Spring is springing. I love seasonal changes, for a slew of reasons. One is that, generally, I like change. Another is that a change of season feels like a reminder from nature that RESETS are part of life. In New England, early March snow, cold, and short days of sunlight give way to spring rain, warmth, strong sun, and long days of sunlight. Reset!
It’s worth noting here that these resets aren’t like a reset button, per se. They’re more of a gradual yet steady process. Possibly with some fits and starts. For instance, the seasonal change from winter to spring includes days where it starts to warm up and then we get a snow squall, which then melts overnight and then next day it’s 60 degrees. The day after that I wake to a thin layer of ice on the birdbath. Yet the seasonal trajectory is moving towards full-blown spring with flowers and bird song and the storing of winter jackets.
Indeed, the reset is what I’ve been thinking about in recent weeks, on many fronts.
Physical Reset
Spring is also a natural time for our sweet bod to reset. And sure enough, registrations for a “solo” April/May Body Sass® Cleanse are starting to roll in. My own personal 21-day cleanse reset will be starting shortly, too; I’m so ready, even though I just did one in January.
What I’ve found—and thousands of other Empowered Well-being community members have found, as well—is that a 21-day reset is a great way to start the New Year, or to transition into spring or fall…YES. Reducing toxic burden, deeply nourishing your body, balancing hormones, de-fogging your brain, and shedding some body fat FEELS GREAT. AND, these repeated, intentional physical resets have a cumulative effect on our health and weight, over the long haul. It’s truly a gift that keeps on giving!
If you’re ready for a spring reset, pop over HERE and get yourself registered for a fabulous health reset.
Resets Galore
Beyond seasons and bodies, many other things undergo resets too. We might steward a reset on our spending habits and/or finances. Sometimes we conduct a reset on our wardrobe, the layout of a living area, or another aspect of self-care beyond a cleanse. Maybe we decide that THIS is the time to cultivate a committed exercise habit, or to finally get adequate daily hydration.
Relationships can also undergo resets, either organically or on purpose…or sometimes the first leads to the second. You might decide you need a reset in your career or in your family dynamic. The truth? As much as humans tend to like things to stay the same, everything is always in flux. Resets are part-and-parcel to the human experience. And, although they sometimes feel hard or uncomfortable or annoying, once we get through the transition, we often realize that the discomfort was worth it.
Mental Reset
Another reset area is changing the way we use our mind, with intention. In my coaching work with clients, this is part of developing Mind Savvy®. Mind Savvy® is intentional stewardship of the mind to create a better life experience…less stress, sharper mind, less drama, better relationships, more inner peace, and on.
What might a mental reset look like?
Let’s say that Marsha tends to focus on what went wrong (like many of us!), in any given situation. Today, she gets up early enough to meditate and go for a short walk, has a productive and satisfying day at work aside from one frustrating meeting, eats a Food Sass® lunch, has an ultra-long commute home because of a traffic jam, and finally lands home to her partner making dinner (yay!) while her school-aged kids are deep into their homework.
At dinner, all Marsha talks about is her lousy commute and all the idiot moves that other drivers made.
While we can argue that her mind does this due to negativity bias, we can also argue that Marsha can train herself to become a more active steward of her mind. Negativity bias is ancient wiring in our brain that focuses more on negative things than positive things. It’s postulated that this bias evolved as a helpful survival mechanism during our hunter-gatherer phase. Less helpful in 2025.
Back to Marsha, instead of creating a Debbie Downer dinner atmosphere over something as routine as city traffic, she can intentionally spend some time talking about some of the great stuff from her Tuesday and ask others about their day.
To be clear, I’m not promoting “toxic positivity” here. Marsha might certainly spend a few minutes sharing her frustrations about her commute and/or her frustrating meeting; it’s a gift to have a safe place to vent and feel heard! Yet by belaboring it, not only might she put a damper on what might otherwise be a nice family connection time, but SHE’s continually reliving what felt lousy about her day. Which isn’t good for Marsha, family dinner-ruining aside. If we tell ourselves that our life is hard, we believe it.
Be kind and patient with yourself!
There are endless mental habits that are worth resetting. The human mind-brain is a complicated and busy place! This kind of reset takes time, in the same way that seasonal changes take time. And sometimes we forget or get frustrated with the process. Or we’re cruising along with our mental reset and—out of the blue—that old habit rears its head, gnashing its teeth. That’s all part of a reset!
In a way, these seeming setbacks can help us recommit to our journey. Very few things are continually “up and to the right,” and the more often Marsha remembers to shift her focus, the more often she’s re-wiring the way her mind-brain works.
How about you? Any resets on your horizon?
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