NEW dōTERRA DIAMONDS
SUPPORTING YOUR LEADERS
Wayne & Jenna Henrie
BARROW, ALASKA, USA
“Have a vision so big that it
won’t let you quit.”
Around the Corner
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hile attending her first dōTERRA
trying to keep the peace at home and
connection is slow. As Jenna tried to
class, Jenna Henrie immediately
yet knowing that I had a part to play
grow teams outside of her community,
felt like it was something she was
in this.” She soon realized that either
she had to make huge sacrifices to travel
supposed to be a part of. She says,
Wayne needed to understand her vision,
and support them, especially with her
“I thought to myself, ‘If these oils really
or she needed to quit dōTERRA because
husband working full time and three
work like this woman is saying they do,
it wasn’t worth what it was doing to their
then people need to know about it.’
I knew it would be so beneficial for our
community and I decided I wanted to
help teach people about it.” Jenna’s
background was in nursing and she hadn’t
been involved in alternative health care
at all before. But, she turned a corner at
that first class, and realized that using
natural essential oils just made sense.
Her husband, Wayne, was somewhat
supportive of her holding a few classes
at first. He was impressed that she didn’t
have to pressure people into buying
family. Jenna made the sacrifice to buy
her and Wayne airplane tickets to
Leadership Retreat, and it was there
that Wayne also turned the corner.
He says, “I was blown away. The people
were impressive, the trainings were
awesome, and I really liked the culture
I saw. I began to understand what Jenna
was trying to do.” After that, they started
moving forward with a more united vision,
and now Wayne has quit his job teaching
at a community college to go back to
school for his master’s degree and to
start helping Jenna with the business.
little kids at home. Sometimes she would
travel somewhere hoping something
would come of it and nothing seemed
to pan out, but she wasn’t discouraged.
She says, “We just continued to invest
in the business, knowing it would pay
off eventually. When you have a vision
that propels you forward, you just find
a way to work around these things. The
sacrifices are for a short period, and
then the rewards start coming.”
Jenna’s vision is to “spread hope, share
health, and live well.” She says, “I know
that these oils can provide healing on
because they wanted the oils and they
Jenna has also run into struggles with
a much deeper level than I can even
worked. Then, as her involvement
growing a business out of a remote
comprehend. There is something very
increased, the business began to put a
community on the northern slope
of Alaska. Their small town is only
accessible by plane and their internet
SEE THEM AS PARTNERS. “The leaders we
work with are amazing. I respect and admire
them for their gifts and talents, and I value
what they teach me just as much as they
value what we have to offer them.
We purposely resist the
terminology that gets thrown
around about ‘my frontline
leaders,’ ‘my builders,’ or
‘my Silvers.’ I know it’s a
small language nuance, but
using the word ‘my’ makes
it sound as though I can
somehow take credit for
who they are and what
they have accomplished.
I can’t. They are not our
‘downline,’ they’re
our partners and
our friends.”
of our community. I’m so grateful to be
really hard. I was feeling so torn between
BE IN THE TRENCHES. “We never ask our leaders
to do anything that we’re not already doing or that
we’re not willing to do. We try to lead by example
and not ask more of them than we do ourselves.”
powerful here that can change the face
strain on the family. Jenna says, “It was
INVEST IN THEM. “We made a conscious choice early on not
to let what makes financial sense dictate all of our decisions,
and we believe that people are worth investing in. So, we
invest a lot in helping our team be successful, whether it’s
assisting with finances for travel or incentives they can’t
afford yet. Sometimes I wonder if they see in themselves
what I see in them. They have so much to give, and I feel
like if we can just help them along until they clarify and
refine their own vision, then it will all pay off in the end.”
a part of it.”
“If you’re going to put the time
and effort into doTERRA, then give
yourself permission to believe that
your efforts will actually produce
something incredible.”
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dōTERRA ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP I JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015
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