About The Reset Practice - Zhi Lee
Meet Zhi Lee
Practical Recovery for High-Stakes Leadership.
Built from lived burnout recovery and years of corporate coaching across New Zealand teams.
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Zhi Lee
Zhi became in touch with Vipassana meditation as a young Buddhist in the 1990s. Over the years, he has been using mindfulness and breathwork techniques to calm the mind, and deal with personal forms of anxiety. As a busy business owner and consultant, he understood the challenges of maintaining well-being in a fast-paced world. After recovering from repeated burnouts over a multi-year journey, he decided to share his knowledge and experience with others, and founded The Reset Practice.
The Reset Practice draws from Zhi's strengths as a corporate team coach, using visual coaching frameworks and practical exercises to help people manage stress and anxiety in their daily lives. The Reset Practice is designed to be accessible, practical, and effective, providing tools and techniques that can be easily integrated into busy schedules.
Why Leaders Trust This Work
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Certified Mindfulness Facilitator, Coaching Studies Academy (CSA)
Assignment-based coaching programme taught by Patrick Howell, CiPP Master Coach and Trainer. Focused on empowering individuals to break stress triggers and build emotional resilience using proven cognitive-behavioural mindfulness frameworks.
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Action for Happiness Facilitator, 2024
Leading and facilitating the NZ AFH Happiness Habits course online with a weekly group. This 6-week course has been developed by Action for Happiness, drawing on the wisdom of experts across many fields, to cover the habits of living a happy life and spreading happiness to others.
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Meditation Teacher, Insight Timer, 2022 - Present
3 meditation tracks centred on anxiety relief through the practice of metta. 70 reviews averaging 4.5 stars since 2023. 1000 plays with 70% return rate.
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Host of The Decompression Podcast, 2022
Tidbit sized micro-meditations for anxiety and depression relief. Produced with my daughter.
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10-Day Vipassana Meditation Retreat, 2017.
A Vipassana retreat is an intense, 10-day silent meditation program where participants learn to observe physical sensations and mental states as they truly are. Practised at a forest monastry in South Auckland.
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Author of the Visual Coach Handbook, 2019-2026
A practical guide to visual coaching. The book has been downloaded by coaches, facilitators and professionals all around the world.
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Reviews
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"I really felt calm and relaxed doing this meditation 🧘"
- Stephanie E, Insight Timer
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"Amazing grounding and relaxing meditation."
- Heather C, Insight Timer
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"I needed some kindness in my day! Great meditation."
- Julie M, Insight Timer
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My Story
The Catalyst: When Pressure Becomes the Silent Tax
If you lead under constant pressure, you can look composed on the outside while your nervous system is running on empty.
In 2019, I hit that wall myself. I was at my desk when panic took over physically and mentally, and I realised how quickly high performers can slide from control into survival mode.
That season taught me the first lesson I now pass on to leaders like you: burnout is not a character flaw. It is a systems problem, and systems can be rebuilt.
The Breakthrough: From Friction to Clarity
When you are under stress, your instinct is to push harder. But harder is not always better.
In 2023, on a rain-soaked climb at Kawakawa Bay, I spent 90 minutes trapped in pure friction and tunnel vision. That moment mirrored how many leaders operate day to day: force, urgency, and no space to think.
The turning point came when I chose to pause. That is the lesson: when you regulate your internal state first, clarity returns, and better decisions follow.
The Integration: Recovery That Holds Under Real Pressure
You do not need tools that work only in ideal conditions. You need tools that work when life gets hard.
In 2025, after a serious e-bike injury left me immobile, these practices were tested for real. Instead of spiralling, I used mindfulness as an active recovery strategy to stabilise and respond with intention.
That experience shaped the practical toolkit I now teach: fast circuit breakers, breath-led regulation, and structured recovery habits you can apply in the middle of a demanding leadership life.
Transform How You Show Up and Build Sustainable Teams
When you learn to regulate your own nervous system, you do not just feel better. You lead better.
My own shift changed how I showed up for the people I led, and that is the same outcome I want for you: more clarity, steadier execution, and a culture your team can actually sustain.
Today, I help executives like you build an unshakeable internal edge. Together, we focus on three outcomes:
- Eliminate Burnout: Transition away from cognitive fatigue and implement high-performance recovery strategies that stick.
- Maximise Decision Clarity: Use practical, daily mindfulness tools to lower anxiety and sharpen your execution under pressure.
- Protect Your People: Model a culture of sustainable high performance that reduces turnover, builds resilience, and drives bottom-line results.
You do not need to become a different person to lead well. You need a better way to recover while you lead.