Monika talked about her journey from her country of origin in “stunning” Slovenia to where she stays now in Scotland. She described her struggle with her health and her weight issue and how this impacted on her esteem and mental health. She spoke about how she managed to lose weight and is happy with this. She is an advocate today however, not so much on losing weight but on health as a holistic lifestyle. She began changing her habits and reaping the benefits of this on a physical and also mental and emotional level. This journey has taken her to the academic world where she is now an associate lecturer at St Andrews University. She is also a Life/Health Coach with her website and Facebook Group (B.A.D. Balanced-Authentic – Deserving) promoting a healthy holistic lifestyle. She has a busy active life mixing being a mother an academic and a lifecoach. She loves exercise and is a competitive powerlifter for Scotland and loves dancing Salsa