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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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CHAPTER 3
YOUR TRIGGERS ARE THE
GUIDES TO YOUR FREEDOM
NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEGUN to identify your self-sabotaging
behaviors, you can use them to uncover deeper and
more important truths about who you are as a person and
what you really want and need out of life.
This is an important part of the process, because overcoming
our self-defeating habits is not just about knowing
what they are or why we engage in them. It is also about
better understanding what our inherent needs are, what
we really desire, and how we can use this as a pivot point
to begin building a life that is aligned with who we really
are and what we are here to do.
Our triggers do not actually exist just to show us where we
are storing unresolved pain. In fact, they show us something
much deeper.
Each “negative” emotion we experience comes with a message,
one that we do not yet know how to interpret. This is