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The Educating Gossip™ (TEG) is an educator, transdisciplinary researcher, and writer certified in spirituality and social change.

Arushi is a recent Master’s graduate in Applied Psychology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a prospective Ph.D. applicant. She has worked around mindfulness, relaxation techniques, trauma, and wellbeing, and she is motivated to share the benefits of mindfulness-based practices.

Nainika Hira is a student of MS in Mental Health Counseling at Wright State University and a prospective Ph.D. applicant to mindfulness-based labs. Previously, she pursued MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Delhi, India. Her research interests include contemplative practices, mindfulness-based interventions, positive psychology, stress, and e-mental health.

Michael J. Tumminia is a 3rd Year PhD candidate in Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and works in his advisor Dr. Brian Galla’s Mindfulness and Self-Regulation Lab.

Inês Trindade, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.