Frank Bolaji Irawo - TransFLOWmation Coach, Poet In Residence, Consultant & Speaker

Nature's Guide For Coaches - July 2026

Summary: For too long, coaching has been confined to office walls and video screens. Yet some of the most profound shifts happen when we step outside, where the rustle of leaves, the rhythm of movement, and the wisdom of the natural world create space for deeper insight, presence, and transformation.

Nature’s Guide for Coaches invites you to reimagine your coaching practice. Whether you’re curious about taking sessions outdoors, using nature as metaphor, or simply bringing a more grounded presence to your clients, this book offers a pathway in. For seasoned coaches and beginners alike, this book will meet you where you are and potentially deepen your work.
Through stories and practical insights from seventeen experienced coaches, you’ll discover how nature can enhance connection, unlock creativity, and create breakthrough moments—from guiding clients through walks and finding metaphors in
natural patterns to navigating their own vision quests. These coaches share what works, what to consider, and how to begin.
Inside this book, you’ll find:

• Real stories from coaching sessions in nature
• Invaluable practical tips for deepening your coaching practice with nature
• Inspiration and confidence to co-create with the natural world and start your own exploration

Step outside. Let nature show you what’s possible when you coach together.

Contribution: Contributing Author

Creative Souls: Poetry, Music, Art - October 2025

Summary:

Creative Souls Poetry is more than a collection of words; it is a gathering of voices, visions, and hearts.

Born from the Creative Souls Collective in London, this anthology brings together poets and artists from across the world, each sharing their stories of healing, resilience, and imagination.

From moments of deep personal struggle to celebrations of beauty, love, and belonging, these works remind us that creativity is not just expression; it is connection, transformation, and hope.

This book also shines a light on the Kakuma Art Project in Kenya, supporting refugee artists whose courage and creativity transcend hardship.

Every page reflects the truth that art heals, unites, and inspires.

Whether you are a lifelong lover of poetry or newly discovering its power, Creative Souls offers you a heartfelt invitation to listen, to feel, and to join a community where creativity is a sanctuary and every soul has a voice

Contribution: Contributing Author

Overcome Imposter Syndrome: Understand your Mind to Break Free from Self-Doubt, Lead Authentically, and Accelerate Your Career - August 2025

Summary:

In this insightful, grounding guide, you will discover:

Why intelligent, capable people overthink their way into imposter syndrome, even with evidence of success.

How constant self-monitoring and mental rehearsal fuel anxiety, keeping your mind busy but never at ease.

Why imposter thoughts feel convincing under stress, and how your brain mistakes pressure for danger.

The real reason confidence advice fails overthinkers, and the calmer, more effective alternative.

How perfectionism, comparison, and self-criticism increase mental load, draining energy and emotional wellbeing.

How to stop replaying conversations, decisions, and “what ifs”, without suppressing your natural intelligence.

What sustainable self-belief feels like internally, when it’s built on nervous system stability rather than performance.

How to experience success without fear of exposure, so achievement no longer comes with anxiety attached.

Imposter syndrome isn’t a lack of confidence — it’s a stress response. This book offers practical, compassionate tools to reduce anxiety, calm overthinking, and restore emotional well-being for high achievers living under constant pressure. If success feels exhausting, self-doubt won’t switch off, or stress follows every achievement, this guide shows you how to build steady self-trust and mental clarity without burnout.

Contribution: Featured Poet

The Coaching Tools Compendium: A Journey of Discovery and Growth - June 2025

Summary:

We can all feel stuck at times, limited by difficult experiences. It’s not always clear where to find support. Poetry and storytelling can provide appropriate support either as standalone resources or within a coaching context.

Poetry for Coaching is an anthology of poems and the stories behind them, written by coaches, counsellors, and therapists to support personal transformation, empowerment and healing.

This book provides a unique opportunity for the reader to benefit from the depth of experience of qualified coaches and therapists who have faced and overcome rich and textured life challenges. Here they share with you their insights and learning — through the power and beauty of poetry and prose.

The Anthology has been grouped into chapters based on themes that are the stuff of coaching: Connection; Love; Acceptance; Forgiveness; Resilience; and Life. These themes may be used to guide the reader when seeking support for a specific challenge. The book can also be read more generally for inspiration and the sheer beauty of the poems and stories. If you’ve never read a poem before, you are in the right place! Simply relax, suspend judgment, and let your curiosity draw you to whatever it is you need at this moment, be that a poem or a story. Or perhaps you are a coach, counsellor or therapist and see the value in using this resource in your practice.

Poetry, in its brevity and elegance, engages us with layered meanings. It can take us beyond the words on the page to touch our very souls. As Phillip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials, wrote: “Poetry is not a fancy way of giving you information; it’s an incantation. It is actually a magic spell. It changes things; it changes you.”

Storytelling adds richness and context to the poems. Combining stories with poems heightens the impact of both: one can unlock new meaning in the other. Applying poetry and storytelling to coaching enhances the art of coaching by enlarging the coaching space, enabling new possibilities to emerge.

Contribution: Commissioned Poet

Poetry for Coaching: Transformation Through Verse - November 2024

Summary: The Coaching Tools Compendium is a trusted companion for shaping a coaching practice that’s authentic, creative and impactful. Packed with practical tools, inspiring visuals, and thought-provoking prompts, this full-colour guide encourages you to trust your instincts, grow your coaching confidence and style, and meet your clients where they are.

Designed to support real coaching conversations, not scripts or formulas, you’ll find tools to help clients reflect, shift perspective, build confidence, and take meaningful action. Along the way, you’ll discover space to settle into your own presence, shine with your strengths, and stretch into what’s possible.

Widely recommended by coaches across the profession, The Coaching Tools Compendium is rooted in experience, curiosity and a spirit of generosity, and the book invites you to explore, experiment and grow as a coach and as a person.

Whether you're a coach-in-training or an experienced practitioner, the book is a go-to resource for shaping your coaching practice. Packed with practical exercises, powerful visuals, and thought-provoking insights, this book helps you:

  • Discover tools that resonate with you and your clients

  • Develop your coaching philosophy and trust your instincts

  • Gain the clarity, courage, and confidence to help clients thrive

  • Learn from the journeys of some amazing coaches

With over 50 beautifully designed visuals and a vibrant, full-colour interior, The Coaching Tools Compendium brings coaching to life, making it an inspiring and invaluable resource you'll turn to again and again.

Contribution: Contributing Author

DREAM: Manifest Your Path To Joy, Peace and Contentment - December 2021

Summary: This book takes its readers on a powerful journey of internal transformation from disappointment, despair, disillusionment, hopelessness, stress, burnout, nervousness, unhappiness, misery, anxiety, to living the life of their dreams through inspired poetry and reflections using the D.R.E.A.M framework.

Discovery - Know where you are now
Recovery - Get the gold from the past and move on
Envisioning - See what is possible
Action - Do what you know to do now
Manifestation - Experience your dream life unfolding

A compilation of fascinating and insightful poems that allow the reader to explore, express, and challenge their views on the world. Thought-provoking messages delivered within this workbook about overcoming challenges/releasing chains, breaking barriers and beginning to live a transformational life.

Contribution: Author

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Frank is a married father of two, a TransFLOWmation coach, Poet In Residence, speaker and published author.

He is passionate about using the power of poetry to support leaders and business owners to embrace all their gifts and make a positive impact through their work without compromising their well-being or that of the planet.

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As a TransFLOWmation coach, I help entrepreneurs and business leaders remove mental blockers, unleash dormant creative energy and fearless innovation, and rejuvenate their business relationships to ignite and increase productivity.

TransFLOWmation is based on the following premise: We have infinite potential residing within

For us to maximise that potential, we need to let it FLOW from within aligned and unhindered.

This is achieved using a suite of services based on the following high-level outline of the 4 Pillars of Professional TransFLOWmation.

These four pillars are the key to experiencing it.

Clear: Remove the mental blockages stopping you from recognising your potential

Connect: Connect to and align with your true purpose

Collaborate: Work with the universe and those it puts into your life

Create: Start to fulfil your potential by taking inspired action

It is a 4-stage/16-module instructional guide process that can be highly customized to meet personal needs to get the universe “flowing” in your favour, maximising your professional potential.

Click Below for A high-level outline of my Signature Program. I look forward to discussing it further!

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