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Nancy's Bookshelf: Psychiatrist Dr. Bernard Beitman defines the uses and potential pitfalls of coincidences

By Nancy Wiegman,
Matt Fidler
Published November 16, 2022 at 10:02 AM PST

Bernard Beitman, M.D. is the founding director of The Coincidence Project, which encourages people to tell each other their coincidence stories.

His book, "Meaningful Coincidences: How and Why Serendipity and Synchronicity Happen" comprehensively describes 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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Nancy Wiegman
Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
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Matt Fidler
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.
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