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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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Imagine sitting next to your younger self when they felt
really down and giving them the exact instructions regarding
what they need to do to feel better: who they need
to call, where they need to go, what they need to begin
doing, and what they need to stop doing.
Most importantly, imagine telling your younger self that absolutely
everything—yes, everything—is going to be okay.
That their fears are largely unfounded, that good things are
coming, and that life will turn out well in the end.
You have to do this to release the old attachment and
allow that part of yourself to reattach to the present moment
and what exists within it.
Though you cannot change what happened in the past, by
shifting your perspective of it, you can change how you are
right now. You can change the story, and you can change
your life. You can stop holding onto the old life in which
you were required to be someone you inherently are not.
The truth is that when we are unhealthily attached to
something in the past, our perspective of it is often distorted.
We aren’t seeing reality for what it was, and we
need to assist ourselves in being able to broaden our
mindset and open up to the truth. Instead of longing for
what we didn’t get then, we have to release ourselves from
the past and start putting our energy into building that
experience right now.