Start With the Book That Meets You Where You Are
Human First
Believe Her the First Time
Believe Her the First Time
Human First is the center of the work. It brings together leadership, family, community, grief, faith, technology, creativity, ADHD, women’s health, and the choice to treat people like people when the world keeps pulling us apart.
Believe Her the First Time
Believe Her the First Time
Believe Her the First Time
Believe Her the First Time is for dads, husbands, partners, families, and leaders who want to support people with endometriosis better. Listen sooner. Believe faster. Learn what support actually looks like.
Man vs. Menopause
Believe Her the First Time
Man vs. Menopause
Man vs. Menopause is a practical book for men who love women and want to stop making perimenopause harder. It helps partners understand what is happening, stay less defensive, and support the person they love better.
More Human First Books
Still Here, Still Trying
Honest stories for people who are tired but not done. This book is about grief, family, work, loss, love, pressure, and the quiet courage of continuing when life feels heavier than expected.
Still My Mom
A personal book about Alzheimer’s, family, caregiving, memory, and the grief that begins before goodbye. It is written for people trying to love someone well as they change.
Beautifully Unfocused
Beautifully Unfocused
A book about ADHD, creativity, leadership, work, family, and living with a mind that rarely slows down. It is honest about the struggle and practical about building a life that works.
Leadership, Men, Faith, and the Future
The Better Man Field Guide
The Better Man Field Guide
A practical guide for men who want to grow, take responsibility, communicate better, and stop leaving the emotional work to everyone around them.
Get Out of the Way
The Better Man Field Guide
A man’s case for women leading what comes next. It examines power, credibility, protection, resources, and the ways men can stop standing in the doorway.
The Future Still Needs Us
The Future Still Needs Us
A Human First look at AI, healthcare, creativity, power, community, and the choices shaping the future. It asks how we use new tools without giving away what makes us human.
Memoir, Hope, and What Comes Next
Still Good
A memoir about leaving Mormonism without losing yourself. It holds gratitude, grief, family, faith transition, and the work of building a whole life after certainty changes.
The Optimist’s Way
A grounded approach to hope for people doing hard work. It explores realistic optimism, leadership, resilience, responsibility, and how hope becomes useful when it leads to action.
You Deserve More Than This
You Deserve More Than This
A book for women tired of making excuses for men who will not grow. It offers clear, caring guidance about standards, safety, accountability, and what healthy love should require.
Help the Next Reader Find the Right Book
Mike Baker writes Human First books about grief, family, ADHD, women’s health, endometriosis, perimenopause, faith, leadership, AI, relationships, creativity, loss, hope, and the pressure to keep going when life asks more from you than you thought you had.
These books come from real life. They come from being a husband, dad, healthcare CEO, creator, advocate, former Mormon, person with ADHD, and someone who believes people deserve truth, courage, and care when life gets heavy.
The books are connected, but you do not need to read them in order. Start with the one that feels closest to what you are carrying right now.
