Podcast appearances and mentions of Rosalyn W Berne

Rosalyn 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 intersecting realms of emerging technologies, science, fiction and myth, and the links between the human and non-human worlds. She has two academic books, numerous conference papers and journal articles, and Waiting in the SIlence, (a science fiction novel) published under her name. She has also authored two award-winning books in the body-mind-spirit genre: When the Horses Whisper (2013) and a Nautilus Book Award Silver Winner, Waking to Beauty (2016).

Rosalyn 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 intersecting realms of emerging technologies, science, fiction and myth, and the links between the human and non-human worlds. She has two academic books, numerous conference papers and journal articles, and Waiting in the SIlence, (a science fiction novel) published under her name. She has also authored two award-winning books in the body-mind-spirit genre: When the Horses Whisper (2013) and a Nautilus Book Award Silver Winner, Waking to Beauty (2016).

Maybe hearing Horses (and other animals) is just a matter of having an incident that opens one to the awareness. Rosalyn Berne discovered she could hear horses talk when she fell off one ... and wow! did her life change after that.

Rosalyn W. Berne, Ph.D. explores the intersecting realms between emerging technologies, science, fiction and myth, and between the human and non-human worlds. As a university professor she writes and teaches about engineering and technology in society and the ethical implications of technological development, often using science fiction material in her classes. In her personal life she continues to discover the transformational nature of human-equine relationships, and offers facilitation and translation services for enhancing communication between horses and their owners.Dr. Rosalyn Berne will be teaching a “Deep Listening Workshop” where she will use guided meditations listening exercise, and brief lessons on how, when and why we listen, or not, for our desire to hear what others are trying to say. Dr. Berne will also be signing her book, When the Horses Whisper: The Wisdom of the Wise and Sentient Beings. When the Horses Whisper shows the capacity of horses to help us heal the human heart. It expresses human language what horses have to say when given the chance to speak. It is a story about the bond between horse and human, and the communication made possible when the bond is based on love. Conversations with fifteen horses, most of whom live and work in Costa Rica, are featured along with their photographs, capturing them as individual beings in service to humans on a shared evolutionary journey. This journey amounts to the remembering of our whole selves in the wholeness of creation, especially the parts we split off, deny, and place in shadow because they are too painful. Horses, as the book shows, can help us see these lost parts, and call forth our courage to reclaim them. For the author, these included the loss of a newborn daughter, the mental illness of an adult son, letting go of a thirty-year marriage, and childhood sexual abuse. The story recounts the equine healing work that helped in reclaiming her authentic self. This book is testimony to the power of horses and equine healing work in transforming life’s losses into a deeper human wholeness and a further communion with the non-human world.

Rosalyn W. Berne is the author of When The Horses Whisper and also my guest on today's "A Book and a Chat". osalyn Berne has always known that she was different from most people.  Even as a child she was aware of things that others could not see or hear, experiencing the life force around her. But her special ability with horses was something that she would not fully recognize until she was an adult.  Returning to Costa Rica?a once-visited sanctuary-she sought solace from the world and hoped to begin healing from a painful divorce and the subsequent breakdown of her family.   Drawn to the horses that are part of the working farm-resort that was her retreat, she suddenly and unexpectedly received a gift?the ability to communicate with them.   And what they said changed her life hen the Horses Whisper shows the true power of horses.  Once they realized that Rosalyn was able to 'hear' them they opened up completely, showing her a world of strength, beauty and, most importantly, love.  She begins to realize how strong the bond is between horse and human and how anyone can communicate with them on a deeper level.   She also learns how they can help humans to heal from loss and pain as she begins to recover from her own grief, including the loss of a child, a traumatic childhood encounter, and the end of her marriage.