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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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Sometimes, this means allowing yourself to feel like total
shit. Sometimes, this means pushing yourself through a
workout, yoga, stretching, walking, or confronting triggering
thoughts and letting yourself cry out what’s bothering you.
Remember that emotional health is not the experience
of being perpetually calm and happy all of the time. It
is the experience of allowing a range of emotions, both
good and bad, and not getting too stuck on either one.
Similarly, mental health and self-mastery is the ability to
see and feel and experience a thought without responding
to it. The response, or lack thereof, is where we regain our
power and reclaim our lives.
You were not born to be perfect.
You were not born to be happy all of the time.
But if you can commit each day to doing the work of
being fully human and feeling even when you are afraid,
you can transcend in a way that is truly beautiful.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO
HEAL YOUR MIND
Healing your mind is not the same thing as healing your
body. When you’re physically wounded, you often go
through a progressive, linear repair. You get better until
one day you are nearly back to where you were before.