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The Snooze Routine: Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep
Jan 16th, 2015 | Category: Young Living Product Blog
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Read more...YL in the Kitchen: Italian Dipping Oil
Jan 12th, 2015 | Category: Young Living Product BlogBring the taste of Italy to your dining table with this easy-to-prepare dipping oil recipe! Serve as an appetizer, as a side at dinner, or anytime as a tasty snack.
In this recipe we’ve included the bold flavors of Oregano, Basil, Thyme, and Rosemary essential oils. Just one drop packs a full-bodied flavor since these essential oils are several times more concentrated than the original herb.
Have some fun with flavor and experiment with these other essential oil ideas!
Do you have any other great dipping oil combinations? Share your culinary skills in the comments!
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Read more...Get to Know Young Living’s Newest (and Youngest) Royal Crown Diamond
Jan 9th, 2015 | Category: Young Living Product Blog
Canada-based Adam Green is a record breaker. Adam recently achieved Young Living’s highest and most honored rank—Royal Crown Diamond—and, at just 25, is the youngest member in Young Living’s 20-year history to achieve this status. He’s part of a 28,000-member strong organization called “Green Team,” which also includes his mother, sister, and two brothers. This NingXia Red® daily-doser said he owes a lot to Young Living, including paying off his house and meeting his wife at a Young Living event.
We talked with Adam about his favorite products and usage tips, how he sparks conversations about Young Living, the best part of his job, and his advice to aspiring Royal Crown Diamonds.
Y
L: What got you involved with Young Living?
Adam: My mother has been a Young Living member since 2000, and I’ve been using the products ever since. She was my sponsor when I became a member myself. In late 2011, I quit my job as a personal trainer to focus more on building my Young Living business. At the time of the 2012 International Grand Convention, I’d been a slow-moving Silver for three years, but then a presentation by Bob Proctor put a fire in my belly. I told everyone that I wouldn’t be coming back until I wasn’t a Silver anymore. I collected a bunch of lanyards with “Gold” written on the ribbon, took them back to my office, wrote in my goals to reach the Gold rank on a gold card, and hung them up on my wall. I returned to the convention the next year, but not as a Silver!
YL: What do you think helped you rise in rank so quickly?
Adam: It was a combination of changing my mindset and becoming a little more self-motivated. Successfully achieving this rank is completely a team effort—it would be impossible otherwise. Because of that, it’s about what everyone can do together. It’s how we can duplicate leadership. For one, our team shifted to more home gatherings as opposed to hotel events, and we grew exponentially.
YL: What’s next now that you’re a Royal Crown Diamond?
Adam: My focus will still be on empowering leaders and the team as much as possible. I’ll keep trying to provide a good example for the team to follow.
YL: What’s the best part of what you do?
Adam: I enjoy having the freedom to control my own life and my schedule. The best part is that my success isn’t just about me—it’s based on helping others achieve and become successful. The only way you can succeed and earn with Young Living is to help other people with their wellness.
YL: What are your biggest learning takeaways since joining Young Living?
Adam: I’ve learned that it’s important to keep things simple and to not be the expert at the front of the room. I sought out top leaders both in the profession and out, so I think it’s valuable to find people who have achieved what you want to achieve and model them.
YL: Which products are your favorites?
Adam: I love NingXia Red and NingXia Nitro™ and drink them daily. I think one reason why I’ve been so healthy is because I’ve used supplements my entire life, particularly OmegaGize³™. Deep Relief™ is my personal favorite, and I’ve used it to introduce people to Young Living. I hoard Valor®, too. It smells so good! I’ve spent a lot of time speaking in public, and it’s been a big help.
YL: Any tried-and-true usage tips you’d like to share?
Adam: I use Thieves® Household Cleaner for all my cleaning. It’s the most versatile household product and the only cleaner we use. I use oils no matter where I go, since wearing them helps generate curiosity and conversations with people. I even put Abundance™ on my checks, and bank tellers ask me about the smell. We’re lucky that our business is an aromatic company, while other companies offer products that don’t spark conversations so easily.
YL: What’s your best business advice for aspiring Royal Crown Diamonds?
Adam: It takes a concerted effort. Use your team, find mentors, ditch the ego, be teachable and coachable, go in with a student’s mindset, and learn the skills you need. Even though you can start a Young Living business for $150, as opposed to spending $120,000 at school to learn business or marketing, you still need to treat it like a serious business. If you treat it like a hobby, you’ll get paid like it’s a hobby.
YL: What are you most excited for in Young Living’s future?
Adam: I love that we’re a growing, stable company with a great leadership team at corporate and in the field. Young Living really is a unique opportunity since we’re about creating success for other people and not just ourselves.
Congratulations to Adam for a stellar effort! Good luck from all of us!
For more information on Adam, please visit his website or Facebook page.
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Read more...2015: Your Best Year Yet!
Jan 7th, 2015 | Category: Young Living Product Blog
When it comes to inspiring change, the New Year holiday is a top motivator for those who believe in making each day count and every year better than the last. If you felt freshly inspired as you rang in 2015, hang on to that fire—it’s the key to making lasting changes for a happier, healthier future!
Do you see yourself learning an instrument or language? Spending more time with your kids? Growing your Young Living business? Getting reacquainted with your artistic side? Chances are you’re not short on ideas for taking big steps forward. But before you start tackling your resolutions, it’s important to discover what is most important to you and what changes will have the biggest impact on your happiness and quality of life. Pause. Meditate. Journal. You might find it helpful to incorporate the essential oils below into your goal setting to help define and focus your aims:
- Hope™: Develop feelings of strength and stability.
- Transformation™: Empower uplifting thoughts.
- Surrender™: Address inhibitions limiting your potential.
- Inspiration™: Enhance spirituality and meditation.
Setting goals is one of the most crucial elements of creating a happy, full life. Be sure that the resolutions you make are substantial but achievable. The satisfaction you feel after meeting a goal will spur you on to further accomplishment, creating a positive cycle of achievement and fulfillment.
To keep achieving, review your goals frequently. Share them with those who will be supportive and help you achieve them. Don’t procrastinate, but be kind to yourself about your expectations. Also, be sure to create a plan for your goals. For example, don’t just set out to hit Gold rank by the end of the year; create a target of enrolling a certain number of new members per week, while creating a reliable system for yourself to contact new people and support your newest downline members. We suggest these essential oils to help you keep your confidence strong and commitment high:
Believe™: Promote feelings of strength and faith.- Harmony™: Create an environment of peace within your relationships and yourself.
- Highest Potential™: Support self-confidence and purpose in life.
- Envision™: Renew faith in the future.
- Gathering™: Maintain the path to higher achievement.
- Sacred Mountain™: Promote feelings of strength and empowerment.
- Magnify Your Purpose™: Enhance creativity and motivation.
- Motivation™: Take action.
What are your goals this year? What big steps does 2015 hold for you? Tell us in the comments!
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Read more...Getting 2015 Started On the Right Foot with Free Copaiba and Spearmint
Jan 1st, 2015 | Category: Young Living Product Blog
The holidays are over, and so is the rushing, the schedule packed with get-togethers, and the last-minute baking and gift shopping. Ready to finally take a minute to breathe? We’re here to help you slow down, re-center, and get your 2015 on track with great essential oils for supporting your sense of calm and grounding. With your qualifying January Essential Rewards order, earn 5-ml bottles of Copaiba and Spearmint essential oils, along with a shareable $20 enrollment voucher, and SleepEssence™ capsules!
So how can Copaiba and Spearmint help you unwind? Here are a couple of ideas for relaxing, at-home spa treats with these must-have essential oils:
- The main ingredient in Stress Away™ essential oil blend, Copaiba can be used aromatically promote a sense of calm. For an all-natural hair masque that nourishes both hair and scalp, combine ½ avocado, 1 egg yolk, 2–4 drops of Copaiba essential oil, and 1–2 drops of Rosemary essential oil in a blender. Distribute through hair, massage into scalp, and wrap hair in a shower cap. Wait 5–10 minutes. Rinse out in the shower, and then shampoo and condition as normal.
- Sweet and minty, Spearmint, the cousin of Peppermint, has a softer aroma and is both refreshing and uplifting to the mind. For an easy, at-home spa treatment, soak clean feet in warm water with 5–10 drops total of Spearmint, Peppermint, and Eucalyptus Globulus essential oil for up to 15 minutes. Remove from water and pat dry with a towel. Combine 1 tablespoon of cocoa butter with 5 drops each of Spearmint and Peppermint essential oil and massage into feet, focusing on the heel and ball of the foot. The tingling mint sensation will soothe away fatigue, while the cocoa butter will nourish dry skin.
How would you use the free Copaiba and Spearmint essential oils in your qualifying January order to get your year started right? Let us know in the comments!
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Read more...Start the Year Off with Slique!
Dec 29th, 2014 | Category: Young Living Product BlogFitting changes into our busy lifestyles is difficult. Many of us find ourselves committing to better nutrition and workout routines at the first of the year but are back to our bad habits after a few weeks.
With the start of the new year just around the corner, it’s time to try something better. The Slique™ in 60 Challenge is a more realistic approach to weight management and is specially designed to help you make lasting lifestyle changes. This unique program brings the power of Slique products—tried-and-tested combinations of naturally derived ingredients and pure essential oils—together with a simple and customizable diet and exercise regimen to help you develop better eating habits, more effectively manage your weight*, or both! Here are our Steps for Success:
Step 1: Commit to your weight-management program.
Any effective weight-management program should include a consistent routine of both exercise and healthy eating habits. Exercise not only helps you manage your weight, but it also improves mood, boosts energy, and promotes better sleep. For most healthy adults, the Department of Health and Human Services recommends getting at least 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic activity. That’s only 25 minutes per day, 6 days per week, and can include activities like brisk walking, swimming, weight training, or tennis.
We also encourage you to create a meal plan. Eat wholesome, well-balanced meals and drink plenty of water throughout the day. Ensuring that your body receives all the nutrients it needs is an important component of a healthy lifestyle, especially if you are reducing your caloric intake.
Step 2: Ch
oose your Slique collection.
We offer four different Slique collections, each with up to 10 percent savings, as part of our Slique line. You can choose from Slique Maintain, Slique Assist, Slique Advance, or Slique Complete and find the one that best complements your goals.
Step 3: Set a goal using the SMART system.
Apply the principles of SMART goal setting to maximize your chances for success:
- Specific: Choose a specific goal; e.g., exercise 30 minutes a day rather than “exercise more.”
- Measurable: Determine how you will measure your goal; e.g., days exercised or miles ran in a week.
- Accountable: Develop a way to be held accountable; e.g., share your goals with someone who will be supportive of you.
- Realistic: Make sure your goal is attainable; e.g., exercise 30 minutes a day rather than 2 hours per day.
- Timeframe: Establish a specific time in which you plan to accomplish your goal; e.g., 30 days, 60 days, etc.
Step 4: Evaluate your progress.
Maintain motivation by reviewing your goal on a regular basis. Ask yourself questions like “How am I doing with this goal?” and “Do I need to make any adjustments to my plan?” After this assessment, continue to move forward and use the Slique collection that best matches your goals. You may also customize and supplement with other Young Living products, such as NingXia Nitro™ and BLM™, to help you on your way to success!
Another wonderful benefit of this program is the Slique in 60 Pledge. If you don’t see a change for the better after 60 days of consecutive use, we will give you a product credit equal to the amount of your purchase. That’s how confident we are that this program will work for you!
To help kick-start your goals, we are giving away an entire Slique Complete collection! To enter, leave a comment telling us how you use Young Living products to help reach your health goals. We’ll announce the winner here on Thursday, January 1!
—Blair Lloyd, Young Living International and Portfolio Brand Associate
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The product is intended for use in conjunction with a healthy weight-management plan and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. Consult a physician before starting any weight-management or exercise program.
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Read more...Chai Time
Dec 23rd, 2014 | Category: Young Living Product BlogAlmost nothing is a more comforting book-and-blanket companion on a winter day than a warm cup of chai tea. Want to curl up and take a little relaxing, post-holiday me-time? Be your own barista and recreate the coffee shop magic of a creamy, foamy, spicy chai latte at home.
Making chai lattes infused with essential oils is easy. You’ll need an 8-oz. Mason jar with lid, toothpicks, and a microwave.
How do you infuse your drinks with essential oils? Let us know in the comments!
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Read more...Join with Family and Friends to Share Abundance
Dec 22nd, 2014 | Category: Young Living Product Blog
During this time of year, our Young Living purpose—sharing authentic gifts from nature to improve lives all around the world—seems more profound when sharing with those who truly need our help. I cannot think of another group more deserving than the millions of infants and toddlers who live in poverty—12 million in the U.S. alone! Twenty-two percent of children are born into families that lack the basic baby supplies required to keep a newborn safe and healthy.[1]
To help alleviate the needs of these little ones, I’ve decided to enlist the help of friends and family to make Young Living-style “cuddle kits” for infants. Join me this holiday season and host your own service party and make the season of giving a memorable one!
Get Started
Begin by choosing the organization you’ll donate to. Each humanitarian entity has different and specific requirements, so you’ll want to contact them before starting. I recommend a Google search to find local groups like:
- Hospitals and clinics
- Refugee camps (drop-off locations throughout the U.S. and Canada)
- Women’s shelters
- Homeless shelters
- Religious organizations
- United Way
This site includes more great charitable organizations you can look into.
Get Supplies
Make sure you have everything you need before your guests arrive. The cuddle kits can include items like:
Receiving blankets- Cloth diapers
- Diaper pins
- Baby socks or booties
- Gentle soap
- Undershirts/Onesies
- Gowns/sleepers
- Caps
- BPA-free bibs, burp cloths, pacifiers, and bottles
- Toiletries and diaper wipes, regular size and trial size
- Baby formula
Get Together
After selecting an organization, invite friends and family to participate. Decide together how many items you can donate.
To make sure your gathering has the makings of a truly enjoyable evening, don’t forget:
- Great appetizers or snacks that include the benefits of Young Living essential oils. Check out our Facebook page for recipes.
- Diffuse your favorite aromatic essential oil blend, such as Christmas Spirit™, Gratitude™, or Joy™.
- Fun, festive music that everyone will enjoy.
There is nothing better than strengthening relationships while doing something good for those in need. Enjoy this unique time of year, share your Young Living abundance, and have a memorable holiday season.
Are you hosting a service party? Tell us about it in the comments or on Facebook!
—Gloria Russo, International and Portfolio Brand Manager, Personal Care
[1] http://www.volunteerguide.org/hours/service-projects/baby-supply-kits
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Read more...Energize Your Morning with Aroma Yoga
Dec 18th, 2014 | Category: Young Living Product BlogThe Young Living community is full of wellness experts from all disciplines. Learn how yoga instructor Tracy Griffiths incorporates Young Living essential oils into her practice in this special guest blog!
When you wake up some mornings, do you ever wonder, “I just woke up; why do I feel so tired?” or, “How am I going to muster the get-up-and-go I need for the day?” Let me share a few simple, yet powerful, Aroma Yoga® exercises that may help stoke your inner fire and energize your body and mind so you can start your day with an extra boost!
The essential oils I recommend for these exercises are Young Living’s Bergamot (for its uplifting and invigorating scent) mixed with Eucalyptus Radiata (for its stimulating and refreshing fragrance). Combining these essential oils with the following movements may foster that spark you need to start your day energized. 
Each day that you practice, you can set a new intention or stay with one until you see it become manifest. I also suggest putting three to four drops of each essential oil used above in your diffuser to continue anchoring your olfactory experience throughout the day.
Find these and many more energy exercises in Aroma Yoga: A Guide for Using Essential Oils in Your Yoga Practice and the Aroma Yoga DVD.
How do you incorporate essential oils into your morning routines? Let us know in the comments!
Tracy Griffiths, RPP, CMT, inspires and coaches people all over the world, assisting them to live healthier and more dynamically fulfilling lives. Creator of Aroma Yoga, Tracy is also an instructor of the energetic healing arts and longtime yoga enthusiast. She serves as the lead essential oils instructor for the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Program, an organization that brings yoga, Reiki, and Young Living essential oils to hospital patients and their caregivers. For more information on the Tracy’s Aroma YogaOnline Teacher Training, please click here.
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I have only been using Young Living products for a little over a month now but i have had many opportunities to use them and share with family. I Use lemon oil in my water and add the peppermint to my coffee. I really like using the Thieves cleaner in my kitchen. These are just a few things I do to help my family healthy this year.