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Since 2012, Charito Kaay has been an educator of Natural Healthy Lifestyles, a certified raw vegan chef and the founder of Vibrant ALIVE. It was the change in food choices and essential oils that saved her life a few years back when she was severely ill and had to take a medical leave of absence from her job. She left that 10-year career in environmental engineering to pursue her passion in empowering families to make simple switches to remove toxins in our homes, improve ou...r emotional well-being and incorporate natural remedies. As part of her services, Charito provides aromatherapy consultations and custom essential oil blending for Young Living Essential Oil customers in Vancouver, Canada where she performs counselling sessions and holds educational seminars. Charito Kaay is an Environmental Scientist, Lifestyle Health Coach, Raw Vegan Chef, and French Aromatherapy Expert.

September 2020 Vancouver Real Estate Market Update What happened in August 2020 in the Greater Vancouver housing market? - 37% increase in sales this August since 2019 20% more compared to the 10-year average ... - 5800 new listing last month, up 35% compared to the 10-year average - The Sales-to-actives listing ratio is over 21% across Condos, Townhomes, and Detached - Townhomes are up over 30% in the sales-to-active ratio - This is all pushing prices up - Benchmark Price is up 5.3% from last year to $1,380,000. - Detached market up 6.6% - Condos & Townhomes up 4.5% - For more information or to search Vancouver real estate visit us at: www.caseyarchibald.com or www.instagram.com/caseyarchibald https://youtu.be/sCVOSihN2Ak

Join us virtually for our September 1st Mastermind session on Zoom! Sharpen up your business plan by discussing your biggest challenges and successes with other undefended business owners!

Come join us for friendly business referral networking! 7:15 am we will be ONLINE and meeting starts at 730am A special note to Guests: we welcome your 60-second infomercials! Mastermind Discussion Format:... *You’ll have three rounds of facilitated conversations with 2-3 business owners at a time. *Each round lasts 5-15 minutes. *You’ll get to speak twice per round. *You can share about yourself, introduce your business, make an ask, and exchange contact info. *After 15 minutes, you’ll be assigned to a new group of different people. *At the end of Round Three, we’ll get back together as a group. AGENDA: 7:15 - 7:35am - Registration & Mingling 7:35 - 8:00am - Introductions & Infomercials 8:00 - 8:45am - Mastermind Discussions 8:45 - 9:00am - Wrap-Up & Announcements We are a group of 20 business people who meet for breakfast every Tuesday morning. VIP is a dynamic, committed group of business people who know how to refer business to each other. We have open categories for individuals who will bring enthusiasm and integrity to our meeting. Just one person specialty is allowed. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/roundtable-mastermind-vancouver

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Amazing breakout room session after our meeting discussing how we can Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones. "Atomic Habits" by James Clear is on the must read list. Charito Kaay of Raw Food Essential Oils - Young Living Oils Vancouver Diane Pillai, of Melaleuca, The Wellness Company Michelle Koebke of Diamond's Edge Photography specializing in Pet Photography... Tracy Brown, Life Coach at Switchism Jacqueline Patricia Boivin, Technical Writer at MASIT Communications See more

Thanks Tony for reminding us of the power of SWOT analysis

Thieves Hand Sanitizer from Young Living Essential oils. What makes this one different from other brands? 3 major components!... It contains the Thieves blend (clove, Lemon, Cinnamon bark, eucalyptus radiata, and rosemary) The alcohol used is denatured with peppermint essential oilnot chemicals! (65%) Active skin-moisturizing ingredients (ALOE) prevent dry skin as the essential oils penetrate the skin and the ethanol evaporates. What is denatured alcohol? Denatured alcohol includes specific additives that make it non-drinkable. This form of ethanol has a bad taste and smells foul. The additives exist to deter individuals from attempting to consume it for recreational purposes. Typically applied as a solvent, denatured alcohol is suitable for numerous application needs. Young Living uses their seed to seal PEPPERMINT Essential Oil to denature the alcohol needed to make it an effective and approved hand sanitizer. Why is alcohol added? Ethanol is cidal in nature, meaning it acts to kill many living microorganisms. Because it has the ability to destroy microbes, it has been used in medicine and for sanitation purposes for hundreds of years. Thieves Hand sanitizer is labelled with Health Canada as a natural health product that does in fact have the claim to KILL harmful bacteria and germs! What percentage of alcohol should be in your hand Sanitizer? 60 % The U.S. Centers for Disease Controls and Preventions officially recommends hand sanitizer comprised of at least 60 percent alcohol as an effective tool for neutralizing germs when soap and water are not available. Thieves Hand Sanitizer is 65 % alcohol Final thoughts... From Young Living’s Chief Science Officer Dr. Michael Buch Our Thieves Waterless Hand Sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs on contact. This is an important new claim for us. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), keeping your hands clean is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of disease, so using an effective hand sanitizer like Thieves Waterless Hand Sanitizer can have a real impact on health. Our product has a distinct advantage over many hand sanitizers on the market. The advantage is aloe, which helps prevent your skin from drying out. Many other hand sanitizers on the market can dry your hands from the alcohol used as the active ingredient. If used too frequently, they can dry your hands to the point where your skin can crack and cracked skin provides openings that can actually facilitate infections. Our product helps prevent this skin cracking with the moisturizing properties of aloe, so you can sanitize your skin without worrying about damaging it. Plus, as you probably know already, Thieves Waterless Hand Sanitizer smells great, is non-sticky, and is easy to use.

Learn about how essential oils and smells can be part of a healthy lifestyle. Introducing Charito Kaay of Young Living Essential Oils. 1:20 - How the environment affects our mood 3:45 - How chemicals affects our health 4:40 - Natural health approach and Toxicity Exposure model... 7:00 - Introducing diffusers and essential oils 10:40 - Essential oils and Children 11:20 - Portable aromatherapy 14:10 - Dangers of synthetic chemical odours 17:00 - Skin use of essential oils 18:20 - Safe dilution of essential oils 24:20 - Different essential oils and their uses 28:00 - How to get in touch with Charito Kaay See more

Tuesday April 21, 2020 - David Koppe, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones presents on investing in these volatile times. https://www.facebook.com/DavidKoppeFinancialAdvisor/ https://www.edwardjones.ca/david-koppe

COVID-19 is here, and it has quickly become the biggest disrupter in not just our health care system, but our financial markets, small businesses and everything... in between. We've seen unprecedented stock market drops, small businesses close their doors until further notice and people self quarantine for the foreseeable future. What does COVID-19 mean for the Vancouver real estate market? It was just a few weeks ago that we were in full swing. We were getting the feeling that our market was roaring back. Multiple offers, subject free offers, and hoards of people at open houses were the norm. Interest rates were dropping and we were all preparing for a year similar to what we saw back in 2016. Then we got word of Corona Virus. It seemed like it was a world away. We heard stories of what it was doing in China, but many of us thought people were over reacting. We heard people in power say "just wash your hands", "it's just the flu", "only the elderly need to be worried" and on and on. Then it started to spread. And it spread very quickly. Before we knew it, Italy was in lockdown, then Germany. Then the NBA paused it's season. Followed by the NHL. March madness was cancelled and all minor leagues shut down. President Trump started by saying stay away from groups of 1000. This quickly turned into 500, then 100, then 50, 10 and now just your immediate family. Social Distancing became the phrase of the month. Essentially stay home. Don't leave unless you need food or medicine. People started to listen. So here we are. In the first full week of "social distancing". Homes are still listed for sale. Sellers still need to sell. Some buyers still need to buy. Open houses are starting to be cancelled and private showings are becoming the norm. But what happens next? Well the big 5 banks (Scotia,TD, BMO, CIBC and RBC) have come out and said that on a case by case basis they will work with small business owners and individuals that have been impacted. This could mean delaying mortgage payments and interest payments. It just came out today and the details are still unclear. There could be up to 6 months of deferred mortgage payments from what we are seeing now. The biggest question for me is how long quarantine will last. Inevitably it will lead to a stock up of buyers that have hit the pause button, unless those buyers are so impacted by the financial changes that COVID has led to. I think this will really depend how long this "lockdown" continues for. In the meantime we are doing our best to navigate this tricky time, but also in assisting our clients in what they need to have done. We are walking a fine line of helping our clients that are in need of buying or selling, and keeping everyone safe. Video conferencing and video tours will need to suffice on some occasions, and extreme caution will be used when we need to be in homes. In the meantime, we wish everyone the best. Stay safe out there, and if we can assist at all feel free to give us a call. We are figuring this out along with everyone else as we go and more information is provided to us.

During Social Distancing, please join us Online Tuesday Mornings 7:15 am we will be ONLINE and meeting starts at 730am RSVP at bit.ly/vancouverindependentprofessionals Zoom link will be provided... A special note to Guests: we welcome your 60-second infomercials! AGENDA: 7:15 - 7:35am - Social Chitchat Waiting Room 7:35 - 8:15am - Introductions & Infomercials 8:15 - 8:30am - Presentation, Q&A 8:30 - 9:00am - Announcements, Wrap-Up

Online Vancouver Business Networking Come join us for friendly business referral networking! 7:15am we will be online to start chatting. 730am meeting starts. Zoom link will be provided with RSVP. A special note to Guests: we welcome your 60-second infomercials! RSVP today and join us in the comfort of your home.... https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/online-meet-connect-vancouver-b

Tomorrow morning we have a presentation by Eric Ayache of Guaranteed SEO. Because being invisible is only good if you’re a superhero! Register:... Bit.ly/vancouverindependentprofessionals See more

Albert Chiu of Nuraney Law Group presents "10 Reasons to have an Estate Plan". Register: http://bit.ly/vancouverindependentprofessionals

Join us this Tuesday morning (February 25th) for Sarah Millin with Make IT Work Computers, where they've been helping small business owners in Vancouver with their Windows and Apple computing since 1999. Their focus is on practical and reliable systems that fit your budget, not what’s trendy and pretty. https://makeitworkcomputersolutions.ca

Join us Tuesday morning for networking and breakfast! Our featured member this week is David Koppe our financial advisor who will be giving an overview on the fundamentals of investing!