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LuvemBooks Verdict
Best for
Readers who have already finished Brianna Wiest's The Mountain Is You and want a structured, written practice for applying its self-sabotage framework to their own life — or book clubs looking for guided prompts to deepen group discussion of the original text.
Worth it if
You've read The Mountain Is You, found Wiest's framework genuinely useful, and want an official, author-connected companion to move from passive reading into active, reflective self-inquiry.
Skip if
You haven't read the original book — the exercises are built around concepts and vocabulary developed fully only there, and without that foundation the workbook will feel decontextualized and thin.
What readers & critics say
According to shopcatalog.com, the publisher's own platform, this is the official and authorized companion workbook to Brianna Wiest's The Mountain Is You; shopcatalog.com also notes that the original source title was selected by Inc. magazine as one of the top five books to improve leadership mindset, underscoring the established demand that prompted a structured companion.
“The official and authorized workbook for Brianna Wiest's The Mountain Is You — selected by Inc. as one of the top 5 books to improve leadership mindset.”
— shopcatalog.comAsk LuvemBooks
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- Is it worth reading?
- For readers who have already engaged with The Mountain Is You intellectually and want a more applied, interactive format, this workbook is designed precisely for that purpose — its strength lies in being the official, authorized companion structured to align directly with Wiest's specific framework rather than offering generic self-help prompts. Its most significant constraint is its dependent relationship with the source text: those unfamiliar with Wiest's original argument will lack the conceptual foundation the exercises are built around. LuvemBooks' view is that it delivers clear value as a purposeful companion, but little value as a standalone purchase.
- Similar books
- Readers drawn to this workbook will find natural companions in several adjacent titles. Brianna Wiest's own The Pivot Year offers another dimension of her reflective, inward-looking writing. For the companion-workbook format applied to habit-building, The Atomic Habits Workbook by James Clear follows a similar model of translating a concept-driven source text into active exercises. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: The Workbook by Lori Gottlieb offers structured self-inquiry with a therapeutic lens, while Brené Brown's Daring Greatly explores the vulnerability and internal resistance that often underpin self-sabotaging behavior. Nick Trenton's Stop Overthinking addresses the cognitive patterns that feed self-defeating cycles.
- Who should read this?
- This workbook is best suited to readers who have already read The Mountain Is You and want a structured, written method for applying Wiest's framework to their own patterns of self-sabotage and self-defeating behavior. It is also a strong candidate for book clubs, where a group might read the original text and use the workbook's prompts to guide discussion and personal reflection in parallel. Readers looking for an entry point into Wiest's ideas, or those who prefer a more narrative engagement with personal development material, are better served by the original book.
- About Thought Catalog
- Thought Catalog is a website and publishing imprint founded in 2010 by American entrepreneur and media strategist Chris Lavergne, owned by The Thought & Expression Company. Its content — including listicles, essays, and think pieces — is noted for its "millennial" voice. As a publisher, it has released works by authors such as Bianca Sparacino and Brianna Wiest.
- Is this a good book club pick?
- Bookclubs.com recognizes this workbook as a title well suited to group reading and shared discussion contexts. The model LuvemBooks identifies as most effective is for a group to read The Mountain Is You as the primary text and then use the workbook's structured prompts to guide personal reflection and collective conversation in parallel. The exercises, built around surfacing conflicting internal needs that drive self-sabotage, offer concrete focal points for discussion that go beyond the more diffuse experience of reading the original book alone.
- Is this officially by Brianna Wiest?
- This is the official and authorized companion to Wiest's work, and Wiest contributes an introduction — but the workbook's authorship is credited to Thought Catalog as the publishing entity rather than to Wiest as the primary author of the exercises themselves. LuvemBooks flags this as a meaningful distinction: readers drawn by Wiest's name may not realize until purchase that she is in an introduction role rather than the primary author of the content throughout.
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Recommended age
Adult
Reading level
Adult
Skip if you haven't read The Mountain Is You and want a self-contained self-help guide
Editorial Review
The official and authorized companion workbook to Brianna Wiest's *The Mountain Is You*, this independently published volume is designed to help readers actively apply the original book's framework for understanding and overcoming self-sabotage — making it a practical extension of Wiest's ideas rather than a standalone reading experience.
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