In August 2013, Candice M. Sanderson's life changed in a ten-minute period of time. When her training as a psychologist failed to explain these events, she reluctantly followed the breadcrumbs down a path which resulted in an extraordinary adventure into the unknown. The Reluctant Messenger chronicles her expedition across a vast expanse of universal consciousness that resulted in new truths about life that she thought she had known so well.

Spiritual memoir of a psychologist's opening to the world of spirit.

This story veers so far off the path of my typical explorations that I had difficulty putting it on paper. Doubt and fear raised their ugly heads: Was the content too bizarre? Would people believe it? My thoughts returned to the past. Doors to a new world had opened during an early morning commute in August 2013, the day I began receiving messages from angels and guides. As more information flooded into my awareness from these intangible dimensions, it activated my training as a psychologist. Within weeks, I had amassed enough data to support what I thought but didn't dare to believe: I was, indeed, communicating with the nonphysical realms of spirit. My research had provided too many search engine hits to think otherwise. My life changed; I could no longer trust what I had assumed for almost six decades. My belief system crumbled, and like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, I reinvented my existence. Although still grounded in the three-dimensional world, I realized life is much more than what our physical senses measure. I enjoyed years of comfort as these spiritual companions blessed me with words of wisdom and guidance. Then came May 1, 2022. Without warning, I crossed a threshold, catapulting me deeper into the rabbit hole that had opened almost nine years before. It swallowed me whole. Where this will lead me, I cannot fathom to guess. I ask you to suspend your beliefs and stretch your imagination. Why? This is precisely what I had to do, not only during the events but for the following months. After years of channeling and communicating with the metaphysical, I had evolved into a seasoned traveler, yet I floundered to process and understand these new experiences. Take my hand, and let's slip through a tiny tear in the fabric of the universe that ruptured on May 1, 2022. We'll step into that other-dimensional space where the unknown makes itself known, where the mysterious and mystifying show themselves with unmistakable clarity, begging to be noticed. Our mystifying voyage begins now, so power your device and take the plunge into new depths as I share logic-defying events. Welcome to Close Encounters.

Just out of sight and mostly outside the awareness of mainstream media, a shift in consciousness is underway that’s beyond religion, politics, and science as we know it now. It’s an accelerated perception shared by millions worldwide: we are all energetically entangled. What affects one, affects all. Here in this sea of evolving awareness, we perceive intuitively, through the heart, and often experience astonishing coincidences or synchronicities. It’s here we might momentarily connect with a lost loved one, catch a glimpse of our future, or be nudged unexpectedly onto a different path. These wake-up calls alert us to a deeper matrix of reality. Welcome to The Shift.

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This short book is a new perspective from a chapter in The Reluctant Messenger. Have a cup of hot coffee, and spend a few minutes with me as I offer a glimpse into my life as a reluctant messenger. Join me as we travel beyond the limits that have held us in the past. I ask you to suspend your beliefs and stretch your imagination as we explore the outer edges of human consciousness. Grab my hand as we slip through a tiny tear in the fabric of consciousness and travel back in time to the very beginning: Creation.

Janice liked to say "Coincidences were miracles of God where He wants to remain anonymous." Her life was a remarkable series of these unique events. Take a journey with her across the planet, and experience the wonder of observing the great and the small. Then change the world. Jan's experiences traverse the worlds of Audubon and Cornell University ornithology, The history of the Pacific Island of Guam, becoming a freelance author and, Mark Twain scholar, all while being a single mother of three young boys and, writing the first books on observing development of early childhood education as of one of America's leading experts. Dr. Janice J. Beaty is an author, educator, and pioneer in the field of early childhood education. Her remarkable life took her around the world before she was 30, and her never-ending curiosity led her to a masters and then doctorate from Cornell University and publishing over 25 books, including textbooks in use by universities around the world to this day. In this unusual "autobiography," Jan's "ghostwriter" helps her tell the story in a way Jan would describe as her ethereal writing assistant from beyond. What others say about "My Coincidental Life" "This inspirational life journey of internationally recognized educator and author, Janice Beaty Janssen, Ph.D, should be required reading for anyone interested in true stories of personal success through positive intention, and the desire to make a difference in the lives of children. From her beginning in Elmira, N.Y. to a teaching and writing career in Guam, her stories of family triumphs and tragedies, are deeply moving and motivational. This book is so startlingly smart that its mere existence seems like commentary on how one person followed their dreams to succeed against great odds. An extraordinary read!" Bob Davis, Ph.D. Professor and Neurosensory Research Scientist, Author of the critically acclaimed book "Unseen Forces" and "Life After Death" "My Coincidental Life is an easygoing narrative that brings the reader alongside Dr. Janice Beaty Janssen's journey down memory lane. We see Jan's fierce independence and how she navigated life's obstacles with grace, determination, and ease. With an always-learning, always-teaching perspective, Jan displayed an uncanny ability to convert her keen observational skills into pragmatic, everyday assistance, benefiting everyone lucky enough to know her. Throughout My Coincidental Life, we learn of mysterious forces that seem to navigate Jan on her 92-year path. So perhaps this ghostwriter is part of an angelic team that helped orchestrate her amazing life. Maybe this ghostwriter has been with Jan all along. After all, this anonymous writer informs the reader when Jan would not, adding details and even supplying clues of events yet to come. I realized something that gave me cold chills: Jan's ghostwriter had not left. With uncanny deftness, synchronicity by synchronicity, this mysterious coauthor leads Dave to finish his mother's story; he flawlessly weaves together these final threads, completing the tapestry of his mother's most remarkable life. As I finished the words from Jan, Dave, and the ghostwriter, a part of me keeps looking over my shoulders. Tears fill my eyes as I see Jan and the ghostwriter...both smiling." --Candice M. Sanderson, award-winning author of the internationally acclaimed best seller The Reluctant Messenger: Tales from Beyond Belief. www.CandiceSanderson.com