Extraordinary experiences happen to us all. Why don't we understand them, or talk about them more? A journey into the stories where the super personal meets the supernatural.
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Creativity Jijiji: "Conversations about creativity" This podcast amplifies the voices of our true leaders—the artists. Writers, composers, producers, singers, actors, and poets show us new ways to see ourselves and the world around us. They illuminate the invisible threads that connect us, revealing the deep ties of our shared humanity. At a time when we must come together as citizens of a small and fragile planet, the voices of artists matter more than ever. Creativity Jijiji goes beyond th ...
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DR. BERNARD BEITMAN, MD is the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to systematize the study of coincidences. He developed the first valid scale to measure coincidence sensitivity and has written several coincidence articles for Psychiatric Annals. The author or editor of 16 professional books, he is a visiting professor at the University of Virginia, attended Yale Medical School, and completed a psychiatric residency at Stanford. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/po ...
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What happens when the algorithms come for our art? As AI promises to dominate the world by 2027, we're left wondering what remains uniquely human in our creative landscape. The answer lies not in what we create, but why we create it, and who we become through the process. This episode dives into three essential sparks of humanity that AI can never …
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What if the most vivid way to experience America's pastime isn't through your eyes, but through your ears? Baseball transcends the boundaries of visual media in a way no other sport can match. When the crack of the bat echoes through radio waves, something magical happens – the game transforms into pure theater of the mind. Your imagination paints …
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The Pilgrimage of Sight: Jon Ortner and the Sacred Art of Seeing
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20:42What pulls someone towards art? It's rarely a straight line. It begins with a flicker, a strange obsession, a moment that seizes you and doesn't let go. Photographer John Ortner's creative journey began with a casual suggestion from a hippie on a houseboat in Kashmir: "There's this cave not too far from here where holy men go." Without preparation,…
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Are artists time travelers? Creativity Jijiji interviews Suzanne Clores
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26:35What if genius isn't talent at all, but a glitch in time? A portal opening to futures not yet arrived? Throughout history, extraordinary artists and thinkers have described their creative process not as invention but as transmission – receiving fully-formed visions, melodies, equations and ideas from somewhere beyond themselves. William Blake claim…
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Lost Temples & the High Himalaya: Jon Ortner's Epic Quest for the Sacred
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31:24Join us as visionary traveler, author, and photographer Jon Ortner talks about his extraordinary adventures across some of the world's most sacred landscapes. From the mystical realms of India's Amarnath Caves to the breathtaking heights of the Himalaya, Jon's passion for understanding and capturing the spiritual essence of ancient religions become…
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This One Word Will Transform Your Writing Forever
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10:38This episode uncovers the vital role of the word "because" in storytelling and creativity. It highlights how this seemingly simple word enhances narrative flow, connects characters to their choices, and serves as a persuasive tool in communication. • Exploring the significance of the word “because” • How “because” links actions and meaning in story…
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Kristopher Eng on Adaptive Music and Gaming Narratives
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28:12Join us for an inspiring conversation with Kristopher Eng, a founder and composer at House of Elias, as he shares his journey and insights on adaptive music in video games and beyond. Kristopher's pioneering work in adaptive music for video games is not just about sound; it's about transforming the gaming experience into something engaging and auth…
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Theatre as Sanctuary: Peter Green on Connection and Empathy
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27:00Peter Green's journey is inspiring. He reveals the profound impact that the performing arts can have on individuals and communities alike. His story is a testament to the power of art in building connections and fostering a sense of belonging. Join us as Peter shares how his initial desire for validation evolved into a deeper pursuit of communion w…
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Shaping Tomorrow’s Creativity: Insights from Game Maker Ric Neil
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47:28Discover the future of creativity in the video game industry with insights from Ric Neil, the innovative founder of Noctua Interactive. Ric's extensive journey through giants like Electronic Arts and Amazon Video Game Studios sets the stage for an engaging discussion on how emerging technologies revolutionize game development. Explore how these adv…
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Tradition Meets Technology in Lance Massey's Musical Odyssey
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46:00Renowned sound designer and composer Lance Massey's journey from Manchester, Tennessee, to the vibrant soundscape of New York City is nothing short of extraordinary. This episode of Creativity Jijiji gets into the serendipitous twists that led Lance to become a key figure in the dynamic NYC commercial music scene. From his unexpected acceptance to …
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The Secrets of Voiceover with Casting Director Dane Gorman
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49:56Join us as we unlock the secrets of voice casting with Dane Gorman, a top-tier casting director and founder of Speaks Casting. Discover the often-overlooked magic that casting breathes into audio dramas, transforming mere scripts into award-winning productions. Together, Dane and I share our journeys and lessons from our collaboration on "Song in S…
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5 Tips for Turning Creative Rejection into Resilience
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19:52Sitting at my kitchen table, anxiously scanning emails for that one response that could change everything, I found myself on a journey all too familiar to creatives—waiting for validation, fearing rejection. Join Air Jijiji and me, Chris Mchale, as we share this rollercoaster of emotions and lay out five strategies to help artists like you navigate…
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Can you imagine a world where artists struggle to earn a living despite creating beloved works? That's the reality we face today, as back-end revenue in the entertainment industry is vanishing, leaving creatives in the lurch. In this episode of Air Jijiji, we share a personal experience with the children's show "Chuggington" to illustrate how back-…
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Ever wondered how getting lost can lead to the most unexpected and creative discoveries? Join us as we recount a whimsical adventure through London in search of a Celtic bouzouki, only to find that the true treasure was the journey itself. This episode is a celebration of the unpredictable road to creative success, where maintaining a constant crea…
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What if a simple walk up a creaky staircase could alter your perception of art forever? Join us as we journey to Johannesburg, South Africa, where a teenage encounter with the Phoenix Players and the legendary playwright Athol Fugard planted the seeds of a lifelong understanding of art's power to catalyze social change. We'll recount those youthful…
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Why Artists Need Unions More Than Ever in the Age of AI and Industry Exploitation
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28:34In this discussion, we delve into the increasing importance of unions for voiceover artists, actors, musicians, and writers, especially amidst the ongoing disruption and exploitation of the arts industry. As technology accelerates and corporate interests push for faster, cheaper content production, creative professionals face a "creativity crunch"—…
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FINDING DAWN Episode 3: the Crime, the Treeline, and the Map to Closure
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25:21The conclusion to this three-part limited series takes listeners on a final journey through the details of the Remote Viewer's transcript. EL, the Remote Viewer, describes what may have happened to Dawn, and maps her whereabouts to a location that Cath Mozino recognizes. Cath teams up with Suzanne and EL to walk the location, find closure, and begi…
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In episode two of this three-part mystery, we get deeper into the search for Dawn Mozino, a young woman who disappeared 34 years ago outside of Bryn Mawr, PA. Dawn's younger sister, Cath Mozino, has taken an unorthodox investigative path by agreeing to work with a Remote Viewer, a type of psychic detective, who has worked on missing persons cases f…
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FINDING DAWN Episode 1: Notes on a Disappearance
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17:50In episode one of this multi-part mystery, we learn the details of a perplexing missing persons case gone cold. Through the voice of Cath Mozino, the older sister of Dawn Mozino, we learn about Dawn's disappearance in 1989, and the frustrating lack of closure around the investigation. Frustrated by three decades of unanswered questions, Cath decide…
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Announcing Season 3 of The Extraordinary Project: Finding Dawn, a serialized mystery about one woman's extraordinary search for her long lost sister. After Dawn Mozino disappeared in 1989, Cath Mozino waited decades for the police to solve the missing persons case. She finally took matters into her own hands and sought out unconventional, extraordi…
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This docu-story looks at the transformation of an abandoned, Gilded Age mansion as it evolves from limbo into a literary arts center on the lakeshore of Evanston, IL. The "revivification" endeavor, spearheaded by author and artist Audrey Niffenegger, captivates host Suzanne Clores who digs deeper into the mansion's past. Made possible by a grant fr…
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Houses provide shelter, safety and ambiance for our lives. On this we can all agree. But what of the rumored, psychological effects a house can have on us? In particular, a house that is known for its helpful and otherwordly influence? Set at the Ragdale Foundation, a famously enchanted literary retreat in Lake Forest, IL, host Suzanne Clores refle…
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CCBB: Dr. Kenneth Harris - Synchronicity - The Magic - The Mystery - The Meaning
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1:00:01Dr. Ken Harris, M.S., D.C., chiropractor, educator, lecturer, workshop presenter, author and keynote speaker, was the founder of Waldwick Wellness Center in New Jersey. The center was a multi-doctor facility providing all-natural health and wellness care for forty-five years. A pioneer in holistic healing, Dr. Harris first established his practice …
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When traditional talk therapy fails, alternative methods can bring relief and a fresh perspective. But how do you know when a therapy really works? Host Suzanne Clores shares insights and asks questions about her seven year friendship with Garrett Walters, clairvoyant healer and teacher.By Suzanne Clores
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Voices from the city of Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago, on the things they've lost and hope they've found during the pandemic.By Suzanne Clores
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When we think of curing illness, we think of combat: we must fight, beat and conquer in order to heal. But what if there's another, more powerful way to think about it? A more subtle approach to saving your own life? I loved making this piece with Lisa Zayas and Dr. Effie Chow, breast cancer patient and QiGong healer, on their journey together to r…
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CCBB: Terje Simonsen - Using Coincidences to Release Your Mental Powers to Navigate Covid-19
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48:01Terje G. Simonsen is a Norwegian Historian of Ideas and non-fiction author, specializing in the esoteric and occult. He is educated at the University of Oslo, where he also has taught introductory courses on philosophical and literary works. His dissertation on the anthroposophical journal Janus received much acclaim and was released as a book in 2…
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CCBB: Dr Julia Mossbridge - What Is Unconditional Love And What Does It Have To Do With Time Travel?
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1:00:20Dr. Julia Mossbridge is a fellow at the Institute for Noetic Sciences, an associated professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the Executive Director of the nonprofit TILT: The Institute for Love and Time. She is best known for her research into the phenomenon of presentiment, which reveals that our bodies appear to know—on an …
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CCBB: Suzanne Clores - Weird Coincidence or Sensing Energy Clairvoyantly?
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1:00:20Suzanne Clores is the author of the book, Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider (Conari, 2000) and the founder and producer of the podcast, The Extraordinary Project Podcast. Her work has appeared in Salon, Elle, the Rumpus, aired on National Public Radio, WNYC and WBEZ. Recently she was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Literary Prize and an artist’s res…
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CCBB: Wendy Halley - The Waking Dream
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1:00:08For the last 20 years, Wendy Halley has had a foot in two worlds – the clinical world of the mental health provider and the dreamtime world of the shamanic practitioner. This dual perspective has allowed her to see and experience how transformative accessing the untapped regions of our consciousness can be. She is the author of several books includ…
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CCBB: Etzel Cardeña - Modern Art And Parapsychology
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1:00:20Etzel Cardeña was born and raised in México, he has advanced degrees from Canada and the US and was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He holds the endowed Thorsen Chair in psychology at Lund University in Sweden, one of the top universities in Europe, where he directs the Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology (CE…
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CCBB: Helen Marlo - Corona Coincidences: Beckoning Reflection, Hope, Faith, and Action
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59:24Helen Marlo, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist, analyst member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and Professor of Clinical Psychology. She Chairs the Department of Clinical Psychology at Notre Dame de Namur University; and maintains a private practice in San Mateo, CA. She serves as the Reviews Editor for Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche…
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CCBB: Neil Killion - Conspiracies are Built on Coincidences
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1:00:08Neil Killion is a psychologist and former management consultant, who for around twenty years founded and ran his own outplacement company in Sydney, Australia. In this time he interviewed thousands of redundant employees from a wide range of organisations and slowly made several key observations regarding major change in people's lives and just a f…
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CCBB: Chris Mackey - The Positive Psychology of Synchronicity
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1:00:01Chris Mackey (M.A. Clin. Psych.) is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the principal clinical psychologist at Chris Mackey and Associates, Geelong. He has 40 years’ psychotherapy experience and has presented at numerous national and international scientific conferences over the past 25 years on such topics as the effectiveness of …
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CCBB: Yanik Silver - How Synchronicities Are A Love Letter From The Universe Across Time & Space
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1:00:08Yanik Silver has been called a Cosmic Catalyst, a Maverick Mischief-maker and a Galactic Goofball. He redefines how business is played in the 21st century at the intersection of evolutionary growth, impact and fun. Yanik is the creator of the Cosmic Journal, author of Evolved Enterprise and the founder of Maverick1000, a global collective of vision…
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CCBB: Eric Hill - Increase Your Well-Being By Making Coincidences Part Of Your Life Story
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1:00:01Eric, who is originally from East Tennessee, received a Ph.D. in social psychology from Arizona State University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Albion College, where he has taught for almost 10 years. In general, his research examines the relationships among religious fundamentalism, cognitive styles, and prejudice, though…
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CCBB: Laurence Browne - The Many Faces of Coincidence
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1:00:09Laurence Browne was born in the UK in 1951 to parents living in the Far East and spent much of his childhood there, though at the age of nine was sent to boarding school in England. After completing secondary school in 1969 (Radley College, Oxford), he came to Australia working mainly as a teacher of English as a second language. He is married with…
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CCBB: Robert Pargament - Auto-Hypnosis Increases Synchronicity
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59:24Bob Pargament is the owner of The Westchester Hypnosis Center in Harrison, NY just north of Manhattan. He is certified in General Hypnosis, Weight Loss Hypnosis Pediatric Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. He holds the Order of Braid from National Guild of Hypnotists. He has been interviewed on WABC TV, NPR and in many newspapers and magazi…
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CCBB: Josh Lane - Conscious Nature: The Art and Neuroscience of Meditating In Nature
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1:00:08A mentor of mentors, Josh is a skilled wildlife tracker, sharing primal awareness skills that help connect us to the Nature within and around us. His journeys over the last 20 years have led him to explore consciousness and inner potential through studies with mystics, traditional healers, martial artists and shamans. Josh’s vision is to help bridg…
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CCBB: Dr. Ralph Lewis - Randomness or Meaning in Coincidences -Two Psychiatrists Debate
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1:00:08Ralph Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada; an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto; and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. He works primarily as a clinician in a time-intensive hospital-based practice. He is the author of t…
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Sleep Paralysis, or Night Terrors, are a common nocturnal disturbance. But what if out-of-body beings chronically show up in your sleep space? Follow host Suzanne Clores into three night terror diaries, and take comfort in a truly extraordinary method of intervention.By Suzanne Clores
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CCBB: Katrin Windsor - Coincidences in the Time of Covid
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1:00:08Lived and worked all over the world. Is a professional coach who coached teams in 40+ countries. Former Silicon Valley VP. Swiss by birth, fluent in 5 languages. Most recently created a new business called Fujoli PlayLabs, which is science based play for teams for greater positivity, human connection and performance. (Fujoli stands for Fun, Joy and…
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CCBB: Matthew Zylstra, PhD. - Navigating Covid-19 with Synchronicity
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1:00:08Matthew is an integral ecologist and facilitator passionate about meaningful nature experience and rewilding our relationship with earth. He has a transdisciplinary PhD in conservation ecology and transformative sustainability and has published widely on the theory and practice of nature connectedness. Matthew has led college study abroad programs …
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CCBB: Pippa Ehrlich - Becoming One with the Ocean: Human Sea Creature Coincidences Under Water
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1:00:08Pippa Ehrlich is a natural history filmmaker and award winning environmental journalist, specializing in the field of marine science and conservation. She has worked with some of the world’s top marine researchers and underwater photographers and is the editor of the acclaimed photographic book Sea Change, Primal Joy and the Art of Underwater Track…
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CCBB: Karen Newell - Increasing Coincidences By Cultivating Expanded States Of Awareness
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1:00:00Karen Newell has spent a lifetime seeking wisdom through esoteric teachings and firsthand experience exploring realms of consciousness. She empowers others by demonstrating how to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. She is co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, and co-author with Dr. Eben Alexander of Li…
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CCBB: Martin Sand - (Moral) Luck in Science and Innovation
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1:00:45Dr. Martin Sand works at the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation at TU Delft as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow with a project on “Moral Luck in Science and Innovation”. He studied „European Culture and History of Ideas” at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) focusing on philosophy and ethics of technology. Sand obtained his PhD…
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CCBB: Mike Clelland - Synchronicity, Owls, UFOs
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1:00:45Mike Clelland’s 2015 book, The Messengers, was met with high praise. In it he explores the mysterious connection between owls, synchronicities and UFO abduction. It was his firsthand experiences with these elusive events that have been the foundation for his research. This book is also a personal memoir, and a journey of self discovery. His website…
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CCBB: Rosalyn Berne - Humans, Horses and Coincidences
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1:00:45Rosalyn W. Berne earned a PhD degree in the field of Religious Studies, with an emphasis in bioethics. She holds an appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences where she teaches engineering ethics. As a scholar she has explored the interse…
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CCBB: Sky Nelson-Isaacs - The Living in Flow Course
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1:00:45Sky Nelson-Isaacs is a physics educator, speaker, author, and musician. He has a masters degree in physics from San Francisco State University, with a thesis in String Theory, and a BS in physics from UC Berkeley. Nelson-Isaacs has dedicated his life to finding his own sense of purpose, beginning as a student of the Yogic master Sri Swami Satchidan…
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CCBB: Ritu Kaushal - Coincidences On The Path Of The Empath’s Journey.
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1:00:45Ritu Kaushal is the author of the memoir The Empath’s Journey, which TEDx speaker Andy Mort calls “a fascinating insight into the life of a highly sensitive person and emotional empath.” Ritu was recently awarded the silver medal at the prestigious Rex awards, given by the United Nations & the International Confederation of NGOs in India, and award…
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