowing if you are dating "the one".

Dos and don'ts of Dating

It has  been a long time since Linh and Edward were single. They have a common friend , Timmy,  who is currently single and so they invited him to today's podcast to share a single's perspective on the conversation. During the fika, the conversation takes up other things as well.