Connecting with Coincidence, Bernard Beitman
Connecting with Coincidence, Bernard Beitman
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Connecting with Coincidence
The New Science for Using Synchronicity and Serendipity in Your Life

Author: Bernard Beitman

Narrator: Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr.

Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wetware Media

Published: 03/07/2016


Synopsis

We've all experienced or heard of surprising events and unexplainable coincidences?money that seems to come from nowhere, a spontaneous idea that turns into a life-changing solution, meeting our soulmate on a flight we weren't supposed to take, or families being reunited by "accident" after years of separation.

Often these coincidences are explained as being controlled by a higher power or pure chance. But for the first time since Carl Jung's work, comes bold new research that explains scientifically how we can identify, understand, and perhaps even control the frequency of coincidences in our everyday lives.

Bernard Beitman, a leading expert on Coincidence Studies, proposes a greater personal responsibility which depends partly upon newly discovered "grid cells" located in the brain, near the hippocampus. But neuroscience cannot complete the entire puzzle, and in this fascinating guide, Beitman provides the missing piece. From analyzing true stories of synchronicity from around the globe and throughout history, he shares key personality characteristics and situational factors that contribute to the occurrence of meaningful coincidences in our lives. Where other books on coincidences tend to be theoretical, inspirational, or story collections only, Beitman's book is the first to provide a scientific understanding and practical ways in which readers can use them in their own lives. He reveals:

• How to activate your observing self so you don't miss synchronistic moments
• How serendipity can offer insights into solving problems or making difficult decisions
• Why stress activates meaningful coincidences
• Which states of mind impede our ability to experience synchronicity
• How to interpret the meaning of a coincidence
• Why being attuned to coincidences is a learned skill?and how to hone your sensitivity.

About Bernard Beitman

Bernard Beitman, M.D., a graduate of Yale Medical School, did his psychiatric residency at Stanford University. The former chair of psychiatry of the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School for 17 years, he writes a blog for Psychology Today on coincidence and is the coauthor of the award-winning book Learning Psychotherapy. The founder of The Coincidence Project, he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

I received a copy of Connecting with Coincidence from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. We've all had something strange happen to us that just doesn't make sense - something or someone just seems to fall into our laps, and no matter how we try to make sense of it, nothing can explain it exc......more

Goodreads review by Laura

As someone whose life has been full of coincidences, ranging from the trivial (e.g. meeting a friend unexpectedly in a distant country), to the life changing (a significant career shift resulting from a coincidence about a name) I was very interested to read this book. It promised some theorising ab......more

Goodreads review by Denise

I've had so many coincidence in my life that I can no longer consider them random. This is an interesting book full of stories about synchronicities, many of which would be hard to explain away with statistics. The author theorizes that "energy-information" (E-I: some would say The Force, The Field,......more

In Connecting with Coincidence: The New Science for Using Synchronicity and Serendipity in Your Life, Bernard Beitman is covering a lot of things in life under the umbrella of “coincidence”, including things many would not associate with the word. For example, he starts off the book describing how h......more