Enjoy this fabulous conversation!
Well this is very exciting! Most people who know me well know that my dad is the greatest human that ever lived….according to me…..and everyone who meets him! I know that my quest for looking after people and treating people well all came from him. His core values align a lot with mine….apart from his RED CARD FOOTBALL incident, listen to the end to hear that particular indiscretion!!
My dad shares with us his secret to happiness and how his mantra of “don’t cry for the moon” has seen him always be happy with his lot in life, providing me and my sister not with everything we wanted but everything we needed.
I find the intergenerational similarities fascinating. I talk about my dad in such fond terms and he does for his dad, my Grandpa Julius, to whom he attributes all his best qualities. My dad talks of how his father guided him and advised him but never solved his problems, therefore instilling a sense of resilience and ownership. He talks about his father’s great skill of understanding people and that words were his greatest tool.
My dad generously shares a period of darkness in his life, before children, that came following a short spell of intense stress and pressure and how that taught him some valuable lessons going forward.
We also get very important permission from my mum (who by the way is also a legend….) to talk about her anxiety and different characteristics which have been tricky to navigate at times.
With compassion my dad says that when we are dealing with things that mum doesn’t feel she can do, instead of being frustrated which he often gets, he tries to help and see it from her point of view and how she feels.
“I am not the who says I am, I can…I’m this……I am happy as I am”
Well, we think you’re THE guy! We love you, 100% as you are.
Thanks so much for coming on the podcast dad, this podcast is loving dedicated to you and mum who are the best parents and Grandma Trudie and Grandpa Julius, no longer with us, who raised a mega mega human.
Thank you for being here and sharing series 3 with me! You are the best community x