The No BS Spiritual Book Club with Sandie Sedgbeer

No BS Spiritual Book Club Meets… psychiatrist, author & founder of the Coincidence Project, Bernard Beitman, MD. When the former chair of psychiatry of the University of Missouri-Columbia medical school reveals the story behind one of the 10 Best Spiritual books that influenced him the most on his life journey by say that a few years after his first experience with LSD in LA in the 60’s, he received a Xerox copy of Tarot cards images based on the Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley, cut them up to create his own deck, and then studied the connections between the card numbers, astrological signs, and Hebrew letters, you know that this is not your average psychiatrist you’ll be talking to. And the impression is further confirmed by the juicy mix of the rest his chosen titles and authors, which include Lewis Carroll, Tom Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, and Thomas Pinchon… All I can say is don’t miss this week’s live streaming episode of the No BS Spiritual Book Club’s 10 Best Spiritual Books interview series with Bernard Beitman, MD who is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to systematize the study of coincidences. The founder of The Coincidence Project, Bernard Beitman writes a regular blog for Psychology Today on coincidence, and is the author and co-author of several publications including his latest book, Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Synchronicity and Serendipity Happen.

Rebel entrepreneur and wisdom activist, Dr. Elvir Causevic, who has roamed the halls of the Ivy League, Wall Street, & Silicon Valley as a professor, engineer, investment banker, people coach, and earth lawyer, joins Sandie to share the 10 books that inspired him the most on his life journey. After teaching at Yale & building three successful brain medical device companies, Elvir Causevic now runs a boutique investment bank in San Francisco in parallel with Upend, a new school of living wisdoms. He is the author of numerous scientific and business publications and the named inventor on over 30 patents globally. Today, Elvir’s main quest, aside from supporting a number of environmental and indigenous peoples’ causes, is to refresh our collective memory of our ancient wisdoms, so we can each live well, enjoy each other, and cherish our earth.

Where and from whom does an inspirational coach receive his own inspiration? Chris Cooper’s leadership and spiritual adventures have taken him across the globe, learning about true leadership within the largest slum in Africa, the wisdom of the Masai in Kenya, and learning about Rumi in Turkey with the whirling dervishes.  He has been sharing his wisdom and that of a variety of fascinating guests on his Business Elevation Show on Voice America since 2011. Chris is co-author of the book The Power to Get Things Done (Whether You Like it or NOT), published by Penguin Random House, and in 2021 contributed to the multiple international best seller ‘Play The Game.’  He founded the ‘Elevation Collective’ a community of exceptional business and thought leaders who care about contributing to a better world through deep collaboration and connection. In 2019, Chris survived one of Scotland’s toughest endurance events (The Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon) to raise funds for Mary’s Meals and Mercy Corp.

Patricia Albere originated the Mutual Awakening Practice - a 21st-century spiritual practice that empowers us to enter into new dimensions of relating and expanding consciousness together. Her ground-breaking work demonstrates how we can move beyond individual psychology and transformation into a new space of mutual awakening or ‘inter-being’ or ‘we-mysticism.’ And it's changing people's lives. A recognized leader and innovator in the emerging field of inter-subjective awakening and post-personal development, Patricia's unique discovery of the essential components that create an awakened 'we space' is transforming our understanding of what is possible in the space between us. Want to know more? Join us as Patricia Albere shares the 10 best spiritual books that influenced her life journey (think Carl Calleman, David Hawkins Frank Capra, Sri Aurobindo… and more).

Karen V. Johnson's fast-paced professional career as a federal judge came to an abrupt halt when she lost her 27-year-old son to a heroin overdose, after which she quit her job, sold her house with all her belongings, and embarked on a 2½ year journey around the world. Karen didn't think she could ever find her way out of despair, but she found a process that works and wrote the book Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss, and shares the journey of transformation with others so they can heal too. Karen shares why the books of Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden, and Elizabeth Lesser appear on her 10 Best List of the most influential Spiritual Books that inspired her life journey (alongside some other fascinating authors).

What are the world's governments, churches, and militaries been keeping from us about our origins as a species and our true potential? With NASA announcing its creation of a multi-religion advisory group to consult on how peoples of different faiths might respond to the disclosure of ET knowledge, I think we can all safely say that ET's are not only real, but they've likely been present on this planet longer than Homo sapiens. One person who heartily concurs is Paul Anthony Wallis. If you've seen my 3-part series of interviews with Paul on my OMTimesRadio What is Going Om show (for FREE), you'll know that his credentials as a former Archdeacon of the Anglican Church in Australia, scholar, and teacher of Hermeneutics (the interpretation of ancient texts, including the Bible) are impeccable. As a senior Churchman who served as a church doctor, a theological educator, an Archdeacon in the Anglican Church in Australia, and the author of numerous titles on Christian mysticism and spirituality, Paul Wallis is no lightweight. Rest assured, the conversation on this week’s Face to Face With… episode will explore some very lively and revolutionary avenues beyond his 10 best spiritual books list.  Don't miss it!

When you see Dolores Cannon’s and Brian Weiss’s names on a person’s 10 best lists, you know that you’re going to be talking to someone who has a profound interest in the “other side.”  But in Ginette Biro’s case, the word ‘interest’ doesn’t even begin to cover it. A near-death experiencer herself, Ginette not only spent soul time on the other side learning how our life blueprint and soul’s journey works, she’s also a gifted clairaudient, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and claircognizant medium and channeler who brings messages from spirits and other dimensions to inspire and inform us as well as support the planet in its ascension. She shares her divine messages weekly on the Ginette Biro podcast and through group sessions and courses in her company Avalon Spirit Inc. A former Kinesiologist with a Diploma of Sports Science, Ginette’s book Avalon to Aurora, details her near-death experience and the lessons divinely imparted to her.

Ahh, now here's one guest that I've been after for a long time. Cosmologist, Planetary healer, futurist, best-selling author, and co-founder of WholeWorld-View, Jude Cerrivan joins me to share her 10 Best List which features Neale Donald Walsch, John O’Donahue, Duane Elgin, HH Dalai Lama, and Desmond Tutu, among others. Join us and learn more about Jude's fascinating life story from coal miner's daughter in the north of England to leading-edge science, research into consciousness and universal wisdom, and enabling transformational and emergent resolutions to our collective planetary issues.

The No BS Spiritual Book Club comes Face to Face With avid follower (and interpreter) of the unfolding new paradigms of science, Joseph Selbie, who is known for creating bridges of understanding between the modern evidenced-based discoveries of science and the ancient experience-based discoveries of the mystics. A founding member of Ananda, a world-wide spiritual movement inspired by Paramahansa Yogananda, and a dedicated kriya meditator for nearly 50 years, Joseph Selbie has taught yoga and meditation throughout the USA and Europe, and has helped hundreds of people awaken to their own spiritual potentials. Selbie is the author of several books including The Protectors Diaries a sci/fi fantasy series inspired by the abilities of mystics, The Yugas: keys to Understanding our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future, The Physics of God, and his latest release Break Through the Limits of the Brain – Neuroscience, Inspiration, & Practices to Transform Your Life.

If I tell you that Karen Sperling grew up in Hollywood, a scion of one of the most famous families in the film industry, you'll begin to understand why talent and creativity are as integral to her being as the blood that runs through her veins. Her mother was a sculptress, painter, and well-respected political activist. Her cousin was a renowned New York City restaurateur and entrepreneur. Another cousin was a highly respected literary agent.  And Karen is a pioneering art house filmmaker, a playwright, author, bioenergy medicine practitioner, creator of innovative immersive children's books, a designer of literacy programs, and among the most well-read people I've ever met. So, with all that behind her, the 10 books that influenced her the most on her life journey are going to provide some fascinating fodder for this week's conversation. And if we're lucky, I might be able to get her to reveal who her famous grandfather was, and tell us what she learned from some of the famous people in Hollywood she was close with along the way.