The Reset

OVERVIEW

Military service shapes how you work, solve problems, connect with people, and handle stress. When service ends, some of those strengths carry over just as they are. Others need adjusting for a new environment. And some parts of you may be ready to grow.

The Reset is a resilience and personal development program from 8404 Coaching about what comes next. It pairs a self-paced online course with three live 1-on-1 check-ins with a coach, so you’re not doing this alone. You’ll get practical tools to understand yourself again, strengthen your resilience, manage difficult thoughts and emotions, build stronger connections, and make intentional choices about the life you’re creating.

WHO IT’S FOR

• Service members getting ready to separate or retire. Start before your last day so you have a plan in hand when you walk out the gate.
• Veterans who have already separated. Whether you got out last month or twenty years ago, The Reset meets you where you are now.

BUILT ON THE L.E.A.P. FRAMEWORK

• Lean-In & Leverage — Know Yourself Again. Close your identity gap, name your core values, recognize your strengths, and own your next step.
• Engage with Purpose — Build Your Resilience. Create simple daily habits for physical, mental, emotional, social, and personal well-being, then put them to the test over seven days.
• Act & Adapt — Change What Isn’t Working. Notice your patterns, separate facts from assumptions, handle worst-case thinking and anger, and build your Personal Reset Plan.
• Push & Perform — Build for the Long Term. Strengthen the relationships that matter, build your support circle, make a plan for the hard days, learn how to have a buddy’s back, invest in others, and decide what you want to be known for.

Every lesson follows the same four steps:

1. BRIEF (why it matters)
2. DRILL (learn it)
3. FIELD (try it)
4. DEBRIEF (think it through)

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• 44 lessons and 4 knowledge checks in 6 sections: Start Here, the four L.E.A.P. modules, and Your Next 90 Days
• Printable and fillable worksheets for every lesson. The Field work is the core; Debrief pages are optional
• Hands-on projects: Digital Storytelling, and the Personal & Civic Impact Challenge
• Your 90-Day Plan and a six-week Mission-Driven Personal Project
• Three live 1-on-1 check-ins with a coach at day 30, 60, and 90 (included)
• A self-guided 30-Day Check-In to review your own progress
• 5 dog tags to earn, one for each L.E.A.P. pillar plus Reset Complete, and a certificate of completion

WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

Your work comes together in My Reset Field Manual, one fillable PDF you keep:

• Who I am: your Identity Statement, core values, strengths, and Digital Story
• How I stay strong: your tested Resilience Stack, Personal Reset Plan, and Plan for Hard Days
• Who’s in my corner: your Support Circle, with real names, and the people you’ve committed to check on
• Where I’m going: your 90-Day Plan and your first Mission-Driven Project, already under way
• Proof of the work: your five dog tags and a certificate of completion with your name, completion date, and certificate number, ready to print or save as a PDF

TIME

Six weeks, about 2 hours a week:

• Week 1: Start Here, then Lean-In & Leverage
• Week 2: Engage with Purpose, and start your 7-day Resilience Stack practice
• Week 3: Finish your 7-day practice, then Act & Adapt
• Week 4: Push & Perform
• Week 5: Your Next 90 Days
• Week 6: Catch up, finish your Field Manual, and start your Mission-Driven Personal Project
• Days 30, 60, and 90: your live 1-on-1 check-ins with a coach

Weeks 1 and 3 run a little longer (closer to 3 hours) because of the Digital Storytelling project and the end of your 7-day practice. It’s self-paced, so you can move faster or slower. After the course, your six-week Mission-Driven Personal Project and your check-ins keep you moving.

INCLUDED: LIVE 1-ON-1 CHECK-INS

Every Reset student gets three private Zoom check-ins with a coach, at day 30, 60, and 90. Your clock starts the day you open the first lesson. A few days before each check-in, you’ll get an email to set up a time that works for you. Use them to talk through what’s working, what isn’t, and what’s next.

Coaching, not counseling. The Reset is a resilience and personal development program built on coaching. It is not therapy, counseling, or medical care, and it does not replace them. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (Veterans: dial 988 and press 1, or text 838255), or call 911.