Nelly Kibirige is a former university student union president, mother of four children, a life coach and graduate in Business Management with Law.  This episode will leave you feeling energised and inspired by Nelly’s many stories where she consistently overcomes barriers by picking herself up and dusting herself off. Nelly juggles the very real-life of single parenting, education and career. The first part of the conversation details the important work she is involved in on the serious issue of the rise in Domestic Abuse during the first COVID 19 lockdown in the UK. We swiftly move onto discussing her motivations for pursuing higher education, applying for student union president and the many opportunities that she’s engineered as a black woman living in England. We discuss the responsibility of having a ‘seat at the table’ where Nelly illustrates how her diverse lived experiences contributed to changing policy positively for the student body at the University.  Nelly is a strong and passionate woman and yet her recent experiences of discrimination, prejudice and gaslighting culture have affected her mental health and well-being. She has learned to find small moments for self-care and healing. Nelly reminds us that self-care can be as simple as taking a walk, refocusing on breathing or seeing a friend.