Michael Hicks The Liv2thrive Podcast

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You've got a scorecard for your job. You've never had one for your home — until now.

In this episode, I'm handing you the CEO Audit: 7-pointed questions across Identity, Purpose, and Restoration that show you exactly where you're leading well, and exactly where you're just getting by.

→ Why provision without presence isn't leadership
→ The silent gap be...

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She took her ex to court after financial abuse — and won. That courtroom moment became the turning point where Anu Verma reclaimed her voice, her boundaries, and her sense of self-worth.

In this episode, Michael Hicks sits down with Anu Verma — author, speaker, trauma coach, entrepreneur, and life sciences commercial professional — to talk about what happens ...

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3 science-backed moves to break decision paralysis for good. (Decision Debt, Part 3 of 3) You need Episode 196 before this one — that's where the diagnostic tools live. This episode delivers the mechanism: why your brain actually freezes on big decisions, and three specific strategies to override it, rooted in psychology and built for how a man leads his home.

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The bill on decision debt always comes due — the only question is whether you pay it on your terms or life's terms. In this episode, Michael Hicks delivers the exact framework for breaking chronic indecision: three tests to expose real discernment vs. fear, and the four-step process CEOs — and men leading their homes — use to decide with confidence, without ...

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What if the very thing you've prayed for is the thing that's quietly destroying your life? So many men are chasing financial success while sacrificing their marriage, their faith, their health, and their peace — and calling it "winning."

In this episode, Michael Hicks unpacks the hidden cost of success without purpose, and why your family will remember your presence far ...

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You've been planning, preparing, and waiting for the "right time" — but the right time doesn't come from more planning, it comes from moving. In this final episode of "The Trap of the Perfect Plan," we tackle the moment overthinking has to end and action has to begin.

This is Part 3 of 3. If you're leading your home, your family, or your life and you're stuck in the plan...

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You've been calling it patience. However, what if staying stuck is the most expensive decision you've ever made? In Part 2 of this series, Michael Hicks gets specific about what the pause has already cost you — your health, your relationships, your self-trust, your purpose — and introduces David, a husband and father of two who kept finding a reason not to move un...

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Most men don't have an action problem. They have a fear problem. And fear is smart — it disguises itself as preparation, responsibility, and wisdom so you never even realize it's running the show.

In Part 1 of this three-part series, Michael Hicks breaks down why overthinking isn't a productivity issue — it's a fear issue. And until you call it what it is, it will ...

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Nothing changes until you protect your time, your energy, and your "no." In this episode, Michael Hicks breaks down why boundaries — not mindset, not motivation — are the real foundation under every goal his clients bring him. He shares the story of James, a client drowning in boundary struggles with his own brother, and the single question that gave James his pea...

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Episode 190: From Semi Paralysis to Understanding Purpose with Isam Qudeimat

What happens when a health crisis takes away your ability to move — but not your ability to lead?

Entrepreneur and business leader Isam Qudeimat joins us to share his journey through semi paralysis and the unexpected clarity it gave him about purpose, identity, and what really matters when everyt...

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In this episode of Liv2Thrive, Michael Hicks challenges the culture of performing summer — and invites faith-based leaders, couples, and women to do something far more powerful: decide with conviction how they actually want to live this season.

The truth is, everyone's summer looks different. A CEO trying to unplug from work mode. A wife who planned everyone else...

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Who told you that you weren't enough to lead your family?

Because I promise you — it wasn't God.

In this powerful episode of the Liv2Thrive Podcast, Michael Hicks goes deep on one of the most overlooked root causes keeping men stuck, disengaged, and disconnected from their God-given role as the leader of their household.

Somewhere along the way, a l...

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Most men don't know it has a name. They just know something is off.

You blow up faster than you should. You shut down when people get close. You're working harder than ever but feel emptier than ever. You swore you'd never be your father — and yet some days you hear his voice coming out of your mouth.

That's the Father Wound. And if nobody told you yet: it...

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What happens when you finally let go? Michael Hicks found out — at the bottom.

In this raw, unfiltered episode, Michael takes you inside the two moments that nearly ended his life and the one truth that saved it. This is EP. 186 of the Liv2Thrive Podcast — and it might be the most important episode Michael has ever recorded.

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What if quitting smoking had nothing to do with willpower — and everything to do with your heart?

In this powerful episode of the Liv2Thrive Podcast, host Michael Hicks sits down with Jessi Hartnett, certified quit-smoking coach and founder of Honor Your Heart. Jessi has helped hundreds of smokers break free — not by white-knuckling through cravings, but by...

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In this episode of Michael Hicks: The Liv2Thrive Podcast, Michael sits down with Author Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards for a raw and transformational conversation about toxic relationships, emotional truth, addiction, faith, mental health, and the story behind his book, The Venus Fly Trap.

Dr. Stephen opens up about the setback, the mirror moment, and the deeper lessons that came fr...

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In this powerful and conversational Episode 183 of the Michael Hicks Liv2Thrive Podcast, Michael dives into one of the most important relationship conversations people often miss: the green flags that matter in every stage of love. From dating, to courting, to becoming exclusive, to engagement, and finally to marriage, this episode unpacks what healthy, faith-centered, emotio...

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Your brain may be solving the problems you are too overwhelmed to face while you sleep. In this episode, Michael Hicks reveals how dreams, rest, and reflection can help you process stress, gain clarity, and unlock emotional breakthrough.

Your brain may be solving problems while you dream. In this episode, Michael Hicks explores how sleep, dreams, stress, emotional proc...

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What happens after you realize you’re not broken… you’re disconnected?

In Part 2 of this powerful series, Michael Hicks takes you beyond awareness and into real transformation. This is where most men get stuck. They see the problem, they feel convicted, but they never build the structure to actually change.

This episode is about reconnection, ...