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Welcome to Michael Hicks: The Liv2Thrive Podcast. In this powerful episode, Faith, Fitness, and Follow-Through, Michael Hicks connects the dots between spiritual growth, physical training, and the identity work required to stay consistent when life gets loud.

If you’ve been stuck in the cycle of starting strong and falling off, this episode will challenge you with a Liv2Thrive truth: you don’t rise to your goals, you fall to your identity. We talk about why vague goal-setting is often self-deception, how discipline is built through standards (not moods), and why fitness can become a form of stewardship, resilience, and worship.

Michael also breaks down a trauma-informed insight many high achievers miss: for some people, constructive criticism doesn’t feel like information, it feels like danger. That sensitivity can sabotage confidence, relationships, and follow-through unless you build nervous-system capacity and learn to separate feedback from identity.

🔥 In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why faith without follow-through becomes fantasy (and how to shift)
• How fitness builds more than a body, it builds self-trust and consistency
• The real reason you keep negotiating with yourself and losing momentum
• How to handle constructive criticism without spiraling into shame
• Why your WHY matters (identity-driven purpose) and what happens when it’s missing
• Liv2Thrive “Order of Operations”: Identity → Environment → Schedule → Execution

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