There's a version of your mum or dad you've never fully met.
A 12-week guided experience where I interview your family and turn your parent's life story into an audio documentary.
You know the role they play.
This is where you finally hear the whole story.
While there's still time.
400+ hours of family stories · 38 families · 7 countries
The Sunday lunches.
The twelve-minute phone calls.
The telly on in the background.
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?
Nobody stopped loving each other. Life just gets in the way.
The conversations you keep meaning to have stay un-had until you have them.
Why I built this
"I've sat with 38 families.
Every single one came away closer."
This starts with Me & My Old Man.
But it continues with you and yours.
Your caring mother, your doting grandmother,
those you love and have loved,
and anyone in between.
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.
Reflections guide and prompts shared.
Individual interview sessions for children and parents.
Hear your parent's full life story like never before. Your siblings' stories too.
Regroup with the whole family to reflect, reminisce and laugh about what you've heard.
Enjoy everything the experience has brought to your family, with the comfort of knowing the stories are captured for generations to come.
The thing itself
This is what a session sounds like.
Noel Josephides, Parent Session
Poor lizards.
The lizards-on-a-plane story.
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 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
- Child Inputs — offline capture
- 3x 2hr Guided interview sessions with Parent
- Fully produced audio documentary
- Their story, their voice, forever
Family Audio Documentary
silver
- Fully-guided immersive experience
- 12-week concierge service that brings you closer
- Individual Child Reflection sessions
- 3x Guided Parent sessions
- Family Listen & Reflect Stage
- Personalised album artwork
- Range of shareable audio and video clips
Multi-generational Family Biopic
gold
- Fully-guided immersive experience
- 12-week concierge service that brings you closer
- Individual Child Reflection sessions
- 4x Guided Parent sessions
- Family Listen & Reflect Stage
- Personalised album artwork
- Range of shareable audio and video clips
- Personalised prologue
- In-home recording
- Grandchildren voice recordings
- Award winning montage editing & sound design
- Interactive Family Storybook
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 recording this doesn't feel right for your family, I'll refund you in full, no questions asked. In 38 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."
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 would never meet him.
"No — this was real. He was real. It was amazing."
Memories fade and blur with time — a voice doesn't.
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 & 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.
"That wasn't the end of the experience. It kind of carries on and has an impact."
"I think it's really enriched our whole family, which is really lovely."
Give me 20 minutes. Tell me about your family.
I take on 4 families a month.
38 families. Every single one glad they did it.
