The Expensive Truth About Quitting Your Job For Content

The Expensive Truth About Quitting Your Job For Content

This week on Half Past Chai…  We are talking about MONEY! (Suketu’s favorite topic). We share all the numbers with you to be transparent about how we manage our finances. Talking about money is hard in a relationship and we are trying to normalize the conversation.  If you want more info about finances: https://bio.site/suketupatel [https://bio.site/suketupatel] Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛 New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛 🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/ [https://www.halfpastchai.com/] 📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai [https://bio.site/halfpastchai] Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu [https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu] Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8 [https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8] Time codes 0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI 3:48 - How much money we made Q2 8:36 - My thoughts on our new normal with money 17:55 - How do we talk about money in a relationship

How to Do a Mid-Year Reflection

It's somehow already halfway through the year… so we sat down and asked the scary question: is this year actually going how we planned? 😅 In this episode we're doing our mid-year check-in completely unfiltered: our best months, our proudest moments, the stuff that genuinely didn't go to plan, and the January goals we'd honestly forgotten about. It's funny, it's a little vulnerable, and if you've ever wondered whether you're "behind," this one's for you. 👉 We also made a free Halfway Check-In worksheet so you can do this exact reflection right alongside us. Grab it here: https://www.halfpastchai.com/halfway [https://www.halfpastchai.com/halfway] Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛 New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛 🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/ [https://www.halfpastchai.com/] 📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai [https://bio.site/halfpastchai] Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu [https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu] Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8 [https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8] Time codes 0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI 3:54 - Looking Back 21:22 - The Fun Round 26:52 - Looking ahead

"I Took Her to India to Meet My Family"

This week on Half Past Chai… * We’re joined by Kaitlin & Sourabh - partners in both life and business * They’re the duo behind their social media where they cook, make chai, and travel, and today, they’re opening up about the reality of building a brand while building a life together * We’re diving into the inspiration that sparked their journey, the hurdles of the Indian-American business experience, and exactly what it takes to brew a successful startup from the ground up Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛 New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛 Katlin & Sourabh’s Socials 👇 YT - https://www.youtube.com/@katsourabh [https://www.youtube.com/@katsourabh] Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/katlinandsourabh [https://www.instagram.com/katlinandsourabh] Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sourabhhanumant [https://www.tiktok.com/@sourabhhanumant] Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@katlinsannan [https://www.tiktok.com/@katlinsannan] 🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/ [https://www.halfpastchai.com/] 📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai [https://bio.site/halfpastchai] Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu [https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu] Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8 [https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8] Time codes 0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI 3:37 - How did you guys meet? 7:15 - Why did you start posting videos? 10:16 - How did your parents react to you two? 11:01 - What was it like to get introduced to Indian Culture 14:10 - Why do you cook? 18:20 - First time out of the country 21:18 - Quitting your job 26:30 - How do you guys work together? 29:28 - Are you getting married? 34:07 - Going to an Indian Wedding 39:50 - Travel Tips 42:58 - Favorite place you’ve traveled to 50:38 - Traveling is important 55:57 - Favorite food

Training for a Marathon Together Is Either Going to Bond Us or Break Us

This week on Half Past Chai… has your partner ever picked up something you love and just instantly been better at it than you? Because same. We're deep in marathon training together, and it is humbling, hilarious, and honestly a little revealing. We're talking about different paces, different pain tolerances, and what happens when doing something incredibly hard as a team teaches you things about each other you weren't expecting. Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛 New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛 Get 10% off GHEE here: https://iloveghee.com/discount/HALFPASTCHAI10 [https://iloveghee.com/discount/HALFPASTCHAI10] 🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/ [https://www.halfpastchai.com/] 📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai [https://bio.site/halfpastchai] Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu [https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu] Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8 [https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8] Time codes 0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI3:24 - When your partner is better than you 8:25 - Our dilemma 11:27 - Our first race together 17:08 - Why do we treat our partner differently? 24:33 - The lessons we learned

We Answered Your Most Unhinged Questions

This week on Half Past Chai, we're answering YOUR questions... and some of them caught us completely off guard. 😅 From relationship secrets and awkward conversations with parents to our thoughts on moving to NYC, future India trips, marathon training, friendships as adults, and yes... even questions about kids and our married life, nothing was off limits. Thank you to everyone who submitted a question. We love making this podcast a two-way conversation and getting to connect with you beyond the comments. Drop into the comments and tell us: which question was your favorite? Then head to our site and submit your own for a future episode we love keeping this podcast a two-way conversation 💛 https://www.halfpastchai.com/ [https://www.halfpastchai.com/] Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛 New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛 Get 10% off GHEE here: https://iloveghee.com/discount/HALFPASTCHAI10 [https://iloveghee.com/discount/HALFPASTCHAI10] 📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai [https://bio.site/halfpastchai] Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu [https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu] Time codes 0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI 2:34 - NYC / MOVING 4:32 - RELATIONSHIP & SOCIAL LIFE 13:25 - FITNESS / RUNNING 19:44 - INDIA / TRAVEL 24:51 - Quick Fire Questions 26:30 - BONUS Qs