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The Space Between

August 10, 2017 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 2 Comments

This is the portrait Jeremy Cowart took of me on Friday night.

As we sit on the plane ready to take off for 2 other small work trips, I’m still trying to put my finger on the answer to his question that should accompany the image.

He asked, us to describe our in-between. Liminal means “the space between,” and you can see that light represents just that. So what am I in the middle of right now?

As a person that constantly finds herself in new situations creatively and professionally, I feel like I am always in between the beginning and end of a project. Always.

As a whole though, I find myself in a holding pattern as I take on the biggest ask of my career. Writing a book for an audience that spans outside of my normal following. I’m dipping into a larger group of women to see if I can’t do some good there — to see if I can’t help some moms that may normally say no get their business ideas off the ground.

I’m between my role as a sales person, marketer, and leader and a role as a writer and speaker. If I’m being honest it’s really scary because insecurity and lots of hours. It’s also really exciting — hence the hidden, huge grin on my face. Who knows what 2018 brings, I’m just trusting that God’s upstairs opening the right doors for me at the right time. I’m ready to go.

I’d like to take the time to thank all of you for your love and support no matter how you found me here on social media. I’m excited we have connected and I hope to always bring value to your time.

XO,

The Essential Oil Experience Comes to Singapore

October 16, 2015 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 1 Comment

Well, kids, we’re finally heading to Asia! Singapore, to be exact.

We’re going to be teaching some classes in Singapore to meet the people there and really get to know that area. So check your schedule for November 15 & 18, 2015 and get your tickets. The events will be held at the Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre.

We’ll be having 2 kinds of classes; oil classes called The Essential Oil Experience & business classes called The Business of Being a Lemon Dropper.

The Essential Oil Experience

We’ll be hosting The Essential Oil Experience on November 15 (11:00am, 3:00pm, 7:00pm) and November 18 (11:00am). 4 classes total.

BUY TICKETS HERE

Here’s a description of that event:

I’m going to walk you through the entire starter kit plus a few additional must-have oils and show you how to use them. This event is only $10 (US) for tickets to keep costs down. If you sign up with this link for your “NEW Premium Starter Kit” between now and November 18th, you’ll get a $20 credit on your Young Living account toward your next order after the event. You’ll be signed up with me to take care of you and help you learn all the ins and outs of this Lemon Dropper thing, which I can’t wait to do. The Premium Starter kit has 11 oils, some samples AND a diffuser!! You’ll also receive a Lemon Dropper handbook, which is a 64-page, full-color reference book, at the class as your gift for signing up.

We will have some premium starter kits (11 oils + diffuser) on-hand at the events (as supplies last) for those of you that want to sign up there and take your oils home right away. Signing up before the event will ensure that you get your oils before the class starts so you have a chance to get to know them and your diffuser before we give you all of the details on how to use them.

We will also have a pop-up Lemon Drop Shop there at the event for additional reference materials for you and your friends.

The Business of Young Living Essential Oils

We’ll be hosting The Business of Young Living Essential Oils on November 18 (3:00pm and 7:00pm). 2 Classes Total.

BUY TICKETS HERE

This is an event for you if you are creating a Young Living business or if you’re interested in learning more about it. A little about me, I built a multi-million dollar producing, Royal Crown Diamond business in under a year and a half with Young Living Essential Oils. At this event, you’ll get information from me and my team on what it takes to create a successful business including a compensation plan break-down, information on using social media, attracting a niche market, and more.

Here are the details on this event:

This event is only $30 (US) for tickets! Each person will walk away with a pages of notes to take back to your team or use to kick-start your own business, so bring your pen and notebook! We will also have a pop-up Lemon Drop Shop there at the event for additional reference materials for you and your friends.

I hope to see you all in Singapore in November for these classes!

I Was Just Me…

August 11, 2015 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 25 Comments

Michael and I just ran a marathon over the last 5 months.

We started traveling in mid-march and I kid you not, tomorrow will be the first week I will not have to leave my house since. You think you love traveling until you find yourself scared to death to fly and someone throws in 2 unexpected moves in the middle of your jam-packed schedule. NOT. MY. BEST. MOMENTS.

Dallas bound. 1 Bloody Mary in. Talked to my therapist for an hour yesterday about this “problem” I’m having. Haven’t cancelled a flight yet but I’m close. #afraidtofly #doingitanyway #liquidcourage

A photo posted by Lindsay T M (@lindsayteague) on May 13, 2015 at 7:16am PDT

Let me just reiterate the most important part of this whole thing. I just traveled for 5 months straight and I am terrified to fly. Not just like, I’m scared. Like, I cry like I am facing certain death. Sweaty palms, my heart beating so loud you can hear it all the way in the tiny, tiny toilet stall, tears uncontrollably streaming down my face, shaking. I am awesome on a plane. Imagine how excited Mr. Moreno is to jump on a flight with me. Poor dude. 36 flights. I’m doing it anyway. Working seriously hard to get through it. In the last 5 months Mr. Moreno and I have seriously hustled our butts off. Flying all over the world. Not a ton of working on the computer; a bunch of working with people.

Had a few people out last night to a class in the 602. It was fun to see so many faces from growing up and my time here in Arizona. I am so humbled and grateful for your time if you made it out. It is my pleasure to serve you all however I can. Thank you for your love and support, #LemonDroppers. A photo posted by Lindsay T M (@lindsayteague) on May 20, 2015 at 6:21am PDT

I have seen thousands of the people I work with online since March. It’s been totally worth it. I let the blog take the back seat, I let a lot of work stuff take a back seat, I even let time with my kids take a back seat. I learned about how big this business is getting; how many people it is touching. I learned how to spread out the work. I learned how to work though some hard stuff with my husband as we hit a rough few weeks though the stress and constant business.

If you don’t know my background, a little over 2 years ago, I founded a team of Young Living members called The Lemon Droppers. It has grown fast and furious and I’ve spent most of my time sitting in front of a computer creating and teaching and typing. You wanna know a secret? I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m learning absolutely everything about my job as I go. I have experience but not to this extent. I just have to trust my instincts and do what I think is best for my peeps. I’m making plenty of mistakes and I’m doing something right, it seems. This last 6 months my focus was people. Seeing people. Hugging people. Connecting with people. Being who I genuinely am and letting people see that. The good and the bad. I’m not covering up the blemishes; people learn from that. They connect to me by relating to the rough stuff. They’ve been there too.

I don’t know what it is that you do but with this lesson, I don’t think it matters. It’s applicable to absolutely every interaction you have with another human. Are you being truly vulnerable? Are you showing people who you are? Are you being genuinely you? Are you too afraid to let people see the chinks in your armor? Are you pretending? I’m so tired of trying to build relationships with people that are pretending. I’m so tired of this idea that to lead someone you have to be practically perfect; you have to know it all. It’s false. This past 5 months, I was just me and I brought to the table only what I have and it was amazing. As someone who prefers small groups of close friends, I have grown so much through it.

Being with my people has been amazing. I’m ready for some time with my family at home before we go into the fall and hit up 3 cities for the FUEL Life on Fire tour. I’m ready to be back to blogging and creating and thinking into the future. It’s time to get back to my regularly scheduled programming.

Time for a Wardrobe Change

March 30, 2015 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 19 Comments

As often as possible I want my wardrobe to be: no pants.

It was not unusual for Michael to come home from work before he started working with me and find me in the same place I was when he left having still not put pants on for the day. Just being honest, I was dedicated to not wearing pants. Heck, it’s still (until last week, of course) not odd to find me at 6:00pm still wearing no pants pounding away on my computer.

As I started to have to venture out of the house to teach or speak or generally be a functioning part of society last year, I found my wardrobe severely lacking in, well, pants and all the things you wear along with them that aren’t a Target Long and Lean Tank Top and Soma Vanishing Edge Panties. I’m a complete sloth and I own it.

Now that I’m trying to get back into a normal life and wear more pants, it’s time I take my wardrobe seriously. I’m not ready to dress like an old lady and I won’t even look at a Forever 21 store so I need something that works for us in-betweeners. Moms that don’t want to dress at Coldwater Creek, amiright? I’m not ready for Talbots. Thankyouverymuch.

My mom introduced me to a line of clothing called CAbi and I loved the clothes. At the time, I was in and out of maternity clothing and then we moved away and I didn’t know anyone that I could buy it from. I started buying it off of eBay but the bad news was that it was used and usually smelled like someone smoked a cigarette on them. Sick. The clothing washes like a dream and nary a stitch out of place in all the years I’ve been wearing their clothes. I took some of my mom’s pieces out of her closet and I still wear them, 5 years later. Their jackets are my happy place because layering. You know me at all, you’ve seen my jean jacket. CAbi.

I will cry when this thing finally bites the dust. I wear it every week of my life. CAbi is the adult female version of Matilda Jane for little girls. You know it’s going to rock when it shows up. Worth every penny.

My friend Mara (whom I met in the worst place in the world, Reno, but I love dearly), is a CAbi consultant. I hadn’t purchased from her because of my whole first rant about not wearing pants…until now! I went to one of her shows this week when she was here in town and came home with some SWEET LOOT for my travels, classes and all the leaving of the house I’m going to get to do the rest of the year! Best part? I didn’t have to shop all over every store in the freaking mall to find them. One stop and done. Mix and match. It’s like a dream. Here are a few things I got and I’m so happy with them:

Super soft, casual summer jacket. I’m always ALWAYS cold. This was a must. I also snagged the skinny crop jeans in the curvy fit because pear shape.

Skipped the jean shorts because I’m anti-shorts normally (it’s a pear shape thing) but did find a cute pair that are a bit longer. If I had nice legs I would have snapped these up. If you have nice legs. Rock ’em. I did get this blue cable knit tank. SO CUTE and soft. Longer in the back.

See this skirt? REVERSIBLE and you can wear it as a tube top with a little cardigan. Has a million colors on it and the underside is a black and cream print. Yep. Sign me up.

Grabbed me the boyfriend jeans in the curvy fit. They don’t lose their shape after 30 minutes of wearing them but they’re still a stretch feel. Also grabbed that waterfall tank and cardigan with the lace shoulder. Unique purple. Need it.

Oh, I’m sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the awesomeness that is leggings with a skirt built in over the top part. It’s too awesome. You’ll have to just talk to me later. Also, that long beachy shirt.

I can’t believe I’m about to say that I’m trying this jump suit. It was so cute on the girls that had it on there, I had to. This is so out of my box it’s crazy, but it was so soft…had to.

I am all over these white skinny’s and the jacket. It’s like a jersey fabric but looks structured. Really flattering on because of the shape. Roll up or slouch the sleeves. Yep. I’m in.

I got this shirt simply because it is one of those classic faux wrap that my mom always wore. It’s one that CAbi brings back over and over. It’s this soft tee shirt material but REALLY flattering on all shapes. Sad to hear coffee not included. Guess I’ll make my own, thanks CAbi.

My favorite piece that I nabbed! This lime green/citrus yellow split back top. SO CUTE! Racerback tank and some jeans? Navy espadrilles? Yea.

Layers. Bring me layers. I got this coat because it’s adorable and you can dress it up an down. Has long pockets so it will fit your cell phone. Let’s be honest, we all care about that.

Got this tank and the sweater. Wasn’t a huge fan of the sweater online but in person it was a big yes. Slouchy and comfy but still cute enough to look like you care that you’re in public…and that you’re wearing pants!

This shirt? It’s a yes. Flannel on the front and a floral pattern on the back.

How about these cute pink jeans with the tan large knit sweater. The sleeves on the sweater are a bit longer, which I love because i don’t like my arms but the body of the sweater is long. It’s pretty much a dream come true. I can’t wait to wear this.

Got this whole get-up because it says, “Hey look, I graduated college, I am a preppy and I probably sail in my free time,” and that’s pretty much what I want my look to communicate to the world. The coat is really more blue in real life but soft as can be.

So, look, I’m not a fan of the time it takes or how I feel when I go to the mall to shop with that size 0 judgy chick that can’t imagine looking at the size 12 or 14’s. I gotta work with what my momma and the good Lord gave me and that’s a large rear end and hips and thighs. It just is. I am my mother’s daughter. I’d still like to find clothes that fit me though and CAbi never disappoints.

If you want, get with my friend Mara and she’ll hook you up with some CAbi goods (www.marariddle.cabionline.com). You can email her as well.

Hope you’re as excited as I am for a spring change in the wardrobe!

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Remembring Every Moment

March 19, 2015 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 1 Comment

I was telling Michael last night how much more of our life I remember when I put it in a Project Life page. I remember the little details because I took the picture, I wrote it down, I used creativity to put it together and I look at it again. It is sealed into my memory. Little things that I would likely have forgotten.

For example I would have remembered going to AZ last summer, but probably not that it was 118 degrees out one day when we took the girls to the little waterpark. I would have remembered going to see James Taylor, but probably not that we were the youngest people there by at least 20 years. You’ve gotta save the memories.

My kids are going to love this one day! I’d give just about anything to have something like this from my mom as we were growing up.

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Super Bowl Dream Come True

March 16, 2015 by Lindsay Teague Moreno 6 Comments

If you know anything about me, you know I’m pretty much a dude at heart. I’d choose football on my television, beer in my belly, hoodie and comfy pants on and a fire in the fireplace to pretty much any given situation in life. I’ve been a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan since my childhood. Born in Oklahoma, my mom raised me to love the Cowboys. She’d send me down the road to my uncle’s house (who was a Steelers fan at that time) to say “GO COWBOYS!”

Some girls dream of their wedding day when they’re little. I dreamt of going to the Super Bowl. I had photo books with cutouts of @emmittsmith22 newspaper articles instead of cutouts of dresses from magazines. I had posters of cowboys players not cute boys in junior high. This weekend I’m living my dream so prepare for photo overload. We are staying at the Fairmont and we are heading to the Phoenix Open tomorrow followed by the big game on Sunday. #dreambig #workhardplayhard #gohawks

A photo posted by Lindsay Teague Moreno (@lindsayteague) on Jan 30, 2015 at 3:17pm PST

Going to the Super Bowl? It’s been on my life’s to-do list for as long as I can remember. What I didn’t expect was the ability to make that dream a reality before my 35th birthday.

This year, after we paid our taxes and we paid for a vacation to Disney World for the girls, Michael and I decided to pull the trigger on this dream and just do it. If you know my husband, you know how creeky his wallet is, so it wasn’t an easy “yes” for him. We decided to head for Phoenix (where we grew up and where the Super Bowl 49 was being held) after our vacation.

IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE. Here is a little photo walk through of the day!

Phoenix Open 2015 — Our view from the front of our room at the Fairmont Princess. We could see the golf course!

Fairmont Princess — The Fox Sports team was here so we saw broadcasters walking all over the place!

Date Night — We checked into the hotel and decided to head out on a little date night to our favorite restaurant in Arizona, Tutti Santi.

Tutti Santi — MMMMMMMM The Ravioli ala Nina will kill you it’s so good.

Super Bowl 49 — Our tickets arrived. I freaked out.

sb11 — Michael snuggled a little bit with Chris Pratt…NBD. He and Anna Ferris followed us in and then were whisked away in their celebrity-mobile.

Here’s a video of the Patriots heading into the stadium. This has to be a real moment for these players, you know? It was so loud.

Here come’s the Seahawks:

Here’s opening kickoff:

IMG 1203 from Lindsay Teague Moreno on Vimeo.

sb19 — On TV the stage looked like it moved around but it didn’t, it was just a tarp thing that had graphics on it that moved. CRAZY to see it afterwards.

sb24 — Tried to zoom in on the iPhone but you know how that kind of thing goes.

ROAR — Katy Perry’s all “hey, it’s me on a giant gold lion, what’s up?”

sb25 — Some dude came out of nowhere with a fireman’s pole for her to slide down off of that lion and she suddenly appeared on the other stage. I swear this chick went to Hogwarts.

sb26 — Katy’s going along. She was entertaining. The sound was terrible in the stadium, as you can imagine with 70,000 seats and an open roof.

sb27.1 — Then Missy Elliott came out and was all “hey Katy, I’ll just be taking over your performance, don’t mind me” and I turned to Michael and said “IS THAT MISSY????”

sb27 — …and it was MISSY! Everyone in the stadium freaked out at that little ding, ding ding, ding, ding, ding riff…you know the one.

Missy — Nobody even remembered Katy Perry was there at this point.

sb32 — Then Katy went flying around the stadium like My Little Pony. It was pretty cool.

Here’s a video I got of what it was like from our point of view. Sound is terrible, of course, but it was quite a show.

IMG 1232 from Lindsay Teague Moreno on Vimeo.

pm_2231947a — “The More You Know…” Anyone, anyone?

sb33 — Worst picture in the world of me and “hi, my name is David.” So sweet.

sb16 — He shared is red vines with us. See? totally cool dude. We also toasted our cotton candy because COTTON CANDY.

sb35 — This was just before the worst play call in the history of play calls. Every Pats fan was clinching their butt cheeks right here.

Here’s Belichick getting a Gatorade bath:

sb38 — There is absolutely just as much confetti in person as there is on TV. Now I know for sure.

I will never forget this. After this game, Michael and I decided that each year our business grows, we’ll go back to the Super Bowl to celebrate. San Francisco next year, who’s coming with us? Let’s go, Cowboys!

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