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Detach

Ditch Your Baggage to Live a More Fulfilling Life

Published by Matt Holt Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

From a renowned psychologist and businessman, learn a fresh, powerful approach to replacing your unhealthy attachments with positive aspirations to unlock your full potential.

Our lives are guided by our attachments. When they’re healthy, they offer us security, pleasure, and validation. But for many of us, something has gone awry. We’re distracted and sabotaged by these attachments, like control, perfection, or success, which morph into internal conversations that undermine our best selves—ultimately inhibiting our ability to live a full, happy life.

The antidote to the poison of unhealthy attachments? Trading them in for positive aspirations.

Rooted in a blend of Western and Eastern psychology, supported by research, and told through the stories of real people from all walks of life who have overcome their own self-sabotage, Detach walks readers through the ten unhealthy attachments many of us carry, as well as the ten positive aspirations we can use to combat each one of them. Equipped with newfound self-awareness, readers will learn to:
  • Improve their health, wellbeing, and quality of life
  • Experience the freedom that accompanies reaching one’s full potential
  • Get rid of their baggage to fully embrace an abundant, meaningful life
  • Trade disappointments for joy, worries for peace, and fear for love

Detach is your personal guide for life-altering change, offering a chance to reflect on how you might be standing in the way of your own success—as well as the tools you need to overcome your anxiety and rewrite your story.

About The Author

Dr. Bob Rosen is a world-renowned thought leader on healthy people and healthy organizations. As a psychologist, New York Times best-selling author, researcher, and preeminent business advisor, his work in personal and organizational change is recognized worldwide. In 1988, he founded Healthy Companies and has interviewed or advised more than 600 CEOs of world-class companies. Over the years, Dr. Rosen has written eight books helping others to learn and grow.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Matt Holt Books (April 29, 2025)
  • Length: 272 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781637746462

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Raves and Reviews

“In Detach, Dr. Bob Rosen sheds a bright light on the path toward a life free of unnecessary and dangerous psychological dilemmas. Easy reading and impactful.”
—Alessandro Valenti, CEO, Givenchy

“Bob is a great coach. Here, he shines a light on what’s possible when people replace habits like perfectionism, which will get in the way of success, with behaviors like curiosity and lifelong learning, which will propel us forward.”
—Brian Cornell, Chairman and CEO, Target

“The concepts in this book are so needed in our stressed-out world. In typical Bob Rosen fashion, the book is honest, real, and deeply human. His words and the stories of others will help you improve your health and well-being, experience more freedom in your life, and help you overcome your fears to live a life full of love.”
—Linda Rabbitt, Founder and Chairman, Rand Construction Corporation

Detach offers practical wisdom on how to merge Western ideas of personal fulfillment with Eastern insights about the release of personal attachments as the key to happiness. Detach includes data, personal stories, and insights drawn from Rosen’s own career as an executive leadership coach.”
—Tim Kaine, United States Senator, Virginia

“This is a great collection of wisdom not only from the author but from all that he gathered from others. He weaves a fascinating tapestry so that every reader can find nuggets to apply to their own lives. This is a book you will want to recommend to many others.”
—Dr. Beverly Kaye, Author, Love ’Em or Lose ’Em; Thought Leader; Consultant

“An illuminating look at the obstacles that can keep even the most successful business leaders from experiencing a sense of satisfaction and well-being in their own lives. Through real-life examples and probing questions, Bob not only helps us explore our own relationship with the ‘ten attachments’ but also provides a pathway for moving away from them and into a life of greater purpose and joy.”
—Mark J. Madgett, Executive Vice President and Cohead of the Foundational Business, New York Life Insurance Company

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