Intro:
Welcome to doTERRA Diamonds Discuss where you'll be inspired by stories, tips, and strategies by doTERRA's top leaders who will then help you turn your passion for holistic wellness into your own profitable and flexible business. And now here's your host Double Presidential Diamond, Hayley Hobson.
Hayley Hobson:
Hello, my friends. Welcome to doTERRA Diamonds Discuss, where we teach entrepreneurs with a passion for holistic wellness, how to make a six figure income or more so they can work from home, have the flexibility they've been craving with their time and make more money than they've ever imagined.. So we're back with another amazing interview. This time with my friend Kacie Vaudrey, who is someone I consider, like I said, a close friend along with amongst my doTERRA biz besties, Kacie's story is pretty inspiring. She actually left a career in education to pursue network marketing. I have a feeling, she had no idea what network marketing was when she started that pursuit, but her life was as I've heard it from her on multiple occasions where we've hung out, flipped upside down and she had this medical diagnosis. She had a divorce and talk about taking a leap of faith, whether or not the timing is right. So within the network marketing space, Kacie has found her calling a place that she could share her passion for wellness while simultaneously educating about how to make better, more natural choices for their everyday lives. So I can't wait for you to hear about Kacie's journey to becoming a diamond and above. So I'm ready to get started. Kacie, if you are.
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yes. Thank you so much. This is my first cup podcast. I felt I'm like so excited. Thank you. And honored that you and invited me to be here with you.
Hayley Hobson:
Oh yeah. Well, it's super fun. I love doing podcasts because I get to get a message out there in the world. But when I bring on friends and people that I admire in the business space or personal space or habit space or whatever space I'm in, it's like, we're getting to have like a, like a green juice date right now. Yeah,
Kacie Vaudrey:
Exactly. It's super fun.
Hayley Hobson:
So share with us a little bit about yourself and how you got first of all into doTERRA and then we'll take it from there.
Kacie Vaudrey:
Okay. yeah, like you said, network marketing was definitely not in my vision of where my future was gonna go at the time I was a professor at the university. I was teaching English. I'd been there for 10 years, but I loved essential oils. I've been using them since I was 18 years old. And I actually pursued an opportunity to buy a little essential oil store in Bozeman, Montana. And it was funny because I approached my family and I went with the business plan and my grandfather was like, yeah, we would love to lend you the money to buy this store. But the reality is it's already going bankrupt. What are you thinking? And that really just goes to show where my business mentality was and where my knowledge was in business as a whole. I was an educator. So it was really funny. And looking back on that, and then four years after that was when doTERRA was introduced to me. And what happened was a friend of mine was sharing the oil. She knew I loved him and I reached out to her because my son was struggling and she me a couple oils and I used them and that was my first introduc introduction to doTERRA. And that's where my journey really began.
Hayley Hobson:
And so what did the journey look like for you? Was it just strictly like using them and were you a customer for a certain period of time or were you like looking for something more than using them for yourself? What did that look like?
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah, I mean, I, I used the product for a year and a half and just dragged my feet. My upline kept saying, you know, you're the first person in Montana. You have to do this, this opportunity, you know, the whole entire spiel. And I just had no desire. I thought I was doing my career choice and I was on my path and I'd spent all this money on education and felt like deterring from that path would really derail what I thought I was cement to do. So I started out as a customer and I did that for a good year and a half before I even looked at the business.
Hayley Hobson:
And then what made you finally look at the business?
Kacie Vaudrey:
What really transformed it for me was that a I going through divorce and B I was diagnosed with cancer. And when that came up for me, it made me realize that I had to really explore this option because I didn't know what my career would look like. I didn't know if I'd have a job after I went through treatment. So I had to explore this. I knew that it was probably the only thing that I could control in my life. I could dictate my income. I could dictate my hours. I could do what I needed to do and still show up for my family. And that was ultimately the most important thing for me at the time. And that's when I explored it.
Hayley Hobson:
And so what did that look like once you started exploring it? Like how quick was your journey to actually making money?
Kacie Vaudrey:
It was really quick. I got super strategic on what the plan was and I realized, what do I need to do to make $5,000 a month? Because that was the income that I needed to be able to reroute the path that I was currently on. So I sat down and I got really strategic and I started attracting people that were like-minded. So I, I got really in tune with the people that I wanted to work with and that I knew had the same capacity that I had that were driven that were desiring a, be a, a better and different lifestyle that wanted to be able to have the flexibility that wanted endless income I opportunity. And that that's who I started seeking. And I really can say that, like even looking back, I still have my same six leaders, so nothing has changed from that path. So from day one, I was strategic and I knew what I was looking for. And I stayed on that path and I, I asked the right questions and that's how, I guess, you know, I, I feel
Hayley Hobson:
Like you're like one of those lucky people who still has your same six leaders, like I will tell you that the people who quote unquote got me to diamond were not the people that were my qualifying legs for blue diamond. And the people who I used as my blue diamond qualifiers were not, I shouldn't say the word use. It was a partnership at that point. The people that were partnering with me to get to blue diamond were absolutely not the people that were my collaborators to presidential diamond. And even as a presidential diamond, double presidential diamond with a second account. I'm, I mean, those people are still there. They all have accounts. It's beautiful residual income for everybody, but it's not the strategy I use every, any anymore. So you're really lucky that you have, you know, leaders who have stuck around and also who are stuck around and maintained the rank.
Hayley Hobson:
Yeah. That they've, that they've built. I think that's really unusual. I think that network marketing, to be honest, I mean, this podcast is all about getting real. Like I'm not sugar coating anything I have, you know, like we, we, we're obviously here to tell the truth and, but the truth is an inspiration. It's not like I'm here to, up on the industry or dump on the company at all. I love what I'm doing. I love doTERRA. I love the product. I love the owners. I love the company. I love my friends. I love you. You're not even on my team. You're not even in my upline. You're not even my downline, but the reality is, is it's not an easy business. And the, the, the people that you bring in are not gonna stick around forever. Usually there is specifically a lifespan of, you know, how long people will stay in this business.
Hayley Hobson:
And you, you get to pivot and rebuild and legs will come crashing down. And you know, those of us who are doing well are the ones that just decided that we are we're in for the long haul. Like no matter what happens, we're gonna stick around and we're gonna, we're committed to rebuilding. And even if you do have your original six leg legs, I am sure that there's been points where you've had to do rebuild and regrowth within those you can talk about. But yeah, I just wanna get real and see what this looks like.
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah. And absolutely like, there's definitely been lots of pivoting, you know, throughout, and especially the last two years, like I've seen top leaders in my organization shift careers in the last six months, I've had two top leaders shift. They're still in doTERRA, but what it's done for me and just ultimately like even going to leadership, is it just brought that reality back to light is that I gotta get back in and I gotta, you know, rebuild and restructure with these same leaders because they still are in it. It just may not look the same as it did 8, 9, 10 years ago when we started. And, and you're right. Like it, there is a lifespan and I think that's with anything, you know, but the season there, a couple of them are in right now. Isn't the season that they were in when they started and that's okay. You know, so we're, so
Hayley Hobson:
How do you deal with that? If people do step down, walk away, take a break.
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah. I, I mean, for me, I just take complete ownership that this is my business. I would say probably the number one mistake I've made in building doTERRA is that I made the assumption. My, my leaders were all in control and they all had everything taken care of. And what I did is I ended up stepping back and that disconnect me from my entire team. So I lost sight of what was happening. I lost sight of when things weren't going the way that they did or the way that they, I assumed they were so to speak. So all of a sudden a leader would go from diamond down to gold and it was like, whoa, where did that happen? I just assumed that everyone was in check and everything was taken care of. And the reality was it wasn't. So what I've realized and what I'm doing right now is I'm just getting really involved and really intentional. And I'm back into all of my leaders and I'm not making assumptions anymore. I'm assuming that, because this is my business that regardless who the leaders are, I have to be involved and I have to show up and I have to constantly be in contact with everybody in my organization.
Hayley Hobson:
So what do you mean you have to, what does that mean?
Kacie Vaudrey:
I guess I don't have to. I get to, because it is a gift that we get to, but the main thing is that I can't, if I want this business to operate within my vision and my goals, then I have to be engaged and I can't make assumptions that my leaders have everything under control, because the reality is we, I don't reach out to my upline often. She's definitely not where I'm going necessarily if I need assistance. And that's because she assumes that I have everything in check. So I do, I do this on my own. And that's, what's also happening within my own or, or my own organization is that I've just made that assumption. So now I'm just, re-engaging getting involved and trying to bring to life some, you know, new energy and new excitement in this industry.
Hayley Hobson:
And so what are some of the things that you're doing besides like reaching out and making sure everybody's fine? Like what, like, what brings you joy? I know you're a person who's super creative. And I also know you're a person who gets very strategic which is why I like hanging out with you. Like I like, I like people who are creative and strategic, who don't just sit around, waiting for direction.
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah. Rightfully that is very helpful.
Hayley Hobson:
What are some of the things that are lighting you up right now?
Kacie Vaudrey:
So a couple things lighting me up is I'm going back to simplicity. I'm looking at like, what did we do in the beginning? What were really worked for my team. So if you looked at the hundred, 10,000 people in my organization, most of them did not build online. So what we're doing is we're taking what we, what we did. And, and right now, like I'm taking courses on how to build online. I am diving into this new generation of business building, and those are the things that I'm going out to share with the team. Another thing that's really lighting me up is this industry as a whole. So right now I'm creating a 90 day coaching program. That's gonna be starting in June where I really focus on network marketing and all of the different benefits that this industry brings. So I'm really trying to turn this industry somewhat upside down so that we can break this stigma or around it so that we can show up in the space that we are so that we can identify success no matter what this level is, and really be celebrating everything that this has to offer for us.
Kacie Vaudrey:
So that's, what's lighting me up right now.
Hayley Hobson:
Anything like specific in terms of like, I love when people can, so I love talking general and like, these are the things that are lighting me up in, and this is what I'm planning, but like, what are you, what are you doing? Like, so I had the same thoughts that you were having back in December, January. And I was thinking to myself, like, how can I light up this industry? How can I light up our company? How can I get people excited about the journey? How can I get people excited about the vision? And actually that's how this podcast was Burt. I was like, I just wanna fill myself up with energy from other successful leaders who may have legit been going through their own struggles or their own, you know, semi depressions with the last two years being locked up and not being able to leave the house.
Hayley Hobson:
However, I know that there's some still light inside of them. So how can I fill myself up with their energy and then pass that energy to everybody else? And I know that as you show up here with me, like you and I are having fun today, and then we get to talk and we get to catch up and catch up on our friendship. And then we get to share this episode and give somebody else some glimer of hope somewhere else, or some idea, something else. So the podcast was literally a vision that I had to create more energy for myself and also cast vision for others. So any specific a project or strategy that you feel like you wanna share?
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah, I would say that one approach that I'm taking that's super fun that just came about is that doTERRA reached out to me and asked if I'd be part of heading some funding for a mobile crime lab for sex trafficking. And I, I couldn't believe that they asked me to do this. And since they did ask me all of a sudden, I'm like creating these different platforms and these events and virtual events. So that's where I'm really heading in this direction of is showing people that when we there's so many different tiers and network marketing, that a lot of times when we start for myself, for instance, is I needed personal income. And I think we go or not even, I think, but I watch people go through these different levels in this industry where they really start to shift. So in the beginning it was about me.
Kacie Vaudrey:
The second stage really was about empowering my leaders. Like how can I watch them have the same success that I have, and right now this level, and this is where I feel like, gosh, I really made it in network marketing, is that now I get to start showing up and giving back. So for me, where my platform is really heading is how can we as a community, as a company and even outsourcing outside of doTERRA, start to raise funds for causes that we believe in and things that really truly matter. So this is where my heart is going, and this is what I'm planning on doing. It's just really building community around. How can we give back because of the fortunes that this industry has given us?
Hayley Hobson:
Wow, that's so good. That's so good. My husband has a really similar passion to that. Like he just loves watching what doTERRA is creating for literally the front end of our business, which is the farmers and the growers. Like we did our first sourcing trip. Like nine years ago, we went to Haiti and we were in the fields and the trenches with the people who were growing VOR. And he was just literally move to tears from that mission. And so it's been, you know, we all have our thing that we love to participate in. I love watching other people have time freedom and financial freedom, you know, spend $16 on an avocado toast. Yeah. I'm just thinking about, I was in Vegas this
Kacie Vaudrey:
Weekend
Hayley Hobson:
And I can't even believe like how, like, it's like, you know, when you're stuck not stuck. I mean, I chose to obviously spend my weekend at the Venetian, but it's like Arabia with prices there. Not that they're that less expensive when you come back Kia and come home, but oh my gosh, it was like, seriously, like $22 for an avocado toast. Th I bought my daughter a pizza. It was like $33.
Hayley Hobson:
So crazy. And I was, I was, I was bitching about it. My friend Ashley was like, you know what? This is just part of the deal. Like when you choose to do a weekend like this, but I don't want anybody to, and I wasn't stressed about it. I was just like, eh, but like, I don't want anybody to ever feel stressed about money. And I also don't want every, anybody to ever feel like they hate the life they wake up to. And so, because that was my story for so long. Like I couldn't stand getting up in the morning cuz I hated what my day was gonna look like. I hated what I was doing. I hated the people I was surrounding myself, hated the energy, the toxic energy inside of me. And when I wake up now today, these days I'm excited literally to get out of bed with what I've created for myself on my calendar. So that's my way. That's what drives me. Yeah. And all of us have whatever that is inside of us that they, they wanna share. So I'm glad that you found that passion. Yeah,
Kacie Vaudrey:
I love it. And I also love everything that you're saying too. And, and that's why I'm creating this coaching program for network. Marketers is I love this industry so much and I'm so grateful every morning when I wake up and I get to choose who's on my calendar and I get to choose the people that I work with. And the, you know, I always say to my, my team and my leaders just look at your circle of influence. Are you hanging out with the right people? Because when I was my previous, like life is what I could call, you know, pre doTERRA when I was in a toxic relationship and sick, I look at that and I, it was like, was I hanging out with the people that I should have been hanging out with then probably not. There was a few that could have, you know, that I made ways with and that's good. And I think it's just looking at your circle of influence, knowing that in this industry and doTERRA, that we get to choose the people that we show up for every morning and that's powerful. That's my favorite thing.
Hayley Hobson:
All right. So I I'll love what you've said and I I feel like there's so many different ways that, you know, people are sharing, people are building, people are creating vision. And one of the things you talked about was getting started and reaching out strategically to, you know, partners that you wanted to work with. Have you ever done anything in the online space?
Kacie Vaudrey:
No, actually I haven't. Which is so interesting. It, it frightens me a little bit and it's not necessarily where I, I actually don't know why my fear is around the online space, but that's definitely something I'm exploring. I've been going through some of your trainings and Jenna Kucher really like her and some different things just to try and understand how it all works because I'm an analyzer. I feel like I have to know everything before I start, which is probably pretty silly, but yeah, I'm definitely interested in my I'm definitely planning on doing that. I just, now that things are back up and rolling I'm right back into the way that I built in the original you know, beginning years. So
Hayley Hobson:
I think it's funny that you laughed at that. You're like, I, I, I get the feeling cuz I know you that you're like, no, I'm not online. And I feel like I should be. And so, and, and, and the thing that I'm, I'm laughing at you about is like, you don't, you can do whatever you want to like if you're having success, not being online, kudos to you. Like being online is not easy. It's a lot of time and a lot of strategy creating relationships behind a screen with strangers that you don't know. So if you've got like those communication skills and those partnerships and you can do it without being online, that's amazing. I love it.
Kacie Vaudrey:
I think that's my fear is I watch all of you and all of my good friends build online and I know the time commitment you guys make and it it's a little bit terrifying. So kudos to you for doing it. I love
Hayley Hobson:
It. Yeah. I mean, everybody gets to build their business. However they want. I actually love being online because I, I, I love like just having so many people in my base. I'm pretty social. I love creating content. I love, I love photography. It's one of my secret passions that probably not a lot of people know that I love, although you probably know that I love. Cause I'm taking pictures all the time. I'm editing. I love that. I love creating content. So yeah, like we get to all do this. However we wanna do it and you can attract people into your life by reaching out to them and you and I can attract people by being online or whatever we wanna do. But what about like, what about culture? Like what happens in your team or what do you, what's the vision of, of what you wanna create or continue to create? Like once people are aligned with you and walking your walk with you?
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah. So for me, I, I love to get really intimate and close and help my leaders build as well as their team members. So we spend a lot of time doing zoo and getting together and I invite people to my house and we do lots and lots of togetherness. So, you know, now that we can get back on a plane, flying back out, teaching classes, just really showing firsthand and building that connection with people, just how this looks and how it feels and watching people first hand open oils and just get this experience. It's amazing. So that's what I do a lot of is just going to my team traveling.
Hayley Hobson:
I love it. I love it. So. All right, well, Kacie, is there anything else that you feel like you wanna share that we haven't talked about that would inspire anyone to do anything differently? If they're feeling stuck, if they're feeling disheartened or if they're feeling super creative and just like they're looking for ideas, like what would you suggest?
Kacie Vaudrey:
I think something you said really is resonating with me is that this industry allows all of us to build whatever way we want to build. And we can spend a lot of time trying to find the perfect system or the perfect way to do something. And what ends up happening is that it stops a stead in our tracks because we go into this comparison mode and my suggestion is to truly, truly dive into like, what do you love? What do you love doing? How do you wanna show up? Who do you wanna surround yourself with? How do you want to engage just as a whole? And if that's online, awesome. If that's in person great, like start inviting people over your home, again, start getting out, start socializing. We are safe to leave our homes. And just, just get started again for me. I like a simple tear PADD and a book. And that's how I build my, I love to give samples. I love to watch people have experiences. That's what I'm doing. I'm going back to that. And I spent so many years trying to create and dive into this perfect system. And the reality is, it's just you showing up for people and taking care of people. That's all that matters. And that's all this company reli, or is requiring of you. And that comes from the business as well as the oils.
Hayley Hobson:
So beautiful. So
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah, that would be my suggestion
Hayley Hobson:
Start. Exactly. That's so well said. So well said, all right, you guys, I wanna give you some ways to get in touch with me and to get in touch with Kacie. I also want to, like, Kacie's talking about just getting started, just get to know things, get to, you know, get to feel your way around the space. And I actually have an ebook inspired by an event that Kacie and I did together. We went to Prague and we, you know, we, we, we learned from our upline and at least be about really cool. Like it's called the ebook that I created is like, is called all about essential oils, three cool things that you may not know about essential oils. So it's free. You can download it, the URL or the website or the link the, that you can go to is ha hops.com/all about essential oils e-book and what you'll learn in the e-book.
Hayley Hobson:
If you wanna get a little bit more product education is just three ways that you can use oils that you may not have known that you could use them insights on into some specific oils that can be used for specific health, emotional, mental protocols, and also ways to begin right now so that you can get the most benefit from this holistic wellness opportunity. I'm available. You can see me visit me, hang out with me on my website, hayleyhobson.com. That's H A Y L E Y. Just as long as you're spelling my name. Right? Always on instant Graham in and out all day. My handle there is at Hailey Hobson. Again, you gotta spell it, right? Define it. H A Y L E Y on TikTok. My handle is iamhayleyhobson on Facebook. It's Hailey Hobson, whole you I'm available everywhere. Feel free to reach out, say hello, tag me in something, become a new bestie, whatever. And then Kacie, how can people reach you?
Kacie Vaudrey:
Yeah, so it's kacievaudrey.com. K A C I E V as in Victor, A U D as in dog, R E Y. So like Hayley said, make sure you spell it correctly and that's all the way across the board. So Facebook, Instagram, and my website.
Hayley Hobson:
Thank you. Thank you.
Kacie Vaudrey:
And I'll Def and I'm definitely engaged on there. I just, so any messages or anything you wanna send, I'd love to talk with you.
Hayley Hobson:
Awesome. Well, it was great to, to hang out with you, Kacie, thank you guys for listening in, feel free to reach out to us, download the ebook, whatever, and we will see you.