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_nJincy Elizabeth
041 _aEnglish
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_bBRI/MO
100 _aBrianna Wiest
245 _aMOUNTAIN IS YOU
_b: Tranforming Self - Sabotage Into Self - Mastery
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260 _aNew York
_bThought Catalog Books
_c2020
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500 _aFrom Brianna Wiest — international bestselling author - One of the most-read voices in personal development of the last decade. - Featured on TODAY, Oprah Daily, Forbes, Harper's Bazaar, Psychology Today, Selena Gomez's Wondermind, and Rick Rubin's Tetragrammaton. - Her books have sold millions of copies and are being translated into 40+ languages. With over 1 million copies sold and a quote that has been read more than 75 million times, The Mountain Is You is not just a bestseller — it is a cultural touchstone. Here is the central idea of this book, stated plainly: you are not sabotaging yourself because something is wrong with you. You are sabotaging yourself because two parts of you want different things, and the part you're not listening to is winning. Your conscious mind has goals. Your unconscious mind has needs. When those two are in conflict, the unconscious wins — every time. The result looks like procrastination, self-defeat, chronic anxiety, relationships that keep failing, goals you keep almost reaching. But those patterns are not evidence of brokenness. They are messages. This book teaches you to read them. Wiest structures the journey in three parts: first, observing the mountain — understanding the nature and roots of your self-sabotage without judgment. Then ascending it — the active, often uncomfortable work of rewiring patterns, building emotional intelligence, and learning to act from your highest potential self. Finally, reaching the summit — not a destination of perfection, but a new relationship with yourself built on awareness, resilience, and self-mastery. Along the way, the book covers the psychology of emotional avoidance, the neuroscience of trauma stored in the body, the mechanics of the shadow self, how core needs generate unconscious commitments, and the crucial distinction between circumstances that are chronic versus those that are situational. It is intellectually grounded without being clinical, and practical without being reductive. Inc. named it one of the top 5 books to improve leadership mindset. Entrepreneur listed it among the top 10 books for self-esteem. It ranked #1 on the Associated Press US Audiobooks Top 10. Perfect for readers who: - Keep getting in their own way — in their career, relationships, creative work, or finances — and can't understand why, despite genuine effort and self-awareness - Have tried traditional productivity and goal-setting approaches and found that the problem seems to run deeper - Are ready for something more rigorous than affirmations but are not currently in clinical therapy - Discovered this book through TikTok, Instagram, or a friend who pressed it into their hands and said "you need this" - Want to understand not just what to change, but why they haven't been able to change it yet A Thought Catalog Books imprint.
650 _aSelf-defeating behavior.
650 _aSelf-actualization (Psychology).
650 _aSelf-realization.
650 _aSelf-esteem.
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