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The Mountain Is You
Brianna Wiest
4.06 (105646 Reviews)
Self-growth
Psychology
Mindfulness
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Brianna Wiest's cult-favorite guide transforms self-sabotage into self-mastery. With 177,000+ ratings on Goodreads and viral BookTok status, it's the rare self-help book that feels like poetry. As influencer Kalyn Nicholson asks: "Why do we climb mountains that we built ourselves?"

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The Mountain Within: Confronting What Holds You Back

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Nothing holds you back more than yourself. That persistent gap between who you are and who you want to be isn't maintained by external forces but by patterns of self-sabotage deeply embedded in your psyche. Self-sabotage isn't simply low self-esteem or destructive behavior-it's an unconscious need being met in an undesirable way. Consider Carl Jung, who as a child would faint whenever school pressure became overwhelming. His body created an unconscious neurotic response as an alternative to facing legitimate suffering. This pattern continued until the underlying issue was addressed. Our self-sabotaging behaviors emerge as symptoms of deeper issues lacking healthier coping mechanisms. When needs aren't consciously addressed, we find unconscious ways to meet them, often stemming from irrational fears that have gone unexamined for years. Think about someone terrified of being a passenger in a car-this isn't really about the car but about a deeper fear of losing control. Until we address these real fears, we're simply treating symptoms rather than causes. What mountains are you creating in your own life? What patterns keep repeating despite your conscious desire to change them? These aren't random occurrences but signals pointing to deeper work that needs your attention.

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From Denial to Awareness: The First Step to Transformation

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The Language of Emotions: Your Internal Guidance System

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Breaking Through Psychological Barriers

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The Science of Change: Why Transformation Feels So Hard

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Healing the Past: From Trauma to Transformation

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Creating Your Future Self: From Vision to Reality

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