The mountain is you

This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good. Coherent but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting critical insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence through a better understanding of our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences at the cellular level, and learning how to be our highest potential future selves, we can break out of our own way and reach our full potential. For centuries, the mountain has been used as a metaphor for the great challenges we face, especially those that seem impossible to overcome. To expand our mountains, we actually have to do the deep inner work of excavating trauma pits, building resilience, and adjusting how we appear to climb. In the end, it is not the mountain we master, but ourselves.