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# Episode 30: Beautifully Unfocused
- URL: https://www.mikebakerhq.com/podcast/beautifully-unfocused-episode/
- Published: 2025-12-30T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T09:59:44.000Z
- Description: Beautifully Unfocused This episode moves differently. Mike Baker walks through his new album Beautifully Unfocused one song at a time, using music to explain what living with ADHD actually feels like from the inside.
- Author: Mike Baker
- Tags: Podcast

Season 1 · Episode 30 · December 30, 2025 · 51 min

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## Show notes

Beautifully Unfocused

This episode moves differently.

Mike Baker walks through his new album Beautifully Unfocused one song at a time, using music to explain what living with ADHD actually feels like from the inside. Not a release announcement. Not a lesson. Context.

You’ll hear where each song came from. The overload. The hyperfocus. The crashes. The caffeine. The guilt of disappearing. The pride of building something anyway. The quiet moments no one sees. The tools that help. The parts that still don’t.

Some songs swear. Some moments hit hard. Some will feel uncomfortably familiar.

This episode is for people who live inside loud, fast minds. For partners, family, and coworkers who want to understand better. For creatives who struggle with focus but carry depth. For anyone tired of being told to “try harder.”

Headphones help. Let it run all the way through.

Beautifully unfocused. If you stayed this long, you get it.

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