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Psychiatrist Bernard Beitman, M.D., explores why and how coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity happen and how to use these common occurrences to inspire psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual growth.
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FOREWORD:
THE INVISIBLE CURRENTS THAT CONNECT AND UNITE US by Terry Marks-Tarlow, Ph.D.
PREFACE: HOW COINCIDENCE SHAPED MY LIFE
PART 1
Defining Coincidence
1 ANATOMY OF A COINCIDENCE
2 TYPES OF COINCIDENCE
3 PATTERNS OF COINCIDENCE
4 COINCIDENCE SENSITIVITY
PART 2 Explaining Coincidence
5 A STATISTICIAN’S APPROACH
6 SIGNS FROM GOD
7 PERSONAL AGENCY
8 HUMAN GPS
9 PROBLEMATIC COINCIDENCES
10 COINCIDER TYPES
PART 3Incorporating Coincidence into Your Life
11 “THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES”
12 FROM UNUS MUNDUS TO THE PSYCHOSPHERE
13 SIX PUZZLING CASES
14 THE PRACTICAL USES OF COINCIDENCES
A PERSONAL POSTSCRIPT: THE COLLECTIVE HUMAN ORGANISM
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS APPENDIX 1: THE COINCIDENCE PROJECT
APPENDIX 2:HOW TO WRITE AND TELL COINCIDENCE STORIES
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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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.
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Psychiatrist Bernard Beitman, M.D., explores why and how coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity happen and how to use these common occurrences to inspire psychological, interpersonal, and spiritual growth.
