Answers to commonly asked questions about Young Living essential oils

In the time that I have been a distributor, I find that there are several common questions/concerns that many people will have. So I decided to address them here in a blog post in case this may help you if you are one of those people. Or perhaps you are a distributor looking to answer these same questions for your friends and family. I hope you find it helpful!


Q: If they are so wonderful, where have they been? Is this just another health fad? Why or why not?

A: Essential oils (EO's) are not new at all, they are referenced in the bible hundreds of times. The reason you are seeing them become popular right now is because people are  ready to take control of their own health. While EO's may seem new, Young Living is the oldest in the industry with over 20 years experience. They are the pioneers of the EO industry and are the largest and fastest growing company. The reason? People want to know and trust where their oils come from. Our skin is the largest organ in our body, it absorbs everything we put on it. So we should take great care in choosing the products we apply to our skin (beyond just oils, even our skincare products!) Young Living is the only EO company in the industry that owns their own farms, distilleries, and labs. All the rest of them are brokers, meaning they buy oils from farmers and rebottle and label them. They have no control over how those plants are grown, when they are distilled to insure the constituents are at their prime, and they do not control the testing of the oil to be sure it is therapeutic grade. People don't think twice about drinking artificially colored neon energy drinks, but they question something as natural as an oil, made from a plant that God created. The oils are natural and our bodies know what to do with them. 




Q: I am a Christian, so any "new age" type references in their wording choices bother me.

A: Please remember that Young Living is not a Christian company, and do not claim to be. Wording on their site or product guide may sound vague, but that is due to Young Living being limited in what they can say about their products. Per FDA guidelines. Essential oils are not a drug, so no healing claims can be made. And we distributors are not doctors, so we cannot diagnose, prescribe, cure or treat anyone.

People do not question what Walmart or Target stand for, and yet continue to shop there. These oils are made from God's creation, as Christians we need to take that back from the new age market and claim it for Christ by giving Him the glory! Here is a great blog post by my upline Stacy McDonald that you may find helpful to read as well.

Q: I don't like MLM's, I have done direct sales before and do not like the pressure of having to "sell" or make sales quotas, etc.

A: As for the MLM side of it, I think many people have a misconception about what an MLM truly is. It is NOT a pyramid scheme. There is not one person at the top of the chain making all the money off everyone else. That is what corporations are. Target, Walmart, Starbucks, etc. And no, not all MLM's are equal either. But Young Living's structure is very generous to the distributors. As a matter of fact, people within the team I am on have hit a higher rank, and have outranked the person they signed up under!! You cannot do that in a pyramid or a corporation!! Most companies have about 24% of their profit set aside for advertising/marketing. Young Living does not pay for marketing, so they give that 24% to the distributors as a product discount as we are their marketing!

Young Living also recognizes that not everyone who signs up as a wholesale member wants to build a business with it. So they make it easy for you. You simply purchase a starter kit and then you are a wholesale member (just like you pay a fee to shop at Costco or Sam's Club) and you receive 24% off the products. No additional fees, no sales quotas, nothing. All you do to maintain that discount is spend $50 a year. Easy!
This little video about Young Living is great to watch. This was filmed at their lavender farm in Mona, Utah. I was there this summer. I got to see, touch, smell, and taste it! This is not a marketing ploy, this video shows the real farm and real people and what they really do there. If you are still researching which EO company to go with, try contacting any of the others and ask if you can visit their farms. You cannot since they do not own any, however, you can visit Young Living's farms all across the globe!!

Smelling the clary sage at the Mona, Utah farm.

The greenhouse where the lavender is grown.

Smelling the lavender and getting ready to plant it!

My friend Clarinda and I planting our lavender in the field!

When your husband becomes an oiler!

Its a fact that most Young Living distributor's are women. I would love to know the percentage, but I am sure it is extremely high! And I have heard the same story from most of them; when they first started out using the oils, their husbands were skeptical. And so was mine!!

I signed up about 2 1/2 years ago, but did not really start using the oils regularly until last Summer. So its been just over a year since our family really became oily. I was using them on myself and the kids and my husband would sometimes just make a comment about those "snake oils".  But, he finally decided to start using them too and he noticed how wonderful he felt! He travels for work and that means a lot of time spent in busy public places like airports, airplanes, restaurants, etc. So maintaining his health and wellness is key when traveling!

Here is my handsome husband doing his job leading a drum clinic with Styx drummer Todd Sucherman.

Below is Styx drummer Todd Sucherman, who my husband has had the pleasure of traveling with many times over the years doing drum clinics together on the East coast.

Now he uses the oils daily just like the rest of us. So we are all an oily family!  And this is what the top of his dresser looks like today :)  I always make sure to give him some small bottles of his favorite oils when he travels each month. He doesn't leave home with them!

Essential oils and back to homeschool

Today was our first day of homeschool for this year. My son's second year of school and my daughter's first year. Since it has been months since we sat down to any kind of "formal" learning environment, I prepared beforehand!  I applied vetiver, cedarwood, and lavender to their kids before we started. (I applied some on myself too! Mama needs calming and concentration help as well!) And I  also diffused cedarwood and lavender. That smelled wonderful!

All in all it was a pretty good first day, despite a few attitude issues that we need to work on. :) We will help address those issues with scripture, prayer, and probably a few other oils too.

How about you? What oils did you use for your kids first day back to school?

The diffuser with cedarwood and lavender helped create a calm atmosphere in our home!

Hard at work! :)

Some of our school work. We use Heart of Dakota for our curriculum. It is very scripture based and every day is easily planned out for you. I also like to add in other workbooks that you can buy at the dollar section in Target, or Walmart, the Dollar Tree, etc. My kids do well with workbooks right now.

Gary and Mary Young

While I was at the Young Living convention, I had the opportunity to listen to Gary Young speak several times. And even though I had read his story and background before, its not the same as hearing him talk about it. There are many details that he talks about that you won't read in print. And to hear him speak, and see his heart and passion, is very different than reading!

Let me first preface this by saying that I am not a "man follower".  I am very careful to not put any man (or woman) up on a pedestal. As a Christian, Christ is first and foremost in everything in my life. So I am always very careful to not elevate any human to a platform only reserved for Christ.

To see and listen to the man who founded this company over 20 years ago was a huge highlight for me as a distributor. Young Living is the oldest essential oil company in the industry. Gary Young is a pioneer in bringing truly pure, therapeutic grade oils to us for use in health and wellness. His own story of using the oils for his paralysis is amazing. And the many other ways they used the oils in their own family. He has a heart and passion for helping others, and that is the mission and drive behind what Young Living does and why they do it. They own 9 farms on 5 continents and have 14 partners in wildcrafting worldwide. And they are continuing to buy farm land and partner up with other farmers whose standards match that of Young Living. They do all this in order to maintain their high standard of integrity to be able to bring us oils that are grown in organic soil and using organic methods without compromise. And that is a truly important thing when you consider that our skin is the largest organ of our body. Everything we put on our skin is absorbed into our bloodstream. So we need to make sure that whatever we are using is truly organic and pure, or we can compromise our health.

I had an opportunity to say "hello" to Gary and Mary and have a photo taken with them. They are sweet folks and even though they were very busy and probably tired that week, they still took the time to have photos taken with the distributors.

If you would like to read a bit of Gary Young's story, you can find it HERE.

And there is more here at the D. Gary Young Foundation site.

Young Living's 20th anniversary convention 2014

I had the amazing opportunity to attend Young Living's convention this year! It was a week packed filled with lots of great information, listening to some great speakers, sampling new products, meeting my internet friends for the first time, connecting with other distributors, and visiting the lavender farm! And the amazing setting of the mountains in Utah made it even more enjoyable. I could not get enough of the incredible views everywhere I went! I am just going to share a bunch of photos with you to let you get a small glimpse of what our week was like. Sometimes photos can say a lot more than words!

Opening night party. Ningxia Red shots through a block of ice!

Outside the Salt Palace.

John Maxwell was one of the speakers, I really enjoyed him!

Seed to Seal is what sets Young Living apart from all other essential oil company's!!

I met Genevieve from Mama Natural!! I have followed her blog for years, so this was truly an honor for me!

Organic, gluten free, vegetarian restaurant in Salt Lake City. I ate there three times!!

This is why I ate there three times! Yummy!

See!! I would eat there all the time if we had a place like this in my town!

The members of the Common Scents Team who came to convention! We had a blast getting to know each other and spending time together all week!

Hanging out with Stacy McDonald at one of the general sessions. She is the leader of the Common Scents Team.

Farm day!!!!

Breathtaking views!!!

Lavender growing in the greenhouse ready to be planted!

That is snow on the mountain tops!

Smelling the lavender before we planted it. This was an amazing experience!!

My friend Clarinda and I planting our lavender! That is the look of pure bliss on our faces!

Did I mention the amazing views??

Cookers in the distillery.

And we have oil! I believe they were distilling juniper. Lavender was not ready for harvest yet.

So pretty, and the smell is captivating!

Gary Young is now growing ancient einkorn at the farms. It will be harvested in the Fall.

One of my favorite shots that Clarinda took of me in the lavender field.

One more view of the farm with the gorgeous mountains.

I stopped by the corporate office on my way back to Salt Lake City.

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