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Despite the great health benefits the Garcia’s received
while serving in the Army, Maureen opted to deliver four
of their five children at home. Maureen’s desire for natural,
home births strongly reflects her holistic upbringing. When
Maureen shared with Al her desires for natural medication in
their home, Al was reminded of his sweet grandma who also
desired natural remedies, and so he supported Maureen.
Maureen was initially hesitant to believe dōTERRA CPTG essential oils were the purest, most potent on the market. She
had studied natural remedies for years and knew it wasn’t
uncommon for a company to claim their product as the
best. However, as she watched Al’s recovery progress with
dōTERRA essential oils, she knew they indeed were of the
highest quality.
In 1993, Al left the military to pursue a business venture both
he and Maureen were very passionate about. He founded
Herbs for Health and started building stores throughout the
West. It was at this time that Al met and partnered with
Laura Jacobs.
The Garcia’s mantra for over 23 years has been, ‘Learn to
health yourself.’ They promoted this vision through herbs.
Although herbs were effective, they found that when they
started promoting essential oils, their message of natural
health solutions was amplified. “People want to see things
work and work fast. They need results. A day doesn’t go by
that I have people calling me who can’t believe how quickly
and effectively the essential oils have helped them,” Al said.
Years later, in 2009, Al had an unexpected seizure and was
injured very badly. He was taken immediately to the ER.
Laura had learned about dōTERRA essential oils and insisted
his family rub them on his comatose body. When Al came
out of the coma, one of his first concerns was the well-being
of his stores. He didn’t know how he was going to continue
providing for his family if he was no longer physically able to
manage his stores.
Al had always thought essential oils were a ‘girly’ product
and hadn’t used them before this experience. Yet when
he got home from the hospital, he started relying on Deep
Blue and lemongrass for daily relief. Looking back, Al realizes that he may have been hurt in order to open his mind
to essential oils.
Due Diligence
The Garcia family in South Ogden, Utah
Before joining dōTERRA, Al was very careful to evaluate
the company and encourages others to do the same. He
recommends evaluating the company based off three pillars.
First, investigate the people behind the infrastructure of the
company. Second, evaluate the product. Use the product
yourself and know if the product is good or not. Third, look at
the leaders you will potentially be leading with. Al explains,
“When you have done your due diligence on dōTERRA, you
will see what I see. You will see how unique dōTERRA truly is.”
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