The first grandfather on the Dad Dialogue Podcast! Coming on to the show is Darcy McAlister. Darcy is from Canada and has many different roles and responsibilities within different spaces, but he sums it up by saying he works alongside his wife, Leanne, to help build leaders. They do these through numerous different channels and he speaks about some of that during our conversation. Darcy has three children and five grandchildren.

Darcy opens up and shares numerous stories about he has led his family in the best way he could. Listen now to hear how Darcy has shown intentionality as a husband, father and grandfather and continues to strive to be the best he can be.

You can hear more from Darcy at the company he and Leanne run called Zoe Network.

On the fourth instalment of the Dad Dialogue Podcast, host Laurence is joined by Joe. Originally from America, Joe moved to the Netherlands with his wife so she could continue her studies. Listen to the episode to learn what lead them to stay and eventually have kids here too. Joe shares about his experiences of being a foreigner in a unfamiliar system and trying his best to be prepared for the arrival of his kids. He also talks about the moment where he realised he could do more for his family, deciding to make a commitment which lead to the organic formation and growth of a city wide dad group which now contains more than 300 members.

In this third episode of the Dad Dialogue podcast, Laurence is joined by his friend Matt from Hong Kong. Matt is the dad to Nora who at the time of recording was 9 months old. Matt owns and runs a company which obviously brings a lot of challenges, we talk about how he manages his workload now he is a dad in addition to the other roles he has. In the conversation, Matt opens up about the struggles he and his wife went through trying to start a family

Joining Laurence for the second episode of the Dad Dialogue Podcast is Mark from South Africa. Mark has two kids, a girl - Taylor 9 and a boy - Aron 1, Mark moved to The Netherlands at a similar time as Laurence so there is a lot of discussion around that recent move, the decision process that went into it, the struggles it has brought as well as the hope for the future benefits. There is also some conversation around faith playing an important role in the parenting journey as well as unpacking the differences between fathering a girl and a boy.

On the very first episode of the Dad Dialogue podcast, host Laurence is joined by long-time friend, Matt. Matt is a dad to 4 year old Levi and is a self-employed musician and designer. In this conversation, we talk about Matt's journey to self-employment, through the challenge of the Covid pandemic as well as factoring in the birth of Levi along the way.

Welcome to the Dad Dialogue podcast! In this episode, get to know a little bit about the host, Laurence Chinery, hear the story behind the formation of this podcast and hear a few clips from the first few episodes.