About
T.O.B. is the mother to seven lovely daughters, four of her own whom she raised singlehandedly, and three gained through her marriage to her loving husband, Bimbola Babarinde.
Through a winding course birthed from life's journey, she has found passion and delights in helping others find a reason to aspire, connect, and live again.
She has a background in Law and is a certified Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist.
Titilola O Babarinde is a self-published author, mentor, and coach.
Author / Publisher
TOB has published her first book, “Nuggets For Nurturing – A Parenting Guide” (Autumn 2020). In her book, she shares and articulates parenting tips applied in her parenting journey spanning over 24 years with the twists and turns of life. Her book offers all parents, parents in waiting, parents by proxy (grandparents, foster parents) young adults and adults re-parenting, some practical nuggets which are easy to understand, prompting readers to make notes and take actions.
Book Project: We Are Friends Books 1 & 2 (The Get To Know Me Series)
With over 20 years of experience in social inclusion, diversity, racism awareness, and cultural competence, she has recently launched her second book, "We Are Friends, The Get To Know Me Series" introducing the concept of multiculturalism and inclusion to children from 6 months - to 6 years. The aim is to foster tolerance and acceptance in our communities, hence, making it safer and healthier for everyone to live in.
Future Book Project
Further saddled by the experiences of the widows in Nigeria, Titilola co-founded the Royal Charity (widows and orphans initiative) and is currently collating widowhood encounters and conducting research on widowhood practices with the aim of dispelling myths around widowhood and putting forward best practices.
Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist & Coach
As an Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist, she is highly passionate about optimising the well-being of her clients through psychoeducation, teaching life skills to equip and empower the path to recovery from emotional pain resulting from any type of loss. Through her commitment, she ensures clients take active steps taught from identifying their loss to gaining their life back again.
Convener
After identifying the residue/impact of emotional trauma on human development and psychology, Titilola driven by passion set up the “Fire up” workshops, delivering through collaboration, a charged atmosphere, motivating, encouraging and inspiring participants to reach their full potential, feeling recharged and empowered with the zeal to regain life again.
Passion for Charities
Chairperson & Director, Louth Minority Ethnic Consortium; Founding member, Louth African Women Support Group; Affiliate member, National Women’s Council of Ireland; Board member, Ait Na nDaoine; Member, Louth County Council, Anti-Racism and Diversity Plan (ARD) Team; The UK Representative, Awesome Treasures Foundation (a mentoring and coaching initiative); founding member, Royal Ladies Club (a Non-Governmental Organisation supporting widows and their wards).
Virtual Writers' Club
At the peak of the pandemic 2020, she co-founded a virtual writers’ club birthed from ‘The Fire-Up Workshop 2020’ where she spent most Thursday evenings with a group of other passionate writers supporting and working together on their pieces in a relaxed and collaborative setting. Several books have been published as a result of this collaboration.
Fun bits too...
T.O.B. loves spending quality time with her family and friends. She also enjoys traveling, dining out, attending concerts, listening to music and dancing. T.O.B. is an avid cruciverbalist.