dōTERRA’s 2024 New Products

TLDR

dōTERRA’s new 2024 products are here! Well almost, the majority of them will be available October 1st and a few are limited time only products so once they’re gone they’re gone!

Essential Oils: 5 ml Naio Wood, and the new Escape Series (Amazon Escape, Coastal Escape and Vineyard Escape)

New Supplements: VMG+, EO Mega+, and Frankincense | Boswellic Acid Complex

New Products: Frankincense + Naio Wood Stick

This is my 6th in person convention and they’ve done it again. I’m so impressed with the new product launches that I simply had to get this blog post up as soon as possible. The new products were heavily supplement focused but backed by essential oils which will always be the focus of this company.

VMG+ Wholefood Nutrient Complex

VMG+: Whole Food Nutrient Complex

This is a multivitamin and greens product all in one! I’m really excited about this product as this is the evolution of dōTERRA’s fundamental lifelong vitality capsules. To be honest, I had actually stopped taking them as there were just too many pills to take! I’m excited that this is a sachet form and I can easily add to water.

The benefits of this product include:

heart, brain, skin and gut health
whole-food vitamins, minerals, probiotics and essential oils
contains Vitamin A, C and Biotin
boosts energy
supports immune and digestive system

How To Use: Add to five to eight ounces of cold water.

EOMega+ Essential Oil Omega Complex

We’ve had a fish oil product for a while now but this is such an amazing uplevel.

This is a premium blend of omega fatty acids from wild caught fish off the coast of Norway and wild orange essential oil. Wild orange has 95% limonene content which can impact and improve elements of heart health like cholesterol, oxidation, energy, and inflammatory response.*

The benefits of this product include:

maintaining overall health and vitality
vital role in heart health; cell growth and brain development
a key player in skin, eye, and metabolic health
Important to muscle activity; immune function; and joint health

How To Use: Take with your VMG+ in the morning!

Frankincense | Boswellic Acid Complex

This new supplement combines Frankincense essential oil and the frankincense resin in a liquid-based microbead capsule. I am particularly excited for this new product due to the potential for it to support a healthy inflammatory reponse and cellular health.

The benefits of this product include:

joint comfort
healthy inflammatory response
cellular health & renewal
antioxidant protection
muscle & nerve support

How To Use: Take with food.

Frankincense + Naio Wood Stick

The next product I’m excited for is lovingly nicknamed the FrankinStick.

This easy-to-use stick includes Naio Wood essential oil, which has optimized levels of alpha-bisabolol, to support and promote the look of renewed and revived skin.

The benefits of this product include:

promote healthy looking skin
soothing, comforting aroma
soothe minor skin irritations

How To Use: Apply topically as needed. For an extra boost, add 1 – 2 drops of Frankincense to the stick before applying to your skin.

Escape Series

We’ve got three new blends!

Vineyard Escape (contains Guaiacwood, Black Pepper, Wild Orange, Copaiba, Cedarwood, Pimento Berry extract and Bucchu oil)
Coastal Escape (contains Cedarwood, Grapefruit, Eucalyptus, Bergamot, Coriander, as well as creamy Coconut and oceanic Seaweed extracts)
Amazon Escape (contains Helichrysum, Green Mandarin, Cedarwood, Wild Orange, Eucalyptus, Bergamot, Black Pepper, Tonka Bean, Vetiver, and Siam Wood).

How To Use: Pop these in your diffuser and enjoy the mental escape.

Naio Wood (5 ml)

After discovering the benefits of Naio wood included in the Frankincense stick it was a pleasant surprise to also get the 5 ml bottle. The tree native to Hawaii is sustainably sourced alongside Hawaiian Sandalwood.

The benefits of this product include:

reduce skin imperfections
soothe minor skin irritations
promote the look of renewed and revived skin

How To Use:

Apply topically or add to a moisturizer or cream to skin
Diffuse for a positive and calming environment

1 Day Algonquin Park Canoe Trip with 4 Year Olds

8 / 20 / 24

My husband and I have been doing canoe trips since the beginning of our relationship. So needless to say we’ve been excited to go on our first canoe trip since having twins 4 years ago. We had booked a backpacking trip in Algonquin Park last year to introduce them to camping but after seeing thunderstorms on the forecast for the whole weekend we called off the trip.

So when our canoe trip weekend rolled around the network app called for rain, rain, and more rain. Needless to say I was pretty disappointed. When we checked the weather for Algonquin park it was potentially 40 – 60% chance of rain in the area so we decided to risk it. After sending up a few prayers to God, we packed up the Jeep and headed out to the park.

I had booked a 3 seater ultralight canoe from Algonquin Outfitters and a food barrel so we picked that up at their Opeongo Lake store. Put everyone into rain gear and packed the canoe. Thankfully, we had booked a camping site on Opeongo Lake so we only had to paddle and set up camp right from the access point (no portaging!). As luck, and God’s blessing would have it, the rain clouds, turned to blue sky about one hour into our paddle and by the time we got to our campsite it was sunny!

We paddled to campsite number 20 and set up camp as quickly as we could in case the rain might come back.

When I checked in at the Opengo Lake site office for our backcountry pass, the ladies behind the counter gave me two activity books. I had crayons in my purse that I threw into the food barrel with the books and this helped pass a little time while Mike and I set up our tent and his hammock.

We set up our camp stoves to boil water for dinner and of course needed some hot chocolate for desert!

Our first meal was Backpacker’s Pantry Beef Pho that we had bought awhile ago from Mountain Equipment Coop. This was the twins first dehydrated meal and it went over pretty well!

By the time we finished our hot chocolate it was time for the twins to head to bed. I slept in the tent with the twins and while we tried to go to bed around their 7:30 pm bedtime, Alora was way too excited so we ended up talking. I was able to catch the sunset before they nodded off to sleep. Mike slept in a hammock, under a tarp right beside our tent. I heard him get up several times to readjust so I don’t think it was the best sleep for him.

It was pretty chilly in the morning so I quickly made eggs and bacon, coffee for me and hot chocolate for the kids while Mike attempted to sleep in. Alora ate breakfast with Mike in the hammock and then we spent the morning hiding from the wind in our tent. Lunch rolled around and we made GOOD2GO Pad Thai and at it in the tent.

We decided to call the trip one day short as Mike and I hadn’t properly packed for the cold. We had packed lots of warm clothes for the kids but forgot about ourselves. We were a little apprehensive that the rain was supposed to get bad on Sunday and we didn’t want to pack up camp in the rain. So we headed back to our car Saturday afternoon on a high note.

It was the perfect one night trip to Algonquin. We’ll be back with the twins next year and were happy that it ended well. The twins have already been asking when we’ll go back!

Book Review: Shine

5 / 27 / 245 / 27 / 24

Book Synopsis of Shine from Amazon

It is possible to be a driven entrepreneur and have inner peace?

With 10 simple disciplines, this guide will help you make a bigger impact while increasing your freedom and creativity.

Entrepreneurs often have a burning need to succeed. But that same relentless brilliance that propels you in your career can take a toll on your teams, personal relationships, and even your health. Gino Wickman, bestselling author of Traction, teams up with mindfulness expert Rob Dube to help readers strike a crucial balance between those inner and outer worlds while taking your success to new heights.

In Shine, they share 10 disciplines to help you stay sharp and energetic without burning out. You’ll learn to:

Set boundaries in your work life (without compromising productivity) that allow you to become a better leader and better person
Practicable sustainable ways to reset your energy and recognize burnout and stress before they happen
Tap into a flow state to harness unbridled creativity, think clearly, and move through your career and life with ease

With a self-assessment survey, a rich resource guide, and prompts for reflection at the end of every chapter, Shine is a groundbreaking approach to work–life balance and peace of mind.

Disclaimer: I was sent this book to review after reviewing Gino’s other book What The Heck Is EOS?

What I Thought of Shine

I definitely thought this was a great self-development book for focused entrepreneurs. However, as just a self-development book I found the writing quite stilted, short and a bit cold. There wasn’t much storytelling or a chance to truly connect with the authors. The anecdotes or stories seemed surface-level. The book was also a bit too prescriptive and missing the human side of self-development.

Do this and you’ll be able to achieve this in your life.

That being said, I think all driven entrepreneurs who are “no nonsense” will resonate with the writing style. The book is only 220 pages and the perfect length for a busy business owner to consume. The short exercises found in each chapter help you delve deeper into each topic and give the reader just the right amount of self-reflection to help integrate the teachings.

I am not a entrepreneur but a full-time employee with side hustles so I read this book as someone who might eventually want to become a full-time business owner but many of the disciplines I have or can implement as an employee.

My favourite chapters were:

Part 1: I really loved how they laid out their model for discovering your True Self. I think most people struggle to understand who they really are before the world told them who they were supposed to be. As someone who has worked for others for almost 2 decades this really resonated with me and I took the time to work through the chapters’ exercises in my journal.

From the discoveries to free your True Self we moved onto disciplines to maximize inner peace. While I’ve implemented many of these in my life there were a few things that I can add to my routines or re-vamp. Those came from the following chapters:

10-Year Thinking – this was amazing because I’m an annual goal-setter but haven’t actually challenged myself to think 10 years ahead. I think this is going to be game-changing in my mentality.

Take Time Off – I have unlimited vacation time where I work. Do I take advantage of it? Of course, not so for the first time this year I have ensured I am taking 1 week a quarter, extra long weekends, birthdays off, etc.

Know Thyself – while I’m obsessed with personality tests, the last one that really got me excited was the Strength Finder test. It was the first time I was told I should be building business based on my strengths vs. focusing on fixing my weaknesses which has always been a mainstay of annual corporate performance reviews.

Prepare Every Night – I’ve been doing this on a weekly basis but I love the thought of just taking 10 – 15 mins to re-set for the next day.

For a busy entrepreneur, I highly recommend you take a moment to read this book. It may just stop you in your tracks and improve your life before you have a rock bottom moment where you need to.

Bucket List: Parc Omega – Sleeping With Wolves

5 / 1 / 245 / 3 / 24

I’m obsessed with making memories and now that I have children I knew it was going to be fun creating memories with them but I love experiencing new things and watching my kids experiencing things for the first time.

The latest bucket list item checked off was sleeping with wolves at Parc Omega!

Parc Omega

We drove to Parc Omega on a Sunday, April 7, 2024 as we had booked the sleeping with wolves experience for a Sunday night. I had booked it a year in advance (that’s how booked up they are) and the first night they had open was a Sunday so I thought why not. We drove up Sunday afternoon and arrived at the Parc around 2 pm. We checked in for our wolf cabin experience and then headed into the Parc. We brought 1 big bag of carrots with us and one small bag of baby carrots.

We were immediately greeted by elk at the front gates before driving around to explore. There were so many cool animals from elk to deer to warthogs to wolves, bears, great horned sheep, bison and more!

We were told to roll the windows down only half way and myself, Mike, Ryland and Alora all had our hand at feeding the animals. They really are like big puppy dogs and so gentle with taking the carrots from your hands! The only animals you’re not supposed to feed are the warthogs and the bison. However, we watched multiple cards disobey the rules. There was event a place in the Parc where you could get out of your car and feed tiny deer!

OmegaBon Restaurant

We made dinner reservations for 5:00 pm at the on-site Restaurant OmegaBon. The park closes at 4 pm but you can still make your way out of the park after that. We finally checked into our wolf chalet, dropped off our bags and then headed to dinner.

The restaurant actually blew us away! The view was beautiful, the service was amazing and the food was the best we’ve had in a while. I ordered 6 oysters to start, Mike and I shared the scallops and then I had the steak, frites for my main. The kids had the fish and chips option off of the kid’s menu and loved it.

The Wolf Chalet

We book a wolf chalet that slept 4 people. I believe it had 2 queen beds. The beds are close the window for wolf viewing in the morning. When we got there they were busy sleeping and had just started to stir. Once we got back to the cabin after our dinner there were started to become a bit more active. We put the kid’s to bed around 7:30 pm and then the howling started. We luckily brought a noise machine with us so it actually drowned out the howling a bit. We brought ear plugs just in case but we loved it.

The wolves are the most active in the morning and come right up to your windows to check out who’s in the cabin. You can tell they are used to all the visitors.

One thing to note is that you get invited to a wolf feeding at 9:30 am the next morning. Check out is at 11 am and I hadn’t booked Monday off so in between answering Slack messages we went to watch the wolf feeding and then actually drove through the Parc again.

10/10 recommend this experience. It’s well worth the cost!

Breathing Easier: Air Doctor Purifiers

1 / 24 / 245 / 3 / 24

In the quiet corners of my home, I seek refuge from the chaos of the outside world, and the air my family breathes is more than just a necessity, it’s a basic part of our life.

For someone living with multiple sclerosis, I try and optimize every part of my life from nutrition to the quality of water I drink. Why not also make a conscious effort to improve the quality of air I inhale.

My quest for clean, purified air started in 2022. And thankfully due to an Instagram affiliate sale, I decided to invest in an Air Doctor purifier for our primary bedroom and our twin’s bedroom.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), indoor air pollution contributes to 4.3 million deaths globally each year, accentuating the need for effective air purification systems.

The device employs a multi-stage filtration system, capable of capturing particles as small as 0.003 microns. This is especially relevant for individuals with MS, as even minuscule airborne pollutants can wreck havoc on the body.

The dual action Gas Trap/VOC filter removes dangerous ozone, gases and volatile organic compounds like formaldehyde.
The UltraHEPA™filter is 100x more effective than ordinary HEPA filters and is able to remove 100% of the smallest and most dangerous particles at 0.003 microns(ordinary HEPA filters have a 99.97% removal of particles as small as 0.3 microns).
You can also set AirDoctor on Auto-Mode, which uses a professional-grade laser sensor to monitor the quality of your air and automatically adjust the filtration level.
Air Doctor even tells you when it’s time to replace the filters with a Change Filter alert.
Its powerful whisper jet fans are 30% quieter than the fans in ordinary air purifiers. 6.AirDoctor is a sealed system which means no air escapes out.

We have noticed that we need to change the filters every 6 months. So I always purchase a new set once we change out the filter so I have it on hand when the notification goes off.

I’m also a big fan of the lock feature so the twins don’t have a chance to press buttons and change the settings.

The HEPA filtration technology in Air Doctor purifiers is clinically proven to remove 99.99% of airborne particles, including allergens, bacteria, and viruses. This not only ensures a healthier living space for everyone but becomes a sanctuary for those managing chronic conditions.

Citing the American Lung Association, indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outdoor air. The importance of creating a safe haven within our homes cannot be overstated. Air Doctor’s ability to tackle pollutants at an unparalleled efficiency.

Moreover, Air Doctor doesn’t just stop at trapping particulate matter. It goes beyond, addressing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other potentially harmful gases. This comprehensive approach aligns with the requirements of those managing multiple sclerosis, providing a holistic solution to our unique challenges.

Category Archives: Blog

dōTERRA’s 2024 New Products

VMG+ Wholefood Nutrient Complex

VMG+: Whole Food Nutrient Complex

EOMega+ Essential Oil Omega Complex

Frankincense | Boswellic Acid Complex

Frankincense + Naio Wood Stick

Escape Series

Naio Wood (5 ml)

1 Day Algonquin Park Canoe Trip with 4 Year Olds

Book Review: Shine

Book Synopsis of Shine from Amazon

What I Thought of Shine

Bucket List: Parc Omega – Sleeping With Wolves

Parc Omega

OmegaBon Restaurant

The Wolf Chalet

Breathing Easier: Air Doctor Purifiers

robynpineault