Janet Richmond grew up in a small town in Connecticut and moved California in 1977. With a Masters in Business Administration from UCLA, she started her own business management company and supported her family for 20 years, raising two children as a single parent. Janet "discovered" Joan Culpepper and The Higher Selves in 1983. The Higher Self information had such a powerful impact that Janet dove into learning all the Joan offered and committed herself to working with the life-changing material. When Joan died in 2006, Janet received the copyright for Joan's material and wrote her first book, CHOICES: Neutralizing Your Negative Thoughts and Emotional Blueprints, to share Joan's legacy with the world. From 2009 on (with the sale of her business practice), Janet offers workshops, hosts a web-radio show, and conducts private sessions utilizing a Higher Self 'Soul Scan' technique. She also produces her Catalytic Art, a healing art form that uses Higher Self techniques. The book cover of the current book, Soul Psychology: Our Journey Through the Human Kingdom Universe, features one of her pieces. Janet currently resides in the Los Angeles area.