In Episode 8 of The Reset, Shaun breaks down why change feels so hard — even when you genuinely want it.

Your brain is wired for efficiency.
And changing behaviour is energetically expensive.

From a neuroplasticity perspective, it can take significantly more energy to override an existing neural pathway than to repeat an old one. That’s why “laziness” often shows up when you try to shift habits, identity, or direction.

This episode reframes laziness as efficiency — and explores what it really takes to change.

• Why the brain defaults to efficiency
• Neuroplasticity and the cost of new pathways
• The dopamine pursuit cycle
• Comfort as survival strategy
• Mental survival vs physical survival
• The importance of stillness and clarity
• Why clarity must precede change

“Change is not cheap.”

Your brain will always choose the most efficient route.
Old patterns are efficient.

New identity is expensive.

If you don’t consciously choose change, your nervous system will default to familiarity.

Before trying to change your behaviour, ask:

• Have I paused long enough to know what I actually want?
• Am I chasing dopamine through distraction?
• Am I trying to force change without clarity?

Stillness precedes vision.
Vision fuels sustainable change.

If you don’t know what you want,
you’ll keep getting what you don’t want.

You’re not lazy.

Your brain is protecting energy.

But you are no longer in physical survival mode.
You’re in mental survival mode.

If you want change, it has to be intentional.
It has to be embodied.
It has to be bigger than comfort.

If this helped you understand your resistance differently, share it with one person who keeps calling themselves lazy.