Speaking + facilitation
She doesn't just talk about the inner work.
She's lived it.
Funmi Fatona-Ayowole is a speaker and facilitator whose talks do something most keynotes don't: they make people feel seen before they've said a word, and leave with something true to carry home.
Drawing on 15+ years across corporate communications, nonprofit leadership, and deep personal transformation, Funmi speaks to the interior experience of high-achieving people — the gap between who they perform and who they actually are.
Five signature talks
Signature talk 01
You Are Not Crazy — and You Are Not Overreaching
On granting yourself permission to want a whole life
Many high-achieving women have been taught that wanting more for themselves is selfish or ungrateful. This talk names that internalized message directly and dismantles it with compassion and truth. Audiences leave with permission they didn't know they needed and a clear first step toward the life they've been circling.
Signature talk 02
When the Soul Cracks — Rising Through Rupture
On grief, loss, trauma, and the valiant return to yourself
This is the talk only Funmi can give. Drawing on her personal navigation of grief, unforgiveness, relational fracture, loss, trauma, and reinvention — this talk meets audiences in the most honest place most keynotes avoid. It does not minimize the rupture. It illuminates the path through it.
Signature talk 03
The Cost of Functioning
What organizations miss about their people
Designed for HR conferences and leadership summits. Reframes burnout not as a workload problem but as an inner coherence problem — and gives People leaders a new lens for understanding why their most capable people leave, disengage, or quietly collapse.
Signature talk 04
Equipped to Live
What whole-life integration actually requires
For audiences navigating the fragmentation of modern life. Introduces inner alignment as the organizing principle of a sustainable life — and gives practical language, honest self-examination prompts, and a formation-based framework for integrated living.
Signature talk 05
Kingdom Order — Leading from the Inside Out
On righteousness, peace, joy, and the inner architecture of God-honouring leadership
For faith communities and Kingdom leadership events. Presents a formation-based framework rooted in the biblical order of flourishing — challenging leaders to examine whether their outer fruit is growing from genuine inner alignment.
Formats
Keynote
30–75 minutes. Fully tailored to your event theme and audience.
Workshop
Half-day or full-day facilitated experience with practical application.
Panel + moderation
Panelist or moderator for conversations on emotional health and leadership.
Corporate session
Internal team sessions tailored to your organizational culture.
Retreat facilitation
Multi-day immersive facilitation for organizations and communities.
Virtual delivery
All formats available virtually with equal impact.
Book Funmi for your event
Share your event details below and Funmi will respond personally. A speaker kit with bio, headshots, and talk descriptions is available on request.
Send a speaking enquiryOr email directly: speaking@soulworkpraxis.com
