AIRED: January 23, 2023
SPECIAL GUEST: Bernard Beitman, M.D.
Through a complete catalog of coincidence patterns with numerous illustrative examples, Dr. Beitman’s new book, King for Coincidences, clarifies the relationship between synchronicity and serendipity and dissects the “anatomy of a coincidence.”
Dr. Beitman defines coincidence types through their two fundamental constituents–mental events and physical events. He analyzes the many uses of meaningful coincidences as well as their potential problems, emphasizing that synchronicity and serendipity, though most often positive, also have their shadow sides.
In this not-to-missed interview, Dr. Beitmand details how to record your experiences and explains how you will see patterns guiding your life decisions and learn to expect that coincidences are more likely to occur during life stressors, high emotions, and strong needs, which helps you be ready to use them when they occur.
BERNARD BEITMAN, M.D
Bernard Beitman, M.D., is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to systematize the study of coincidences. A graduate of Yale Medical School, he did his psychiatric residency at Stanford University. The former chair of psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia medical school for 17 years, he writes a blog for Psychology Today on coincidence and is the co-author of the award-winning book Learning Psychotherapy. The founder of The Coincidence Project, he lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
