Stories Between Sips
Episodes
Episode 5, Part 2: From Chalkboards to TikTok
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
René sits down with her former colleague O’dine, an Afrikaans teacher who has taught at both co-ed and single-sex schools, to reflect on how the cl...
Episode 5, Part 1: Teaching Then vs Now
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
René shares her journey across three countries—South Africa, South Korea, and Qatar—to reflect on how teaching has changed over the past decade. ...
Episode 4, Part 2: Friendship
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s guest episode, René chats with Milla — someone who’s formed a powerful, enduring bond with Ilze over the years. Their friendship...
Episode 4, Part 1: Friendships
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode, René gets honest about how complex adult friendship can be — especially when you grow up without being taught how to nurture ...
Coming up next on Stories Between Sips
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Next week on Stories Between Sips, we explore the messy beauty of adult friendship. In Monday’s solo episode, René opens up about learning (and unl...
Episode 3, Part 2: Grieving Far From Home
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to grieve when you're far from everything familiar?In this episode, I speak with Renate Mayer — someone I went to high school with...
Episode 3, Part 1: How Grief Changes Everything
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode, I share the most personal story I've ever told — losing my mom in 2021 and my dad in 2024. I talk about the guilt of being far...
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07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grief changes everything — your identity, your relationships, your sense of home.On Monday, I share my story of losing both my parents — my mom in...
Episode 2, Part 2: Living with Bipolar: A Conversation with Ilze Gopal
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this deeply moving episode of Stories Between Sips, René sits down with Ilze Gopal — a wife, mother, poet, and lifelong friend — who shares he...
Episode 2, Part 1: Mental Health as a Coloured Person in South Africa
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful solo episode, I open up about navigating mental health as a Coloured person in South Africa. From growing up surrounded by silence ar...
Episode 1, Part 2: Finding Home in the In-Between (with LaToya Gabriel)
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Stories Between Sips, I sit down with LaToya Gabriel, a teacher, traveler, and expat who has lived and worked in China, Qatar, and ...
Episode 1, Part 1: Living and Working Abroad
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leaving your home country sounds like a dream—new opportunities, a better lifestyle, growth. But what about the moments no one talks about? The lone...
Pilot episode
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this pilot episode of Stories between Sips, I share who I am, why I started this podcast, and what you can expect from this space.Born and raised i...