It was in 2021, in the thick of COVID, after Flavia joined a friend to voluntarily disinfect Entebbe Grade B Hospital, that was the main treatment center for COVID patients in Uganda, that she learnt about Essential Oils from the nurses there. These always encouraged them to only interact with their families after steaming with some oils, particularly Eucalyptus & Peppermint oils, to help them build  immunity against it since they regularly disinfected  the hospital.

It was at this point that the friend suggested to Flavia to start selling these oils, particularly to help the people who were suffering from COVID, unknowingly answering Flavia’s prayer to God for a business idea.

She then went on to do deep research and realized the numerous benefits of Essential Oils to the skin, body & general wellbeing of humans and this hooked her. She also realized that these were the oils used during her spa-visits, something she frequently did, to help her destress and take care of herself amidst her busy schedules.

She then enrolled into several courses in Aromatherapy and a Diploma Natural & Organic Skincare Formulation and is currently a Certified Aromatherapist & a Certified Natural Skincare Formulator.

Through the years, Flavia, who is also employed as an Economist, has grown the business and has built another business alongside it, called PACKAGING HUB UGANDA, but also raised a young family of 3 girls, including twins. 

This has made her go through several seasons of stress and burnout,  like so many other career & business professionals in Uganda, from the modern life of juggling several responsibilities, which has  inspired her to rebrand her business OIL THERAPY to a Stress Care & Self Care lifestyle business and go beyond offering Essential Oils, Skincare & Wellness products to providing stress management and self care coaching services.

With a Certification in Coaching, a Diploma in Herbal Self Care for Stress Management and other  Diplomas in Stress Management and Mental Health, Flavia feels well equipped to go beyond just selling products but cause a change in the culture of young professionals to embrace Stress Management & Self Care for holistic wellness. 

Most recently, Flavia was hospital ridden with her mother, who underwent a knee surgery because of Rheumatoid-Arthritis,  an auto-immune disease that her mother has suffered from, for the past 20 years, that was caused by her stressful lifestyle and this greatly CONFIRMED HER PURPOSE AND CALLING as a Stress & Self Care Coach and led her to open a Stress Care & Wellness Society, through which she is running a Stress Care & Self Care Mastery Program to help career & business corporates learn to control, manage, deal and heal from stress and its related disorders before they cramp them from leading a fulfilling life, through holistic self care practices.

One of the core areas of managing stress lies in shifting mindsets and as such, she also started a podcast named  WHO LIED TO YOU through which she, and her co-host, a Neurologist,  intend to help people change their mindsets and beliefs  that are keeping them in the old patterns thereby causing them a lot of stress, trauma and other mental health issues in this modern era, by sharing their knowledge on the various aspects of stress and trauma, with a leaning on God’s word. . 

Her deepest desire is  to help people, both men and women,  to holistically cater to their wellbeing and learn to deal with the inevitable life stresses of these modern times from a place of knowledge and strength, while drawing them to the only & true source of a joyous & fulfilled life, GOD!