The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

This book is about self-defeating. When we do it, why we do it, and how to permanently stop doing it. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. We can, however, overcome our own obstacles and realise our full potential by gaining important insight from our worst habits, developing emotional intelligence through a deeper understanding of our bodies and minds, letting go of the past at a cellular level, and learning to act as our best selves going forward. For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the big challenges we face, especially ones that seem impossible to overcome. We really need to do the hard internal work of resolving trauma, fostering resilience, and changing the way we approach the ascent in order to climb our mountains. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves.