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In this episode of Monkey & Me, we go from childhood fears and unexplained experiences to anxiety, health, and the many versions of ourselves we become throughout life.

We revisit my childhood night terrors, although I’m still not entirely convinced they were just night terrors, including some very real feeling memories of clothes filling out and chasing me into my parents’ bedroom. Naturally, we end up talking about Ouija boards and the things we can’t explain.

We also explore how anxiety and our health can hold us back from pursuing our dreams, share some deeply traumatic for everyone except Dad childhood memories involving an impressive amount of sick, and ask a bigger question: Do we lose parts of ourselves as we grow, or do all our experiences merge together to create a new version of who we are?

As always, no scripts, no filters, just honest conversations, questionable memories, a little bit of the unexplained, and plenty of laughs along the way.

☕ Put the kettle on and join us.

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Episode 7

This week on Monkey & Me, there’s no particular topic… just a good old fashioned chat that somehow takes us everywhere.

Dad shares a strange little encounter with a stranger, we get deep into his love and knowledge of Land Rovers, and we chat about different types of people and why we should be able to accept that not everyone is the same as us. There’s also a little language lesson, including Sophie being called out for her pronunciation!

Dad then has a rant about the unnecessary anger that can come after car accidents, before taking us back to his days working as a gravedigger and sharing a few stories from the job. He also has his rant of the week about how Club biscuits seem to have shrunk... outrageous!

And finally, we get onto small talk…something Dad really isn’t a fan of. When people ask what he does for a living and he doesn’t think they genuinely need to know, he’ll sometimes make up the most bizarre jobs just for his own amusement.

No script, no particular plan… just Dad and daughter talking about absolutely everything and a bit of nothing.

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We were supposed to be continuing our conversation about the unexplained…

And we did. Sort of. 😂

In this episode, Dad and I find ourselves wandering down a few more mysterious rabbit holes, from Stonehenge to the fascinating power of trees and whether there really is something healing about being amongst them.

We briefly venture into the world of the Illuminati, before somehow ending up in much more personal territory, including Dad revealing that he started smoking surprisingly young… something that genuinely shocked me!

And then, because apparently no conversation between us is stays on topic for very long... we somehow end up discussing tequila, questionable decisions and (little warning) vomit. 🤢😂

So, no… this isn’t a perfectly structured exploration of the unexplained.

It’s two generations, one conversation, a lot of curiosity, a few rabbit holes and absolutely no idea where we’re going to end up next.

Grab a cup of tea and come and get curious with us. ☕️🎙️

Because honestly… one thing really does lead to another.

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