Thought Catalog - The Mountain Is You - book: Hardcover

By Brianna Wiest Transforming self-sabotage into self-mastery. From Brianna Wiest — international bestselling author and 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