One-Thirty in the Morning
ADHD, artificial intelligence, and the quiet hours when everything in my head finally has somewhere to go.
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Older essays from the archive. Page 2 of 5.
She Left, and I Kept Following the Story
I started with a woman in a red dress and a feeling I could not explain. Following her through three images taught me something about how I create.
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The Game Doesn’t Go On If the Goalie Doesn’t Show Up
What becoming a beer league goalie at midlife taught me about pressure, blame, showing up, and letting go.
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Where All of This Was Leading
Two photographs of my family taken sixteen years apart, and everything that happened in between them that I could never have planned for.
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Everyone I Met Told Me About Someone They Loved
A week in Washington in rooms full of people who believe American healthcare can be worthy of the people it serves. Everyone there had a story.
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Women Should Not Have to Lose a Decade Before We Believe Them
I went to the conference as a health center CEO, and as a husband and father who watched two women I love lose years waiting to be believed.
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Something Is Shifting, and I Want to Help It Grow
People from very different parts of my life keep describing the same feeling. They share no politics or faith, and I want to help it grow anyway.
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Get Out of the Way
A man's case for women leading what comes next. It starts with my mom, a nurse whose work asked for her mind, her patience and her whole strength.
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The Human Voice in AI Work
By Mike Baker People ask about AI all the time now. They ask artists. They ask writers. They ask musicians. They ask podcasters.
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What Needs to Move for Women’s Leadership?
Women do not need permission to lead. Men need to stop standing in the doorway. On authority, credit, protection, belief, and real resources.
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Still Good: A Book About Leaving Mormonism and Staying Whole
Leaving a faith that shaped your life changes your language, your family, your memories. This is about leaving Mormonism and staying whole anyway.
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The Better Man Field Guide: A Book for Men Who Want to Grow
A lot of men mean well and still leave damage behind. This one is for the ones who want to know what to do when the pressure actually shows.
Read the full essay →Get Out of the Way: A Book for Men Who Say They Support Women
A lot of men say they support women. Fewer men notice how often they still take up the room. That is why I wrote Get Out of the Way .
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The Future Still Needs Us: AI and the Human Future
I am not anti-AI. I use it every day. This is about what kind of people we become while it is here, and the responsibility we still carry for that.
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Still Here, Still Trying: A Book for People Who Are Tired but Not
Not a book with a plan. A place to breathe for a minute, written for people carrying more than they say out loud and still showing up daily.
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Human First: A Book for Staying Connected in a Divided World
Human First sits at the center of my work, because everything I write circles back to one question: how do we stay human when the world pulls us apart?
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Man vs. Menopause: A Husband’s Guide to Perimenopause
A lot of men get blindsided by perimenopause because nobody handed them a map. This is the map, and a warning against taking any of it personally.
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Believe Her the First Time: A Book for Families Who Love Someone
Endometriosis is personal in my family. My wife and my daughter have both lived with it, and this book is for the families standing next to them.
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Beautifully Unfocused: A Book for People Whose Brains Never Stop
ADHD usually gets described by what it disrupts. I wrote this for the adults who spent years believing they were lazy, scattered, or simply too much.
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Still My Mom: A Book for Families Facing Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s changes more than memory. It changes the rhythm of a family — conversations, holidays, roles, and the way love has to keep adapting.
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I named this place after the days nobody circles, so I’m not going to pretend a newsletter is an event. It’s just the next ordinary Tuesday, sent to you instead of sitting here waiting to be found. Essays mostly, and now and then something from the books, music, podcast, art, or advocacy work.
I aim for Tuesdays, twice a month or so, and I don’t always make it. Your address stays private, and leaving is always easy.