The Mountain Is You: The Book That Gave Me Language for My Own Becoming
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There’s a quiet kind of heartbreak that happens when you realize you’ve been standing in your own way.
The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest didn’t just help me name that feeling—it helped me see it with compassion instead of shame.
This book felt like a mirror. But not the kind that criticizes or points out your flaws. The kind that looks you in the eye and says, “You’ve already survived so much. What if you didn’t have to keep doing it the hard way?”
It’s the kind of read that sits with you. That echoes in your mind for days after you set it down. That makes you close the book, stare at the wall, and whisper, “Wow.”
If you’ve ever felt like you should be further along… or like the only thing holding you back is some invisible wall you can’t name—this is your book.
Turning Self-Sabotage Into Self-Compassion
One of the first things Brianna talks about is how self-sabotage isn’t laziness—it’s a coping mechanism. That line alone made me put the book down and take a breath.
How many times have we punished ourselves for not moving fast enough, big enough, loud enough? This book helped me see the parts of myself that were stuck not as problems to fix—but as parts that needed love, safety, and truth.
That theme ties directly into Episode 04: When Healing Feels Slow and Episode 05: Why Small Shifts Work Better Than Overnight Transformations. Because we’ve been taught to believe growth has to be loud, but The Mountain Is You reminds us that true growth is often soft, quiet, and rooted.
The Shift from Force to Flow
Reading this book made me rethink how I approach healing, habits, and even goal setting. I stopped trying to force momentum and started working with myself instead of against myself. That’s the exact energy behind the Quantum Leap Course—we’re not here to hustle for worthiness. We’re here to align with what we already are.
And Brianna gives you the words and tools to begin that alignment. She shows you how to look at your habits and patterns with honesty and grace—two things we talk about often on the podcast and inside the LTS Know Journal.
A Book to Read Slowly, and Then Again
This isn’t a book you rush through. It’s one you fold pages in, highlight like mad, and come back to on the days when everything feels too heavy to carry.
If you’ve ever said, “Why do I keep doing this?”—this book gently offers, “Let’s figure it out together.”
I think that’s why Episode 06: The Cost of Always Being the Strong One pairs so beautifully with it. Because healing is heavy. And strong doesn’t mean silent.
If Untamed cracked me open, The Mountain Is You helped me start building from the inside out.
So if you’re holding something tender right now—grief, confusion, burnout, or the quiet ache of wanting more but not knowing how to reach it—this book might be the next right step.
And if you want to go deeper, Episodes 04–07 of the LoveThySelfies podcast are the perfect companion. Start here with Episode 04 of the podcast. They’ll meet you where you are and walk with you all the way up the mountain.
This one’s worth reading twice.
With love,
Melissa