Dr. Michael J’s books are organized into three lanes: longevity and performance strategy, adult life-system books, and children’s stories designed to build identity, connection, and structured learning.
The Core Framework
Bring It In
A structured system for managing energy, performance, recovery, and longevity as assets.
Author Series
Forever My Daddy: Denied
Divorce and toxic relationships are among the most chronic, longevity-damaging stressors a person can face. This book gives parents a structured path through separation that protects the parent-child bond and prioritizes healthy co-parenting — reducing the long-term physiological cost of conflict.
Don’t Get Screwed!
High-value individuals — doctors, executives, professional athletes — have the most to lose, financially and emotionally, when a marriage ends. Divorce litigation is one of the most prolonged, high-stakes stressors a person can face, and the wrong precautions can cost you for years. This book applies the same precautionary, structured thinking behind The Standard to protecting your financial and emotional capital before and during divorce — because chronic legal and financial stress is just as corrosive to longevity as an unmanaged biomarker.
Children’s Series
Stories that build identity through structure, connection, and experience.
A Two-Level Learning System: Same Story. Different Depth.
Each story in the Finley Miles Darby series evolves with the child. The Discover version introduces foundational concepts through simple, visually engaging storytelling and parent-child interaction. The Explore version develops those same themes with deeper context, advanced vocabulary, independent thinking, and behavioral reinforcement, allowing children to revisit familiar stories at different depths as they grow.
Discover Series
Early-stage engagement, approximately ages 3–6. These books introduce foundational concepts through simple, visually engaging storytelling and parent-child interaction.
Explore Series
Expanded understanding, approximately ages 6–10. These books revisit the same stories with deeper context, independent thinking, and behavioral reinforcement.
The Finley Miles Darby Series
Touchless Chopsticks — Discover
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In this story, Finley's father teaches him to use chopsticks during their time together — one small, specific moment from a series built entirely around a father and son staying close after divorce. It's a different note than the Bisons adventure: not exploration, but a father passing down a skill, the kind of intentional one-on-one time that protects a child's sense of connection during family change.
Finley Miles Darby and Touchless Chopsticks
Explore Series (Ages 6–10)
In this story, Finley's father teaches him to use chopsticks during their time together — one small, specific moment from a series built entirely around a father and son staying close after divorce. It's a different note than the Bisons adventure: not exploration, but a father passing down a skill, the kind of intentional one-on-one time that protects a child's sense of connection during family change.
Finley Miles Darby Meets the Bisons at Yellowstone
Explore Series (Ages 6–10)
Where Forever My Daddy explores the emotional cost of family conflict, the Finley Miles Darby Explore Series models its positive alternative: consistent, meaningful parent-child time built around shared discovery and adventure. These experiences strengthen connection, support a child’s sense of security, and help protect the long-term health of the family system.
Finley Miles Darby Discovers the Bison at Yellowstone: A Story About Adventure, Learning, and Time with Dad
Discover Series (Ages 4-6)
Where Forever My Daddy addresses the cost of family conflict, this series models its opposite: consistent, positive parent-child time built around shared discovery and adventure. That kind of secure, low-conflict family time is itself protective — for a child's development and for the long-term health of the family system.
Language Editions
Translated editions for bilingual learning and multicultural exposure.
Touchless Chopsticks — Chinese Edition
“芬利·迈尔斯·达尔比” 童书系列之 《不沾桌筷子》: Finley Miles Darby and Touchless Chopsticks (Chinese Edition) (Forever My Daddy Book Series) (Traditional Chinese Edition)
Introduce bilingual reading and multicultural exposure with the Chinese translation of Finley Miles Darby's chopsticks adventure.
Touchless Chopsticks — Spanish Edition
Finley Miles Darby y los palillos sin contacto: Finley Miles Darby and Touchless Chopsticks (Spanish Edition) (Forever My Daddy Book Series)
Introduce bilingual reading and multicultural exposure with the Spanish translation of Finley Miles Darby's chopsticks adventure.
Coloring & Activity Books
Interactive books designed to reinforce story themes through creative play, visual memory, and fine motor development.
Touchless Chopsticks Coloring Book
An interactive coloring book designed to reinforce the stories and lessons of Finley Miles Darby through creative play.
Meet the Bisons Coloring Book
An interactive coloring book designed to reinforce the stories and lessons of Finley Miles Darby Meets the Bisons at Yellowstone through creative play.