An Enduring Story is a guided life story interview — capturing the life of someone who matters to you, in their own voice, before that voice is gone.
One generation built it. Another will inherit it. But the story that connects them is disappearing.
Most next-generation family members know the shape of what was built. Very few know the interior of it — the fear that preceded the courage, the sacrifice that preceded the success, the founding story that only means something because of everything that followed.
A guided conversation, warm and unhurried, designed to follow threads rather than check boxes. No script, no agenda — just the patience and curiosity to draw out the stories that matter. Wandering off-topic is encouraged. Some of the best stories begin with a tangent.
Their voice, their cadence, their pauses — professionally edited into an audio recording that captures the person exactly as they were. Conducted via web interview or by phone, wherever they're most at ease. The version that will matter most in fifty years.
A crafted written account drawn from the interview — chapters and short stories, not transcripts. Shaped by the arc of a life rather than the order of questions. Written to be read, and reread, by the generations that follow.
Audio recording and written narrative delivered to a secure private link. Yours to download, share and keep forever. Also available as a private podcast feed — accessible in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app.
Not every founding story looks the same. It might be a migration, a survival, a life rebuilt from nothing — or the human story behind something that was built. Whatever it is, it belongs to everyone who comes after. And most of it has never been properly told.
Children who know where they came from know who they are.
Children who know their family stories — not just the facts, but the emotional interior of them, what their grandparents feared and hoped and chose — show measurably higher self-esteem, resilience, and sense of identity. The research is unambiguous. It isn't sentiment. It's the stories themselves that do the work. An Enduring Story doesn't just preserve a life. It builds the next generation.
After purchase, a short intake form asks about the person being interviewed — who they are, the stories you'd most like captured, anything sensitive to avoid, and whether there's an occasion in mind.
They receive a private link and can begin whenever the time is right. The conversation is led by an AI interviewer that's patient, unhurried, and designed to draw out the real story. No fixed script. They can stop and return at any time.
The raw conversation is carefully edited and shaped — high-quality audio produced to preserve the voice exactly as it was, and a written narrative crafted to be read and reread by the generations that follow.
Audio and written narrative delivered privately to a secure link. Yours to download, share and keep. Most heirlooms are ready within about a week of the final session. Tell us at the start if you're working to a deadline.
Listen, and choose the voice that feels right for you.
As host of The Business of Family podcast, Mike Boyd has conducted dozens of published interviews and hundreds more private, unpublished conversations with some of the world's most interesting people — founders and leaders of generational business families, and the advisors who've sat with them through their most defining moments.
The most valuable part of every conversation was never the structure — it was always the human story underneath it, the connective tissue between generations — common stories of triumph and tribulation that echo across time. The fear that preceded the courage. The sacrifice behind the success. The ordinary life lived extraordinarily.
And what he came to understand is that when the next generation knows those stories — truly knows them — something changes. They are more resilient, more grateful, more connected to who they are and where they came from. Enduring Stories is built on that understanding.
Everything Mike has learned from those conversations — what to ask, when to wait, when to follow a thread, when to leave something alone — is built into the AI interviewer at the heart of Enduring Stories. It is not a generic chatbot. It is the distilled craft of hundreds of hours of family interviews, made available so that every family can have one.
This is what an Enduring Story becomes: a private page holding the voice, the chapters, and the moments worth keeping, gathered in one place for the family who come after. Take a look around.
View the sample heirloom →"I gave this to my dad for his 75th, not really knowing what to expect. Hearing him tell stories I had never heard, in his own voice, completely undid me. My children will have this long after he is gone. It is the most meaningful gift our family has ever given."
— Rebecca Hollis · Melbourne
One conversation. A lifetime worth keeping.
30-day money-back guarantee. We're confident you'll love it.
All materials are private and belong entirely to your family. Your podcast feed is password-protected and will never be listed on any public directory. If you have a deadline — a birthday, a reunion, a family gathering — tell us when you begin and we'll do our best to work back from it.
You already know this story matters. The only question is whether it gets captured while there is still time to do it well.
Preserve this story