Guest: Adaku Mbagwu — Founder, The Healed Hero Community | Creator of The Strategic Vulnerability Method™ | Global Voice for First-Born Daughter Leadership Psychology

Adaku Mbagwu is redefining leadership for high-achieving women. As the global authority on First-Born Daughter Leadership Psychology and creator of The Strategic Vulnerability Method™, she brings a timely, transformative lens to burnout, identity, and emotional power — especially for women who have spent a lifetime being “the strong one.”

Her story is powerful and deeply relatable. Born in Nigeria as the first daughter in a large family, Adaku became an emotional and practical caretaker long before she had a childhood. After her family lost everything and moved to the UK, that sense of responsibility intensified. She learned to survive by over-functioning — a pattern that later led to severe burnout, emotional collapse, and a failed suicide attempt early in her career.

Her turning point came through intensive spiritual and emotional healing. As she rebuilt herself from the inside out, she discovered the psychological patterns that shape first-born daughters worldwide: over-responsibility, hyper-independence, emotional suppression, and the belief that love must be earned through service. Using the tools she developed in her recovery, she went on to build a multimillion-pound business, proving that healing isn’t separate from success — it fuels it.

Yet even at the height of financial achievement, she felt spiritually misaligned. Choosing purpose over comfort, she walked away from the business she built and stepped fully into her calling: guiding first-born daughters to break generational patterns and embody a new form of leadership rooted in emotional truth, inner safety, and authentic power.

Today, Adaku leads The Healed Hero Community, a global movement supporting eldest daughter executives and entrepreneurs in transforming burnout into ease, clarity, and sustainable success. Her work blends psychology, spirituality, leadership development, and trauma-informed identity work — offering a voice the world urgently needs.

This topic is especially relevant now. Women’s burnout has reached historic levels. Eldest daughters are trending globally as millions begin recognizing shared emotional patterns. Corporations are searching for solutions that go deeper than surface-level wellbeing programs. And high-performing women are craving success that doesn’t cost them their mental and emotional health.

Adaku speaks directly to these women — and to the leaders who support them. She explains why first-born daughters rise quickly yet often feel isolated at the top, how childhood roles shape leadership styles, and why Strategic Vulnerability is becoming the next frontier of effective leadership.

Radio-friendly talking points include:

• The First-Born Daughter Identity Trap

• Why so many successful women feel alone at the top

• The emotional burden of being “the strong one”

• How childhood roles shape business and leadership patterns

• Why eldest daughters burn out faster — even when thriving professionally

• Strategic Vulnerability: the leadership skill women were never taught

• How healing became the foundation of a multimillion-pound business

• How high-achieving women can break over-functioning without guilt

Listeners will gain empowering, practical insights:

• How to identify the emotional patterns behind burnout

• How to shift from emotional labor to emotional power

• How to create boundaries without guilt

• How to receive support without feeling weak

• How to build success that feels aligned, not exhausting

Adaku is a rare voice — blending lived experience, spiritual depth, and business credibility. She offers a fresh, necessary conversation for today’s climate: how high-achieving women can succeed without abandoning themselves.

She would be a powerful and resonant guest for your show.