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Paternal: New Beginnings

This is the final episode of a 3-part series titled, ‘Paternal’. It is honest, funny and heartfelt. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes, then I’d recommend you click the links below to do so now: Last year I wrote a blog post titled Am I Enough… It was my attempt to articulate more…
Paternal: The Beginning of the End

This is the second episode of a 3-part series titled, ‘Paternal’. It is honest, funny and heartfelt. If you haven’t listened to part 1, In the Beginning, then I’d recommend you click the link to do so now. When I was 9 years old, I had a teacher called Miss Bryant. In class one day,…
Paternal: In The Beginning

My parents split up when I was about 10 years old. The last eighteen months of their relationship was, as I perceived it, a traumatic, disruptive and chaotic mess. In the years that followed, my relationship with my father broke down. There were many reasons for this, but it mainly boiled down to the fact…
Have We Got Beef?

We are relational human beings, and as such we often encounter conflict in our relationships. Conflict is normal, its common, but it’s not necessarily a harbinger of doom. Conflict within positive relationships between men can instil respect of each others’ differences and jovial provocation. But sometimes, conflict can result in the breakdown of relationships or lead…
More Than My Skin

When I started the Podcast, I said I wanted to reveal the inner lives of men and that while many of the men featured on the show would be black men, we wanted the stories told to resonate with all men. With the current socio-political landscape in the wake of the high-profile killings of Ahmaud…
Black Men In White Spaces

We’re in the middle of a global conversation on racism and its insidious nature. I felt moved enough to present my stories and experiences of racism on a company-wide call along with 4 of my black colleagues. Recounting my experiences and listening to my colleagues share their own was, quite frankly, traumatising and left me…