CONTRIBUTORS ( CONTINUED )
SOPHIA RUAN GUSHÉE
ELENE TATULASHVILI
is the founder of Ruan Living , author , pioneering nontoxic lifestyle expert , and a highly soughtafter speaker . She is also the host of the Practical Nontoxic Living podcast . Her wellness expertise , book , and work have been featured in The Dr . Oz Show , Health , Family Circle , Fast Company , MindBodyGreen . com , and Today . com , to name a few . She also serves as a member of the Well + Good Council and the Brown University School of Public Health Advisory Council . Soon after her first daughter was born in 2007 , Sophia was stunned at how much the purchased baby products for her daughter ' s care were actually exposing her to toxic chemicals and heavy metals that could participate in her development . Hundreds of credible reports motivated her to do research for eight years . Upon completion , she decided to share her findings in her book , A to Z of D-Toxing : The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures , published in 2015 . Since then , Sophia has been on a mission to help people by providing invaluable resources for improving their quality of life . I am delighted to have Sophia share her inspiring and empowering life story , “ My Journey to Discovering My True Purpose in Life !” in our Bubble Of Quiet Confidence section . is a 12-year-old student living in Tbilisi , Georgia . She attends Green School , a private education institution whose vision is to produce globallyminded , active generations with high-quality teaching and learning . Green School ' s mission is to raise a better future generation together with the school community through quality education . Inspired by this , Elene has many friends worldwide through playing Roblox , and her love for creative writing , which the Morocco Pens have published , has also contributed to her global outreach . Elene also enjoys reading , especially comedy books , and spending time with her pet bird Kiki . Her mother , Nino , introduced her to reading when she was little , which led to her passion for writing . Elene is the newest contributor to our magazine and intends to inspire everyone by sharing her life experiences living in Tbilisi . On the cusps of being a teenager , she is a dynamic tween who enjoys expressing her ideas , experiences , and , more importantly , what she is learning in and out of the classroom . Elene returns to share her happy times with her family and relatives as they explore the delights of the country of Georgia this summer with her lovely story , “ Celebrating My Summer in Georgia ,” for her special “ My Life in Tiblisi ” column in our Global Village section .
HOPE IVES MAURAN or “ Freedom ” as she is called , is an artist , writer , and translator of wisdom from other dimensions . Her spiritual journey began in the late 1980s after she read Betty J . Eadie ' s Embraced by the Light . It opened her to the possibility that there was more to life than what was evident to the eye . In 1999 , she began consciously communicating with her spirit guides . She has always felt a deep affinity with nature and expresses her love for the earth and creation through writing , art , and teaching . Hope has authored several books and is an artist of eco-spiritual modified landscapes and guided drawings . She advocates BioGeometry , the science dealing with the energy of shape . It uses shapes , colors , motion , orientation , and sound to produce a vibrational quality that balances one ’ s energy fields . Her Forestry Degree bolsters her love of nature and trees as she enjoys getting her hands in the dirt and growing vegetables . Hope ’ s latest book , Love ’ s New Earth : Awakening to our Collective True
Nature as Love , with Rays of Hope and Reasons to Prevail , is an inspiring , practical handbook and resource for navigating these times of radical change based on Love . It is a delight to have Hope share her inspiring and empowering story , “ A Voice for Freedom ,” for our Spiritual Living section .
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