Michael Hicks The Liv2thrive Podcast

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Yes me.... Michael Hicks can go 24 hours without food, however he’s not sure he’s ever gone 24 hours without complaining. In the Season 5 opener, he launches the 7-Day Complaint Fast: seven days with no complaining at home, and every slip swapped for a specific thank-you.

Michael gets honest about his own complaints: incompetence, bad sleep, and never having enough time. He shares, for the first time on the show, how his mom’s complaining in her final years kept him away, and what he wishes he’d heard underneath it. He also talks about the culture kids inherit at home and why some people radiate an energy that makes everyone want to be near them.

You’ll walk away with the 4 rules of the fast and three tools that work:

1. The 60-Second Swap: replace every complaint with a specific thank-you
2. Name it, frame it, ask for it: turn complaints into requests that fix the problem
3. Guard the gate: protect your sleep and reset in the driveway before you walk in the door

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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 holidays with his new wife and stepson. He’s been at the empty table and the full, complicated one. In this episode he names the grief men hide from, shows you how to make the days you have count, and draws on Joseph, the stepdad God chose for His Son, to show what quiet, faithful leadership looks like.

You’ll walk away with three things to do this week:

1. An Empty Day Plan: one person, one purpose, and one connection to your kid
2. A peace text to your co-parent that lowers the temperature before December
3. A new “us” tradition your kids get to vote on

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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 standing married to the love of my life, coaching over 100 people through Liv2Thrive, and living every day as a second chance.

In this episode, I count down from ten to one, with scripture and a challenge for each:

• Friends who stayed through thick and thin
• My health at 53
• Coaching pro women’s basketball and throwing out the first pitch at a Brewers game
• Building Liv2Thrive into its fourth year
• Surviving bankruptcy after fighting for my daughter
• Being exposed, and why it was mercy
• Forgiving someone who never apologized
• My daughter
• My wife, Amber
• The day God pulled me out of the water

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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 invisible in their own home.

Using a composite story from years of coaching, Michael explores the anger, grief and guilt that can hit when a loved one gets a hard diagnosis. He walks through Martha’s honest words to Jesus, Leah’s journey from longing to praise, Joseph’s “God meant it for good,” and Aaron and Hur holding up Moses’ tired arms.

You’ll walk away with:

• Permission to lament, and a simple 3-part way to pray it
• The freedom of letting God keep the ledger you’re tired of keeping
• How to offer grace and truth at the same time
• Practical ways to stop carrying it all alone

Men, stay to the end. Michael has a direct challenge for every husband: don’t wait for a diagnosis to see your wife.

If this episode speaks to you, share it with someone who’s carrying more than anyone knows.

Work with Michael: Apply Here by Michael B. Hicks - Pensight

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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 being a high-character one. Together we unpack what it means to be strong enough to be soft, why hard conversations build trust instead of breaking it, and the difference between loving your wife and making her feel chosen.

You'll also hear why real leadership in the home is never about control, why the pursuit should never end after the wedding, and how emotional safety may be the greatest gift a husband can give.

Whether you're newly married, decades in, or rebuilding after a hard season, this conversation will challenge you to step up as the CEO of your home, with humility, strength, and love.

Key takeaways:

• A great husband grows because he wants to, not because he's asked
• Vulnerability doesn't weaken leadership. It proves it.
• Protection is emotional, financial, spiritual, and relational
• Lead through example, not control
• Keep dating your wife
• Love her people, not just her
• Make it safe for her to tell the whole truth
• Love the ordinary life, not just the big moments

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💬 Share this episode with a man who's ready to lead well, or with the couple who needs to hear it together.

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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 small moments of connection that get missed. You'll leave with three moves you can start this week to turn back toward your wife before the silence becomes permanent. Want help doing this with someone in your corner? Book a call: Talk with Michael B. Hicks on Pensight

 Identity. Purpose. Restoration. Keywords: silent divorce, roommate marriage, Gottman, marriage coaching for men, emotional intimacy, Christian men, CEO of the Home 

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"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 down the science behind what actually works when your kid says "I can't" — plus the alarm clock story that taught us both a lesson in growth. New episodes of The Liv2Thrive Podcast drop every Wednesday. This one's for every dad and mom trying to lead their home with more intention — Identity. Purpose. Restoration.

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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 failing even while trying your hardest — this one's for you.

Identity. Purpose. Restoration.

Keywords: hope, direction, fatherhood, purpose, men's coaching, resilience, parenting, identity, faith

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 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't put words to it. In this episode I break down: → Why "doing harder" almost always fails long-term → The exhausted-wife pattern nobody talks about — she's not asking for more, she's asking to stop managing you → Why most men were trained for task work, never identity work → Two moves you can make this week to start becoming instead of performing If you've been doing all the "right things" and still feel the distance in your marriage — this episode is going to name exactly why. This isn't about being a better husband. It's about becoming a different man. 🎙️ Subscribe for weekly conversations on identity, purpose, and restoration. 

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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 behind. Just the 10 actual moments that built the man in front of you right now.

The near-death experience that changed how I see everything.
 The affair I don't usually talk about.
 The daughter who showed me what I actually needed to fix.
 The day I finally stopped being the center of my own life.

This is the most honest 45 minutes I've ever put my name on.

If you're a man who feels like you're failing at home more than you're winning — start here. Link in bio 🎙️

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