Last Wednesday I shared a little bit about my new role as a Wellness Advocate for doTERRA Essential Oils, and why I decided to pursue this new venture. You can read it here incase you missed it.

There are a few different reasons why I decided to become a Wellness Advocate for doTERRA.

• To supplement my income. Although doTERRA is a fairly young company, we are growing rapidly. The integrity and leadership of the founders and the integrity of the products drew me to finding out more about making it a business. doTERRA is a product driven company – we are all about wellness and wholeness, and my personal experience so far has been remarkable. doTERRA is all about making a difference in people’s lives. Watch this brief video to see what this couple’s experience has been

• I was looking for natural and holistic alternatives to treating illnesses in my family. I am a big believer that our bodies were designed by God to heal themselves providing we put the right things in and on our bodies. I changed my diet dramatically from eating processed foods and fast foods, to an almost raw vegan lifestyle, where I make conscious choices about what I ingest. I am trying to reverse some of the damage that I did to my body all these years of drinking sodas and over-indulging in empty calories. I witnessed my husband’s untimely death 10 years ago to cancer, and now realizing that the “treatments” (chemo and radiation) were ultimately to blame. I am not suggesting that people no longer follow their doctors’ advice for treatments, but if I could go back in time, I don’t think we would have chosen mainstream treatments.
• I was looking for natural alternatives to the toxic cleaning supplies and personal care products  that I have used in the past
• And finally, my sons ADHD tendencies, and that’s what I will focus on in today’s post

I call them ADHD tendencies, because he has not been officially diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. In fact, my son isn’t even hyper, he has a problem staying focused, especially in school. His imagination is always racing…..he can dream up what I imagine one day will become major Hollywood productions, and he just struggles in school.

This goes back to first grade when he wasn’t reading on the same level as his classmates. Of course as a mom, I felt like I had failed my child. It is not because I wasn’t reading with him at home…..he reads very well out loud. He knew all the words and read at a good verbal pace. It was the comprehension part that they were worried about. We would talk about the stories and what they meant, and sometimes he would get them and sometimes not. I brought him in for extra lessons and worked with the teachers and counselors to move a bit slower with him, but ultimately we decided to keep him back in first grade.

Each school year we would have the same issues, and as he got older, now a 5th grader, much more was expected of him. He even got to the point where he was so frustrated that he seemed to have given up. Homework wasn’t getting done unless I supervised, homework left at school or at home, classwork not completed. A million parent/teacher conferences later and we came up with a brilliant game plan to really hold him accountable. He goes in early mornings before school for extra tutoring three days a week and his teacher and I have a system to cross check homework to make sure they got home, got done, and got back to school……The system works, but it still has its flaws, the major one being, both his teacher and I having to micro-manage him. Try doing that consistently as a single mompreneur

In the midst of all of this, I took him in to see his doctor to figure out how best we can help him. This was a few years ago (maybe when he was in 3rd grade) when ADHD was such a “trend” they would even diagnose an active puppy with it. Seriously! All of a sudden a kid with an active and healthy imagination had some horrible disease that required medicine. His “diagnosis” was based on a questionnaire that both his teacher and I completed. Some of the questions were surprisingly more about our economic status than anything else…..I mean what does my level of education have to do with ADHD? I got another one of those questionnaires about a week ago, just before the state tests and I said NO THANKS! If he fails he fails. All I ask him to do his try his very best. That is good enough for me. I am just a bit over the “box” that they have put my son in all these years. I will rant about that in a future post

After reviewing the questionnaire, my son’s doctor decided to write us a prescription….I cannot remember for what medicine it was, because I flat out refused. I asked if his decision to write this prescription was based solely on the questionnaire and he said yes. I was amazed by that. I decided to change some routines and see if that helped. some did, some didn’t. Consistency has been our biggest challenge.

Over the past year, I have changed his diet to much more healthy foods, but I know that some cheating happens at the school cafeteria. I have gotten him involved in sports, which seems to help his focus and discipline quite a bit. I have limited his video game and TV watching time and finally I have started to use doTERRA just about a week and a half ago as a treatment for him.

Our current doTERRA protocol

After reading this blog post  on My Essential Oil Experiment blog by a fellow doTERRA Wellness Advocate, whose daughter struggles with ADHD and Aspergers, I decided to really focus on this as a treatment alternative. She shared her protocol with her readers and how much the oils were helping her daughter.

These are all the oils she uses. I don’t have them all yet, but I decided to start with what I have. You can click here to read her exact system, but I will share what I have been doing so far with my son based on her system

Every night before bed and in the some mornings I place the a drop of the following oils on each of his big toes: Vetiver, Geranium, Frankincense. Why the big toe? Because in reflexology all the nerve points of the brain are connected to the big toe. All these oils are related to brain health.

• Vetiver (is a thick oil and should be diluted 3 to 1 with fractionated coconut oil. Also available from doTERRA (3 drops of Vetiver to 1 drop of fractionated coconut oil) – Treats ADHD/ADD
• Geranium – Treats agitation environmental stress
• Frankincense – Treats imbalance, brain injury, memory, confusion, mental fatigue

I then rub one drop of Balance on his left ankle to heel area. Why there? In reflexology the male hormones are located there

• Balance – anxiety, brain integration, confusion, convulsions, depression, energy, fear, hyperactivity, mood swings

I then rub a drop of Lemon on the inside of his wrist, and one drop of Peppermint and In-Tune up his spine to his neck

• Lemon – Depression, Anxiety, Brain Injury, Exhaustion, Physical Energy, Purification, Relaxation, Stress, Uplifting
• Peppermint – alertness, antioxidant, autism, fatigue, brain injury, chronic fatigue
• In-Tune – ADD/ADHD, anxiety, calming, clarity, concentration, focus, hyperactivity, stress

I place a drop of Lavender under his nose and then rub a drop on his back and give him a mini massage

• Lavender – Calming and relaxing

Here is some information about Reflexology that you might find helpful. Click here

How has my protocol worked so far?

It has only been a week and about 2 days since I started and I have seen improvements in my son. In the past, he would pick TV time or playing a video game and I caught him reading a few times this week. He rarely reads on his own unless I ask him to.

I also noticed that he seems to be very well rested in the mornings like he got a good night’s sleep.

It has created some great mommy and son bonding time. Josh is now 12 and the tucking in at night ritual had started to get phased out. Now he looks forward to his massages and oil treatments at night. He even brings me the basket of oils. We talk about his day in more depth while I am rubbing his oils on and we laugh a lot (he is very ticklish )

So far it is too soon to tell if he has improved at school, especially since last week was state testing and no homework was given, but I wouldn’t be surprised with his new attitude.

I am so grateful for these amazing oils that are powerful therapeutic grade and are proven to work.

I urge you to take a look at doTERRA Essential Oils as a better way for your family healthcare. You can join the doTERRA family as a Preferred Member for only $35.00 and receive all your future purchases at wholesale pricing. You can also sign up as a Wellness Advocate like me, if you are looking for a very lucrative business opportunity with a strong company. Click here to visit my doTERRA website to join

If you would like to order any of the oils please click here to place an order

You can contact me here to find out more about joining the doTERRA family, purchasing oils, ask a question, or find out more about the oils

Before I go, I just had to share with you what someone shared with me when I first joined doTERRA. The income potential is just amazing!

 

 

 

 

Here is just an excerpt of the caption that accompanied this picture “they were voted Utah County’s Business of the Year (http://www.doterra.com/us/pr11.php). They’re a product-driven company, growing extremely fast, the best compensation plan that I’ve seen, ridiculously high retention/reorder rate, with owners that actually care about us. We get to educate people on the amazing benefits of essential oils and getting healthy.
With these essential oils we are changing a lot of lives, not only from a health standpoint, but financially as well”

I am very happy I joined and I look forward to sharing more of my successes with using the oils with you.

I would love to help you make that change in your life – both healthfully and financially.

Here’s the link to my doTERRA website http://www.mydoterra.com/veronicasolomon

Have a wonderful Wellness Wednesday!

Be Inspired!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please Note: The information I am providing is based on my own personal experience and is meant for informational purposes, and should not be relied upon if you have a serious injury or illness. Please consult a trained professional incase of a serious injury. Everyone’s experience with doTERRA Essential Oils will be different. I am not a doctor nor a trained healthcare professional and cannot diagnose or prescribe medications for you. This disclaimer acts as the explicit waiver of any liability of myself as a Wellness Advocate or doTERRA as a company. Information on this blog has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and products referred to are not intended to or guaranteed to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease