As much I hate to admit it, I have a reputation for being the proverbial people pleaser. Well, at least I used to.

Strange as it may sound, (and perhaps to the glee of many in the UFO/UAP community), the “doormat” aspect of my personality was finally put to rest in my forties after a lengthy encounter with a large, luminous, white orb. That’s right. A fifty-minute close encounter with a plasma-like ball of white light was able to accomplish that which I was unable to. It strengthened me by helping me to alter unhealthy and deeply ingrained patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.

Looking back, it’s a little embarrassing to admit that I used to live my life as a people pleaser, however, such an outcome is hardly a surprise. After all, as a youngster I witnessed several domestic violence incidents at the hands of a raging alcoholic. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I can still hear the screams, the slamming of vodka bottles and the slumping of my mother’s body onto the floor at the hands of my father. To this day, I love both of my parents and mean no disrespect by discussing these issues in the public domain. (May my dad rest in peace.) The reason I’m doing this is to reach others with similar backgrounds. Maybe some of what I’m sharing here will help at least one other person. With any luck, it’ll help more.

The fact of the matter is, as a kid, I learned to keep my mouth shut as a result of everything I saw and heard at home. I watched, listened and soaked in everything like a sponge, but for the longest time, I said nothing at school about the atrocities at home. By watching my parents’ emotional unavailability and dysfunctional interactions, I also learned that I wasn’t worthy of love and that I must never outshine someone else, especially if they suffered from a fragile ego or chemical dependency. Equally impactful was how I learned to shy away from standing up for myself, even if a kid on the playground bullied me. (It took me weeks to months to correct such behavior from another child.)

Later, because I was an empathetic person, my popularity increased in Florida where I attended high school. Any counselor would say that such outcomes are predictable when someone grows up in a family ravaged by mental illness, domestic violence and addiction. Those who are most fortunate make many friends at school, as this creates a safe space away from home. Those who are less fortunate suffer worse outcomes.

As it turned out, thanks to my friends, a couple of caring adults and some help from above, I was able to beat the odds of becoming an alcoholic myself. As an adult, I sought help for depression and anxiety. I married and had a child. (Not to brag, but to this day I pride myself on being a very good parent despite having little to model my behavior from.) I graduated from college and went on for additional training in massage therapy. I also owned two nanotechnology start-ups and founded Alien Experiencers Network. But there’s a lot more to my story than meets the eye.

After I grew up and left home, I figured out that, unlike my mom, I could make reasoned arguments on important topics – but only ever so gently. The thing is, if someone said “no” to a particular idea, then it was NO. Period. Hard as I tried, I just couldn’t quite make it over the hurdle of defending the logic, experience, expertise and intuition behind my viewpoint, though heaven knows I wanted to. I’d push for what I knew with every fiber of my being was right - but only so hard. Then I’d back away, like the good, placating person I’d been trained to be. With my doormat behavior now firmly in place, I ended up negatively impacting my emotional and physical health. Eventually, I put my financial future at risk as well.

The years ticked by, and my doormat status extended to include life beyond my own family’s home. Need someone to work lots of extra hours for free? I was your gal. Need someone to tiptoe around Person X, Y or Z’s ridiculous, narcissistic behavior? I was definitely your gal. To my chagrin, for nearly three decades, there was seemingly no end to what I would do to please others. As a result, I smiled on the outside, but inside I was furious. Ironically, I was desperate not to repeat the mistakes of my parents, yet despite my best efforts, I often found myself behaving similarly to them.

To be clear, there was no physical violence in my adult home, and for that, I was extremely thankful. But there wasn’t a strong marital connection, either. How could there be when I kept my most authentic thoughts and feelings squirreled away? And so it was, several years into my marriage (which looked good on paper), that I had effectively become the queen of codependence. This meant that I endured a heck of a lot of tiptoeing around lots of different people – until that orb showed up.

However people choose to label these mysterious balls of light - UFOs, UAPs, angels, foo fighters or light beings - I can tell you without a doubt that it had an intelligence to it. It was loving, kind, gentle and wise. Admittedly, it took me awhile to get over my initial fear, but approximately fifteen minutes into our close encounter, I realized Mr. Orb wasn’t there to harm me. That's when my fear morphed into total, complete and utter fascination.

Today, as I look back on that “alien experience”, I believe the orb visited to remind me that there is more to life than feeling afraid, angry and trapped by other people’s expectations. It reminded me that I am worthy of genuine affection. It prodded me to shine brightly and not to allow those who do not have my best interests at heart to hold me back from achieving my personal best. It also forced me to recognize that I needed to take responsibility for myself because I am stronger, smarter and braver than I ever gave myself credit for being. As it turned out, by ruminating on the negative, I had forgotten that I had repeatedly demonstrated adaptability, intelligence, temperance, justice and wisdom in between the instances where I had allowed people to walk all over me. I believe that orb recognized that I had reached a point in my life where I needed someone outside my sphere of influence to highlight these lessons.

Eventually I came to the realization that, in its own unique ways (which were sometimes harsh after our initial meeting), the orb had given me the courage to let go of toxic familiarity. This allowed me to flourish while establishing Alien Experiencers Network, which in turn helped others to grow as a result of their own alien experiences. Perhaps most of all, through its initiation by way of an amazing spiritual awakening, the orb reminded me that I am a child of God/the universe/nature, and as such, I am connected to everything. Coming to this realization was something more beautiful, magnificent and awe-inspiring than I had ever imagined.

So it is, after a lifetime of anomalous experiences, and a tremendous amount of prayerful contemplation, that I have officially decided to establish a You Tube channel in 2023. My goal is to regularly engage the public on what is arguably one of the most important topics of our time: the spiritually transformative nature of ET, UAP/UFO, and paranormal/supernatural experiences. There’s a lot to this topic. It covers not only the physical and psychological impacts of contact and close encounters, it also addresses the changes to the trajectory of an individual’s personal and spiritual development (a HUGE topic). Additionally, I will present how ET technology interacts with the human energy system, what a transhumanist future may look like, the impacts of government reluctance to fully disclose the truth, soul walk-ins, genetic manipulation and much more. Nearly every aspect of this overarching topic impacts each of us spiritually, emotionally and intellectually - even if it's one person at a time, as in cases of individual close encounters and direct contact. Then again, these private contacts are often shared with at least one other person, which at a minimum, doubles their impact. Talk about a grass roots movement!

Please know that I consider my work in this field to be an honor and a privilege. I would also like to state that I am approaching this project with a humble and truth-seeking heart, because while I believe that humankind’s future presently lies in the balance, with any luck, one day soon it’ll lie among the stars.

Stay tuned, more information will follow in early 2023…

Wishing you love and light,
Donna M. Atwood

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Donna M. Atwood, founder of ALIEN EXPERIENCERS NETWORK is also an American writer of suspenseful paranormal and science fiction as well as non-fiction. In fiction, she draws upon her B.A. in psychology to develop flawed and complex characters, while her background as a nanotechnology start-up owner serves as the foundation for her sci-fi's exciting, futuristic technologies. In addition, as a trained massage therapist and ET/UAP/paranormal experiencer, she is comfortable exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of the human condition. Donna M. Atwood is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the American Massage Therapy Association, the New York Writers Association and Rave Reviews Book Club. Additionally, she proudly supports the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of the Mutual UFO Network. Currently, Ms. Atwood resides in Tucson, Arizona where, when not working, she enjoys spending time with her friends and family, including her granddog, Luna. She has also been sighted around Sedona, Arizona where she partakes of its vibrant arts community, New Age shops, and world-class hiking. But more than anything else, when it comes to her work, Ms. Atwood loves connecting with other experiencers around the world. She believes there is nothing more important than sharing contact experiences and learning from and supporting one another.

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If fate, as many have suggested, is a product of divine intervention, then will our species ever reach a point in which we are truly in control of our lives? Will we ever be able to manifest our own destiny?

In short, I believe the answer is yes. However, in order to achieve this ambitious goal, we will likely first need to reach a particular stage in our evolutionary development. The stage of which I’m referring to, is precognition, an awakening (or reawakening) of our ability to ascertain things which are not visible to the naked eye. Additionally, based on my own UFO/UAP encounters, I suspect that activating human precognition may represent one aspect of a much larger, overarching extraterrestrial genetic program. Let’s dive in a little deeper.

For example, if a human embryo, (the product of an extraterrestrial encounter), were hybridized with extraterrestrial genetics, that same child may eventually display advanced capabilities specific to that alien's race. But what if the ETs decided to also switch on human abilities related to this same area of research - abilities which had gone dormant long ago? Is it possible this same child might genetically represent the best of both species? From a scientific viewpoint, I think the answer is obvious.

Over the years, extraterrestrials could decide to secretly groom this person to be a leader of some sort. As a result, such an individual may elect to stand for something bigger than themselves. Maybe they will defend the planet by educating the public about the science behind climate change, or act as an ambassador to civilizations from within or beyond our solar system. Many people would agree these are worthy causes.

But, what about less than noble causes? Couldn’t such a person be used to further a negative agenda? Regrettably, I believe this is possible. However, if such a person is overall positive in their outlook, has achieved telepathy and has communicated with benevolent beings—something often referred to as cosmic consciousness—then, I suspect such a scenario is far less likely.

That’s because one outcome of such an experiment will likely be a hybridized person’s ability to vibrate at a high frequency. Over time, interactions (telepathic and otherwise) will naturally teach this person the important lesson of discernment. Also, let’s not forget that extraterrestrials may choose to watch over their test subjects and protect them from being exploited or weaponized in some manner.

You don’t have to be a mathematician to understand that if we take this idea and multiply it by the number of people who have repeatedly been abducted (taking into account that abductions are often seen in families), then we can begin to imagine the scale at which this might really be occurring—and that doesn’t include all those people who never told anyone about their encounters.

With any luck, maybe, just maybe our species is being prepared for future that’s far more positive and purposeful than most of us realize. Perhaps what we’re witnessing, at least with some of these alien abduction claims, is nothing less than the dawning of a New Earth, and our ability to manifest the destiny we always knew we wanted.

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D. M. Atwood is an American writer of suspenseful paranormal and science fiction as well as non-fiction. She draws upon her B.A. in psychology to develop flawed and complex characters while her background as a nanotechnology start-up owner serves as the foundation for her sci-fi’s exciting, futuristic technologies. In addition, as a trained massage therapist and alien/UFO experiencer, she is comfortable exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of the human condition. D. M. Atwood currently resides in Arizona.

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By D. M. Atwood

To be honest, I thought she was done for. As in no hope. Lights out.

The person I’m speaking of is my mom. Quite recently, I had gone to visit her and let me tell you, she didn’t look well. Equally concerning was her mind. She couldn’t follow a normal conversation. Not surprisingly, we agreed to focus specifically on her issues and I made a point to speak in slow, simple sentences.

What my mom didn’t know is that prior to my visit, I had seen two luminous spheres in the Arizona night sky. I noticed them hovering above a shopping center but quickly dismissed them as stars—that is, until I observed one sphere move easterly and the other to the west. They then joined and set off due north together. By now, I had no doubt this was not the Christmas star (Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction) that had been all over the news. Furthermore, to be perfectly honest, even though I’ve had several sightings and interactions with these spheres over the last few years, my mouth hung open as I watched them traverse across the desert sky.  

Days passed. Prior to my next visit with my mom, I did what I often do several times a day: I prayed. That’s right. I’m a writer of paranormal and science fiction, but I’m also a deeply spiritual person. As such, I do believe in a Higher Power, one that I refer to as God. While I always, always, always strive to work with this Higher Power, based on my own experiences I also believe in the existence of angels, demons, extraterrestrials and interdimensionals. Thankfully, I found out in massage school that I’m sensitive to subtle energy. I learned that this explains why I’m able to perceive those in other realms. (On a positive note, now that we are entering a new age, I suspect in time that many others will also be able to sense these different dimensional entities and their energies.)   

Finally, I packed up my car. As I once again drove to my mom’s, I noticed that my heart didn’t feel as heavy as I thought it would. Considering how badly she’d been doing, my emotions related to this visit surprised me. Then I saw her. Right away I knew something had changed. There was a sparkle in her eye. When she spoke, I could tell that her mind was clear. Best of all, her bubbly personality had returned.

As wonderful as this is, I suspect it wouldn’t have occurred if I hadn’t asked for help from above. You see, my mom had stopped taking a prescription that had given her several side effects. She swore that it also negatively impacted her memory. The problem is that even after she had been off the medicine for weeks, her mind continued to deteriorate. In fact, I had posted about this on social media. I was convinced she had Alzheimer’s/Dementia. I even went so far as to discuss the importance of eating a healthy diet, which in turn promotes brain health.

Of course I still believe in eating healthy, exercising and doing whatever we can to reduce our stress levels. But I also believe that my family experienced a Christmas miracle this year, possibly at the hands of the beautiful luminous spheres that I keep seeing (when I least expect it!). Let me be clear, I’m the first to admit that they work in mysterious ways and that I did go through some bizarre and frightening incidents with them early on. Even so, I can attest that they are highly effective at reaching people and helping them. Simply stated, I’m convinced these orbs are not to be feared. Rather, they’re to be cherished and respected. After all, they may very well be here as part of an extraterrestrial intervention, one that's designed to help Earth Humans ascend to a better way of thinking and living.  

What about you? Have you ever encountered a large luminous sphere? What happened? I’d love to hear from you!

Happy New Year, Everyone!  : )
 
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​D. M. Atwood is an American writer of suspenseful paranormal and science fiction as well as non-fiction. She draws upon her B.A. in psychology to develop flawed and complex characters while her background as a nanotechnology start-up owner serves as the foundation for her sci-fi’s exciting, futuristic technologies. In addition, as a trained massage therapist and alien/UFO experiencer, she is comfortable exploring some of the more esoteric aspects of the human condition. D. M. Atwood currently resides in Arizona.

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