{"id":21945,"date":"2025-04-19T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amakachika-mbonu.com\/nws\/?page_id=21945"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:24:17","slug":"about-amaka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amakachika-mbonu.com\/nws\/about-amaka\/","title":{"rendered":"About Amaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21945\" class=\"elementor elementor-21945\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8c4f10 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8c4f10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amaka Chika-Mbonu is an author, marriage and premarital counselor, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT), a motivational speaker and the founder of Amaka\u2019s\u00a0Book Club.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100e350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"100e350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is the author of the game-changing books about relationships, \u2018How To Get Your wife To Swing From The Chandelier In A Red Negligee, a Biblical Perspective\u2019, \u201949 ways To Get Rid of The Other Woman (without getting caught)\u2019 a book that deals with infidelity \u2018BEFORE, WHEN &amp; AFTER\u2019 a limited edition coffee table book, \u2018WHERE DID YOU PUT YOUR ORGAN\u2019 a housekeeping for men and the women who love them\u2019, \u2018Chronicles of Joy through Pain: an anthology\u2019, \u2018Twelve and Two More: 14 compelling short stories about love, lust, longing and desire\u2019 and her latest book \u2018And Boom Bob\u2019s\u00a0 Your Uncle And Fanny\u2019s Your Aunt\u2019 \u2013 this book explores, navigating the complexities of marriage before you meet someone you want to get married to, when you have met someone, during your marriage, and if your marriage has gone awry.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amaka holds a BA Honours in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar in Nigeria, is a certified counsellor with a specialisation in couples counselling, she is a trained Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and has been a marriage counselor in a Christian church setting for over 25 years.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She carries keys of wisdom to unlock peoples minds and hearts through the power of her own testimony.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amaka has spoken on diverse multiple speaking platforms locally, and internationally, and featured on radio and television programmes across the globe, with one primary message and mantra, \u201cMarriage takes work to make it work so, let\u2019s get to work.\u201d<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is known as a force in the coaching industry in the area of relationships, sharing dynamic insight; and, over the years has guided people to healthier relationships and self- awareness.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Amaka has been married for 31 years and has two adult children.<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7947ed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" 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