Dr. Rhonda Barofsky
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How many were invited and how many, I think 70 were in your study or something? How many received the email?
How many were invited and how many, I think 70 were in your study or something? How many received the email?
And then only 60 actually made it in. Yeah. And 35 completed it.
And then only 60 actually made it in. Yeah. And 35 completed it.
You could tell your therapist that. Just say, I got the greatest mood boost ever just before I started working with you and knew I was going to work with you. And then it quickly faded once I actually worked with you. Yeah.
You could tell your therapist that. Just say, I got the greatest mood boost ever just before I started working with you and knew I was going to work with you. And then it quickly faded once I actually worked with you. Yeah.
Well, thank you, Jason, for this really eye opener. And maybe you folks can email us too. And Jason, you'll find Rhonda and Jason, David, our contact information in the show notes. And let us know if you like having this crazy scientist on our show. He also has many other amazing, wonderful things to offer. Did we tell him last week, Rhonda, what we're hoping to cook up? No.
Well, thank you, Jason, for this really eye opener. And maybe you folks can email us too. And Jason, you'll find Rhonda and Jason, David, our contact information in the show notes. And let us know if you like having this crazy scientist on our show. He also has many other amazing, wonderful things to offer. Did we tell him last week, Rhonda, what we're hoping to cook up? No.
We don't know if this is going to happen, but Jason, you've been very active in Buddhism and meditation and all forms of spiritual searches and discoveries. And we thought it might be fun, and this might not work, but we were thinking of having an Enlightenment month where we would invite different Buddhist monks to come and join us, a different one each week, and give their teachings.
We don't know if this is going to happen, but Jason, you've been very active in Buddhism and meditation and all forms of spiritual searches and discoveries. And we thought it might be fun, and this might not work, but we were thinking of having an Enlightenment month where we would invite different Buddhist monks to come and join us, a different one each week, and give their teachings.
share their feelings and see what is the overlap with team or what is different with team. Because I think that a sense of spirituality, however you want to define that term, can be a vastly important part of work with team. It's not just learning to change your thinking to reduce negative feelings. It's also about blowing the negative feelings away
share their feelings and see what is the overlap with team or what is different with team. Because I think that a sense of spirituality, however you want to define that term, can be a vastly important part of work with team. It's not just learning to change your thinking to reduce negative feelings. It's also about blowing the negative feelings away
pretty much entirely and going like on a trampoline, being catapulted into hyperspace where you're actually experiencing what you could call enlightenment, a radically different view of yourself and other people. That's pretty exhilarating. And it's never been talked about when I was a psychiatric residency as a part of treatment. We were just hoping to get people maybe 50%.
pretty much entirely and going like on a trampoline, being catapulted into hyperspace where you're actually experiencing what you could call enlightenment, a radically different view of yourself and other people. That's pretty exhilarating. And it's never been talked about when I was a psychiatric residency as a part of treatment. We were just hoping to get people maybe 50%.
or something like that. There wasn't ever any concept of joy and discovery. And some of us think that's an important component of what we're trying to do.
or something like that. There wasn't ever any concept of joy and discovery. And some of us think that's an important component of what we're trying to do.
And I think a lot of times the people who are considered mystics within each religion might be merging on the same kind of spiritual territory, just using different metaphors to convey that. But I don't know. There could be. Jason, you probably know way more about that than I would. But either way, I think it would be of interest. Cool, yeah.
And I think a lot of times the people who are considered mystics within each religion might be merging on the same kind of spiritual territory, just using different metaphors to convey that. But I don't know. There could be. Jason, you probably know way more about that than I would. But either way, I think it would be of interest. Cool, yeah.
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