HeyJaredStill Here, Still Trying
Still Here, Still Trying is a podcast about creativity, leadership, mental health, faith, and the everyday work of staying human.
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Wherever You Go, There You Are (opens the original)
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Season 2, Episode 17: Wherever You Go, There You Are How much of what you call “who I am” is still open to change? A good friend used to say, “Wherever you go, there you are,” when we were in high school. Back then, it was something funny we said. Thirty-plus years later, I’m fifty, raising a family, leading an organization, and wondering how many decisions I’m still making based on an old idea of myself. “That’s how I am” often sounds like an honest explanation. Sometimes it also ends a convers
The Team in Front of You: What Hockey Taught Me About Trust, Leadership, and Performance (opens the original)
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The Team in Front of You: What Hockey Taught Me About Trust, Leadership, and Performance Four beer-league hockey games. One very average goalie. Four completely different results. In one game, I only let in two goals. In the others… several more. My skill did not suddenly change, and neither did my effort. What changed was the team in front of me. When teammates communicated, covered the extra player, cleared rebounds, and trusted one another to do their jobs, I could finally focus on mine. The
We Got Lucky. That Is the Problem: Endometriosis, Diagnosis Delays, and Advocacy (opens the original)
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Two years. That was the “good” outcome. People with endometriosis commonly wait four to twelve years for a diagnosis. Our family received an answer in two—and somehow that made us lucky. That is completely unacceptable. This episode is not a takedown of doctors. Most healthcare providers I know have enormous hearts and entered this work for the right reasons. But good people still need better training, clearer information, and systems that make it easier to remain curious when the first answer d
The Work Should Lead Back to People (opens the original)
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The Work Should Lead Back to People MikeBakerHQ has changed, and this episode marks where the work is headed next. For the last few years, Mike Baker has explored artificial intelligence through art, music, writing, and a long list of creative experiments. Those tools helped him bring ideas to life that once would have stayed inside a notebook or in his head. They remain part of his creative process, while the website now places more of his real life, family, voice, and Human First purpose at th
What Is It Like to Live With You? Marriage, Follow-Through, and Being Easier to Love (opens the original)
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Good intentions matter, but the people closest to us experience our follow-through, attention, tone, and the work we leave behind. In this episode of Still Here, Still Trying, Mike begins with a very 2026 attempt to connect Google, Apple, Outlook, and an AI assistant named Mira to finally solve the family calendar. Somewhere between the daily brief and the birthday reminders, the technology led him to a harder question: What is it like to share a life with me? Mike talks honestly about ADHD, res
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