Co-Founder · Health & Science Director
Selected Experience & Credentials
Co-founded INLIBRIUM with Hardi Põder (2021)
Founder, DNA-driven health transformation coaching practice (since 2017)
BA in Psychology — Tallinn University (2009–2012)
Professional higher education in Public Health Promotion and Nutrition Sciences — Tallinn University, cum laude (2015–2017)
MSc studies in Molecular Biochemistry and Ecology — Tallinn University (in progress)
Nutritionist, Level 5 — Estonian Qualifications Authority (2017)
Nutritionist and Health Promotion Specialist — Sinu Arst Nutrition Clinic, Tallinn (2017–2022)
Nutritionist and Health Coach — Avalon Functional Medicine Clinic (2021–2022)
BTEC Level 3 Advanced Diploma in Nutrition and Health Coaching (Pearson) — Irish Institute for Nutrition and Health (2020)
Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, and Pharmacogenomics — DNAlife (2022)
Bioenergetics and Gastrointestinal Advanced Practice Modules — The Institute for Functional Medicine (2025)
Global Member, Speakeasy Mastermind — curated in-person mastermind for established entrepreneurs, founded in San Diego in 2008
Live prime-time guest on Kanal 2’s “Õhtu”, Estonian national television, alongside Hardi Põder (September 2026)
At INLIBRIUM, Monika designs and holds the health and science side of each client’s six months. She builds the diagnostic panel around the individual, turns the results into a personal plan, and adjusts it as the client changes, so that the body is prepared for the residencies and supported through integration. She works alongside the program’s licensed clinicians, who make the medical decisions.
Monika’s approach has three layers. The first is understanding how the body works and how mind and body affect each other. The second is the individual: the biochemical differences and epigenetics, the interplay of genes and environment, that make general advice only partly useful. The third, and to her the most important, is practical skill: what a person can do day to day to regulate and direct their own health.
In practice she reads across sources rather than trusting any single test. Genetics, biomarkers, health history, sleep, and daily habits are weighed together, and each finding is judged by whether it changes what a person understands or does next. Her pharmacogenomics training adds context on how an individual may process medications and supplements, which she shares with the clinical team.
Monika is attentive to the distance between what can be measured and what a person experiences. Data earns its value when it sharpens attention and decisions without displacing judgment, context, or the client’s own account of their life.