An important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle is learning how to recognize and manage different emotions. One emotion that often goes overlooked is stress. Stress occurs when you feel pressure or tension in response to a challenging situation. Stress often causes mental and emotional strain, and it can even have negative effects on your physical well-being if you don’t address it. 
How to Manage Stress
There are a variety of methods available to you that can help manage stress in your life. Many of them are easy and can be done without others noticing. Some options include breathing exercises or evaluating all your activities and responsibilities. It’s important to check in with yourself and make sure you’re not being overloaded with more than time will allow. Write out your weekly tasks, and do your best to schedule down time to spend alone or with those you love.
Quick Tips for Stress Management:

• Practice breathing exercises
• Go for a walk to clear your head
• Use calming essential oils
• Talk through your feelings with someone you trust
• Do an activity you enjoy

How Can doTERRA Help?
Understanding the diverse challenges you face each day, doTERRA developed a blend to help bring a sense of calm and reassurance when you need it most. A beautiful mix of sweet and minty scents, doTERRA Peace® Reassuring Blend delivers a calming, peaceful aroma. Lavender, Frankincense, Ylang Ylang, and more come together to create a chemical profile rich in monoterpene esters and alcohols for a soothing experience.
For more tips on stress management listen to the Essential Oil Solutions with doTERRA podcast HERE.

​New Wellness Programs coming Oct 1st!

The Wellness Programs are a simple, almost effortless way for you to target a specific health goal and get the exact products you need for what you want to achieve. We remove the hassle of figuring out which essential oils and products to use. There’s no need to repeat the same pattern of scrambling to put together the perfect oil regimen yourself when you can just sign up for a Wellness Program!
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Take a look at each link to see each Wellness Program and how it all works.

Immunity Wellness Program
https://www.doterra.com/US/en/wellness-immunity

Relief Wellness Program
https://www.doterra.com/US/en/wellness-relief

Mind & Mood Wellness Program
https://www.doterra.com/US/en/wellness-mind-and-mood

Whether you have babies, toddlers, young children, middle schoolers, teenagers, or all of the above, bedtime can often be the hardest part of your day as a parent. Between the little ones asking for just one more drink of water before bed, and the older kids deciding to start their homework at the last minute, nighttime can feel anything but tranquil and relaxing. 
Before you surrender to a chaotic nightly routine with your kids, try a few of these tips to help make bedtime more simplistic and less painful for everyone.
A Better Bath Time 
You can easily turn bath time into a relaxing event that will help to calm the kids down before bed with a little help from essential oils. Adding calming oils like Lavender or doTERRA Balance® to a warm bath will create a comforting aromatic experience, rather than turning bath time into a splashy mess. Consider using the doTERRA Serenity® Bath Bar during your child’s bath to not only make them feel clean, but to allow the relaxing aroma of doTERRA Serenity to linger on their skin after they leave the bath. Check out the doTERRA Product Blog for fun essential oil bath time DIYs like this Essential Oil Bubble Bath or these Confetti Bath Bombs. 
Squeaky Clean 
As adults, we understand the importance of brushing our teeth, cleaning the skin, and practicing good hygiene before bed. For many kids, bedtime rituals like teeth brushing seem like unnecessary annoyances. If you have little ones who hate brushing their teeth or teenagers who never want to wash their face, doTERRA has a few personal care items that will be a big help. 
Families love the doTERRA On Guard® Whitening Toothpaste because it has a pleasant flavor and provides serious cleansing results. You can also encourage your kids to use the doTERRA On Guard Mouthwash to ensure that the entire mouth is extra clean before bed. If your kids like Peppermint or Spearmint essential oil, consider adding a drop of the oil to their toothbrush before brushing to give them an extra clean, minty feeling. 
To help your teenagers’ skin look clean and clear, have them try HD Clear® products. The HD Clear Foaming Facewash makes cleaning the skin easy and fun. Plus, the HD Clear Topical Blend roll-on makes skincare even simpler for teenagers who often skip this step of their nightly routine. 
Set the Stage for Better Sleep
When you’ve finally completed bath time, teeth brushing, and the kids are all clean, it can still be a challenge to get everyone in bed and asleep at a decent time. To get kids ready for a good night of sleep, try diffusing calming essential oils in the bedroom or family room when preparing for bed. As the kids put on their pajamas, read bedtime stories, and get ready to go to bed, the calming, comforting scents of essential oils will fill the room and create a relaxing environment perfect for sleep. 
Make bedtime diffusing more fun by letting the kids choose their favorite essential oils, or create new diffuser blends every night as a family. You can also place a few drops of a soothing essential oil like Clary Sage, Sandalwood, or doTERRA Serenity in a spray bottle with a few ounces of water and mist the mixture over your kids’ pillows and bedding before they go to bed to promote a peaceful atmosphere that is conducive to sleep. 
To All a Good Night 
Whether your kids are constantly waking up throughout the night, or have a hard time falling asleep, it can be tough to help them feel calm and relaxed enough to sleep through the night. Try applying essential oils to the bottom of your child’s feet before going to bed to help encourage a good night of sleep. The calming essential oils will absorb into the skin on the bottoms of the feet, and your child will inhale the aroma as he or she drifts off to sleep. 

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Sleep is a vital, often neglected, component of every person's overall health and well-being. Sleep is important because it enables the body to repair and be fit and ready for another day. Getting adequate rest may also help prevent excess weight gain, heart disease, and increased illness duration.

This month's save 10% promo blend, Serenity is a peaceful blend of essential oils that supports restful sleep. It soothes away the cares of the day so that you and your family can enjoy a peaceful night’s rest.

Here are 10 reasons why good sleep is important.
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1. Poor sleep is linked to higher body weight
2. Good sleepers tend to eat fewer calories
3. Good sleep can improve concentration and productivity
4. Good sleep can maximize athletic performance
5. Poor sleepers have a greater risk of heart disease and stroke
6. Sleep affects glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes risk
7. Poor sleep is linked to depression
8. Sleep improves your immune function
9. Poor sleep is linked to increased inflammation
10. Sleep affects emotions and social interactions

Get more information about each one of these reasons here.

Want to learn more about how Serenity can help you improve your sleep naturally, watch this video featuring doTERRA's Managing Scientist of Essential Oils, Nicole Stevens, explain the benefits of the Serenity line of products.

Improve Sleep Naturally Video

Fun Fact
​Ancient Incans used the oil from the feather-like leaves of the pink peppercorn tree in early mummification techniques.

Oils that Blend Well with Pink Pepper OilCitrus or floral oils blend well with Pink Pepper, and create an invigorating aroma. In addition, Frankincense, Clary Sage, Eucalyptus, Lavender, Spearmint, and Patchouli are all excellent options when you want to create a blend with Pink Pepper.

Click Here to find out more about Sourcing, FAQ, Plant Description, and More about Pink Pepper.

Use this at the first sign that your body is feeling that it needs more support.

You can use this blend until at least 2 days after symptoms subside.

In this podcast episode, doTERRA talks with Samantha Lewis, a member of the doTERRA product marketing team, about how you can use essential oils to help support your digestive health. They also take an in-depth look at one of the best essential oils for supporting your digestive health, Fennel.

Click HERE to listen to the Episode.