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The Mountain Is You

  • self-sabotage
  • personal growth
  • healing
  • emotional intelligence
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Why I'd hand it to you

Brianna Wiest writes about self-sabotage: why we hold ourselves back, how our habits protect us from deeper fears, and how to build a better life by understanding and changing them. The tone is reflective and encouraging, and many readers, especially younger ones, highlight passage after passage. It reads like a long conversation with a wise friend. My reservations: it is repetitive, the advice is general, and it offers few concrete steps. Readers dealing with real mental health struggles will need more than this. As a prompt to look honestly at your own patterns, it can be useful.

— Matt Jordan

Quick summary

Book
The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest
Who it's for
Readers, often younger ones, who want a reflective push to look honestly at their own patterns.
Key topics
  • Self-sabotage
  • Personal growth
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Healing
Shelves
General Nonfiction, Psychology

Details

Author
Brianna Wiest
ASIN
1949759229
On these shelves
General Nonfiction Psychology
Short link
mattsbooks.org/r/moun