NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND
Kari Richey
LA CRESCENTA, CALIFORNIA, USA
CEMENTING FOUNDATIONS
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ouring a building’s foundation cracking. “While James’s healing journey every day. She learned more about her
requires special tools to build a was a blessing, it was also a time where strengths and how to utilize them in
foundation that is strong, stable, doubt and fear often crept in. I knew her business. Being alone during this
and durable. Kari Richey has seen that my family needed me and my time allowed Kari to get creative. She
this firsthand in the construction income to thrive. I wanted my kids to transitioned from in-person classes
industry where her husband, James, feel comfort, love, and stability while to online classes. She took advantage
has worked for 17 years, as well as in their dad was away healing. So, for the her personal foundations. first time since starting my business, I
questions and doing one-on-ones
decided to go all in.” during naps, school, and bedtime.
a year and a half after Kari started her For Kari, that meant waking up earlier, going. I felt so defeated and run down.
dōTERRA ® business. James was seeking even if the kids woke up often in On those days, I reminded myself what
help for an addiction, and Kari had to the middle of the night. She started my upline, Nicole Moultrie, would say:
keep her personal foundation from gratitude journaling and meditation ‘You can only quit on a good day.’ With
Their family bedrock was sorely tested
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of phone conversations, asking great
dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2019
“Many days I felt like I couldn’t keep
Images by Brandy Yi Photography