Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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CHAPTER 1
THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
THERE IS NOTHING HOLDING you back in life more than
yourself.
If there is an ongoing gap between where you are and
where you want to be—and your efforts to close it are
consistently met with your own resistance, pain, and discomfort—self-sabotage
is almost always at work.
On the surface, self-sabotage seems masochistic. It appears
to be a product of self-hatred, low confidence, or
a lack of willpower. In reality, self-sabotage is simply the
presence of an unconscious need that is being fulfilled by
the self-sabotaging behavior. To overcome this, we must
go through a process of deep psychological excavation. We
must pinpoint the traumatic event, release unprocessed
emotions, find healthier ways to meet our needs, reinvent
our self-image, and develop principles such as emotional
intelligence and resilience.
It is no small task, and yet it is the work that all of us must
do at one point or another.