MikeBakerHQ is the creative home of Mike Baker, a North Idaho author, speaker, podcast host, songwriter, AI-assisted artist, EndoDad advocate, and CEO of Heritage Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
That is the short answer.
The longer answer is harder to fit into one title, because the work is connected across a lot of places: community healthcare, Human First books, Mike Baker Music, the Still Here Still Trying podcast, Infinite Canvas AI, women’s health advocacy, endometriosis awareness, leadership, faith, grief, ADHD, and the creative work of trying to stay human through real life.
MikeBakerHQ exists because all of that work belongs together.
Mike Baker and Heritage Health
Mike Baker serves as CEO of Heritage Health, a community health organization based in North Idaho. His work in healthcare has centered on access, trust, behavioral health, rural communities, and the belief that people deserve care close to home.
That healthcare work shapes everything else he creates.
It shows up in his writing about leadership. It shows up in his speaking. It shows up in his advocacy for women’s health and endometriosis. It shows up in the way he talks about AI, creativity, and the future of care.
Mike does not come to these topics from a distance. He writes and speaks from the middle of real work: staff trying to serve patients, families trying to get answers, leaders making hard decisions, communities carrying pressure, and people doing their best with more weight than most others see.
Mike Baker as an Author
Mike Baker writes the Human First books, a connected body of work about grief, family, ADHD, women’s health, endometriosis, perimenopause, faith, leadership, AI, relationships, and staying connected through real life.
The books are not all about one subject, but they come from the same center.
They ask what it means to believe people sooner. They ask how men grow up and show up better. They ask how families carry grief. They ask what happens when faith changes. They ask what AI should never take from us. They ask how leaders keep people at the center when pressure rises.
The Human First books are written for people who are tired of easy answers. They are for people trying to care better, lead better, love better, support the people in front of them, and stay honest without becoming numb.
Human First Books
The Human First books include work on endometriosis, menopause, ADHD, grief, faith transition, leadership, men, women’s health, AI, family, and hope.
Some readers start with Human First because it gives the clearest view of the whole idea. Others start with Believe Her the First Time because they love someone living with endometriosis and want to support them better. Some find Still Here, Still Trying when they are tired but not done. Others find The Future Still Needs Us because they are trying to understand AI without losing the human voice.
The books are connected, but they do not need to be read in order.
Start where your life is loudest.
EndoDad and Endometriosis Advocacy
Mike is also the creator behind EndoDad, advocacy work focused on endometriosis, women’s health, and the families who love people living with chronic pain.
This work is personal. Mike’s wife and daughter have both lived with endometriosis. That changed how he sees the healthcare system, how he listens to women, and how he talks to men about belief, support, and responsibility.
EndoDad is built around a simple idea: believe her the first time.
That idea shows up in art, books, essays, posts, and public conversations. It is not abstract advocacy. It is the work of helping partners, dads, families, leaders, and communities listen sooner, believe faster, and support people better.
Mike Baker Music
Mike Baker Music is where the stories turn into songs.
The music connects to the same Human First work found in the books and podcast. These are original songs about life, grief, hope, family, ADHD, faith, creativity, and the pressure of staying human through the noise.
Some stories become essays. Some become books. Some become songs.
MikeBakerHQ gives all of that work one place to live.
Still Here Still Trying Podcast
Still Here Still Trying is Mike Baker’s podcast about the real things people carry.
The podcast moves through grief, creativity, leadership, family, faith, ADHD, advocacy, art, music, and the moments that change how people see themselves. It is not built around perfect answers. It is built around honest conversations, lived experience, and the belief that many people are still here, still trying, and still worth hearing.
The podcast connects the personal and public sides of Mike’s work. It gives room for the stories behind the books, the music, the advocacy, and the bigger Human First idea.
Infinite Canvas AI
Infinite Canvas AI is Mike Baker’s AI-assisted art project.
The work explores women’s health, endometriosis advocacy, identity, grief, imagination, and the human voice inside new creative tools. Mike uses AI as part of the creative process, but not as a replacement for lived experience, judgment, responsibility, or voice.
That matters.
AI is changing how people write, design, record, publish, organize, and create. MikeBakerHQ takes those tools seriously, but the point is still human. The tools should help people say what matters more clearly. They should not erase the person behind the work.
That is why Mike’s creative disclosure is simple: the tools are new. The voice is still human.
Mike Baker as a Speaker
Mike Baker speaks on Human First leadership, healthcare, AI, women’s health advocacy, ADHD, grief, creativity, and community.
His talks draw from real work as CEO of Heritage Health, his writing through the Human First books, his EndoDad advocacy, his creative work through MikeBakerHQ, and his life as a husband, dad, creator, and community leader in North Idaho.
Mike’s speaking is built for teams carrying real responsibility: healthcare teams, nonprofit leaders, community organizations, boards, conferences, advocacy groups, and people trying to stay connected while doing hard work.
The message is practical and human. Slow down. Tell the truth. Make better decisions. Build trust. Stay connected when pressure rises. Keep people at the center.
Why MikeBakerHQ Exists
MikeBakerHQ brings all of this work together.
It is not only an author site. It is not only a music site. It is not only a podcast page, an art gallery, a speaking page, or an advocacy project.
It is the central home for Mike Baker’s Human First work.
Books. Music. Podcast. Art. Advocacy. Speaking. Essays. Healthcare leadership. Creative experiments. Real stories from North Idaho and beyond.
The work changes shape, but the center stays the same.
People matter. Stories matter. Belief matters. Care matters. The human voice matters.
That is MikeBakerHQ.