About Funmi & L.A.A
Hi, I’m Funmi. And this? This is personal.
I’m not here to impress you with credentials. I’m here because I know what it feels like to watch everything fall apart — and still choose to build anyway.
Years ago, my husband and I poured our hearts and savings into a business we believed in. For a while, it looked like we were making it. Until we weren’t. There was no loud ending — just a slow unraveling. And then silence.
That silence is what changed me.
I call it functional survival — the season where you’re raising kids, smiling through stress, trying so hard to be okay while whispering to yourself, “We cannot live like this again.”
That moment birthed a quiet promise: We will rebuild but not like this.
So I leaned into what I had, strategy, curiosity, grit, and went back to the drawing board. Not to get rich. Just to breathe again. I studied the UK financial system, rebuilt our income, learned about protection, credit, and structure. Then I started sharing what worked.
And that’s how Life After Arrival began, not as a brand, but as a bridge.
A bridge for people like us:
- Immigrants rebuilding quietly
- Professionals doing all the right things but still feeling behind
- Parents carrying big dreams and bigger pressure
I created the Clarity Framework - a calm, faith-aligned structure to:
- Understand UK systems without overwhelm
- Rebuild from rock bottom with rhythm and wisdom
- Protect what you’re building, so it lasts
- Move from reaction to intention - from chaos to clarity
Today, I’m a certified Financial Adviser. But I don’t teach from the top - I teach from the middle. From the messy, sacred space where you’re not who you were, but not quite where you want to be.
This is a space for people still becoming.
If that’s you - welcome.
You won’t find hype here. You’ll find heart. You’ll find structure. You’ll find proof that you can build again, with peace at the centre.
Life After Arrival is your invitation to rebuild with clarity - and do it gently.
Let’s make financial peace your new normal.
“You’re not behind. You’re just in your becoming.”
Ready to discover what's possible after arrival? Click the START HERE button below.

Funmi Akande
- founder life after arrival -