

Connecting with Coincidence 2.0 with Bernard Beitman, MD
Bernard Beitman
This podcast features thinkers from around the world, exploring the subjects of coincidence, synchronicity and serendipity. Connecting with Coincidence 2.0, launched in summer 2021, is available to view on YouTube, or to listen anywhere that podcasts are available.
The Connecting with Coincidence 1.0 podcast, 2016--spring 2021, is available in audio format: an archive of 138 previous episodes is available, here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bernie-beitman-md.
The book Connecting with Coincidence by our host, Dr. Bernard Beitman, is available here: https://coincider.com/the-book/.
The Connecting with Coincidence 1.0 podcast, 2016--spring 2021, is available in audio format: an archive of 138 previous episodes is available, here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bernie-beitman-md.
The book Connecting with Coincidence by our host, Dr. Bernard Beitman, is available here: https://coincider.com/the-book/.
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Dec 14, 2021 • 60min
I Saw the Sign: Michelle Kempton, EP 232
Lost in the woods, frightened, cold, ashamed, What do you do? Michelle learned--surrender, let it be, let it go, In that calm place opportunities open up, a tree pointed the way. This human GPS experience has served her more effectively than all the leadership training courses she has attended.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE [https://www.youtube.com/c/Coinciders/...] to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bern...
Michelle Kempton is a Master Certified Coach, passionate about leadership development and organizational change. As founder of Kempton Coaching and Training, she is an expert in the coach approach to leadership. With 18 years of experience in course design, she provides experiential learning programs in 30 countries. She has facilitated courses in multiple industries including medicine, law, sports, education, banking and Fortune 500 companies. She loves cheese, dark chocolate and soulful conversations.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Dec 7, 2021 • 57min
Mind Mirrors: Jessica Pryce-Jones, EP 231
People you know may mirror your own psychological challenges. Looking into their mirrors of your mind, will give you an objective look at your own problems. Like the CEO who wanted to quit his job soon before Jess wanted to quit her leadership position. You can hone your intuition by imaging what might be coming around the corner and then seeing if it did and, most importantly, keeping a record of your hits and misses.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE
Our guest Jess started her career in finance where she learned about numbers, strategy and leadership. She then switched focus, using a degree in psychology as her lever. That started her on a new career facilitating and coaching others, which she now combines with writing and program directing. She’s been coaching both individuals and teams since 2001. Her clients include multinationals in health care, professional services, banking, creative, education, manufacturing, publishing and engineering industries as well as the public and not-for-profit sectors. Her coachees appreciate her approach which is warm, challenging and rooted in practicality. Using hard, soft and intuitive information, she gets to the heart of complex and opaque professional issues so whoever she engages with can rapidly find answers.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 6min
Reality Tunnel Breakouts: Joshua Lengfelder, EP230
Seizing the opportunity, Josh intuitively quit his $15 hour job to become the head of a growing company, and author of a best selling book. He is dedicated to increasing love in the world through increased and growing understanding of coincidence! Joshua is a joyful, creative person who loves diving into mystery and the unknown. He serendipitously stumbled into the world of randomness where he found that his gifts of intuition and precognition were the keys to his success.
Joshua is a joyful, creative person who loves diving into mystery and the unknown. He serendipitously stumbled into the world of randomness where he found that his gifts of intuition and precognition were the keys to his success. He is the founder of Randonautica:
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Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Nov 23, 2021 • 56min
EP 229, Richard Grossinger: Thoughtforms and Synchronicity--Assume the Impossible
What is a synchronicity sync-hole? Or synch-whole? Bar Harbor Maine is one. If we are more energy than matter, our thoughts can take shape and go out into our polarized world to create newly imagined possibilities as thought-forms. Hopefully, this discussion will inspire you to courageously imagine the future.
Our guest, Richard Grossinger was born in New York City, attended Amherst College and the University of Michigan with a BA in English and a PhD in anthropology. He has more than 40 published books with his 4 main topics being non-Western medicine, cosmology, embryology, and consciousness. With his wife Lindy Hough, he was the founding publisher of North Atlantic Books, which he ran for 45 years till removed by a cancel-culture cabal. He is now the curator of Sacred Planet Books at Inner Traditions. Their children are Miranda July, multimedia artist, and Robin Grossinger, urban ecologist. They live in Bar Harbor and Portland, Maine. Richard is the author of Bottoming Out the Universe which contains valuable discussions of synchronicity. One of his forthcoming books is titlec Dreamtimes and Thoughtform to be published by Inner Traditions next year.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Nov 16, 2021 • 55min
EP228, Buddy Helm: Drumming into the Coincidence Groove
Let Buddy Helm slower you, lower you into the bottom of the drumming groove where major belief changes can happen and from which coincidences are likely to spring. Before that trip into manifestation, listen to his journey from big time drummer to entertainment industry executive (he did Dallas and other TV shows) back to using the drum for healing--each step facilitated by remarkable, well-timed coincidences.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE [https://www.youtube.com/c/Coinciders/...] to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE.
Our guest, Russell Buddy Helm has played drums with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Tim Buckley, Mike Bloomfield, Big Joe Turner, and many others. He also wrote the Star Wars syndicated Comic Strips for George Lucas. He developed a stress reducing HelmTone protocols and taught in Cathy Javier’s ethnic gift store, Seasons, in Santa Monica, California. He toured the U.S. Australia and Japan. His books include: “Drumming the Spirit to Life(Let the Goddess Dance), “Way of the Drum”, “History of the Groove.” He was a Drum therapist on staff at Bridges to Recovery for 6 years. He uses African Djembes.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Nov 10, 2021 • 55min
EP 227, Sophie Strand: Mushrooms and Mind
What you advise others, the subjects that attract your attention may be mirrors of your own mind. Sophie deeply knows this connection because she was intrigued by how fungi connect with each other and finally discovered that her connective tissue needed healing. She knows we are not just individual islands, standing alone. Just a trees in the forest are connected by fungi underground so are humans connected by unseen filaments illuminated by coincidences.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE [https://www.youtube.com/c/Coinciders/...] to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr-bern... We would love to hear from you as well! If you have a coincidence story to share, please leave it in the comments below, and we will respond.
Our guest, Sophie Strand, is a writer based in the Hudson Valley of New York who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. Her first book of essays The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings, Lichenized Lovers, Transpecies Magicians, and Rhizomatic Harpists Heal the Masculine is forthcoming in 2022 from Inner Traditions. Her eco-feminist historical fiction reimagining of the gospels The Madonna Secret will also be published by Inner Traditions. Her books of poetry include Love Song to a Blue God (Oread Press) and Those Other Flowers to Come (Dancing Girl Press) and The Approach (The Swan). Follow her work on Facebook, Instagram @cosmogyny, and www.sophiestrand.com.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Nov 2, 2021 • 50min
EP 226, Joe Cambray: Emotion Distorts Zoom Signals
Have you noticed that high emotion seems to correlate with distortions in Zoom, FaceTime and Skype? This distortion is a regular occurrence in our new virtual communication lives. What these coincidences tell us about how our minds are embedded in this electronic reality is the subject of this discussion.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE.
Our guest, Joseph Cambray, Ph.D. is the President/CEO of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California; he is Past-President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP); has served as the U.S. Editor for The Journal of Analytical Psychology and former President of the C.G. Jung Institute of Boston. Dr. Cambray is a Jungian analyst now living in the Santa Barbara area of California. His numerous publications include Synchronicity: Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe and several edited volumes on Jungian Psychology.: He has published numerous paper and lectures internationally.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com.

Oct 26, 2021 • 50min
EP 225, Mustafa Wahid: Connecting to Connections- Entrepreneurs, Synchronicity and Serendipity
Identify your INK: Individuality, Networks and Knowledge to connection to your possible connections. Embrace pain as an inevitable part of transformation. Recognize that suffering can be a choice. Embrace the rich potential of the emptiness of uncertainty. Mustafa has much to teach us.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE. Alessandra Melas collaborates with the University of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), where she defended a Ph.D. dissertation concerning causal realism in Quantum Mechanics. Her research mostly focuses on History and Metaphysics of Science, with particular interest in causation, causal models, and chance. She is currently working on metaphysics of coincidences (see "On the Nature of Coincidental Events" with P. Salis, in Axiomathes, 2020). She has also been a teacher of History and Philosophy in the High School for almost a decade, and she works on didactic methodologies, as well as scientific communication and dissemination.
Our guest Mustafa Wahid is an award-winning entrepreneur and Managing Director of Moosetrex, a global innovation firm. Mustafa is passionate about teaching practical wisdom that can help make a change in your life– FAST! Mustafa enjoys teaching as Adjunct Professor at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins School of Education, where he encourages innovation & entrepreneurship in Chinese graduate students. As well as serving as Loyola University Maryland’s 1st ever Startup-Executive-In-Residence.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com.

Oct 19, 2021 • 1h 1min
EP224, Alessandra Melas and Sky Nelson-Isaacs: Time Warps
Is time an illusion? Quantum physics is pounding home the idea that all time is now. Coincidences signal the breakthroughs in our rigid notion of linear time. What is the difference between an instant coincidence and one requiring 10 year to be realized? Wonder along with us!
Alessandra Melas collaborates with the University of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy), where she defended a Ph.D. dissertation concerning causal realism in Quantum Mechanics. Her research mostly focuses on History and Metaphysics of Science, with particular interest in causation, causal models, and chance. She is currently working on metaphysics of coincidences (see "On the Nature of Coincidental Events" with P. Salis, in Axiomathes, 2020). She has also been a teacher of History and Philosophy in the High School for almost a decade, and she works on didactic methodologies, as well as scientific communication and dissemination.
Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physicist, musician, and author of two books, “Leap to Wholeness: How the World is Programmed to Help Us Grow, Heal, and Adapt,” and “Living in Flow: The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World.” Over the past decade he has contributed research to the foundations of quantum mechanics. His most recent research has been published in the scientific journal Quantum Reports. He has a bachelors and masters degree in physics and seeks to connect synchronicity, physics, and living in a state of flow using research and original ideas.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com

Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
EP 223, Amelia Aeon Karris: Intergalactic Ambassador
Activate the Starseed in your heart to reclaim your personal sovereignty through strengthening your energy field.
Connecting with Coincidence with Bernard Beitman, MD (CCBB) is now offered as both an audio podcast--anywhere that podcasts are available--and in video format on the Connecting with Coincidence YouTube channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to our channel to be notified when future episodes are posted! Also available, there are 138 archived episodes of the CCBB podcast available, HERE.
Our guest, Amelía Aeon Karris, author of Synchronicity, Unlock Your Divine Destiny, works with truth-seekers to ground their unique gifts and find their calling. For the last 25 years, she has been a way-seer and business consultant helping visionaries craft impactful businesses and design artistic lifestyles in alignment with their revolutionary spirit. Learn more at https://www.knowtheself.com/.
Our host Dr. Bernard Beitman is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to attempt to systematize the study of coincidences. He is Founding Director of The Coincidence Project. His book, and his Psychology Today blog, are both titled Connecting with Coincidence. He has developed the first valid and reliable scale to measure coincidence sensitivity, and has written and edited coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. He is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He attended Yale Medical School and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Dr. Beitman has received two national awards for his psychotherapy training program and is internationally known for his research into the relationship between chest pain and panic disorder. Learn more at https://coincider.com.