Interview guide for Ruth
27 September 2026. Proposed questions for the next developmental pass; no interview has been conducted. Begin with a spoken conversation, then verify names, dates and permissions separately. Do not supply an answer or insist that a memory follows the Wave.
Start with the person, then the idea
- Think of a particular occasion when your understanding of reflexology became less certain. Where were you, what were you doing, and what happened next? If no single turning point comes to mind, describe how the question gradually developed.
- What did you feel through your hands? What could someone else in the room have seen? What did the client actually tell you? Keep these accounts separate.
- What did you believe at the time, and what do you think now? Which part is remembered clearly, and which part are you reconstructing?
- You objected to the idea of having to “wail on the feet.” What particular teaching, encounter or assumption were you responding to? What wording would you use today?
Sessions that deserve space
- Describe an ordinary session you remember well. What mattered to the person even though nothing dramatic happened?
- Recall a session where your impression differed from the client's account. What did each of you notice? What did you do with the difference?
- Have you misread a preference, needed to change direction, or stopped because the work was unwelcome? Describe only what you can honestly remember. A small mistake can be useful.
- What happens in your actual appointments that a first-time reader would not picture from the current walkthrough? Explain the setting, choices, transitions and sensations without turning this into a teaching protocol.
For each possible story, record whether it is an actual single event, a general recollection or a proposed illustration. Do not quietly blend events. Mark exact quotations only where wording is reliably remembered or recorded; otherwise use paraphrase. Discuss permission and identifying detail before preparing a publishable account.
What the Wave means
- In your own words, describe a wave without using the four phase names. What begins and ends it?
- For each phase, whose observation is it: yours, the client's or both? What would let another observer recognize it? What similar sensation would you exclude?
- When does the sequence not appear, appear in a different order, or remain ambiguous? How do you respond then?
- What is the difference between noticing a sensation more strongly and the sensation itself changing? What can you honestly tell in practice?
- What would make you revise the explanation or stop using the word Wave? Would the work still matter to you if the pattern occurred in other forms of touch?
Scalp contact and practical boundaries
- What exactly do you mean by scalp scratching? Which parts have you received, learned, offered, or only considered? Identify your actual experience before discussing possible services.
- What attracts you to including it in this book? Describe what a person might want to understand without assuming that they enjoy scalp contact or experience ASMR.
- What choices about hair, sound, position, products and contact would you want explained to you? Which practical details need another trained person's review?
Find Ruth's voice
- Explain to a curious friend why this book matters to you. Speak for five to ten minutes without looking at the manuscript. Let ordinary phrasing and unfinished thoughts remain.
- Read a short passage from Chapters 1 or 7. Which sentences sound like you? Which would you never say? Say the idea again naturally rather than editing individual words.
- What is funny, frustrating, surprising or moving about this work that the current draft misses? Do not feel obliged to provide one of each.
- What would you most like a reader to understand before deciding whether to book an appointment? What would you be pleased for them to disagree with?
Brief factual follow-up
Confirm byline, school name, course dates and duration, time actually practicing, relevant additional training, and the intended book title. Separate remembered history from documentation. Approval of the final narrative should include the meaning of the account as well as its wording.