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Supernova

The huge explosion that ends the life of some stars. Wiest uses it as an image of a breakdown that comes before a breakthrough.

The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery, Brianna Wiest

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• The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery, Brianna Wiest
• Cosmos, Carl Sagan

  A powerful explosion of a star at the end of its life, which throws many heavy elements out into space.

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