I met Imara Ifawuyi many years ago, back in South Florida at one of her events and this woman is so full of great information on health and wellness. She’s passionate about helping others and educating the masses on healthy living.

I started using her product Bugout! to keep those nasty mosquitoes off of me without rubbing toxins on my skin. Her product is all natural and smells so good. I wanted to make sure my OYP family knows all about her! Let’s get to know Imara.

What service/product does your business provide?

Organic, Essential Oil-Based Bug Repellents known as Bugout!

What inspired you to create Bugout!?

I started making the Bugout! because my family’s travel lifestyle usually involves me moving to highly tropical places where there tends to be a lot of problematic insects, especially mosquitos.  We were on our way to live in Senegal in Sub Saharan Africa where mosquitos tend to carry malaria and I wasn’t taking chances with me or my daughter, so I created this super protective blend and it worked!

Bugout! helps our customers protect themselves and their skin from unwanted pest bites. Not only are insects such as mosquitos and ticks vectors for disease but there are many insects bites that bring discomfort, itching, allergic reactions, scarring and various not so fun after effects.  The Bugout! helps prevent a lot of these unwanted experiences as well as soothes the skin when bites have already occurred.  

What have been some challenges?

I have been on the road a lot, so while I love to provide folks with this amazing product, sometimes, contingent on where we are in the world, it is harder to ship it to my customer base.  I have had to look more into outsourcing production for maintaining my business while having a mobile lifestyle. 

What skills have you used to pull it all together?

I have pulled on my background and Masters of Science in Alternative Medicine, particularly the Aromatherapy aspect, to craft this product. As well, I have tapped into a long term interest and research into natural remedies and the use of plants and plant derived oils, herbs and other materials to create product that supports folks health and healing in a variety of ways.

What are main keys to being successful in business?

The main keys are most definitely intense focus on the vision, perseverance and an incessant desire to upgrade and improve upon the product and everything you are doing. 

Favorite me time escape? 

Meditation and yoga by the seaside.

What would you like your legacy to be? How do you wanna be remembered?

My legacy will be that of someone that rose above what they had been given and learned to give it to themselves and to thrive!  I want to be remembered as a free spirit and a free thinker, someone that never followed.

Any last words of advice for an entrepreneur just starting out?

Stay focused. Don’t let anything throw you off if you have a vision for your life and your business. Keep persevering and results will follow. 

Any recommended reading -a book that helped your biz or your personal growth?

Stop Overthinking, Trenton. Anything dealing with limbic rewiring, trauma healing through plant medicines, somatic healing. 

How can our readers reach you?

Instagram @find.your.free 

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