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The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest

The Mountain Is You

Transforming Self-sabotage Into Self-mastery

Brianna Wiest

Thought Catalog Books · Print & ebook · May 18, 2020

Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors.

Mental HealthEmotionsPersonal Growthpersonal development
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Who it’s for
For when you want a clear-eyed take on why you get in your own way.
Themes
self-sabotage, emotional intelligence, personal transformation
Pacing
Reflective

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About this book

Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at a cellular level, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential.

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For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the big challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves.

Why It Works

For when you want a clear-eyed take on why you get in your own way.

Come here for

  • self-sabotage, named plainly
  • a self-help lens with a YA-adjacent pull

Expect

  • practical self-reflection
  • a direct, unsentimental tone

Where it sits

Personal Growth56%
Mental Health35%
Emotions22%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Personal Growth
Authors
Brianna Wiest
Publisher
Thought Catalog Books
Published
May 18, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
self-sabotage · emotional intelligence · personal transformation
Reading lane
Personal Growth