Hypothetical Kid Him - What do your parents work as? Me - my dad has his own business and my mum is a nurse. I got my interest in biology from her and my template for how to conduct a relationship from him. It's not a great template to be honest.

The Hypothetical Kid Him - were your parents pushy when you were a child? Me - not paticularly, both of them wanted the best for me and always supported my decisions. But looking back I suppose I worked hard to avoid ruffling their feathers.

The Hypothetical Kid Him - I like the pizza detail! So it all sounds good, where has it gone wrong? Me - well, all over the shop, to use a phrase from my childhood. I've always been ambitious in work and #life but that has evaded me recently and it's pulling me down.

The Hypothetical Kid Him - so, leaving the hypothetical kid out of it for a minute, I need to get a sense of where your #life was going before we can understand where and why it has stalled. Me - yeah, well I'm a 32 year old, married, healthy, well educated biochemist with a love for sports, the outdoors and.......pizza, I suppose!

The Hypothetical Kid Him - okay, let's go back to basics, we're getting sidetracked. Why are you here? Me - i'm here to understand why my #life has stalled. I need to figure out how to move on.