What if consciousness is not created by the brain, but is something more fundamental?In this episode of Connecting with Coincidence, Dr. Bernard Beitman speaks with Laurel Waterman, a Canadian researcher and educator working to bring consciousness studies into the classroom. Together they explore how education, worldview, and direct experience shape our understanding of reality.Laurel shares how her perspective shifted through grief, personal anomalies, and unexpected signs from beyond. She argues that research alone is not enough. Real transformation comes through a combination of experience, story, and trusted relationships. The conversation moves through themes of synchronicity, self-awareness, cultural conditioning, and how young people can be empowered to think beyond the materialist model.If you've ever felt guided by something invisible, or questioned the source of your own awareness, this episode invites you to reconsider what we think we know.Laurel Waterman holds a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning, Wellbeing Emphasis, from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Laurel’s research focuses on consciousness education, defined as education about perspectives on the source and nature of consciousness and their implications for ways of being, knowing, teaching, and learning. She aims to popularize participatory and postmaterialist paradigms in education in service of wellbeing. Laurel is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Toronto’s Department of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and in the Alef Trust’s MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Transpersonal Psychologyhttps://www.aleftrust.org/about/team/laurel-waterman/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laurel-Waterman/research https://thenarrowwindow.substack.com/p/beyond-the-brain-with-laurel-waterman#synchronicity #serendipity #coincidence 00:00 - 01:27Opening the Question of Consciousness01:27 - 04:10Why Consciousness Matters for the Future of Humanity04:10 - 08:00Questioning the Assumption That the Brain Produces Mind08:00 - 14:30Why Data Alone Does Not Change Worldviews14:30 - 22:30Grief, Direct Experience, and Paradigm Shift22:30 - 33:14Synchronicity, Personal Proof, and Meaningful Coincidence33:14 - 48:00Self-Observation, Holism, and Consciousness Beyond the Individual48:00 - 1:38:05Purpose, Love, Mystery, and Living With the Unknown

Have you ever felt like the universe was speaking directly to you through coincidence? Writer and philosopher J.F. Martel joins Dr. Bernard Beitman to explore how synchronicity can be more than chance, but rather an artistic conversation between mind and world. Together they dive into Jung’s idea of acausal meaning, the playful intelligence behind coincidence, and how art might reveal the deeper order of reality itself.Martel is a writer and lecturer on art, culture, and philosophy. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, recently reissued by Basic Books with a foreword by Donna Tartt. With musicologist Phil Ford, Martel co-hosts the popular podcast Weird Studies on SpectreVision Radio.http://www.reclaimingart.com Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/tit... Weird Studies Podcast: https://www.spectrevision.com/podcasts Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD is a Yale- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist and the founder of The Coincidence Project. He is the author of Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences, and the host of the Connecting with Coincidence podcast, where he explores how synchronicity and serendipity shape our lives. His work bridges science and spirituality, helping people recognize and engage with the hidden patterns that connect us all.00:00 - 01:36 Intro Clip 01:36 - 03:01 Welcome and Introductions 03:01 - 07:33 The Truck That Blocked My Path 07:33 - 12:00 No Coincidence, No Story 12:00 - 16:05 The Trickster’s Check 16:05 - 22:20 Artists Who See the Future 22:20 - 29:19 The Shape of Time 29:19 - 36:08 The Acausal Universe 36:08 - 43:46 Crows Over a Wheatfield 43:46 - 49:57 Reading the Signs 49:57 - 59:31 A Universe That Notices Us

Have you ever experienced a coincidence so striking it changed the way you see life? In this solo episode, our very own psychiatrist and synchronicity researcher Dr. Bernard Beitman shares stories from his new book Life Changing Synchronicities. Through deeply personal moments, from his childhood dog mysteriously reappearing at just the right time, to precognitive flashes on the football field, to the uncanny experience of feeling his father’s death from 3,000 miles away, Bernie illustrates how synchronicity is woven into the fabric of our lives.He explains how the psychology of noticing coincidences can change the way we think, how synchronicity reveals our connection to each other and to the Earth, and how phenomena like simulpathity—feeling at a distance with loved ones—open our awareness to unseen bonds. These experiences show why synchronicity often arrives as a guide, encouraging us to open new doors in life. Dr. Beitman invites you to begin your own coincidence diary, a practice that can help reveal the hidden patterns shaping your journey.Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD, is a Yale- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist, founder of The Coincidence Project, and host of Connecting with Coincidence. He has authored multiple books including Connecting with Coincidence and Meaningful Coincidences, and is a pioneer in the emerging field of Coincidence Studies.Please feel free to check out Dr. Beitman's new book "Life Changing Synchronicities: A Doctor's Journey of Coincidence & Synchronicity" available now! #coincidence #serendipity #synchronicity 00:00 - 02:15 Precognition on the Field02:15 - 09:00 What Synchronicity Really Means09:00 - 13:45 Coincidences as Guidance and Telepathy13:45 - 20:30 The Snapper Story: Love and Inner GPS20:30 - 27:00 School Lessons and Sports Serendipities27:00 - 36:00 Simulpathity and My Father’s Passing36:00 - 51:00 Opening Doors: Books, Hippies, and New Paths