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Dr. Bob Rosen | Overcoming Unhealthy Attachments


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Why do people make it so difficult on themselves to achieve their goals and pursue happiness? Why do people “attach” themselves to unhealthy things that hold them back or hold them down? These attachments vary widely, ranging from attachments to the past or future, control or perfection, and success or pleasure.

In this interview, Dr. Bob Rosen says the secret to letting go of the attachments holding someone back is to replace them with more powerful aspirations. To overcome the attachment to “stability,” one has to learn to embrace and become agile. To get past the attachment of “control,” the aspiration of vulnerability is necessary. Dr. Rosen also discusses the attachments that are most persistent among young adults, the elderly, and tweens and teens. Dr. Rosen finishes the conversation by talking about the keys to happiness and the mistakes humans are making today that the humans 50 years from now will look back at in disbelief.

Dr. Bob Rosen is a psychologist, New York Times best-selling author, researcher, and preeminent business advisor. He is the Founder and CEO of Healthy Companies, advising over 500 CEOs in sixty countries. His books include Detach, the New York Times Bestseller Grounded®, and the Washington Post best-seller Conscious, among others. He earned a PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and has been a longtime faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University’s School of Medicine. 

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