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I have been floating on cloud nine since the International Grand Con-vention! Being with all of you in Salt Lake City and at the farm in Mona was a realization of the beginning of my personal dream of taking the mag-ic of Young Living into every home in the world. Oh, my goodness!

I sincerely hope that you have felt in the recent weeks the transforma-tional power of what you learned, saw, and felt during our amazing five days together.

What you learned was that Young Living provides you with the greatest products on the planet to bless your-selves and others. What you saw was Young Living willing to be the world leader in producing lives of well-ness, purpose, abundance, and vital-ity through groundbreaking products and unparalleled training. What you felt was an inspiring and motivating spirit to reach every one of your goals and share with others the precious gifts you have. Sharing these gifts is your greatest responsibility!

As soon as the lights dimmed at the convention, Mary and I headed off to what I refer to as my second home—France. It was here in the French Riv-iera that we met with 150 distributors from across the globe in celebration of family, love, hard work, and success during the 20th anniversary of the farm in Simiane-la-Rotonde.

I do not have the words to express the emotions I felt that week as we retraced those formidable and pivotal moments when I learned of lavender and life from Jean Noel, Marcel, and his beautiful wife—my second moth-er—Marta. I will never forget that cel-ebratory week. To share it with some of you made it even more special.

Please join us at these magnificent events. This is your personal invita-tion.

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Volume 2 Issue 8

A Time For Transformation, Convention 2012 “The Best One So Far”

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Founder’s Message

IN WHAT IS QUICKLY becoming regard-ed as the greatest event Young Living has ever held, the 2012 International Grand Convention exceeded all expectations, motivating distributors from all over the world to experience transformation. From inspiring workshops to exciting, new products, those who attended this unmatched convention were enlightened with greater self-belief and an indelible appreciation for Young Living.

“This convention is the best one so far,” exclaimed Gold distributor Karen Douglas. “My life has been transformed. It’s been an awakening for me, a very pivotal moment in my life. I am now equipped to go out and do my thing, and my plan is to come to the next convention as a Diamond; I know I can do it!”

The sense of an awakening that filled the Salt Palace Convention Center and burst through the acres of lavender at the Whis-pering Springs farm during the Family Farm Day Celebration was the same mov-ing influence that generated a refreshed Young Living in look and vision. Both new and veteran distributors felt the pal-pable excitement, including Silver distribu-tor Greg Hitter, who has been with Young Living since 1995.

“I love the theme of transformation; it’s perfect!” proclaimed Greg. “I’ve been with the company for a long time, but this year there’s a change in the air, an extra excite-

ment. I’ve just been inspired again.”With a renewed alignment focused on

better supporting every distributor, Young Living organized intense workshops on business building, product research, and health; brought in world-class motiva-tional speaker Bob Proctor to revital-ize your vision and goals; and released a dozen groundbreaking products designed to help you achieve the Young Living life-style.

Judging from the response—mission ac-complished!

“It’s been fabulous. There’s just no other way to say it; it’s just been transformation-al,” delighted distributor Cynthia Barrett. “At convention, you end up with the true picture of the company. Young Living has put us first this year, and it feels great. It has been life changing for so many people; you just don’t get that anywhere else.”

Next year’s U.S. Grand Convention will be held in Salt Lake City June 18-22. Plan now to attend this supreme event. Reg-ister today at a special rate by visiting youngliving.com.

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Distributors Debra Raybern, Sharon Raybern, Chelsea Young, Jill Young, Scott Schuler, and Jamie Young (standing) relax in the product expo during convention.

The Youngs celebrate during the opening of the 2012 International Grand Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 27.

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Gary Young: Overcome Limitations, Achieve Success Through Your Divine Right

THERE ARE TIMES when we need to hear a message unique from the dissection of essential oils, their properties, and their methods of application—a message of higher importance, of more far-reaching consequence. In moving beyond physical

properties, Gary Young delivered a mov-ing presentation during the International Grand Convention on achieving spiritual and emotional peace through essential oils.

“My hope is that our time together dur-

ing this next hour will have inspired you to achieve your highest potential,” started Gary. “If I can succeed with just one person, then I will have succeeded.”

Instructing thousands of distributors to think as the ancient peoples did, when ev-erything was seen through a spiritual lens, Gary reached into the hearts of those in attendance and stirred within them a pas-sion to live up to their potential.

“Stop telling yourself you can’t; stop tell-ing yourself you’ll try; the only time you can’t do something is when you convince yourself you can’t,” admonished Gary. “You can overcome your limitations because it’s your God-given, divine right. You have all power to be, to do, to have that which is spiritually right for you.”

Noting that every choice we make in life is an emotion, Gary explained that overcoming and removing emotional roadblocks from our minds is critical to

moving forward and making clear, correct decisions. To help us create a clearer fu-ture through emotional damage removal, God has given us essential oils.

“Who else but God could have created es-sential oils?” he questioned. “The power of essential oils goes beyond any of our imaginations. When we use essential oils, we are fusing molecules in the oil with molecules in the body—and, hence, emo-tions—that are identical to each other, and that’s why essential oils are so effec-tive. There is an essential oil to match any emotion, to recover from any emotion.”

Immediately upon the removal of emo-tional roadblocks, our conscience can open up to achieving our highest potential through a realization of who we really are.

“When you identify who and what you really are—children of divinity—you can change your life today,” proclaimed Gary. “Take your life back and own it!”

“DEDICATE YOUR LIFE to an idea to be-lieve in yourself.”

So began success speaker extraordinaire Bob Proctor’s masterful International Grand Convention presentation, designed to instill within all ardent attendees a con-fidence to reach their goals and achieve lifelong success.

For two captivating hours, Mr. Proctor guided the audience through life-altering strategies built around the ideologies of self-belief and transformation.

“Our belief system is built upon our evaluation of something. You have to be-lieve in yourself. You have to evaluate your-self and never put yourself down.”

A vibrant, intense belief in yourself is critical to your finding any amount of suc-cess in life and business. According to Mr. Proctor, we have been given intellect to create our own environment, to create our own economy; and yet deeply demoraliz-ing habits inherited from others darken the inspiring flame from within that each of us has to be our best.

“Most of our habits we inherit,” ex-plained Proctor. “Control your habits—your paradigm—instead of letting them control you. If you shift your paradigm, you will watch your life change; change your paradigm and change your future.”

When attempts are made to change our paradigm, Mr. Proctor noted, we must pattern our new habits after those who are successful. We must avoid actions made by those who often fail, as the com-mon denominator of success is form-ing a habit of doing things that people who fail do not like to do.

“No more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosper-ity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.” According to Mr. Proctor, suc-cess—like failure—requires consistency, persistence, and commitment. “Persis-tence to success contributes to success more than anything else. Be willing to pay

the price to get the reward.” Quoting Thomas Edison, Mr. Proctor said,

“If we all did the things we’re capable of doing, we would literally astonish our-selves.” Living up to what we are capable of doing requires recognition of what and who we are.

“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you figured out who you are,” said Proctor. When you understand who you are, you can then determine “where you are and where you are going.”

When we discover who we are and de-cide where we are going, the crippling fear that so often accompanies us along the way is eliminated.

“Faith and fear both demand that you believe in something you cannot see,” ex-plained Proctor. “Conquer the unseen mountains that are within you.”

Bob Proctor Wows Crowd With Self-Belief Presentation

Simiane-la-Rotonde, FranceThe Young Living lavender farm in France hosted 150 distributors during the 20th anniversary celebration. The visit to the farm and the distillery was a highlight of the event and gave the distributors the opportunity to partici-pate in the distilling of lavendin.

In addition to participating in dis-tilling, attendees heard from Jean Noel, Benoit, Gary, and others who play important roles in the farm’s opera-tions.

Guayaquil, EcuadorOregano and lemongrass continue to be harvested, and field expansion is ongo-ing. This is an exciting time for the Ec-uador farm. The new spa is very close to being completed.

Mona, UtahWith convention’s Family Farm Day in the rearview mirror, attention now turns to expanding and planting more lavender and peppermint and to pre-paring the distillery for the lavender, hyssop, and clary sage crops that will be distilled this summer.

St. Maries, IdahoThe St. Maries farm, like the farm in France, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Part of the celebratory festivities will be in conjunction with the Silver Retreat, August 2-4. Those attending the Silver Retreat will notice the many upgrades and improvements Young Living has made to the farm throughout the year.

Naples, IdahoCultivation and nutritionally supple-menting the trees that were planted during the reforestation project earlier

this year is ongoing.

Farms

What’s New

Upcoming Global EventsMaster Leader Retreat October 18–22 Ecuador

Visit youngliving.com for more information on these and other upcoming events!

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GOLDHo Chee Hong (SGP)Patricia Gwee (SGP)

Shu Li Law & Chua Hong Leong (SGP)Tan Kai Hiang (SGP)

Cheng Cheng Law (SGP)Chua Hong Ling (SGP)

Claudia Hofmaier (SGP)Fee Boey (MY)

Jacq Ong Chiu Hoon (SGP)Jayesh Parekh (SGP)

Joanne Kan (HKG)Lee Hock Seng (SGP)Lee Hock Soon (SGP)Lee Wai Ching (SGP)

Pang Kong Guan/ Pang Kim Choo (SGP)Shamala Tan (SGP)

Sheena Ling (SGP)Sum Tong Ng (SGP)Tan Hwee San (SGP)Yang I Fung (HKG)

SILVER

NOT LONG AGO Marc Schreuder, Young Living’s vice president of research and development, was a sugarholic, en-dangered by the foods that ballooned his waistline and—with seemingly every bite—took away days of his life.

That was early 2011. It may as well have been an eternity ago.

Transformed by a revamped diet and

an insatiable relationship with Slique, Marc stood in front of hundreds of dis-tributors at the Interna-tional Grand Convention in his new, slim frame and energetically discussed the necessity for less sugar and more Slique in every-one’s life.

“Our bodies have not adapted to our abun-dance; we are killing our-

selves with abundance,” he said. Pleading with distributors to “pop the

hood” and find out what we are really eat-ing, Marc laid out a 12-step plan for those struggling with weight management.

“We need to retune our palettes,” ex-plained Marc. “Our palettes are corrupted. We fall into a sugar trap through personal

rewards and excuses—excusitis. What we need to do is reprogram, reset our brains.”

Replacing grains with greens, eating foods high in aroma, eliminating sugars and sugar imposters, and eating smaller bites and smaller portions are all vital to taking control of your health. When com-bining your diet with the powerful ben-efits of Slique, magical things can happen.

“We want to feel full without the caloric penalty; Slique does that,” said Marc, jok-ing that frankincense—a main compo-nent of Slique—is like “happy sauce for the brain.”

“Isn’t it wonderful that we at Young Liv-ing go through the trouble of finding the best frankincense trees? We appreciate your loyalty to the best, and what we rep-resent is the best.”

Marc Schreuder Reveals Keys To Healthy Weight With Slique

Marc’s 12 steps to a healthy weight1. Track what you eat2. Recognize why you eat3. Recognize your sugar addiction4. Get and stay motivated5. Break old habits6. Maximize retronasal aroma (inhale through nose)7. Slow fat creation8. Biochemically reduce appetite9. Pre-fill10. Recognize pitfalls of sugar substitutes11. Join a support group12. Physical activity reduces appetite

SINGAPOREYoung Living Singapore and South East Asia had another record-breaking month in sales! We are expecting this trend to continue, as our very “transformed” and driven distributors from Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong have come back from the convention eager to spread their energy to the rest of the region.

Dr. Dan Purser was in Singapore in July and did a great job educating members on women’s health and the newly launched Progessence Phyto Plus™.

Everyone is also very excited to get fit and fab in August with the launch of Slique Tea™ and Slique Essence™!

MEXICOThe Mexico market is growing at a healthy pace. Last month Young Living trainers and various distributor lead-ers held their first Introduction to Young Living meeting in the colonial city of Xalapa, Veracruz. The meeting was the kick-start to a three-city tour, where hundreds of dis-

tributors and potential distributors gathered to learn more about natural alternatives for a better lifestyle. Here at Young Living, we could not be more excited about the amazing growth in Mexico and project this market to be-come one of the largest in Latin America.

AUSTRALIAJune was quite a month for Young Living Australia! It was a month of new leaders, as Neena Love advanced to Gold and Maria James, Sharon and Andrew Wild, and Sharon Neal became Silver.

Fifty-five Australian members traveled to Salt Lake City for the International Grand Convention, which was a great success and left distributors feeling transformed and full of passion about Young Living and its messages of well-ness, purpose, and abundance.

EUROPEWe would like to thank everyone that attended our Euro-pean tour with Gary and Mary Young in Austria, Sweden, and Iceland. It was great to see nearly 1,400 distributors over these three meetings as our European market goes from strength to strength.

The European team now looks forward to seeing everyone in September at the regional meetings in Austria and Sweden and at the much-awaited Germany Founders Meeting in Numberg, Germany, on September 22.

JAPANThe much-anticipated Progessence Phyto Plus™ has ar-rived and is one of the best-selling products in Japan. This serum will be the ideal product for Japanese women who are suffering from the negative physical and emotional effects of the loss of female hormones; in July, Dr. Dan Purser visited six cities in Japan, talking about this very thing and the importance of Progessence Phyto Plus.

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