The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
This is because anger is not intended to be projected onto someone else; rather, it’s an influx of motivation that helps us change what we need to change within our lives.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Anger is a beautiful, transformative emotion. It is mischaracterized by its shadow side, aggression, and therefore we try to resist it.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
On the surface, it seems as though the thing that triggers our emotional response is the problem. It is not. The problem is that we don’t know what to do with how we feel and therefore do not have all of the emotional processing skills that we need.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
It is essential that you learn to take action before you feel like doing it. Taking action builds momentum and creates motivation.
Brianna Wiest • The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
The trick is being able to override that initial hesitation so we are guiding our lives with logic and reason, not emotionality.