On the Live The Width of Your Life podcast, we explore what it means to not only live the length of our life but instead the breadth, depth, and purpose of each day.

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What if one day you realized you could no longer remember the voice of someone you loved?

For many of us, family connection becomes something we assume will always be there. We save the conversations for later. We think there will be more holidays, more dinners, more opportunities to ask the questions that matter. Until suddenly there aren’t.

Neil Taylor knows this experience intimately.

After losing his father and becoming a father himself just six days later, Neil began reflecting on grief, memory, and the things we carry after loss. Years later, he realized the thing he missed most wasn’t just moments with his dad. It was hearing his voice.

That realization led Neil to create Me and My Old Man, a guided storytelling experience designed to help families preserve stories, capture voices, and reconnect across generations before those opportunities disappear.

In this episode, Neil shares what grief taught him about presence, why families naturally drift over time, and how slowing down creates deeper connection and lasting legacy.

Together we explore:

Why grief often reveals what mattered most all along
The surprising thing Neil missed after losing his father
How recording stories creates connection across generations
Why families naturally drift and how intentional conversations reconnect them
Questions that uncover memories and wisdom people haven’t shared in decades
The impact of preserving voices, not just photos or written memories
How slowing down helps us realign with what matters most
Why storytelling can become one of the greatest gifts we leave future generations

This conversation is a reminder that meaningful connection rarely happens by accident.

It happens when we pause long enough to ask better questions, listen more deeply, and create space for the stories that shape us.

A little about Neil:

I lost my dad, Patrick, in March 2021. Six days later, my son was born. We named him Patrick—after the grandfather he'd never meet. That collision of grief and new life changed everything. For three years I carried that weight. Then in November 2024, during a break from work, something emerged. Not a business plan. A need.

A need to make sure my closest friends didn't wake up one day with the same regret I'd felt—realising they'd lost not just a parent, but the stories, the voice, the person they never got to know.

So I built Me & My Old Man. It's now a 12-week guided experience where families sit together and transform their connection through real conversation.

350+ hours, 32 families across 7 countries later, here's what I've learned: the real transformation isn't about the audiobook or the record. It's about reconnection in real time. It's about finding the width in your life—the depth, the integrity, the conversations you've been postponing.

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