Early memories in social anxiety: A meaningful and enduring collaboration with my Dad

•Describe a recent collaboration with my father, which was exciting and productive.•Outline the unique insights achieved about autobiographical memory in social anxiety.•Describe how working together enhanced our personal relationship as well as my career.•Conclude that meaningful collaboration represents an essential part of my father's legacy.

In this short paper in honour of my father's Festschrift, I describe a recent collaboration with him in which we joined forces to investigate the nature of autobiographical images and memories in social anxiety. I outline our work together and the unique insights that were gleaned from our interactive contributions. Then, I reflect on how this collaboration has helped to lay the foundation for subsequent work in my lab and illuminate new directions in my program of research, enhance my career as a scientist-practitioner, and ultimately, enrich both my personal and professional identities. In so doing, I aim to highlight one of the most important and enduring aspects of my father's legacy: the profound positive impact he has on the people with whom he has worked.