Reset, Re-Own, Restart with Marc Mathys

Reset, Re-Own, Restart with Marc Mathys

How do people turn their lives around after years of feeling stuck? This conversation between host Ellen Stewart and guest Marc Mathys (also referred to as Mark Mathis) digs into that question through Marc’s Reset-It approach. You’ll hear how a brutal case of sleep apnoea became Marc’s turning point.

After his first night using a CPAP machine, he says, “It’s like somebody took my brain, took it out, washed it off, and put it back in.” That experience pushed him into studying neuroscience and quantum physics, ultimately shaping the Reset-It method. Marc explains that most of us run on autopilot, driven by 50,000–60,000 daily thoughts rooted in old programmes, conditioning, and beliefs. Reset-It is built around three pillars: reset, re-own, and restart.

The aim is to help people step into what he calls a “state of presence” – the absence of those programmes – so they can make choices from who they are right now, rather than from past patterns. For those dealing with addiction, Marc suggests that substances are often used to escape the mind and its conditioning.

His view is that once someone learns to reach that clear, present state without alcohol or drugs, “that need to get outside of the mind is gone.” He shares case examples, including a client whose relationship with social drinking shifted from compulsion to genuine choice. The conversation also touches on imposter syndrome, complex trauma, food habits, relationships, parenting, and workplace culture, all seen through the lens of resetting learned patterns rather than treating people as broken.

Marc stresses that the method is taught so clients can keep using it themselves, saying the team is “working ourselves out of a job in reality.” If you’re curious about approaches that focus less on fixing the past and more on reclaiming who you are right now, this chat may get you thinking: what would a reset look like for you?