Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
What if sleep paralysis is not just a frightening experience, but a doorway to hidden dimensions and deeper truths? In this compelling conversation, Bernie talks with consciousness researcher Dr. Sheila Pryce Brooks, who explains how years of terrifying encounters became a powerful path of spiritual discovery. Together they explore telepathy, non-human intelligence, dream states, and the incredible potential that lies within the space between waking and sleeping.
Dr Sheila Pryce Brooks is a consciousness researcher, writer, and guide whose work redefines sleep paralysis as a transformative threshold experience. After living in silence with chronic sleep paralysis for over 30 years, she emerged as a public voice bridging science, spirituality, and anomalous experience.
Her current work explores the intersection of non-human intelligence, altered states, and the evolution of human consciousness. Through her podcast, Sleep Paralysis News, and her Substack series TRANSCEND, she supports experiencers in reclaiming agency and meaning from these misunderstood states. sheilaprycebrooks.com sheilaprycebrooks.substack.com
Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD, is a Yale- and Stanford-educated psychiatrist and the founder of The Coincidence Project. He served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Through his Psychology Today blog, podcast, and public appearances, he has reached millions with his groundbreaking work in the emerging field of Coincidence Studies.
What if sleep paralysis is not just a frightening experience, but a doorway to hidden dimensions and deeper truths? In this compelling conversation, Bernie talks with consciousness researcher Dr. Sheila Pryce Brooks, who explains how years of terrifying encounters became a powerful path of spiritual discovery. Together they explore telepathy, non-human intelligence, dream states, and the incredible potential that lies within the space between waking and sleeping.
Dr Sheila Pryce Brooks is a consciousness researcher, writer, and guide whose work redefines sleep paralysis as a transformative threshold experience. After living in silence with chronic sleep paralysis for over 30 years, she emerged as a public voice bridging science, spirituality, and anomalous experience.
Her current work explores the intersection of non-human intelligence, altered states, and the evolution of human consciousness. Through her podcast, Sleep Paralysis News, and her Substack series TRANSCEND, she supports experiencers in reclaiming agency and meaning from these misunderstood states. sheilaprycebrooks.com sheilaprycebrooks.substack.com
Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD, is a Yale- and Stanford-educated psychiatrist and the founder of The Coincidence Project. He served as chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Through his Psychology Today blog, podcast, and public appearances, he has reached millions with his groundbreaking work in the emerging field of Coincidence Studies.
