Sitting With is a short weekly reflection on business, fatherhood, health, and life.
Nothing polished, no script. Nothing forced.
Just thoughts from the week.
My 10-Year-Old Texted Me at 5AM... Here's Why It Worried Me
My 10-year-old messaged me at 5am this week.
The message itself wasn't the issue. The fact she was awake and had easy access to her phone was.
It got me thinking about smartphones, social media, the government's proposed ban for under-16s, and whether legislation can ever replace parenting.
In this episode I share my thoughts on setting boundaries, why I'm becoming more cautious around social media, and why I believe our job as parents isn't to be our children's friends—it's to prepare them for life.
I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.
What age do you think children should have a smartphone?
And what age should they be allowed social media?
12 Jul 2026
I Thought I’d Failed. Then I Built Something That Actually Mattered.
One year ago, I stopped posting on social media every single day.
At the time, it felt like a failure. The idea behind it had not really worked, there was no real traction, and looking back, it was not scalable or something that would have truly fulfilled me.
But what I realise now is that I still needed something.
Something to build. Something to challenge me. Something I could obsess over.
That became Renew.
A year later, Renew has 14 young people on roll, is close to capacity, is expanding into new pathways including outdoor education and mechanics, and is preparing to double capacity later this year.
This episode is about failure, ambition, risk, family, fulfilment and what can happen when you stop chasing the wrong thing and finally find something worth building.
5 Jul 2026
Being There Isn’t the Same as Being Present
My youngest daughter turned 10 this week, and it made me think about trade-offs.
I love being a dad. I also love building businesses, training, travelling and trying to create a full life. But there is always a cost to having lots of plates spinning.
This week, I missed one of my daughter’s performances because I was too late getting a ticket. It was the first time I can remember missing something like that, and it really bothered me.
It made me question the difference between physically being there and being properly present.
In this episode, I talk about ambition, guilt, co-parenting, living between two places, switching off, putting phones away and trying to make sure that business success does not come at the expense of the relationships it is meant to support.
I do not want less ambition. I just want to be better at being fully where I am.
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