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Drinking Tea with Monsters

Drinking Tea with Monsters

Written by: Leela Dua
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The show about OCD and other, less scary monsters. In which we unpack how OCD feels, strategies that can help, and, because OCD is such a heavy topic, some fun stuff too.



Hi, I'm Leela. I have OCD and I want to talk about it! Each week, my sister Pri and I dive into one fun thing we're obsessed with, from pop-culture to trends to something we're reading/watching/listening to. Then we'll unpack a different aspect of OCD. We'll close out each episode by 'Drinking Tea with Monsters' where we'll tell you a story about a spooky supernatural haunted happening. Because nothing gets us out of our anxious brains like a good scare.



So to recap: pop-culture, OCD, ghosts! Join us for Drinking Tea with Monsters.

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Leela Dua
Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Happy Turning of the Clocks, Manifestations, Tarot, and other forms of Magical Thinking, and Ghostly New Year's Eve Traditions
    Dec 31 2025

    This week on Drinking Tea With Monsters, the podcast about OCD and other, less scary monsters, we’re getting ready to not care about New Years Eve. We wax poetic about why time is a construct and other things that don't matter.


    Next Pri tells us about why butter is better and Leela share what she's obsessed with in comedy this week. Spoiler alert! It's a new special from Kumail Nanjiani.


    Finally, we Drink Tea With Monsters and meet the whimsical ghosts of New Year's Eve.


    Grab your tea, get comfy, and join us for a New Year's episode of Drinking Tea With Monsters, part mental health podcast, part holiday hang, part paranormal mystery.


    I'm, like, totally obsessed with...

    Kerrygold Cheese

    Kerrygold Butter

    Kumail Nanjiani's New Comedy Special, Night Thoughts (Watch it on Hulu or Disney+)

    The Big Sick (Watch it on Prime Video)

    No Dating Till You're Married, an audiobook podcast

    Only Murders in the Building (Watch it on Hulu or Disney+)

    Ray Romano


    OCD

    International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

    Psychology Today


    DTWM

    The Ghosts of New Year's Eve


    Tangent Stuff

    Check out Leela's other podcast, No Dating Till You're Married, an audiobook podcast. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians.


    Contact Us

    IG: @drinkingteawithmonsters

    EMAIL: drinkingteamwithmosters@gmail.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Hallmark Christmas Movie Quiz, No News is Good News, and the Annual Christmas Haunting of Raynham Hall
    Dec 24 2025

    This week on Drinking Tea With Monsters, the podcast about OCD and other, less scary monsters, we’re getting into the Christmas spirit. This is a cosy, low-key holiday episode where we take it easy on the OCD and invite you to hang out with us in a warm, festive space.


    We kick things off with an unhinged recap of Leela's trip to the dentist. What kind of laughing gas are they giving out these days?


    Next, things get competitive with a Hallmark Christmas movie quiz. Leela challenges Pri to decide which of eight Christmas movie titles and descriptions are real, and which are completely made up. What’s at stake? First pick of our book/movie/TV club for 2026, and other fun treats!


    We also chat briefly about the news, with an important reminder that OCD is ego-dystonic.


    Finally, we Drink Tea With Monsters and explore the annual Christmas haunting of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, uncovering what might just be the definitive proof that ghosts are real.


    Grab your tea, get comfy, and join us for a Christmasy episode of Drinking Tea With Monsters, part mental health podcast, part holiday hang, part paranormal mystery.


    I'm, like, totally obsessed with...

    The Hallmark Channel

    Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas

    Pizza Rolls by Totino's

    Kerrygold Butter


    OCD

    International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)

    Psychology Today


    DTWM

    Raynham Hall


    Tangent Stuff

    Check out Leela's other podcast, No Dating Till You're Married, an audiobook podcast. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians.


    Contact Us

    IG: @drinkingteawithmonsters

    EMAIL: drinkingteamwithmosters@gmail.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Emo Christmas, understanding anxiety vs. anxious OCD, and the dramatic ghosts of the Drury Lane Theater
    Dec 17 2025

    This week on Drinking Tea With Monsters, the podcast about OCD and other, less scary monsters, we’re fully embracing our “I’m like, totally obsessed with…” era! We dive headfirst into an emo music revival, because some phases never really die. From From Under the Cork Tree to A Holiday From Real, we’re revisiting the albums that shaped our eyeliner-heavy souls, plus the song that kicked it all back into gear: “Fall For You” by Secondhand Serenade. (Yes, it still hits!)


    Then we get into it about anxiety and the overlap with anxious OCD. Pri and Leela talk about their experience with anxiety and how they're working through it.


    Finally, we Drink Tea with Monsters at the iconic Drury Lane Theatre in London, because sometimes monsters love a little drama!


    And of course, we go on a few tangents, like Pri’s bold take that Cars is basically a Hallmark movie.


    Grab your tea and join us for nostalgia, mental health tools, and the usual monster chaos!



    I'm, like, totally obsessed with...

    Emo music (now and again!). From Under the Cork Tree to a Holiday From Real, we're re-listening to it all!

    The song that restarted it all...Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade

    Check out @gravette.angela for more emo throwback inspiration!


    OCD

    International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)


    DTWM

    Drury Lane Theater (London, UK)


    Tangent Stuff

    Pri thinks Cars is like a Hallmark movie. Do you agree?

    Check out Leela's other podcast, No Dating Till You're Married, an audiobook podcast. Gilmore Girls meets Crazy Rich Asians.

    A Biltmore Christmas (Watch it on the Hallmark channel)


    Contact Us

    IG: @drinkingteawithmonsters

    EMAIL: drinkingteamwithmosters@gmail.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56 mins
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