Leadership Magazines doTERRA Issue 39A Hsiung | Page 8

NEW dōTERRA DIAMOND Jennifer Yates DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, USA Choosing Authenticity Over Addiction J ennifer Yates walked out of the resistance, but she also knew there “I am really transparent about the doctor’s office, prescription in was something hopeful about circumstances that led to me becoming hand. She had a choice to make. becoming a Wellness Advocate. She a builder,” Jennifer says. “I am a recov­ For the better part of eight years, clung to that hope. Looking at the ering drug addict and my drug of Jennifer silently battled a secret prescription and the price tag of choice was prescription medication. addiction to prescription drugs. recurrent use, she knew she couldn’t When people go toward an addiction, Then 18 months sober, she was afford to fund the addiction and pay it’s usually because they’re just trying excited about a new dōTERRA for an enrollment kit. A simple truth to cover the pain of something. For business opportunity; however, dawned on Jennifer. “I have to choose me it was childhood sexual abuse, my draining emotions were creeping in. one or the other,” she told herself. Lyme disease diagnosis, postpartum Her addiction was the path of least She never filled that prescription. depression, a divorce, and the death ® 8 dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JULY / AUGUST 2019 Images by Rachel Serb Photography