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NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND Kathy Cordell CHEYENNE, WYOMING, USA Why Not You? Even before becoming part of the dōTERRA ® family and building a successful business, Kathy was keeping herself busy. “I was working 40 hours a week with the Wyoming Department of Health. I was also a life coach and the leader of a large women’s ministry, planning, writing, and speaking at conferences. On top of all of this, I was in the midst of a health crisis.” Thankfully, Kathy found relief with dōTERRA Lifelong Vitality Pack ® . “I felt health coming back to my body. I had an amazing turnaround. I couldn’t stop telling people about essential oils!” She felt a calling to build a business with dōTERRA. “I knew that stress was causing many of my health issues, and I couldn’t continue to do what I was doing. When I started building a business on top of everything else I was doing, a lot of people thought I was crazy.” Kathy knew she was stretching herself thin, but she knew she was in for the long haul. “I’m a visionary—I saw that dōTERRA was my way out of working too hard at a job I didn’t love and not getting paid what I was worth. In nine months, I was able to quit, and now I’m freed up to focus on the things I love.” Kathy quickly grew her business. She recalls when she attended her first Leadership Retreat: “I heard someone simply say, ‘Why not you?’ I looked around and saw everyone was just like me, desiring a purpose and a place in the world. On hard days, I still say to myself, ‘Why not me?’ It gets me out of my funk.” Of course, the journey hasn’t been perfectly smooth or constantly upward and forward. Mistakes happened as Kathy became a Diamond, which led to some strained relationships and 36 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I APR | MAY | JUN 2020 Images by Rugged Grace Photography