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

by Brianna Wiest

What your subconscious mind might want you to know: You are doing too much, or you’re not giving yourself enough rest and nourishment. You are being too extreme. This is why your body is requiring that you continue to fuel it. Alternatively, it could be that you are emotionally hungry, and because you are not giving yourself the true experiences you crave, you are satisfying your “hunger” another way.

The way you are self-sabotaging: Caring too much about what other people think. What your subconscious mind might want you to know: You are not as happy as you think you are. The happier you are with something, the less you need other people to be. Instead of wondering whether or not someone else will think you are enough, stop and ask yourself: Is my life enough for me? How do you really feel about your life when you aren’t looking at it through the eyes of others?

Your gut—though intelligent—isn’t psychic.

Are you responding to someone who is in front of you, or are you responding to your idea of them in your head?

Your instinct doesn’t exist to ensure you feel comfortable and ecstatic at all hours of the day. It moves you toward what you’re meant to do, because it shows you where your interests, skills, and desires intersect.

You can use this to your advantage by staying in the moment and asking yourself what is true right here and right now. What

we need to understand how our brains and bodies work together.

You can’t stay there forever, nor do you really want to. Embracing the grit of it all was what you were made for. Lean in and start living.