Michael Hicks The Liv2thrive Podcast

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. Thanksgiving morning, the house is quiet, and your child’s chair is empty because it’s not your year. This episode is a holiday survival plan for divorced dads, co-parents, and stepdads walking into their first season as a blended family. Michael Hicks fought through bankruptcy to stay in his daughter’s life, and this year he faces his first...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. I went into the water to save a drowning boy, and only one of us came out alive. This is my testimony: ten things Jesus did for a man who didn’t deserve any of them. I’ve been broken and bankrupt from fighting for my daughter. I was exposed as a womanizer. I was falsely accused of something that nearly took everything. And somehow, I’m still...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. You’ve held your family together for years, mostly on your own. Now the person who never showed up for you needs you to show up for him, and the thought “this isn’t fair” won’t leave you alone. In this episode, Michael Hicks opens Scripture to show why God welcomes that honest feeling. He also shares four truths for the caregiver who feels i...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. What makes a great husband? Not according to another man, but according to a wife. In this episode of the Liv2Thrive Podcast, Michael Hicks's wife shares the 10 things that make her feel safe, chosen, understood, and deeply loved by a man who is still growing himself. This isn't about being the perfect husband. It's about bein...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. You're still married. Yet you checked out years ago. The silent divorce is the one that never gets filed: same house, same bed, two separate lives. In this episode I use Gottman Institute research to explain why people stay in unhappy marriages, and the three patterns that quietly pull couples apart, including the Four Horsemen and the...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. "Dad, I've been praying about this. It hasn't changed." Four words from my 11-year-old that left me speechless — and the research-backed way I found my way through it. In Episode 203 of The Liv2Thrive Podcast, I get honest about the moment I didn't know what to say to my daughter about unanswered prayer, then break d...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. Your kids don't need a perfect dad. They need a regulated one. In this episode, I break down the 11-Step Hope Framework and tackle the three problems I hear from men more than any others: no sense of direction, struggling to show up as the parent they want to be, and losing touch with purpose. If you feel stuck or like you're faili...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review.  Your wife doesn't need a better husband. She needs a different man. Read that again. Here are the Facts:  there's a difference between performing better husband behaviors — the date nights, the chores, the compliments — and actually becoming someone new at the identity level. And she can feel the difference even when she can'...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. I almost died. I cheated. I got divorced. I got baptized as an adult in the wreckage of all of it. For 200 episodes I've been telling you to lead your home, get aligned, become the CEO of your own life — however I've never actually walked you through how I got here. So this time, Amber sat me down and asked. No script I could hide...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 a...

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Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 wit...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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, an...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 kep...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 wif...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 Wo...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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. WHAT YOU'LL...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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...

Thank you for being a listener. Kindly give us a review. 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 momen...