Beyond Strickly Living with Jen Strickland

01/26/2022

Calm in the Chaos

I keep thinking about this little girl I met in Buyengo village, Uganda. Her mom brought her to us, asking if there was anything we could do to help her. She is blind AND deaf. She doesn't speak. I noticed that while she was gentle, she seemed to have some agitation, perhaps feeling the crowd surrounding her in the gathering area where we were gifting a home to a deserted widow.

I asked Wendy for some Stress Away. Then I offered it to the little girl. At first she backed away. Then she slowly moved towards it and began to smile. I put some in her hand, rubbed her hands together and held them over her nose. She calmed down and smiled more. Her mom also began to smile as she watched. The little girl began to lick the oil. We pulled her hands away to show her to just smell it. Either way, I knew it was safe for her to lick and assured her mom of it.

The little girl was no longer restless the whole time, even as the crowd became more excited about the house when we cut the rope and handed over the keys.

We couldn't rescue her from her situation but at least we could make her day. If I had my own Stress Away with me, I would have given it to the momma. I hope to do so next time I'm in Uganda.

01/22/2022

Murchison Falls.. where the Nile River crashes through a narrow gorge and drops 400 feet.

It's the largest waterfall found along any of the various branches of the Nile River, and one of the largest waterfalls in Africa by volume. There's no way to capture the sheer power of these falls without being there in person.

12/09/2021

Rose and Melissa Rollers

Almost ready to send these out to my customers/ brand partners who earned them in a promotion last month! I'm almost high on these oils putting them together! Mmmmm... 🥰

You know it only takes 3 drops in a 3mL bottle to make these. Top off with V-6 carrier oil from YL (or use a neutral carrier oil like avocado or fractionation coconut oil). These oils are so potent,it doesn't take much. You could make 30 rosebottle rollers.

Roller: $.90
3 drops Rose: $6.62
3 drops Melissa: $5.63

I made the stickers with my cricut, but you could buy letter stickers. Make it lovelier by adding rose quartz or rose petals to the rose bottle and you could cut down to 2 drops of rose oil since you'll have less oil on the bottle. To the Melissa bottle, add Jade or another green stone. Get real gemstones! Fake will bleed and will interact with the natural, healthy constituents of the essential oils.

Be aware that rose has a high freezing point so if your rose is frozen, just warm it up in your pocket until it becomes liquid again.

Shopping Guide:
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🌹Rose EO: https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/product/rose-essential-oil
🏵Melissa EO:
https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/product/melissa-essential-oil
▪️Rose quartz: https://amzn.to/3IBZ5Aj
▪️Jade or Green Aventurine: https://amzn.to/31E48Qi
▪️Dried flowers: https://amzn.to/3pBCoDK
▪️3x4 organza bags: https://amzn.to/3oF1vpM

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12/08/2021

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11/12/2021

Do you get tired of the predictive text posts, but can't help yourself anyway? Yeah, that's me too. 😂

10/28/2021