A post I wrote in response to a Doterra team ChallengeApril 4 2019 (on Facebook)

I'm feeling pulled in too many directions. I have spent the day re-centering and returning to what I TRULY want.

It's humbling.

I want to be part of the excitement of getting in there and teaching a lot of classes over the next 3 months. I love it - it's totally something I can and would do. I want to be part of the fun and the team explosion forward.

I want to be Diamond - it's also something I can (and WILL) totally do. I love digging in and working hard - that's my jam - sometimes. I'm a seasonal worker. I go hard then rest, go hard, then rest - and it does work and I know I will get places.

I deliberately and intentionally chose NOT to go to the leadership event in Atlanta and chose instead to enrol in an online Emerge Direct Sales course. The course is exactly the platform and scaffolding I need to stand on to move forward. It is possible right now with a newborn who has his own schedule of needs because I can work at my own pace.

Over the last few weeks and most recent days, I've been making decisions that stretch me thin. It comes out in crank, impatience and frustration - and my answer? To WORK more...when that's actually NOT what I set out to do here...

I've spent the last few hours coming back to my WHY (in my life and Doterra). It's family first right now and my own health and wellness as I recover from an unexpected cesarian...and most importantly -

I want to stare at my little newborn and take in every little movement, every little near-giggle, how his hair is growing and what it feels like when his breath is on my neck as he falls asleep on my chest. I want to listen to my 7 year old daughter when she comes home from school and tells me about her day without rushing away to set up the next thing or do another work project.

This is hard. The pull to do excellent and awesome things with Doterra NOW and the REAL desire, the RIGHT NOW desire to be present with my family.

What have I come to over here?

That I'm going back to my why: I will stay focused on my Emerge Course, teach the classes I was going to anyway, keep on keepin' on with one-on-ones as my newborn breastfeeds and my milk sprays across the room. I will do my physio exercises and recover my bladder control.

because...THAT is the platform I will be standing on when I'm diamond...this too is the work.

Right now - this is what I can do. This isn't me turning away from a challenge in fear, this is me turning toward what I can do now and still be a good human. This is me building my business.  

I can do it all - but not at the same time. (I know we’ve all heard that before)

So I will be cheering the heck out of this next few months with all of you! Go Go go!!! I'm sure I will be inspired by all the amazing things about to happen on our team! Wooooo! (I'd jump up and down but I'd also wet my pants so I'll just cheer loudly instead)

This is humbling...but true.

The Invitation

Sometimes in this business we are invited to participate in awesome challenges meant to move us forward - this is my true response to one when I had my newborn son. I share this because I want to share the truth behind the business - what it looks like for our family. This business can ask a lot, and uplines are amazing and supportive - but I know I don’t need to answer every call or participate in everything. There is a season for everything - and sometimes rest and gathering is all that’s required.

Are you interested in building a Doterra business? Curious if it’s for you?

I invite you to consider what it is YOU want and decide. Doterra is an amazing platform and there are many ways to share the oils or build a solid life long business.

I dream of a team of heart-led, intuitive people working together and apart at their own paces to build the business that feels right to them. Some of us will go fast, some will go slow - but we will find our way. The path is literally laid out in front of us - but we can also forge our own as that can be part of the process too.

My invitation is one of “what lights you up??” DO THAT - the oils can be part of that. The tools are endless and so is the support. Your decision. Your pace. Your heart.

Simple.