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Hello and Welcome to Scent Reflections!

My name is TJ, but you can call me Thea or Jennifer if you prefer.  

Some people might call me a healer, but I prefer to use the word “facilitator” or “educator”. At heart, I am a writer, certified essential oil specialist, herbal enthusiast, and bookworm who enjoys sharing knowledge and resources about using aromatherapy and other alternative medicine modalities to cope with stress.

I’d like to share what I’ve learned with you here.

Love and Rainbows

Come join me on an adventure to explore how our senses can support healthy lifestyle changes. Visit these pages in the menu to learn about my professional experience and privacy policy.

This website is a work-in-progress, so not much content yet. Check back for more information.

Disclaimer: I am not an expert by any means. Not a therapist, medical or mental health professional. I do not diagnose, treat, or tell people what to do. The main purpose of this website and blog is education and support. If you are unsure how the suggestions and resources here may affect you, please discuss any changes to your existing treatment plan with your medical and mental health providers first.

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Be Well Message

Dear Guests,
I hope you all are doing well and staying safe with the coronavirus scare. In times like this, it’s not easy to stay healthy, be positive, and find moments of laughter or joy to balance the fear, frustration, or other negative sensations that may rise.
For people who enjoy being active outside and/or interacting with others face-to-face, this is an especially challenging time. Being confined alone or with others for extended periods of time can bring out the best and the worst in relationships or highlight things we’ve all tried to ignore or deny about ourselves and each other. Tempers get roused easily. People react and act to stuff they normally wouldn’t. Maybe out of fear. Maybe out of frustration. Maybe the stressful times are their version of an excuse for behaving in such ways?
Please remember that we still have choices.
We can choose react from a position of fear-based choices.
We can to argue and fight and lose our tempers. Be angry at the world and socialize and continue with our routines like nothing is going on (denial). We can ignore government mandates and health authority warnings. We can let prejudice rule our opinions and influence our interactions with others. We can choose to feel and express anger in ways that hurt ourselves and the people around us.
Or we can choose to to react from a position of love-based choices.
We can use effective communication and compromise strategies. Use Active Listening skills to to ourselves and each other. Check in from a position of love and acceptance. Be kind to ourselves and each other no matter how scared or stressed out we feel. And most important, express our fear, anger, shame, or other negative emotions in healthy ways that support us and the others around us instead of hurting ourselves and those other people.
Sometimes we might not have choices in how we act or react. Instinct and learned behavior (i.e. survival skills) override everything else when we feel overwhelmed or pushed too far.
In situations like that, when “the damage is done” we till have choices to make. We can pretend nothing happened. We can continue to escalate the negativity and cause more damage to an existing relationship until nothing is left. We can acknowledge the situation and try to make reparation and/or amends or listen with compassion to the other party and work out a solution. We can acknowledge our part in what happened, reflect on the situation, and work out ways to prepare for future ones. Maybe preventative actions or a coping strategy?
But no matter what, we humans are a resilient species. And we can survive this. We will survive and learn to thrive in the changed and changing world.
I believe in you. Please believe in yourselves too.

Crystals & Crystal Grids: Change your Environment by Changing the Energy flow

Decorating is not a strong point for me because I always feel constricted by the lease rules. And have fear triggers about putting things on walls. Triggers about creating art and displaying my preferences outside of my head. That makes me feel vulnerable because I’m claiming a space as mine.

And because I’m practicing self care by doing this. Decorating a home, for me, means taking psychology coping techniques and strategies meant for my mind and applying them to my physical world. It means creating an alter space for mediation and spiritual practice too.

In other words, practicing integration of mind/body/spirit.
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he nice thing about crystals and crystal grids is that they lie on flat surfaces and do not take up a lot of space. You can use a pre-made grid or create your own groupings. You decide on the types of crystals you use, color combinations, and sizes/shapes too. If you don’t want them flat, you can put them in bags and hang them on walls or door knobs. You can turn them into wired cage jewelry or sculptures too if you know how to work with metal or other materials.

March Bonus Booklet: An Excerpt for guests

Dear Guests,

I realize there may be some skepticism about joining the mailing list. And to be honest, I feel the same way too. The same thing about using the word “donations” to ask people to contribute money to keep this business and Untangled Connections going. It feels awkward and brings out many triggers (a story I will share someday on Untangled Connections).

But I still have to make money – at least enough to pay for the upgraded accounts and programs that allow me to share new and high quality content – too….

Then I realized “oh that is why my favorite author’s share snippets and excerpts” because people like knowing what they are getting in advance. And they like getting exclusive content that is not available for free on the blog or in other locations.

So, I’m sharing two excerpts from the March bonus booklet here.

Sensory Movement Challenge Day 7: Dance Like No One’s Watching; Sing Like No One’s Listening; Laugh Like You Mean It; Stay Safe Wherever You Are — Untangled Connections

This is the last day of the Sensory Movement Challenge. Tomorrow’s Facebook Live will wrap up what’s happened this week and allow guests to ask questions.

Remember there is always a way to stay connected and social no matter where you are physically. Please be safe and careful. Use your intuition and sense to make healthy choices.

Then on to other topics.

Privacy Policy

Promise of Confidentiality All information shared with me is confidential and not shared with outside parties unless specified in a signed release form or necessary by law. Permission from a signed release form can be revoked in writing (email or USPS mail) at any time. Conditions for Information Sharing: Federal, State, Local law requires me… Continue reading Privacy Policy

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