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# 🎙 Still Here, Still Trying — A Spoken Word Special
- URL: https://www.mikebakerhq.com/podcast/still-here-still-trying-a-spoken-word-special/
- Published: 2025-08-14T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T09:57:03.000Z
- Description: 🎙 Still Here, Still Trying — A Spoken Word Special This is different. No guest.
- Author: Mike Baker
- Tags: Podcast

Season 1 · August 14, 2025 · 2 min

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## Show notes

🎙 Still Here, Still Trying — A Spoken Word Special

This is different.

No guest. No interview. No backstory.

Just a spotlight, a quiet room, and words I’ve carried for years.

Still Here, Still Trying is a spoken word piece for anyone who has ever smiled and said, “I’m fine” when you weren’t.

For the leaders, the parents, the friends, the ones who keep showing up even when it’s heavy.

It’s about what I’ve learned—

that strength isn’t silence.

And the people who love you can carry more than you think.

When the weight is too much, find arms that will hold it with you.

And when you can — be those arms.

Listen. Feel it. Share it with someone who needs it.

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Still here. Still trying.

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