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Escaping Emotional Entrapment: Freedom from Negative Thinking and Unhealthy Emotions
Psychotherapist Daniel Rutley is the Best Selling author of Escaping Emotional Freedom from negative thinking and unhealthy emotions. He is also the author of the ground-breaking audio-CD, Understanding the Opposite 5 keys to relationship enhancement and the home-study program - 8 Weeks to Life. All of Daniel's material can be purchased on Amazon.com
Daniel Rutley is an inspirational, dynamic and captivating individual with a strong, unparalleled ability to help people take charge of their lives.
Throughout Escaping Emotional Entrapment, Daniel Rutley knows how to connect with his readers, showing them how to make a significant change in their lives.
Tens of thousands of people have benefited from his direct and simple approach to gaining emotional control and reaching their potential...personally and professionally.
In this best selling book, Dan will captivate and motivate you.
Gaining emotional control will make a profound difference in your career, in your relationships, and in your life. Daniel focuses on how to become more of who you want to be and how to take charge of your life, regardless of life circumstances.
Daniel Rutley not only makes sense, he makes a difference.
Please check out his other products on Amazon.com.
Daniel Rutley is an inspirational, dynamic and captivating individual with a strong, unparalleled ability to help people take charge of their lives.
Throughout Escaping Emotional Entrapment, Daniel Rutley knows how to connect with his readers, showing them how to make a significant change in their lives.
Tens of thousands of people have benefited from his direct and simple approach to gaining emotional control and reaching their potential...personally and professionally.
In this best selling book, Dan will captivate and motivate you.
Gaining emotional control will make a profound difference in your career, in your relationships, and in your life. Daniel focuses on how to become more of who you want to be and how to take charge of your life, regardless of life circumstances.
Daniel Rutley not only makes sense, he makes a difference.
Please check out his other products on Amazon.com.
- GenresPsychology
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First published January 10, 2001
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February 26, 2008
Changed my life.
August 16, 2026
This a book with some genuinely interesting ideas, although I found its execution somewhat less convincing.
What I appreciate most is how the book moves away from overly complicated explanations of psychology, emotions, and human behavior, and brings everything back to something much more fundamental: choice.
The idea of emotional choice is certainly not new, but I like how strongly this book emphasizes it. It is almost the central theme of the entire book - moving us away from the idea that emotions simply happen to us, and toward the idea that we have more choice in how we experience and respond to them. The book encourages us to create more space between what happens to us and what we do with it, rather than automatically becoming trapped by our emotional reactions.
And I think this is an important distinction: emotional freedom is not about becoming permanently calm and positive, or living without anger, sadness, disappointment, or other unpleasant emotions. It is about having more choices in how we respond to them.
The other idea I liked is the encouragement to return to something much more simple and fundamental. Instead of constantly complicating life with endless goals, expectations, and psychological frameworks, the book brings us back to a rather simple question: can we actually enjoy being alive? I like the idea of simplifying life back to something more genuine and human — experiencing and appreciating the joy in everyday life.
However, while I find these ideas valuable, I was less impressed by the way they were presented. Some of the arguments felt circular, convoluted, and not particularly persuasive. I often understood what the author was trying to say, but I wasn't always convinced by the reasoning used to get there.
I also noticed quite a bit of judgment in the tone. Since Ridley is a psychotherapist, I expected the writing to feel more neutral and observational. Of course, some of this could be influenced by the translation, so I wouldn't necessarily attribute it entirely to the author's intention. Still, the overall tone felt somewhat strong and occasionally judgmental, which, combined with the sometimes unclear reasoning, weakened the book's overall persuasiveness for me.
Overall, I would say this is a book with ideas that I appreciate more than the way they are argued. The ideas themselves may not be entirely new, but the book does a good job of bringing them to the forefront: we have more agency over our emotional lives than we often believe, and perhaps life does not need to be as complicated as we make it.
What I appreciate most is how the book moves away from overly complicated explanations of psychology, emotions, and human behavior, and brings everything back to something much more fundamental: choice.
The idea of emotional choice is certainly not new, but I like how strongly this book emphasizes it. It is almost the central theme of the entire book - moving us away from the idea that emotions simply happen to us, and toward the idea that we have more choice in how we experience and respond to them. The book encourages us to create more space between what happens to us and what we do with it, rather than automatically becoming trapped by our emotional reactions.
And I think this is an important distinction: emotional freedom is not about becoming permanently calm and positive, or living without anger, sadness, disappointment, or other unpleasant emotions. It is about having more choices in how we respond to them.
The other idea I liked is the encouragement to return to something much more simple and fundamental. Instead of constantly complicating life with endless goals, expectations, and psychological frameworks, the book brings us back to a rather simple question: can we actually enjoy being alive? I like the idea of simplifying life back to something more genuine and human — experiencing and appreciating the joy in everyday life.
However, while I find these ideas valuable, I was less impressed by the way they were presented. Some of the arguments felt circular, convoluted, and not particularly persuasive. I often understood what the author was trying to say, but I wasn't always convinced by the reasoning used to get there.
I also noticed quite a bit of judgment in the tone. Since Ridley is a psychotherapist, I expected the writing to feel more neutral and observational. Of course, some of this could be influenced by the translation, so I wouldn't necessarily attribute it entirely to the author's intention. Still, the overall tone felt somewhat strong and occasionally judgmental, which, combined with the sometimes unclear reasoning, weakened the book's overall persuasiveness for me.
Overall, I would say this is a book with ideas that I appreciate more than the way they are argued. The ideas themselves may not be entirely new, but the book does a good job of bringing them to the forefront: we have more agency over our emotional lives than we often believe, and perhaps life does not need to be as complicated as we make it.
January 15, 2012
This was a wake up call! Realty check!! It help me realize what some tactics people use to manipulate others... This is a game change ...
December 12, 2018
This book could be a reread for a reset.
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