Kingsley Okonkwo (born 29 January 1976) is a Nigerian multi-award-winning family life and relationship coach, TV personality, and author. He is the founder and leader of Heart and Mind Consulting[1] and David's Christian Centre.[2] He is the lead coach and convener of Love, Dating, and Marriage, also known as LDM.[3][4]
Early life
Kingsley Okonkwo was born on 29 January 1976 in
Lagos State, Nigeria, to the royal family of King Rowland Okonkwo and Rosannah Okonkwo of the
Obowo Kingdom in
Imo State.[5] In 2022, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Myles Leadership University in India.[6]
Career
In 1996, Okonkwo founded David's Christian Centre as a youth fellowship center. In the early 2000s, it became a ministry.[5] In 1999, Okonkwo and his wife Mildred co-founded Heart and Mind Consulting,[7] with the aim to help individuals and businesses build healthy relationships. In the same year, he founded Love, Dating, and Marriage (LDM), which began operating as Love, Dating and Sex, prior to 2005, after he got married.[5] As of September 2023, LDM has recorded over 200 seminars since its establishment across Nigeria[8] and the United States.[9] He is known for his counseling, public speaking, and TV program on relationship and marriage.[10][11]
Personal life
On 3 September 2005, Okonkwo married Mildred Kingsley-Okonkwo.[12] They have three children together.[5]
On 14 June 2020,
Burna Boy revealed Okonkwo as his uncle.[13]