The Mountain Is You - Transforming Self-sabotag... [FAST]
Here is how you begin the climb: Your conscious mind wants to succeed (e.g., "I want to be healthy"). Your subconscious wants to stay safe (e.g., "But if I lose weight, people will notice me, and that is scary").
For years, we look for an enemy outside of ourselves. We blame our boss, our partner, our upbringing, or the economy. But according to Brianna Wiest’s transformative book, The Mountain Is You , the greatest obstacle standing between you and your best life isn't "out there." The Mountain Is You - Transforming Self-Sabotag...
The mountain is the collection of your old coping mechanisms, limiting beliefs, and emotional traumas that you have yet to process. Transforming self-sabotage isn't about white-knuckling your way through willpower. It is about excavation. You cannot climb a mountain by pretending it isn't there. You have to map it. Here is how you begin the climb: Your
Think about it. That voice that tells you to quit the diet? It is trying to keep you in the comfort of sugar. That voice that stops you from asking for a raise? It is trying to keep you safe from the "danger" of rejection. That voice that picks a fight with your partner just when things are going well? It is trying to protect you from the unknown territory of intimacy. We blame our boss, our partner, our upbringing,
Your inner child might want to stay in bed all day and eat ice cream. Your adult self knows you have bills to pay and a mission to fulfill. Self-mastery is the act of kindly, but firmly, taking the wheel back. You don't ignore the child's fear; you acknowledge it, then you act as the adult anyway. When you realize you are the mountain, a profound shift occurs. You stop waiting for the world to change and start looking inward.