So many new faces this month in the community! Welcome to all of you. There will NOT be any weekly discussion this week or next week, as many of us from the community are getting ready to head to Waverly Hills sanitarium this weekend and I have a busy week preparing and traveling. But we will definitely be posting our experiences and evidence as soon as we can. Maybe I will do a video call so we all can talk about our investigation and some of the evidence we captured and you all can ask questions. I will pop in when I can but in the meanwhile, feel free to keep the community going, jumping into old discussions, or checking out the classroom. As we roll into May, I hope to have more conversations with you all as we discuss the paranormal. Posts to check out: Nick’s haunted bucket list places- https://www.skool.com/paranormalexplorers-collective-9533/paranormal-bucket-list?p=1def85de

I hope everyone is having a good year so far. It has been a wild ride for me so far, but in a good way. I wanted to share a few updates about my plans for the community. First off, WELCOME to all new members so far this year! The community is slowly growing, and that’s awesome. If you haven’t been very active in the community, that's okay, but I would like to encourage you to jump into discussions when you can. Participating helps make the community fun and encourages growth. Please don’t hesitate to make a post or join the discussions. There are a few things I am going to change in the community. Moving forward, instead of having the new member make an introduction post, I will make a welcome post for each new member joining the community. That way, every new member can be seen and welcomed into the community. I will continue to have weekly discussions on different paranormal-related topics, and if there is any topic you want to discuss, feel free to make suggestions. In addition to the weekly discussion topics, I will also be posting about different haunted locations. I will do my best to choose locations from around the world, but I am most familiar with locations in the United States. If you know of a haunted location in your area, feel free to post about it in the Locations & Hotspots category. Give a bit of history on the location and why it is haunted, who is known to haunt the place, and any personal experiences you have had if you have visited. I want to thank all of you for being part of the community, and I hope that as we continue to grow, we will all learn more about the paranormal and connect more with each other.

I am in a wonderful community here on Skool called Evergreen Foundations. It is a community built for personal growth and evolution, but more recently, they have added community growth to that list. This month, @Brandon Decremer and @Dinka Salvador are hosting the 'Evolution Summit 2026', a daily call featuring 30+ Evergreen community members with their own stories and communities. It has been awesome listening to so many amazing people share their stories of growth and evolution, and sharing what their own community is about. I had the pleasure of being their guest to talk about the Paranormal Explorers Collective, as well as my story and experiences. You can listen to the call below if you are interested. I was out of my comfort zone, but that is where growth happens 😊 I also recommend checking out the Evergreen Foundations community because it is full of amazing people, full of positivity, and a lot of fun. Brandon and Dinka do so much over there, I don't know how they do it all! Thank you both for having this amazing summit and opening it up to everyone.

Shout out to all the new members in the Collective this month. We gained 14 new members in December, and ended the year with just under 50 members. Thank you all so much for being here! 2026 will be a year for growth and fun. @Kat Swim @Dr. Melissa Partaka @Brandon Decremer @Cory Flight @Sara Fredrick @Rodney Thompson Outdoor Skills @Matthew Glasgow @Edward Holmgren @Dinka Salvador @Diana Atkinson @Chris Earl @Ashley Vazquez @Ally Pike @Kymberley Sharp @Matthew Willis (returning member)

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year's. There will not be a weekly discussion this week or next week, but we will resume again January 5th. I hope to have some fun stuff for the community next year! Feel free to post about your celebrations, and if you do any ghost hunting, be sure to share! A bunch of us from the Collective will be doing an investigation just after the new year so be on the look out for some posts about that. Stay safe and warm!