About Dr. Oyindamola Okenla, DRP
My work is anchored in one core truth: transition, when engaged intentionally, leads to transformation.
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I’m Dr. Oyindamola Okenla, DRP, a transformation strategist, board-certified master mental health coach, author, speaker, and trainer. I hold a Doctor of Religious Philosophy (DRP) with a strong focus on human behavior, psychology, and spiritual formation, which informs my approach to clarity, healing, and purpose in real-life contexts.
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For over three decades, I have worked across the marketplace, ministry, and leadership spaces, guiding women, leaders, and purpose-driven professionals through seasons of transition, helping them move from uncertainty to clarity, from fragmentation to healing, and from stagnation to purposeful alignment.
I work with people in the in-between seasons of life, moments where identity is being reshaped, decisions feel weighty, and old patterns no longer fit who they are becoming.
My work is not about surface motivation or reinvention for appearance’s sake; it is about profound internal realignment that produces sustainable transformation.
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Transition to Transformation
Transition is not a pause or a setback. It is a strategic season that exposes what needs attention, allowing healing to occur and clarity to emerge.
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My approach integrates psychological insight, trauma-aware coaching, leadership development, and faith-informed wisdom to help individuals: • Navigate transition without losing themselves
• Heal emotional and spiritual wounds revealed by change
• Gain clarity for aligned decisions and next steps
• Step forward into purpose with intention and confidence
Transformation, in this work, is lived. It reshapes how you think, decide, lead, and show up.
Academic and Professional Foundation
My work is grounded in formal academic training and decades of experience in applied leadership. In addition to my doctoral training, I hold graduate-level education in Public Administration, Christian Counseling, and Theology. I am a Board-Certified Master Mental Health Coach, a Certified Professional Life Coach, a John Maxwell Certified Coach, a Speaker, a trainer, and a Certified Writer with AWAI.
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I am also a long-standing member of the American Association of Christian Counselors and the American Writers and Artists Institute.
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This multidisciplinary foundation allows me to bridge faith, psychology, leadership, and lived experience in a way that is both structured and deeply human.
Fresh Start Meadows Institute
I am the founder of Fresh Start Meadows Institute, where I lead transformational coaching programs, workshops, and training experiences focused on emotional wellness, clarity, purpose discovery, and personal realignment. These offerings are designed to support people through transition and guide them toward meaningful, sustainable transformation.
Life Encounters Inc.
Alongside my coaching and training work, I also serve through Life Encounters Inc., the umbrella for Transformational Prayers, a prayer-centered initiative dedicated to spiritual alignment, inner healing, and divine encounters.
Transformational Prayers provides sacred space for reflection, prayer, and spiritual strengthening during critical life seasons. While distinct from my coaching and training programs, it complements the overall mandate of transformation by addressing the spiritual dimensions of clarity, healing, and purpose.
The Heart of the Work
Everything I offer, through coaching, writing, teaching, training, or prayer, flows from one mandate: helping people move from transition to transformation.
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This work is about: Clarity where there was confusion,
Healing where there was fragmentation,
Purpose where there was uncertainty.
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You are not starting over. You are aligning.
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Welcome to a space where transition becomes transformation, and where clarity, healing, and purpose converge.
Coaching with
Dr. Oyindamola Okenla, DRP
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This is coaching for people in transition who are ready for real transformation.
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If you are navigating change, carrying emotional weight, questioning direction, or sensing that your current life no longer aligns with who you are becoming, coaching provides the space to pause, process, and move forward with clarity, healing, and purpose.
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I’m Dr. Oyindamola Okenla, DRP, a transformation strategist and board-certified master mental health coach with over 30 years of leadership experience across the marketplace and ministry. My work integrates psychology, emotional wellness, leadership insight, and faith-informed wisdom to support sustainable inner alignment, not temporary motivation.
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This is not about pushing through transition.
It is about engaging it intentionally, so transformation can take root.
Who Coaching Is For
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Coaching is designed for women, leaders, and purpose-driven professionals who are:
• In a season of transition or reinvention
• Emotionally fatigued and ready for healing
• Struggling with clarity around decisions or direction
• Breaking old patterns that no longer serve them
• Seeking purpose that aligns with who they truly are
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You don’t need to have all the answers. You need the right support to ask the right questions.
My Coaching Approach
My coaching approach is trauma-aware, clarity-driven, and purpose-centered. We work at the intersection of faith, emotional health, mindset, identity, and direction.
This is not therapy.
This is not surface-level encouragement.
It is structured, reflective, and forward-moving coaching that helps you make sense of your season and move ahead without abandoning yourself.
The OKENLA Framework
How Transformation Happens
Coaching without structure leads to insight without change. My work is guided by a clear transformational pathway called the OKENLA Framework.
The OKENLA Framework is my signature model for guiding individuals from transition to transformation, through clarity, healing, and purposeful alignment. It was developed through decades of coaching practice, leadership experience, academic training, and lived reality.
Each stage builds on the next, allowing transformation to unfold progressively, not forcefully.
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Orientation
Understanding your current season, emotional state, and inner landscape without judgment.
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Knowledge
Gaining insight into patterns, beliefs, and influences shaping your thoughts, emotions, and decisions.
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Emotional Healing
Addressing unresolved wounds, emotional fatigue, and internal resistance so healing can take root.
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Navigation
Clarifying direction, boundaries, and next steps so you can move forward wisely.
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Leadership of Self
Reclaiming agency, responsibility, and aligned decision-making from a grounded place.
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Alignment
Living in integrity with your values, purpose, and calling, where clarity stabilizes and transformation becomes visible.
What This Means for You
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Through this framework, coaching helps you:
• Make sense of transition instead of fearing it
• Heal what change has revealed
• Gain clarity without rushing decisions
• Build emotional resilience and self-trust
• Step forward with purpose and intention
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Transformation becomes sustainable when it is structured.
How Coaching Is Offered
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Coaching is offered through Fresh Start Meadows Institute and may include:
• One-on-one coaching sessions
• Structured coaching packages
• Thematic coaching experiences and intensives
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All sessions are held virtually and are tailored to your specific season and goals.
The Outcome​
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Coaching is not about fixing you.
It is about supporting your becoming.
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Clarity replaces confusion.
Healing restores stability.
Purpose shapes direction.
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When transition is engaged intentionally, transformation follows.
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If you are ready to take the next step, coaching provides the space to do so with insight, support, and depth.