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Welcome back to Michael Hicks: The Liv2Thrive Podcast. In this episode, Stop Negotiating With Yourself: The Hidden Habit That Kills Consistency, Michael Hicks breaks down the real reason most people feel “undisciplined” and keep starting over.

The problem usually isn’t motivation. It’s daily negotiation: the quiet bargaining that turns one skipped habit into a lost week, a lost month, and eventually a stuck identity. Michael shares Liv2Thrive identity coaching strategies to end the debate with comfort, build standards over moods, and create follow-through that survives real life.

You’ll also hear practical insights re-framed through the Liv2Thrive system from proven habit and performance research (identity-based habits, environment design, minimum standards on hard weeks, and weekly review). If you’ve been struggling with discipline, consistency, procrastination, or “all-or-nothing” thinking, this episode is your reset.

🔥 In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why “undisciplined” is often a lie you’ve accepted

How daily negotiation silently destroys consistency

The difference between moods and standards

How to build identity-based habits that actually stick

How to remove “leaky habits” that drain your energy

Why minimum standards on hard weeks protect momentum

The Liv2Thrive framework to stop starting over

✅ Quote to remember:
“If you negotiate daily, you lose weekly.”
“Your future is losing to your comfort’s negotiation skills.”

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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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In this episode of Michael Hicks: The Liv2Thrive Podcast, Michael breaks down the real truth about triggers, why they feel so powerful, and how they quietly hijack your relationships, confidence, discipline, and peace. This isn’t “soft talk” and it’s not blame. It’s the Liv2Thrive reframe: your trigger is a signal, not a sentence.

You’ll learn why being “triggered” isn’t a personality trait, how stress and unresolved identity wounds amplify your reactions, and why the goal isn’t perfect emotional control. It’s capacity: the ability to stay grounded, lead yourself, and choose truth over feelings when life pokes the bruise.

Michael also speaks directly to the “strong one who’s tired,” the leader who’s overwhelmed, and the person who keeps saying “I’m fine” while internally spiraling. If you’ve been stuck in cycles of overreacting, shutting down, people-pleasing, anger, anxiety, or emotional exhaustion, this episode will challenge you and give you clarity on what’s really happening beneath the surface.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

What triggers actually are (signal + story + identity pressure)

Why stress makes your fuse shorter and your reactions louder

How unhealed pain turns small moments into big explosions

The difference between valid feelings and reliable truth

Why isolation, guilt, and shame keep triggers in charge

The Liv2Thrive mindset shift that helps you respond instead of reacting

If this episode hits home, share it with someone who’s been feeling reactive, stretched thin, or disconnected from who they really are.

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How to activate and re-brand your high-achieving self through the synthesis of mind, body and soul. Living to thrive versus living to survive by becoming 1% better daily over the course of 12-weeks. Do you know your purpose?
Schedule a free call with coach Michael
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