Meet the book that changed my life

It began on an ordinary October evening.

After a workshop at a café, I was sitting with my coworkers. Honestly, I was only half present, and half still holding the room I’d just facilitated when my partner put a book in my hands.

The cover made me pause and gasp a bit.

“The Mountain is You: Transforming self-sabotage into self-mastery.”

“Woah,” I thought. That felt… big. Heavy. The kind of book that asks you to sit with yourself longer than you planned. Ever.

But he smiled and said, “You’ll love reading this.”

So now my curiosity was piqued and thus began the journey.

I’m not going to spill the contents of the book because I strongly feel you should read it for yourself. However, I will talk about the change it brought in my life to give you a little trailer.

• It made me realise that the biggest battles I was fighting were with myself and that awareness alone changed everything for the best. It was hella hard to accept many things.

• It helped me see the kind of love I had been wanting all along and realise I was allowed to want it. And more importantly, deserve it.

• It nudged me to slowly let go of things, people, and habits that looked familiar but no longer felt kind to me. Humans are wired for choosing comfort over happiness.

• It gave me permission to stop performing a “better” version of myself and start accepting the real one along with shadows, contradictions, and all that glitter.

• It taught me that emotions aren’t problems to solve. That sadness, anger, fear, and even joy don’t need to be managed away but they just need to be felt.

• It made vulnerability feel less scary. I found myself opening up more with my parents, my sister, my partner, and a few close friends without rehearsing, without armour.

• And without realising it at first, it changed how I show up as a facilitator less focused on fixing, and more committed to holding space, listening deeply, and trusting the process.

That’s the trailer.

The rest of the story is yours to read.