There's a version of your mum or dad you've never fully met.
You know the role they play.
You've just never had the space to hear their whole story.
This is the experience that changes that. While there's still time.
Just tell me about your family and I'll tell you honestly.
If it's something I can help with.
350+ hours of family stories · 35 families · 7 countries
Why I built this
"I've sat with 35 families.
Every single one came away closer."
The Sunday lunches.
The twelve-minute phone calls.
The telly on in the background.
You watch each other's lives pass. You help with the boiler. You ask about their health.
And somehow, in all of it, you never ask: what shaped you? What were you afraid of? What do you wish I knew?
Here's the part nobody quite says out loud. Even when you love them completely, a parent is hard to fully know. The dynamic was set young.
Asking someone that close the deep questions feels harder, somehow, than asking a stranger — so you assume they've told you already, or that you should already know, and the guilt of not knowing gets carried quietly instead of said out loud.
That's the bit that's actually wrong. Not the busyness — that's just true. It's watching the parent you could still fully know slip further out of reach, one question you didn't quite ask.
Because what's actually at stake isn't small. It's a parent you never got to know as well as you could have.
A life they never got the space to tell you, in their own words. Nothing left for your kids, or theirs, to listen to and understand where they came from.
What are we, after all, if not a collection of stories?
Nobody stopped loving each other. Life just got in the way.
But there will come a point — for most of us, and it comes faster than we think — where the window closes. Not dramatically. Just quietly.
The conversations you keep meaning to have stay un-had until you have them.
Not sure where to start?
The 107 questions.
This isn't about digging up what's painful — stories, not skeletons. It's about finally asking the questions life keeps getting in the way of.
Download the 107 questions we use with families — the ones that actually open the door.
Free. No strings.
As heard on
BBC
Neil was interviewed about the power of capturing family stories before it's too late.
Listen to the interviewAs mentioned in
Parenting Hell
A small business shout-out from one of the UK's most-listened parenting podcasts.
Hear Josh Widdicombe's shout outMore conversations on family, memory and midlife
Hear Neil on podcasts →A daughter's experience
Not a recording session.
Not a memoir project.
Here's what Laura's family actually got.
"There is nothing else our family should
have spent the time doing."
The plan
Here's how it starts.
- 1
We have a conversation
A free 20-minute discovery call.
You tell me about your family — who's involved, what you're hoping for.
I tell you honestly if I can help.
No pitch, no pressure - 2
We choose the right experience together
There are three ways to do this.
Most families choose Silver — it's where the whole family comes in together, siblings included, and it's where I do my best work.
We'll find the right one for yours. - 3
We get started
Dates locked.
Reflection guides sent.
And from there, everything is handled.
Once we begin
Five stages, gently paced.
We prepare, together.
Stories drawn out, generously.
Time to hear each other properly.
The family, back in one room.
Your parent's voice, kept close.
The thing itself
This is what a session sounds like.
The coal-cellar wrestling match, and a football boot that hit like a bullet.
Noel Josephides
Poor lizards.
The lizards-on-a-plane story.
Noel Josephides
She would have to feed the donkey.
The donkey-in-the-kitchen story.
Noel Josephides
The 50p frisbee.
A small gift that became a family legend.
What's a story your parent's never
been asked to tell?
The offer
Three ways to do this.
Shaped around your family.
Every project here is shaped around your family, not the other way round.
What's right for yours depends on who's involved, what's already been said between you, and what you want out of the time together. That's what the call is for.
Hero Story
bronze
Your parent's full life story. Captured, produced, yours forever.
- Guided reflection with your parent
- Focused sessions, one voice
- A produced audio life story
Family Audio Documentary
silver
Your whole family, in it together. All you adult children taking time to reflect and share. Your parent hearing what they actually mean to you.
- The full guided experience
- Siblings included, in the room
- The complete produced series
- Where I do my best work
Multi-generational Family Biopic
gold
Every generation. Every voice. Individual sessions for each child, the grandchildren's voices live in the room, your parent's unscripted reaction. The full archive.
- One-to-one sessions with each child
- Grandchildren recorded in the room
- Your parent's unscripted reaction
- A full family audio archive
Every tier here is a fraction of what it would cost pieced together yourself.
We'll walk through exactly what, and what it costs for your family, on the call.
If after your first session this doesn't feel right for your family, I'll refund you in full — no questions asked. In 35 family projects, that's never been needed.
"I'd have paid ten times more. Don't wait until it's too late —
the cost of inaction is priceless."
Not sure which is right?
That's what the discovery call is for — we work it out together.
While there was still time
Her dad wasn't well when they did this.
Here's what happened next.
"It has a very positive ripple effect. It will change people's lives more than people realise. Do it."
The question I hear most
Worried your parent won't want to do this?
It's the question I hear most on discovery calls — and it's rarely the real barrier people think it is.
'10 Questions To Ask Your Parents
(before it's too late)'
The complete implementation guide.
With exact scripts, follow-up prompts & how to handle objections.
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The Reluctant Dad
Real proof it works — even when they're not sure at first.
"My dad? Let's just say he was a little sceptical... Thankfully, my mum is very persuasive, and before long, my dad was on board too."
A sibling surprise
What actually changes.
Axel Dumont — Son
On what the family really earned.
"The audiobook is just a result. The whole change happened throughout the stages and the sharing. We've earned a connection that wasn't existing."
A child's reflection
Here's what it feels like when it's done.
George Scott-Welsh — Son
On his father — the turquoise Chevrolet, and a pizza in Rome.
Stories of those we've lost
In spring 2025, I was asked to capture the life story of a husband, brother, and son — for the children he'd never get to meet. This is the power of stories.
This project was recorded after he had passed — with his wife, brothers, and parents. Their memories, in their words, for the children who'll never hear his.
"No — this was real. He was real. It was amazing."
Memories fade and blur with time — a voice doesn't.
Listening back doesn't just preserve what you had. It makes them real again.
What you really get
Feeling closer to your family than ever before
From this experience, what you of course get is a beautiful and priceless audio documentary of your parent's life, your family life.
You'll get audio highlights, video mementos you can share and can keep close for a tough day.
But honestly, the recording is almost beside the point. What families tell us, again and again, is that the experience does something. The sitting down together. The listening properly. Finding out your dad had a whole life before you knew him — with fears, and wrong turns, and small moments of grace he never thought to mention.
Most people find out things they wish they'd known years ago. Some of it makes them cry. All of it matters.
You always assume there will be more time. Now is the time.
I can think of nothing else, nothing else like it actually.
I didn't think the appreciation for my dad could get any greater. Me and My Old Man transformed familiarity into conscious curiosity.
It gave us an opportunity to let our Dad shine. And to tell him how proud we are.
Give me 20 minutes. Tell me about your family.
I take on 4 families a month.
35 families. Every single one glad they did it.
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