Book review
Ella is Reading.......
E starZ, I miss you so much , well, actually I've been reading really good book , and I was like "hey, I can share this one with them cuz..u know , I like to write down everything for you...so without any further ado.... leshgooo.
I write these words to you not as a reader, but as a soul touched by the hands of Brianna Wiest..a touch that awakened me from emotional hibernation and softly lit corners I was once afraid to face within myself.
"The Mountain Is You"
is not a book you read with your eyes; it’s a book you’re asked to live, to grieve, to climb. In a world that constantly teaches us to run from ourselves and convinces us that the solution lies outside, this book leans in and whispers gently:
“Everything you’re searching for… you buried with your own hands inside you, the moment you believed you were undeserving.”
Brianna raises a question we all feel but struggle to articulate:
Why do we sabotage ourselves? Why do we repeat the same pain, stay stuck in the same place, even though we know the way out?
And she answers..not with blame, but with care; because we carry wounds we’ve never made peace with, and memories we keep reenacting,not to heal, but because the pain feels more familiar than the unknown of healing.
The book unfolds like a therapeutic journey: from self-awareness, to facing the mountain (ego, fear, patterns), to building a new self.
Every page feels like a mirror. Every chapter, a deep breath in a dark room, where the light begins not from windows, but from within.
And for me , what did I see in it?
I saw a human speaking from a place of brokenness, not a polished pedestal. As if she’s saying:
“I’ve been there. I know how it feels. And I know that survival doesn't feel like victory, it feels like peace.”
The quote that held me breathless was:
“Your new life is going to cost you your old one.”
A short sentence, yet it unravels you. It strips you down just to say one hard, simple truth; Transformation doesn’t come with politeness, but through loss. The way to your new self goes through the valley of letting go.
My final word?
If you’re reading this, maybe it’s time to climb the mountain.
Not to conquer the world,
but to meet yourself..
there, at the summit,
you’ll realize you were never seeking glory,
you were seeking return.