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NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS

Kenny & Stephanie Wahlberg
FORESTHILL, CALIFORNIA, USA

Deck Dreaming
“We never just try to make a sale. We say, ‘We want to add value to your life.’” –Kenny

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tephanie Wahlberg was introduced

So, he suggested Stephanie find out

The Wahlbergs helped start their

to dōTERRA by a longtime friend,

how she could get them paid for.

church 18 years ago and before they

Kerri Lydell. Stephanie was intrigued

She started holding classes, and

had kids always enjoyed working

at first, but lost interest when she

enrolled 22 people in her first month.

together. Once they saw that dōTERRA

found out it was a network marketing
company. After attending convention,
Kerri felt strongly that she needed to
approach Stephanie again. Kerri then
gave Stephanie an Introductory Kit and
Stephanie discovered the effectiveness
of Lavender on her children. She and
her husband, Kenny, later had amazing
personal experiences with the oils that

could provide for them, they started

Stephanie had been asking God for

to plan for Kenny to come home. He

several months for a way out of their

quit sooner than they had originally

financial situation. She knew she

thought, while they were still Gold, but

couldn’t afford daycare for seven

the combination of him coming home

children if she went back to work full

and doing Diamond Club pushed them

time, and she wanted to be able to

to Diamond. Kenny says, “Making the

homeschool them. When dōTERRA
came into their lives, at first Stephanie

leap made all the difference.”

was mad and didn’t want anything else

Five years ago, Kenny and Stephanie

on her plate. She says, “I felt like God

moved to Foresthill to have more

Kenny quickly saw that the oils were

said to me, ‘You asked for help. This is

space for their growing family. Their

going to become an addiction for

your answer.’ All of sudden, everything

new property had a deck, and they

Stephanie. They have seven kids and

changed and I realized this could help

started having coffee on their deck

Kenny worked doing finance, HR, and

us financially and I could still be home

every morning. Kenny says, “We would

compliance for their church, so they

with my children. After that, I embraced

sit out there and talk about our kids,

didn’t have the money to afford oils

it fully.”

our lives, and our dreams. Once we

had them hooked.

every month.

“I would never want to take
God out of the equation of our
life because He really is the
foundation of all these things.”
–Stephanie

started doing dōTERRA, we started

R A N K A D VA N C E A S A T E A M

talking about our team, listening to
mentor calls, and reading personal
development books. We did that for
an hour or two every day. You can’t not
grow in your life if you’re doing that.”
They’re grateful that because of dōTERRA
they can spend more time together and
help others at the same time. Kenny
says, “It’s always been in our heart to help
as many people as possible, and now we
have a way to monetize that. It’s like a
dream come true.”

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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2016

Hit the next level.
In the back office
it shows you what
you have to do to
hit the different
ranks. When I saw
that I thought, “This
is like a video game.
We just have to hit
the next level.

Create bursts of
energy. Intense
bursts of energy are
important in this
business. Diamond
Club helped us two
times to gain rank
advancement.

Make it a team
effort. A couple
times when we
were close to
hitting a new rank,
our team rallied
behind us with
BOGOs. It was a
team effort. People
gave us a hand up,
and then we just
kept hitting ranks.

*Results not typical. Average earnings are less. See dōTERRA Opportunity and Earnings Disclosure Summary on doterra.com.

Build a community.
Most of our team
is local and we
have face-to-face
relationships with
a lot of them.
We hold ongoing
education classes
at our church, and
that has really
built a sense of
community.

Be transparent.
We have always
been transparent
with our team.
When we make
mistakes, we ask for
forgiveness. I think
those things make
people feel like they
can trust us and
they want to join
with us.
www.doterra.com

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