The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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is traumatized in one way or another, but it is how we respond
to it, how we ultimately grow and develop self-mastery
from it, that determines the course of our lives.
BECOMING THE MOST POWERFUL
VERSION OF YOURSELF
Are you being the most powerful version of yourself?
If you had to pause to think about it, the answer is probably
no.
Everybody has different facets of their personality, and we
act on them based on the context we’re in. It’s a social
adaptation tool: You are not the same person with your
friends as you are with your parents. Moving through
these easily is a sign of high psychological function.
We are acquainted with the versions of ourselves that our
current life requires. We know who we need to be at work,
at home, or in love. But we are often unfamiliar with the
person we need to be in order to move our lives forward.
In “inner child work,” you visualize and address your
younger selves, often down to a specific age, depending on
which version of you was traumatized. You communicate
with that inner child self, learn from them, protect them,
or give them the guidance that they needed when they
were young.