Growing up as an only child had an impact on Dad, making it harder to form connections and leading to a sense of just 'not fitting in'.

Building on this, I couldn't help recounting a significant insight I had about self-perception, which led to what could only be called a 'paradigm shift''.

Our Emails from Dad segment features a song we've been working on (don't worry - we're not singing it!). Lyrics below.

Always love me

Why
Did you say
That you’d always, always love me?
 
And why
Did you take
The Sun from right above me?
 
Why did I think
That you loved me? 
 
We had our
moments in the sand
Waves in the distance
Hand in hand
 
As if
This was
forever planned
 
Why did you
Break It?
Took so long to make it!
 
You tore my heart
From strand to strand.

Yeah, you tore my heart
From strand to strand

What’s on your mind? Reach out!

If you'd like to follow us, we'd welcome the company!

Website: meandhimpodcast.com
Facebook: Facebook
Instagram: https://www.instragram.com/meandhimpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MeandHimPodcast

Happy 80th Birthday Dad - you've made into the top 3% of the world's population (please don't let it go to your head)!

Dad reflects on his time at Auckland Napier Street Primary school and the survival tactics he employed - which were eerily similar to mine over 20 years later.

We also discussed the topic of 'plutonic touching' and its role in men's lives. Needless to say, we see it from VERY different perspectives!

What’s on your mind? Reach out!

If you'd like to follow us, we'd welcome the company!

Website: meandhimpodcast.com
Facebook: Facebook
Instagram: https://www.instragram.com/meandhimpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MeandHimPodcast

Another candid conversation between father and son, reflecting on childhood experiences.

Dad speaks to his austere upbringing in the inner-city slums of Auckland in the 50's and I recount a face-off between two Polynesian 'bodyguards' in the schoolyard.

We explore one of dad's random emails, this one a poem inspirited by a street sign (pasted below for your reference).

T'ward the Sun (by Matt Jelicich)

Caleb McHenry
A soldier on the land
Till he lay down his rifle
And ran his fingers
Through the sand
 
It spoke to him
Of memories
And seasons
Still to come
 
And how men
Like fruit can ripen
When they
Turn towards the sun

What’s on your mind? Reach out!

If you'd like to follow us, we'd welcome the company!

Website: meandhimpodcast.com
Facebook: Facebook
Instagram: https://www.instragram.com/meandhimpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MeandHimPodcast

Episode 1 introduces the Me&Him poddy co-hosts, Jason (son/me), and Matt (father/him).

Father-son relationships have far-reaching impacts. Our aim for this podcast is to capture some of Dad's stories as well as inspire conversations between other men, including sons, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and more.

In this inaugural episode, we both reflect on the fathers in our lives and set the stage for more heartfelt and important father/son convo's to come.

PS: Damn the torpedoes is an idiomatic expression that means to ignore the risks and proceed with a plan or action.

What’s on your mind? Reach out!

If you'd like to follow us, we'd welcome the company!

Website: meandhimpodcast.com
Facebook: Facebook
Instagram: https://www.instragram.com/meandhimpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MeandHimPodcast