 ThinkTecAway, civil engagement lives here. Well, I'm your host, Sharon Thomas Yarbrough. Welcome and thank you for joining Sister Power. March is National Women's History Month. The week, March 8th, which is today, International Women's Day, was chosen as a focal point of the observance. Sister Power's theme today is ensuring your health and wellness in the 21st century. The choices you make will make all the difference in regards to your family well-being. It pays to choose wisely. This afternoon, our sister power VIP guest, Rhea Fox, she produces and hosts special events here in the islands. She is passionately committed to living a rich, balanced, and healthy life and is a young living distributor. Erica Lee Eberhardt is an entrepreneur who spent 24 years working as a civilian in the United States Air Force before she resigned to chase her passion. She is an avid cyclist and studio cycling instructor and is fired up about health and wellness. Erica has won the Hawaii State Time Trial Cycling Championship two times as an overall fastest woman and attributes her accomplishments to living a healthy, happy, chemical-free life. Erica is also a young living leader. Welcome, ladies, to Sister Power. Thank you. Thank you, Sharon. Yay! This is so exciting. I just think we did this on the spare of the moment. I know, right? That'd be flexible. Bizz and women. That's hard to do. Well, tell me a little bit about, Rhea, I've known you for the longest. You sang at our wedding, you know, which is so wonderful. You did a fabulous, fabulous job. But for the other people, I don't know who that could be, who do not know you, it was just a little bit about you. Let's get this show going. I don't know. This is so much fun. Let's talk about myself. Oh, my God. Just a little bit. Well, I really am very passionate about health and wellness. I have many areas that I love in life in that I put my focus on the health and wellness, spiritual, mental, physical, emotional, health and wellness, definitely my thing. I've lived in Hawaii for 42 years. I was one of those young, wild things that came here and was like, I'm just going to stay for a little while, well, 42 years later. And I'm involved in many community activities and I still sing and I'm just having a blast and I'm so happy to be involved with Young Living now. I am too. And I had so much fun with you ladies yesterday talking about it. And I'm so excited. I was just stuttering in between the introduction because I just came from speaking at the Rotary Club and as a matter of fact, when I told them that we were going to talk about healthy living, they said, definitely, let's give them something healthy. So there you are. They're the pineapples from the Rotary Club of Waiheva. Thank you. But Erika, tell us a little bit about you. Well, first of all, Sharon, thank you so much for having us at what a short notice. But honestly, it was worth meeting our schedules around for it. I'm just extremely blessed to be here today. Thank you. My pleasure. How are you? Well, I'm an entrepreneur. I did work for the United States Air Force for 24 years in a job that I love the people, but my passion wasn't really being utilized. I didn't feel like I was actually leaving a legacy. And it wasn't as healthy of a lifestyle that I thought I deserved to live. So I woke up one day and realized that there was something better for me. I left a year ago. I resigned $130,000 a year. Whoa! Right? Yep. Leap of faith. And I found young living. And I honestly attribute my happiness and my health and wellness these days to what this company has done for me, not just the products, but the culture and the opportunity for leadership. So it's just been a whirlwind. Have you ever just gotten out of bed and been so excited about the day? Like, you don't want to push news? Today. Yeah. One of those days. Every day. Woo! I'm stuttering in between the introduction. I'm just excited. Every day. And I love the name young living. Yes. You know, we do live in the age where you, the vitality, and also having that positive mindset. And it's all about what you put in your body and what you give out. And those positive words and all of that just come together. Let me ask you a quick question, Erica. Certainly. Because I'm excited about hearing about the company. I'm excited. Can you tell me a little bit about young living? Certainly, Sharon. Young living was started almost 25 years ago by Gary and Mary Young. People thought they were pretty centric at the time because they had this idea about creating the best essential oils company on the planet. And guess what? They did just that. We are the world's leading essential oils company. We're over a billion dollars in annual sales. The billion. The billion. The billion. Yeah. Exactly, right. Huge money. And we had almost a 40% increase in global sales last year. I want to think a company that young would not have that kind of growth, but it's huge. Countries globally outside of the United States. And we offer over 600 products and they're all chemical free. So it's not just essential oils. And so these are some of the products, and we'll talk about them later. So this is a plant-based company. Yes, it certainly is. All chemical free. And every product that's not an oil has at least one essential oil in it. I love oils. I love oils. We can do it. All right. I have a question for you. What is it about young livings essential oils that you find them an edge over their competitors? As a company, as a company, again, as Erica mentioned, the culture thrills me. The support thrills me. There are good products out there in the world and there are products that you just have to, it's good to know what you need to know. But this company, I feel so supported by this company. I feel that my success in the company is important to everybody that I'm working with. And then the products themselves, the purity, the knowing where everything comes from, knowing that I can recommend any of the products to anyone and I can show them the guidelines of best use. I can show them guidelines of how to use them with their children, their dogs, their, you know, dogs. People, we'll get to that, okay? Their relatives and feel very, very confident that I have all the information that I need. Young living is definitely supplying me with everything that I need to be an excellent distributor and representative of essential oils. I'm excited. Of these high level, pure essential oils. High level and pure. Love that. Me too. Love, alright. So does young living offer other products besides essential oils? Yes. So I touched on it briefly in our intro question, but it can like kind of scan the table. These are just a spattering of things that we buy for our lifestyle. So things that I used to go to Sam's Club of Costco for, I actually divert my spends and I'm buying stuff that's chemical free. Now Sharon, I'm asthmatic and honestly I was not educated. I was ignorant to the fact that fragrance is actually toxic to people, people in general and the environment. So anything that says fragrance in it is something that I especially as an asthmatic didn't need to be inhaling. So I have switched only to oils for my daily sense, but also to things such as the mouth wash, the hand purifier. The hand purifier. Got that dish soap. Yeah. I'm going to use a little bit of that right now. That is the bomb. Is this me? Alright. It cleans everything in your house. Oh yeah. It's got aloe in it and peppermint oil, it's moisturizing and cleansing. So everything from oils, 300 of our products, over 600 products are oils. And every other product covers the gamut from nutrition to a pet line, to a baby line, to a kid's line, to a face care line, to a men's care line, to a hair care line, dental care, chemical free makeup line. You name it. I only buy my coffee pods, toilet paper and paper towels from Sam's Club. No. Okay. What? There's the money on me. Sam's Club. There you go. We're here. Hello, family. Call us Sam's Club. You know I love the story about the changing from the soda. Is that appropriate? Oh yes. And if you want to know something, this is it. We talked about that yesterday. It's definitely used. Let me just tell you right now. One way that I have gotten significantly more careful with my budgetary issues, and I'll explain in a second, and also my health, was when I was working for the government, I would drink, and I'm not joking, between 7 to 10 diet Dr. Pepper's a day. Why? I have no idea. I obviously was craving something that I wasn't getting, and obviously that wasn't fulfilling my needs, and it was toxic, right? So when I discovered Young Living's oils that you can actually ingest, I drink peppermint oil all day long now. Now my soda habit was, again, 7 to 10 a day, 20 ounce bottles, equivalent of a car payment a month. Now I'm paying an average of $1.40 a day for my peppermint oil habit, which is feeding my body what I need, and gives my energy up, and I think it's really good. You know, I love it. And that's a good thing to know about living here in Hawaii. How it can save, and then live healthy, because I always say that, you know, this is a bus stop to heaven, and the sun just kisses your skin every day, and then we see rainbow. But anyway, getting back to Young Living, which I'm so excited about. What product line is the top seller globally? It's this little packet in front. I'm not sure if they can zoom in on it, but there's a little bit. Oh, they can zoom. There's a little bit right there. It's called... Which one? It's the red one. The red one right there? This little guy. Yeah, right. Just grab it. They can zoom in on that. I had one this morning. Me too. That's called Ninja Red. It's based on the Wolfberry or the Goji berry, which is super high. We've heard about Goji. Oh, girl. Super high antioxidants. So again, we're in Central Wales Company, right? So one would think, well, how could the Ninja line... That is about 40% of our global sales is Ninja Red alone. Why Ninja? We source our Goji berries or our wolf berries from the Ninja region of China, which has been proven to have some of the most nutrient-rich soil left on the planet. So you're getting not only the super fruit, but the super fruit and the super soil, I like to say. So it's pretty amazing. And there are oils in that, too. Wow, oils. And you know, it's something about the word oils, that you know that you're going to shine, and it exudes something kind of sexual about you, too. Sexy. Sexy. Very sexy. So how long have you been working with Young Living? I'm brand new. I'm less than a month, and I have already made rank, may I say, some rank. And I'm so excited about this, and part of my excitement and what's really thrusting me forward is that I have been reading the materials that come to me, and part of what I want my legacy to be always is what can I pass on to people that come after me? What can I pass on to the younger generation? Well, in these troubled economic times, where we really don't know what's coming next, to teach young people, young women primarily, to create a business for themselves that is really going to, in a certain amount of time, which I think we'll be talking about later on is the possibility, in a certain amount of time, they are creating their own income and don't have to worry about where it's going to come from out of there, outside of there. You still get to follow your dream and, you know, work at Marshall Fields. I'm really dating myself right there, if you want to, you know, whatever career, but to have this dream that comes in from something, again, so healthy, so vibrant, so vital, which adds so much to the atmosphere of your home, to the health of yourself and your family. It's just the, I hope I did answer the question because I went off. Oh, please continue. Sounds interesting to me. You've told me, you've only been doing it for a month. Yes. And what I'm hearing, when you become a distributor and when you join up with this company, it doesn't leave you hanging. So information is constantly coming in to you. And that's the thing. And in, you know, other situations that I've had in my life, it sounded great, but I'm not a person who's going to run, I'm doing so many things, just like all of us, that, you know, I need support. I need to get, you know, online things. I need to get documentation. I need to get things in the mail. I need to get phone calls. I need to get how you do it. I mean, and that's what I'm really finding is superior with the young living culture. Well, it sounds like a family type of organization because I do need that little cuddly and little massage and how you're doing. And I do. Absolutely. You know, baby steps and, you know, more information because we do live in a highly fast-paced, moving world. So I like hearing that. How long have you been involved on Erika? It's my 10th month, Sharon. Great story. 10th month, sure is. I started on the 1st of June last year. How did you find out about it? Just with someone who's been my mentor, my coach in this new industry that I found myself pursuing after I left my government job and on a whim. And I'll tell you what, it's it everything just happened for a reason. It was the right company culture, again, leadership opportunities. People can work to whatever level they want to. In fact, we've got two million members ish worldwide. And of the two million, 94 percent are just consumers. They just want to enjoy the best products for their family and for an environment possible on the planet. And the other six percent are trying to get a little bit of money a month to get out of debt or save up for college educations or pay for a car up to enough money a month to replace $130,000 a year salary. And I think there's no ceiling. So wherever someone wants to get to a young living, our team supports them. I'm also a certified professional life coach. So I believe in people to whatever level they want to be at in a certain amount of time, we track their progress, we fine tune where they can adjust to where they want a little faster, if that's the case. So we offer the full package. We offer also amazing training. Rea has taken our training. We do a strategy review. So he set people up for success again at whatever level they want to be at in their career, if they're that six percent who want to pursue it as a business. And where else can you start a business for $160? Oh, my goodness. Yeah, our startup is $160. And then you have your own business, right? Because, you know, a lot of companies say it would be $2,000 to start here. But what I'm hearing is not only are you a life coach, but we were discussing yesterday about your marketing skills as well. So you do come with the full package. Try to. We, as you both know by now, I like really silly jokes and I like to play with words. And so last June, I was just saying on the airplane, I was like, aloha and I was like, oil, oil, aloha. And so we actually have our own team name. We are called oil, aloha, O I L O H A or trademark in the name. We have our own logo and our slogan is ready. I'm ready. Spreading aloha all over the world. One drop at a time. One drop at a time. I like that. You need to pass that. That's our plan. That's our plan for sure. Wonderful. It is, it is like family. You mentioned family earlier. Yes. I've known Reyes since 2005 and she was one of the people to help me through some difficult times in my life when I moved back to Hawaii and she's like family to me. She's like a sister to me. She is a sister. And now I've met you and the people that are on our team, whether it's oil, aloha or the bigger bubble around us, they all feel like family and we all champion each other for success. There's no competition ever. So somebody's more successful than we are. And we were able to be part of that and celebrate that. Then you know what? Then we're successful. That's the whole goal is for anybody who joins us to be more successful than it all be of any day. Then that's having left a legacy. It's family. Well, it's called hope. And when we come back, we'll talk more about young living. Thank you. We have this crazy thing going on today. I was just walking by and all these DJs and producers are set up all around the city. I just walked by and I said, what's happening guys? They told me they were making music. I had no musical talent and then I sat down and kind of did it. Come back to Sister Power and our theme for today. And we're celebrating National Women's History Month. And our theme for today is ensuring health and wellness in the 21st century. And again, welcome back Erica and welcome back Rhea. And we're talking about these beautiful products, young living. And my question for you, Rhea, can you tell me your top two favorite oils and why you use them? That is such a hard question because I love so many. I am going to tell you the ones and maybe, you know, I'm a gem and I might have to be three or four. But what I use every day is frankincense. Frankincense is, you know, it's biblical. And I, you know, it wasn't all that long ago that I found out why. It's amazing for the skin. Again, it's something that you can ingest. And it's just like a tonic for wellness. I love diffusing frankincense in my atmosphere. It just makes me feel so uplifted. There's something magical and mystical about frankincense. And you know, I'm all about magical and mystical. Then the other one that I'd say every day go to is lavender. Lavender is relaxing or uplifting, depending on what you need. Lavender is it infuses again, the atmosphere with something that is just so rare. It settles people down. It lifts them up. It makes everybody feel better. It makes your home smell divine. And so, you know, lavender and frankincense, I have to say, but truly, to choose my two top favorites, that's really difficult. That's difficult. I use. Tell us about this beautiful, this infusion, this air of the teardrop. I'm sorry, the raindrop. That's what it's called, the raindrop? It was a drop in there, it's a dewdrop. It's a dewdrop. A dewdrop diffuser. And this very simple machine, and you just put a little water and a few less than a half a dozen drops of the essential oil of choice or mixture that you're going to make, because there's lots of instruction about mixtures, and then it's just a fusing your atmosphere. So you can turn this on all times of the day or night. If someone is feeling low or feeling unwell or needing a lift or you just want to shift the atmosphere of the home. That's why we're so up. We're just all over the place. This is wonderful. Well, Erica, since we're talking about living a healthier life, tell me one area where young living has personally helped you change a habit and increase your overall wellness? Absolutely, Sharon. I touched on the diet Dr. Peppers already. Yes. Outside diet Dr. Peppers, I was also, when I couldn't get my hands on one of those, I would grab club soda, which is full of sodium. Did you say Dr. Pepper? Diet Dr. Pepper. I would grab club sodas and my sodium intake, because I wouldn't just drink one club soda. I would just drink a lot of club soda. And now, again, I only ingest oils in my water. We are the only essential oils company in the nation that's been approved by the FDA as a raw standard. It's generally regarded as safe for ingestion, for taking into the body. Yes. We have 40 oils that are certified. 40 oils. Is that standard? So you can cook with our oils. You can season with our oils. You can ingest them in a capsule. You can put them in your water, your hot tea. So 40 of them. So instead of using chemically stuff to satisfy a need that I think I have and I'm not getting fulfilled, I'm a strictly oil girl now. It's been phenomenal. And it's so simple, because I already have it at my house. I want to go seek it out at another store. And then we need simplicity in our life. We live, especially women, we live such a busy life. Exactly. Because the simpler, the better. And it's good for you. And you feel clean. And you feel clean. I felt bloated with all that carbonation. And life is good. Life is grand. It is. Life is grand. It is. Well, outside of the amazing chemical free product line, young living offers. Are there other benefits you find in working with this company? Well, I touched on some of them before. The culture, the support. I feel so relaxed, not in the sense that not doing anything, but just like everything that I need to know is going to be, the answer is going to be supplied. All the support that I need is there. Any question. I got a team. We're already laughing and talking on the phone together. And then it was, we mentioned the four year career. And this is something that I can, I share with each of my distributors as I'm bringing them in, because it really shows you, it's up to you the four year career for women. Put your future in your own hands or not. It's okay. A choice. It's a choice. The four year career for women. This is something right on time for this right on time month. Oh, I love this. Put your future in your own hands or not. Yes. That's a gift. This is a gift. Yes. Well, absolutely. I mean, again. Thank you. My hallelujah. Gracious. So as I was saying, this reading this book for myself, because anytime, you know, there's the excitement of starting something or starting up for something new. And then like, oh my God, what have I done? I think they call it buyer's remorse or something. It's always going to come up. But then immediately I've got this book in my hand and I go, oh. And it's by Kimmy Brooke. Yes. Kimmy. I love to call and say Bliss Brooke. I just love that name. I love the word bliss and the name bliss. And she is our, you know, I don't know her yet. I know that I will. But I know that she's out there rarying for me and anything that I would need to ask her, I can call and ask her as well. And as I said earlier, my desire is to pass this information on, especially to young people. You know, when I graduated from college, we had places to go and things to do all the day. Now you can come on with all sorts of degrees and all sorts of certifications and there's places to go. But there's like as a bazillion people who are going for that one job. Well, so where did she live? Because, you know, sisters in power and Hawaii, we're known to do book signings. And I would just love for us, sisters in power and Hawaii, along with sister power and young living, let's see if we can get her out here. She was born and raised in Honolulu and she has been live on Lanai. You mean we can just make a phone call? That is correct. Absolutely. That's a no brainer. This is exciting. I like that. So I'm also I'm curious, Erica, do you have any regrets about leaving your stable, successful government career to do young living full time? Absolutely not. And I can say that with complete conviction. I have something I talk about in the cycling classes. I teach and it's everyone can usually remember how they felt when they woke up in the morning, whether it was to an alarm and you push news 10 times, which is what I used to used to do with my government job. I think I love the people, but I wasn't that excited about the stress level and the effects on my body. So now when my alarm goes off, sometimes I get up before it goes off. I'm so eager for my feet to hit the ground. So every day when my feet hit the ground, I'm eager for the day. I'm excited. I'm passionate. I can bursting at the seams. That's before I even put oil on. And then it just gets better. So I'm telling you, no, I don't have any regrets. Was it scary leaving the salary? Yes. But honestly, I know that what's on the other side of my four year career is so much greater than what I could have gotten in the government. I did my time. I served my country. And now it's time for me to serve other people. And thank you for doing that. Ladies, thank you for coming on. And very quickly, how are they able to reach you? And Erica, how can we reach you for young living? Phone numbers. Phone numbers? I'm fine with that. You're fine with it? Absolutely. They could just contact sisters of IE or sister Parra. Absolutely. Phone numbers, email address, Facebook. I'm on Facebook with that phone name. Yeah, on Facebook as well. So, you know, ABC, all the above. Know thyself, oceans of love, or aloha, peace and blessings. Thank you.