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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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or at the very least in severe trouble. You aren’t, because
your brain is able to intervene and instruct you on how to
make choices that reflect what you want to be experiencing
long-term.
You begin experiencing feelings of peace and joy in your
life when you condition yourself to take repeated daily
actions that facilitate clarity, calmness, healthfulness, and
purposefulness, not the other way around.
If you want to master your life, you have to learn to organize
your feelings. By becoming aware of them, you can
trace them back to the thought process that prompted
them, and from there you can decide whether or not the
idea is an actual threat or concern, or a fabrication of your
reptilian mind just trying to keep you alive.
Remember: Your brain was built for nature. Your body
was designed to survive in the wild. You have an animalistic
form trying to navigate a highly civilized, modern
world. Forgive yourself for having these impulses, and at
the same time, understand that your choices are ultimately
yours. You can feel something and not act on it.
SO WHY ARE WE EVEN TOLD TO “LISTEN TO OUR INSTINCTS”
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Your gut is deeply connected to your mind. There’s a physiological
connection between your gastrointestinal system
and serotonin production in your brain. Your vagus nerve