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 Neela Sakaria: Thank you for your time, Dr. Rose. Can you tell our readers a bit about your professional background, as it relates to your writing WHEN YOU REACH THE END OF YOUR ROPE, LET GO!
Dr. Geoffrey Rose: I suppose you could say that my training began 40 years ago when I began my journey of self-actualization. My "formal" education, on the other hand, was three years of private psychoanalytic study with my analyst, two years training in Clinical Kinesiology, a certification in Hypnotherapy, and a ministerial program leading to a Ph.D. in Metaphysics.
Neela: You call your book a "soup-to-nuts how-to." Tell us what makes it different from other self-help or motivational books. (That is, assuming you would characterize your book as a self-help book -- would you?)
GR: I would indeed. I think what makes When You Reach the End of Your Rope, Let Go! different from other self-help or motivational material is that it is the first book of its kind to lead the reader into her own subconscious mind. Without this access, emotional healing can be extremely slow. Additionally, I believe When You Reach the End of Your Rope, Let Go! demystifies, simplifies and hopefully makes more accessible important mystical wisdom - truths that have been tantalizing and teasing humankind for centuries from the pages of spiritual, Eastern, or otherwise obscure text.
Neela: What is the "Emotional Detoxx™"?
GR: D-E-T-O-X-X is an anagram for Disowning Every Thought Out to Double-cross (XX) you. The technique begins by helping the reader distinguish herself from her thinking - an absolutely critical step if there is to be any choice as to the nature of that thought. This healthy detachment then provides a new perspective and a clean slate on which one can begin to re-author their lives.
Neela: You talk about your childhood and your "hunt" for happiness in the beginning of the book. Can you share with our readers your motivation for pursuing your career and writing this book?
GR: My choice of career as a therapist/self-help author grew organically from the soil of my own needs. I had, and still have a passion for the "inner" work necessary for personal growth. Over time, I learned that the issues with which I wrestled were universal in nature. So, once I had "fixed" myself, my focus naturally turned toward helping other people to do the same.
The book, on the other hand, began as a way for me to remember and document all the tools, tricks of the mind, and universal truths that I discovered on the road to health. However, it quickly became more than that - a way to condense and then share the system I was already using successfully in my practice. With the book, I knew that I would be able to offer all this to a much larger audience.
Neela: What does the title of your book mean? What does it mean to "let go of the rope"?
GR: The title, When You Reach the End of Your Rope, Let Go! speaks both to what problems feel like at their worst, and to what their solution might be at its best. Most of us are hanging on to an enormous amount of sabotaging negative belief. This belief is nearly always painful and at the root of our most tenacious difficulties. Recognizing, then letting go of our ingrained assumptions frees us to think and act in newly self-benefiting ways, where happiness and success become possibilities.
Neela: You talk about the importance of choosing what we accept and believe in. Why is this so critical in terms of our potential?
GR: The answer to this comes straight out of Metaphysics. Metaphysical thought regards each individual as a "chip-off-the-old-block" of that which created us. The natural consequence of this line of thinking leads to the acceptance of the fact that we are all creators. This realization, in turn, becomes monumental as one begins to realize that their life is merely an out-picturing of belief systems - consciousness yielding "reality" according to its own design. That is why it is so important to be in charge of one's thoughts, and not be run by hidden subconscious negativity.
Neela: You discuss the impact that our childhood experiences have in shaping our own self-doubts, negative beliefs, and feelings of emptiness. But what about people who consider themselves to have had relatively happy childhoods - with loving attention from both of their parents? Can they still benefit from Emotional Detoxx™?
GR: Many of my clients report having had happy childhoods and are baffled by their current problems as adults. The unfortunate truth is that well-intentioned parents can accidentally send extremely damaging messages to their young. For instance, an over-protective, doting parent, seeking nothing more than safety and happiness for their child, can inadvertently send the message, "the world is a dangerous place" or "you are inadequate and can't do things for yourself".
Thoughts like these are extremely painful to the young mind, so painful in fact that they are quickly shuffled off to the unconscious, where they do not have to be faced…directly at any rate. Years later, when the young man or woman begins life on their own, they may suddenly find themselves paralyzed by self-doubt and confusion. The Emotional Detoxx™ would allow for the discovery and exploration of any such buried "forgotten" beliefs.
Neela: The short chapters make your book very reader-friendly. Was this a conscious decision? How did you make your decisions regarding the book's format?
GR: I'm glad you think that the book is reader-friendly, but I have to say that the structure just sort of happened. Much like the nature of a life well lived, I wanted the book to flow without prejudice or too much premeditation. I trusted the process of the writing, the re-writing and the re-re-writing. By the time I was happy with it, it had taken its current shape.
Neela: In a sentence, what do you hope readers will be able to accomplish with this book?
GR: For those willing to dig in and personally "try on" the material covered here, my hope is that When You Reach the End of Your Rope, Let Go! would serve as a manual for self-actualization, a guide forward to a more aware, unencumbered, joy-based way of living.
Neela: Do you have anything else you'd like to share with our readers?
GR: Only my wish that they never lose hope, because hope is the essential ingredient in the personal growth process. Many of us have had less than a stellar childhood. But we can rise above our unconscious emotional "triggers". We can become present and not historically based. When we do, we move into a much more authentic and peaceful life. I hope that, by sharing a bit of my story, your readers recognize that, no matter what their beginnings, a life filled with joy, love, and success is possible.
When You Reach the End of Your Rope ... Let Go!
ISBN: 0971747601
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