The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest

6 4 BRIANNA WIEST
the less that you build a life on your own terms, the more
you are going to sabotage opportunities and feel drained
and exhausted when you “should” feel happy.
The more you lean into fulfilling your core needs, the more
your commitment symptoms will disappear.
Once you understand what a person really wants, you
will be able to explain the intricacies of their habits and
behaviors. You will be able to predict down to the detail
what they will do in any given situation. More importantly,
once you start asking yourself what you really want,
you’ll be able to stop battling the symptoms and start addressing
the only issue that has ever really existed in your
life, which is living out of alignment with your core needs
and, therefore, your core purpose.
CONFRONTING REPRESSED EMOTIONS
AND TAKING ACTION
There is a difference between understanding why we
self-sabotage and the act of no longer self-sabotaging.
This means that once we understand the root and purpose
of the behavior, we adjust it. We adapt. Overcoming
self-sabotage is not just a matter of understanding why
you’re holding yourself back; it is being able to take action
in the direction that you want and need to, even if it is
initially uncomfortable or triggering.