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

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UNHEALTHY HABITS
This is the most common way that people sabotage their
own success: by maintaining habits that are actively keeping
them away from their goals.
This is when someone declares that they want to be in
better shape but doesn’t change anything they do each day
to facilitate that. Or when they want to make a change
professionally but find ways to make it difficult if not impossible
for them to actually do it.
At the core of all these behaviors is the fact that one part
of our psyche understands that we should be evolving and
moving forward with our lives and another part is intimidated
by the potential discomfort it would bring. Usually,
this culminates in so much inner tension and frustration
that a breaking point is reached, and changes are made
from there.
However, the goal is to not have to get to a crisis point in your
life before you can become aware of the ways you’re holding
yourself back from living peacefully and comfortably.
HOW TO RESOLVE THIS
Define health on your own terms. What does a healthy
life look like for you? How would it make you feel, and
what would you be doing?