The Reset You Actually Need - Day 2. You Don't Need a New Life, You Need New Standards

Do You F*cking Mind?

Alexis Fernandez-Preiksa - Neuroscientist and Mindset Coach

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The Reset You Actually Need – Day 2

Feeling like you need to change everything to finally feel better?

In Day 2 of The Reset You Actually Need, we explore why most people don’t actually need a dramatic reinvention they need higher standards for what they allow, tolerate, and repeatedly recover from.

This episode breaks down:

Why dissatisfaction is often a standards issue, not a life problem
How low standards quietly drain energy, confidence

Why raising standards isn’t about being rigid or “too much”
How to upgrade your internal rules without changing your entire life

If you’ve been fantasising about starting over, quitting everything, or becoming someone else, this conversation will help you see what actually needs to change.

This is a grounded, psychology-led reset for people who want improvement without chaos.

This episode is part of a 10-day mini-series designed to help you start the year with clarity, calm confidence, and better self-leadership.

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1:15.3	So this is day two in the mini series of our The Reset that you actually need.
1:20.9	Start to 2026 entering the year, hitting the ground running, starting with a bang,
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