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

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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• Intuitive thoughts usually come to you once, maybe
twice, and they induce a feeling of understanding.
Intruding thoughts tend to be persistent and induce
a feeling of panic.
• Intuitive thoughts often sound loving, while invasive
thoughts sound scared.
• Intuitive thoughts usually come out of nowhere;
invasive thoughts are usually triggered by external
stimuli.
• Intuitive thoughts don’t need to be grappled with—
you have them and then you let them go. Invasive
thoughts begin a whole spiral of ideas and fears, making
it feel impossible to stop thinking about them.
• Even when an intuitive thought doesn’t tell you
something you like, it never makes you feel panicked.
Even if you experience sadness or disappointment,
you don’t feel overwhelmingly anxious. Panic is the
emotion you experience when you don’t know what
to do with a feeling. It is what happens when you
have an invasive thought.
• Intuitive thoughts open your mind to other possibilities;
invasive thoughts close your heart and make you
feel stuck or condemned.
• Intuitive thoughts come from the perspective of your