"I recognize my behavior. But I still do not understand why it keeps happening."
I know that in certain situations I control too much, take over too quickly, or withdraw inwardly.
I hear myself saying the same sentences and make decisions that I cannot understand myself later on.
I have already reflected a lot. But I do not just want to understand my behavior. I want to reach the origin of the logic that keeps producing it.
Walk the Impact Pyramid backwards.
Reset follows a different movement from the other programs. Practitioner, Master, and Leader point forward: What do I want to think? How do I want to feel? How do I want to act? Which results do I want to create?
Reset goes backwards. From the visible symptoms to the origin.
The movement is:
Language
Emotion
Thought
Origin pattern
You start with what you can observe today: desired and undesired results that slow you down, block you, or keep you under constant pressure.
And you go back, step by step, to where this effect begins.
What actually happens in Reset.
It does not start with theory. It starts with reality:
epigenetic and genetic patterns that shaped you long before conscious thought and therefore work from the subconscious.
You examine:
- Which results keep repeating?
- Which conflicts keep coming up?
- Where do you regularly take on too much?
- Where are you not heard?
- Where do you lose energy?
- Where do you react more strongly than the situation explains?
- Where do you fail to reach the desired result despite great effort?
You take a step back.
You recognize:
- Which sentences do you keep saying?
- How do you explain yourself?
- Which words do you use under pressure?
- When do you become harsh, hasty, or vague?
- When do you withdraw?
- When do you control?
- When do you adapt?
- When do you take on responsibility that is not yours?
- When do you avoid a necessary decision?
Behind every recurring behavior lies a state.
You learn to perceive:
- Which feelings come up?
- Which emotions control you from the outside?
- What triggers fear, pressure, anger, shame, or withdrawal?
- Where does the urge to prove yourself arise?
- Where do you need control?
- Where do you seek recognition?
- Where do you avoid closeness or conflict?
- Where do you react out of an old necessity?
For example:
- If I do not control things, everything goes wrong.
- If I appear weak, I lose respect.
- If I say no, I disappoint people.
- If I do not perform, I am not valuable.
- If I hand over responsibility, I become redundant.
- If I open up, I get hurt.
- If I do not know everything, I lose security.
For example:
- I have to be strong.
- I must not need anyone.
- I have to have everything under control.
- I must not make mistakes.
- I have to perform to be valuable.
- I must not stand out.
- I have to take care of others.
- I must not show myself.
- I have to fight.
- I must not disappoint.
The core thought is part of a larger pattern.
You examine:
- Where did this logic come from?
- Which experience made it sensible?
- What was it trying to protect?
- Which belonging was it trying to secure?
- Which danger was it trying to avoid?
- Which strength developed from it?
- What price do you pay for it today?
You recognize your leitmotif.
You recognize your leitmotif.
The personal logic through which you learned:
- to create security,
- to gain recognition,
- to shape relationships,
- to produce performance,
- to stay in control,
- to secure your place.
Reset teaches a clear questioning technique with which you can later examine your own chain of effects yourself.
Questions like:
- What actually just happened?
- What did I make of it?
- Which emotion arose?
- Which action followed?
- Which thought lay underneath?
- What was I trying to protect?
- Which old truth am I treating as if it were current?
- Which other meaning is possible today?
- Which decision would match who I am today?
The old logic may go like this:
Trigger → old meaning → old emotion → old behavior → familiar result
The new logic goes like this:
Trigger → conscious perception → new meaning → led emotion → new decision → new result
You train this transformation on real situations.
Not only in the retreat.
But later in everyday life.
The repolarization principle means:
the energy of the old pattern is not destroyed.
It is realigned.
- Control can become clarity.
- Harshness can become determination.
- Adaptation can become relational strength.
- Fear can become alertness.
- Restlessness can become creative energy.
- Withdrawal can become conscious distance.
- Performance pressure can become a genuine will to create.
You apply the new logic:
- in difficult conversations,
- when facing criticism,
- in conflicts,
- under high strain,
- in relationships,
- in important decisions,
- in moments of fear or loss of control,
- in old family or professional dynamics.
The self-directed Peak State mode.
- to recognize it faster,
- to understand its effect,
- to interrupt the emotional remote control,
- to choose a new meaning,
- to make a different decision,
- to consciously return to your own Peak State.
You develop the ability to pull yourself out again and again, by your own bootstraps. Not through suppression, but through understanding, penetrating, and consciously deciding anew.
The result: unleashed power.
- Freedom and relief
- Joy of life and vitality
- Appetite for yourself, for new things, and for change
- Courage, inspiration, creativity, and new decisions
- Access to your essence, your spirit, and your own spark
You are no longer at the mercy of your history. You decide what effect it is still allowed to have on your life today.
What people say who have worked in the system.
Reset was the hardest thing I have ever done. And at the same time the most liberating. I suddenly understood why I kept having the same conflicts. Why I sought recognition. Why I was never really satisfied. The crazy thing was: it was not my life at all. It was a story I had been telling myself since childhood. When I recognized it, something happened. Not overnight. But bit by bit. Today I no longer react automatically. I decide consciously. And this feeling of freedom... I had never known it before.
Structure
Preparation
- diagnostic preliminary conversation
- biographical assessment
- leitmotif questionnaire
- personal goal clarification
- first observation of recurring symptoms and chains of effects
Five-day in-person retreat
Intensive work on:
- symptoms and results,
- language and behavior,
- emotions and meanings,
- core thoughts and origin patterns,
- leitmotif and personal logic,
- self-coaching questions,
- the repolarization principle,
- a new chain of effects.
Six months of integration
You work with the new logic in your everyday life.
Two guided reflection groups
You reflect on:
- Where does the old pattern appear?
- How quickly do you recognize it?
- Which new meaning is possible?
- Which decision do you make?
- What changes in your results?
- What power is released?
Transfer and integration prompts
Concrete self-coaching questions and everyday situations ensure the old mechanism chain is permanently overwritten.
Integration Day
At the end, it becomes visible:
- which patterns have lost their power,
- how language and behavior have changed,
- which new decisions have become possible,
- what energy has been released,
- how you now create your Peak State more self-directedly.
Frequently asked questions about Peak State Reset.
What is Peak State Reset?
Peak State Reset is LeaCo Academy’s deep-dive program for people who know their behavior but do not yet understand why it keeps happening. While Practitioner, Master, and Leader point forward, Reset goes backwards: from the visible result through behavior, language, and emotion to the core thought and the origin pattern. There, the old chain of effects is not only understood but rewritten.
Who is Peak State Reset for, and when is the right time?
Peak State Reset is for leaders who ask themselves: “Why do I keep doing this?” You recognize that in certain situations you control too much, take over too quickly, or withdraw inwardly, and you want to do more than understand your behavior: you want to reach the origin of the logic that produces it. Reset can be booked independently of Practitioner, Master, or Leader.
What if I already know my patterns?
Then the decisive question is: Can you also change them? Reset goes deeper than mere recognition. You decode the meaning behind your reactions (“If I do not control things, everything goes wrong”), find the core thought behind it (“I have to have everything under control”), and understand which experience once made this logic sensible. Only then can the chain be rewritten in real situations.
Do I need to be in a crisis right now?
No. Peak State Reset is not designed for crises, but for the next stage of development. Those who are successful on the outside often benefit the most, because success, too, can come from a pattern that demands a high price in the long run: constant pressure, restlessness, recurring conflicts, or the feeling of never being truly satisfied.
How does Peak State Reset work, and how long does it take?
Peak State Reset begins with a preparation phase consisting of a diagnostic preliminary conversation, a biographical assessment, and a leitmotif questionnaire. This is followed by a five-day in-person retreat and then six months of integration in everyday life with two guided reflection groups, self-coaching prompts, and an Integration Day at the end. Reset is led by Martina Grünewald-Ernst and Henrik Mühlhans.
Can I really change old patterns?
Yes, and not through suppression, but through understanding, penetrating, and consciously deciding anew. Reset works with the repolarization principle: the energy of the old pattern is not destroyed but realigned. Control becomes clarity, harshness becomes determination, adaptation becomes relational strength, performance pressure becomes a genuine will to create. The goal is not to never fall into an old pattern again, but to recognize it faster and consciously return to your own Peak State.
Is Reset another dose of motivation?
No. Reset is more like the opposite. It is about looking more closely at what actually controls you. Participants describe Reset as the hardest and at the same time most liberating thing they have done. If you are looking for a quick shot of motivation, this is the wrong place. If you want more freedom in your own thinking, feeling, and acting, you are exactly right here.
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