December is the time for gifting!

The Free Frankincense promotion is back! 'Tis the season for Frankincense, and when you place any order of 200PV or more in the month of December, you'll get a full sized bottle for FREE! (That's a $93 value!) Also, the Loyalty Rewards product of the month this month is fantastic- white fir oil with a terracotta diffuser ornament. So place your LRP for over 125pv before the 15th and get yours! (Keep it over 200 and you'll get BOTH!)

Stick it to Cold and Flu Season!

This coming Wednesday November 30th, 2011 I will be teaching a wellness class in Provo, UT. I'd love it if you'd join us for a fun and educational evening!

Meet my new baby!

When other bloggers don't post much, I figure it's one of 2 things: They either lost interest, or they are up to something. For me, it's been the latter. I'm so excited! *does a giddy dance*
I'll try to still my wiggles enough to type this.
Guess what I've been up to??




My friend Natalie and I have written a cookbook!!! SO excited!! Healthy recipes incorporating essential oils for flavor and health benefit, inspired by doTERRA's Slim and Sassy health program and namesake oil blend.
HERE is our new website for the cookbook, and HERE! is where alse you can get it- Aromatools.com!

Who doesn't like a reward??

When I opened my doTERRA wholesale account, I was doing just that- opening a wholesale account. In my mind, I was firmly rejecting everything except exactly what I knew I wanted. Just the Family Physician Kit. I boldly skipped over the "Select a Monthly Autoship" category. "And rightly so", I thought, "no one is going to sucker me into being stuck buying the same package of stuff every single month!"
I hosted a class about a week later and my "instructor" and upline came early and went over the basics with me. It wasn't pressure, it was just information. I am so grateful that she did! I signed up for autoship the next week. doTERRA has relabeled autoship to the Loyalty Rewards Program because it is just that- a rewards program. Not many companies give you up to 30% back in free product just for buying the stuff you were going to buy anyway. I've been at it for 5 months and earned over $100 wholesale dollars in free product- and I'm not even up to the highest percentage of reward yet!

This really is the smartest way to get rewarded for awesome products that you are going to be buying anyway. I have quite a few IPCs or wholesale account members on my team that are regularly purchasing at least $50 wholesale in products each month and aren't in the Loyalty Rewards Program. I've been dying to let them know how they can get free product for spending the same amount of money!
So here it is. I'm breaking it down. Please feel free to ask questions if I don't explain it well enough!

The Loyalty Rewards Program goes like this: Each month you order at least $50 PV (product value) in doTERRA products under the autoship category. You pick a day of the month and set your order date. You can pick it up at will call in Orem, UT or have it shipped to your door. The next month, you do the same thing- if you don't change it, you'll get the same thing you ordered last month on the same day of the month. You can hop on your virtual office and change your order and day of the month whenever you want to. I actually have 2 monthly shipments myself! As long as one of your shipments is over 50 PV, you earn a percentage back in points to spend like dollars on doTERRA product. (And that's on top of getting amazing products and wholesale prices.) Here's how the reward percentage goes:

Should you choose to keep your PV over 100, you then qualify for Bonuses in earnings on the sales and purchases made by anyone who is placed under you in the tree. I love it when a team member calls me to say, "Hey, I just got a check from doTERRA! What did I do?" :D

The next reservation I hear (and I had too at first), is the worry about getting stuck in a contract. There is none! You can cancel your LRP commitment any time (just call and spend your earned points first or you'll lose them!)

There really isn't a down side! I love this program!

How can you get in on it?

If you don't have a wholesale account yet, get one here. There is an autoship option as you sign up.

For those who have one already, sign in to your back office, click 'Consultant Services', 'Order Processing', then 'Autoship Orders'.

Hit it hard!

Tis the season for it's-not-spring-yet illnesses that just seem to make the rounds over and over again. We get them too! We get them less often than we did last year, that is for sure, but we get them. As I type, my little almost 3 year old is burning with fever in my bed. My 8 1/2 year old had the same thing a few days ago. He got over it in less than 24 hours- more like 12! My almost 6 year old just got over it as well and my one year old took a turn too. How did we get over it so fast? I have a lot of people ask me that- some of them have the same oils available to them that I do, so why am I getting results? That's what this post is about- hitting it hard!
Imagine heading to the doc, getting a prescription antibiotic and taking it once. Or even once a day. What about Tylenol? Would you take it once and expect to be completely well? No way! (If you have some medicine that makes you healthy in one dose, please give it to me to keep next to my mythical money tree.)
CPTG (certified pure therapeutic grade) essential oils are amazing but they are not magic! Sometimes it may seem that way, but there is science- biology, chemistry and physics to be had. They must follow the laws of the universe!
I recommend to those who ask that when trying to eradicate a plague on your household, dose accordingly. I like to layer on a combination of antibacterial, antiviral oils- depending on symptoms, at least every 4-6 hours (sometimes every 2-3 hours). Generally, I throw everything I've got at it, within reason. For example, this 103.7 degree fever my kids have been passing around. I've been using On Guard, Frankincense, Melaleuca, Oregano, Lemon, Lavender and Peppermint (this one is especially important for treating fevers). For kids, I just touched the top of the bottle, flipped it over, and rubbed that on the bottoms of their feet every 2-3 hours. Overkill? Maybe. But that much is not going to hurt them, and it sure as heck is going to take out whatever mean little bug is plaguing them. Some of them have had some sinus and/or cough issues. I have just diluted 1 drop of Breathe and one drop of Frankincense in about 2-3 drops of fractionated coconut oil (my favorite carrier oil) and rubbed it into their chests, across the bridge of the nose (it stings a little on the face, but it doesn't last long), and on the feet. For those with tummy issues, we've done a drop of DigestZen rubbed into the tummy (diluted 1:1) and then a little on the tongue. I just put a little on my finger and have the child lick it. Again with the stinging, but it passes fast- especially with a little sip of water.

Treating aggressively gets results. Please use common sense and don't slather top to bottom, but don't be too timid either! The difference between using the oils and using prescription antibiotics is that you repeat dose for a day or two instead of 10 days, you feel better faster, and you don't have any harmful side effects. (Not to mention skipping the doc visit, the insurance info, picking up the prescription, and all of the "wait it out" stress of not being able to treat a virus!)

We love our essential oils!

Burned

I have a history of burning myself in the kitchen. It happens frequently and I almost always scar. I have had some really nasty ones!! On this past Sunday, my hot pad folded out from under my thumb which promptly pressed firmly against a 450 degree oven rack. OW!! I wish I had taken a picture. It was scalded white immediately. I ran to the sink for cold water, then snagged my little bottle of Lavender oil that I keep in my kitchen now (for just such klutzy occasions). The pain dissipated almost immediately! I spent the next 4 hours reapplying lavender every 30 minutes or so and keeping my thumb on ice. As soon as the pain would start to bother me a bit, I'd put more lavender on. By bed time- no problem! The ice pack was not needed, and the pain was gone. The next morning, though my thumb was still white and slightly blistered, it didn't hurt at all. Today is Wednesday and I can't believe it! My skin reabsorbed the blister and you can hardly tell anything even happened! This stuff is amazing!!

The Conditions We Live With

Sometimes I am floored at the conditions people live with. Even a slight chronic condition can be kind of a big deal. But we get used to it- or tell ourselves we will, sometimes resigning to this little beast before even having a good go at getting rid of it. Some of us fight like mad with the tools we've been given, searching high and low in the medical community until we are antibiotic resistant and on 5 more medications to counteract a plethora of side effects that have made our lives even more miserable. I've been amazed as I interact with and offer natural help to friends I've known for years that casually throw out- oh, yeah I have diabetes, chronic earaches, chronic sinus infections, chronic bronchitis, chronic bowel issues, acid reflux, sleep apnea, UTIs, back pain, headache, hip pain, knee issues, the list goes on and on. We live with them often because the alternatives presented (surgery, medication, etc) are out of our reach financially, disruptive to our lives, worse than our current situation, or we've exhausted them altogether to no avail. It's miserable. We've reached a point in our westernized minds, where we need to open our minds back up to natural options- the centuries old remedies that really can work wonders. Essential oils, when truly pure, offer a solution without side effects! Because they are safe and incredibly effective, they are affordable, and they give us the empowerment to take back our healthcare. Education is key, and doTERRA offers it at every turn. When we know what to use and how to use it, the drama and panic that some awful beast of an illness or ailment with interrupt our lives or put us in danger, dissipates. And when your product is guaranteed potent and pure, you can live with the confidence that it will work. And that, my friends, is life changing.