Living an Audacious Life with the REBUILD Strategy feat. Audley Stephenson

Takeaways

• Rebuilding starts with self-awareness: reflection and evaluation help you understand what brought you here and what needs to change.
• Belief fuels movement: confidence isn’t optional when you’re starting over—it’s the engine that helps you keep going.
• Audacity is already in you: you don’t need permission to take a small courageous step—practice builds momentum.

In this episode of The Learning Love Podcast, Dr. Mark A. Hicks talks with Audley Stephenson (host of The Audacious Living Podcast) about how to rebuild your life when hardship hits—whether it’s trauma, career loss, divorce, depression, or a season of starting over. Audley shares his personal journey from basketball media and leadership to a pandemic-triggered loss of identity—and how he rebuilt by pivoting back to purpose-driven podcasting. Together, they unpack Audley’s REBUILD Strategy and the truth that audacity and love are capacities we already have, but must learn to practice.

Key Topics Covered:

• Why life rarely turns out exactly as planned—and why rebuilding is part of the human experience
• Audley’s pivot from basketball commissioner to purpose-driven creator after the pandemic
• The REBUILD Strategy: Reflect, Evaluate, Believe, Understand, Innovate, Learn, Develop
• Why people try to skip reflection—and how self-awareness supports real change
• Audacity myths (it’s not just for extroverts or “big” risks) and how small steps build courage
• Hills and valleys: how to experience hardship without making it your home

Dr. Mark A. Hicks, author of the book 'Learning Love,' provides tangible, real-life insights on how to build healthy, happy, thriving relationships, even if you come from a dysfunctional family background, have been through a divorce, or struggled with relationships in the past. Love isn't about fate. Love is a skill set, and this is the place to learn that skill set as we spend some time learning love.

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