Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

not being able to understand Wittgenstein for a number of months until it suddenly occurred to me what he was trying to say and then where my life went from there. And I was, I think, choked up, you know, half the time or 90% of the time Friday night. And I was pretty self-revealing.

not being able to understand Wittgenstein for a number of months until it suddenly occurred to me what he was trying to say and then where my life went from there. And I was, I think, choked up, you know, half the time or 90% of the time Friday night. And I was pretty self-revealing.

And I didn't know if I was making a fool of myself or what, but people stood and gave a standing ovation at the end, which was very reassuring to me and a kind of a relief. But, you know, I just think that there was so many tears and laughter all throughout the intensive, and I thought it was probably going to be our last one

And I didn't know if I was making a fool of myself or what, but people stood and gave a standing ovation at the end, which was very reassuring to me and a kind of a relief. But, you know, I just think that there was so many tears and laughter all throughout the intensive, and I thought it was probably going to be our last one

because it was so damn much work for Jill Lovett and Moore and all the people at the Institute. Angela. I won't name all these people, people I haven't heard of, but fantastic effort to put something like that into production. And so I was thinking, you know, maybe that'll be it, and we'll just do half-day online things from now on.

because it was so damn much work for Jill Lovett and Moore and all the people at the Institute. Angela. I won't name all these people, people I haven't heard of, but fantastic effort to put something like that into production. And so I was thinking, you know, maybe that'll be it, and we'll just do half-day online things from now on.

But people were really saying, we want more of this kind of intensive training. It's something that you can't get in any other way. And so it was really nice from that point of view. It wasn't huge in numbers. We didn't fill up in the in-person part there at the South San Francisco Conference Center, which costs a fortune to rent the place.

But people were really saying, we want more of this kind of intensive training. It's something that you can't get in any other way. And so it was really nice from that point of view. It wasn't huge in numbers. We didn't fill up in the in-person part there at the South San Francisco Conference Center, which costs a fortune to rent the place.

But the quality of what was going on was pretty, pretty fantastic.

But the quality of what was going on was pretty, pretty fantastic.

They came like 10, 15 miles in these newfangled automobiles.

They came like 10, 15 miles in these newfangled automobiles.

Yeah, it was amazing. We thought they'd all come online so they wouldn't have to travel, but a lot of them – came in person anyway, and it was just really special. Well, shall we get into our agenda for today? We've got four great and somewhat controversial questions that are likely to inspire some strong emotion and opinion.

Yeah, it was amazing. We thought they'd all come online so they wouldn't have to travel, but a lot of them – came in person anyway, and it was just really special. Well, shall we get into our agenda for today? We've got four great and somewhat controversial questions that are likely to inspire some strong emotion and opinion.

Absolutely. Well, I'll let you guys give your responses first, if you like, or I'll go first if you prefer.

Absolutely. Well, I'll let you guys give your responses first, if you like, or I'll go first if you prefer.

Thank you. That's beautifully stated. Very gentle and warm and loving and accepting. And I think that's why you're so popular, not only with your patients and family and colleagues, but why David and Rhonda love you so much, too. Oh, right back at you guys. Yeah.

Thank you. That's beautifully stated. Very gentle and warm and loving and accepting. And I think that's why you're so popular, not only with your patients and family and colleagues, but why David and Rhonda love you so much, too. Oh, right back at you guys. Yeah.

Great, beautifully and gently stated. And now I'll throw away all the goodwill you two have created by giving my response. You know, I've mentioned, well, let me just say a couple different things. It's hard for me to express my thinking about philosophy Because it is very simple, but almost impossible for most people to grasp.

Great, beautifully and gently stated. And now I'll throw away all the goodwill you two have created by giving my response. You know, I've mentioned, well, let me just say a couple different things. It's hard for me to express my thinking about philosophy Because it is very simple, but almost impossible for most people to grasp.