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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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process and interpret your feelings in real time. This will
be done by a process of building emotional intelligence,
which will be primarily done in the next chapter. However,
this is where we begin: by understanding how to listen
to our instincts.
HOW TO FOLLOW YOUR “GUT” WITHOUT
GETTING SCARED OF THE FUTURE
One of the most essential tenets of modern wisdom is the
idea that deep down, you know the truth about everything
in your life and, by extension, your future. The idea is that
you are an oracle unto yourself, and your feelings are apertures
into not only what’s happening now, but what’s
going to happen soon.
We’re not to blame for believing this. There’s a significant
amount of research that proves the interconnectedness
of our brains and bodies—explaining why when we
have a “gut feeling” or an instinct that precedes logic, it
is often correct.
This is because the lining of our gastrointestinal system
functions as a “second brain,” given how it stores a backlog
of information that your conscious mind can’t recall faster
than your body can sense. It is this incredible skill that
makes your instinct almost always correct.
Your gut—though intelligent—isn’t psychic.