ABOUT ELYSIUM LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

At Elysium Lifestyle Magazine, we believe in the power of words to inspire, empower, and connect.

Founders

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Sue Moxley

Editor in Chief

Sue Moxley is one of the UK’s leading Beauty Health and Aesthetics experts. A Beauty Editor of the Sun Newspaper, she has also presented several TV makeover shows and appeared on television as a beauty expert. She has regularly contributed to Netmums and The Huffington Post, Menopause Life and Choice Mag. 

Sue Loves anything Beauty! Her latest products “Pro Tools“ are available on her website.

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Paola Minekov

Creative Director

Paola Minekov is a visual artist and designer leading Elysium’s creative vision, strategy and direction. She is also the publication’s Art & Culture Editor.

Her art portfolio can be viewed at https://paola.art. 

In 2025, she co-founded Creations Atelier, a networking community connecting artists, creatives and property professionals.

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Abby Knight

Lifestyle Editor

Abby Knight has over 25 years’ experience writing health, beauty, diet and fitness for national press including Hello!, Woman, Woman’s Own, Top Sante, Best, the Sunday Mirror, The Express and Cosmopolitan.

She is now contributing lifestyle, wellness and health and spiritual health to Elysium.

Regular Writers

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Mary Griffin

Relationship Editor

Mary Griffin, MBACP, our Relationships & Emotional Wellbeing Editor, is a highly experienced psychotherapist, relationship therapist, & clinical hypnotherapist with a successful private practice in W5. 

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Dr Marva Williams

Menopause Editor

A published author and passionate advocate for women’s health, Marva has dedicated her work to empowering women to navigate the transformative journey of menopause with confidence and resilience. 

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Sarah Goates

Fashion Editor

Sarah is a professional personal stylist, qualifying from the London College of Style. She’s always loved all aspects of fashion, especially helping other people fully express themselves with the clothes they wear. 

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TJ Higgs - A woman with long, wavy brown hair and bangs poses in front of a dark background. She is wearing a black, sequined top and has blue eyes and a slight smile, looking directly at the camera with a confident expression.

TJ Higgs

Spirituality Editor

A celebrated medium, psychic, Sunday Times best selling author, mentor, podcaster, radio host, and editor of spiritual lifestyle magazine with over 25 years of rich experience.

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Katie Ginger

Books Editor

Katie is an award nominated author writing contemporary romance as Annabel French for Avon, HarperCollins and historical fiction as Emma Royal for Century, Penguin Random House.

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Mala Moonbeam from VeryMakeupMad. A woman with curly dark hair, light skin, and freckles rests her head on her hand, smiling gently. She wears a white long-sleeve shirt and several bracelets, embodying a calm Minute of Mala moment against a plain white background.

Mala Moonbeam

Inspirational Voice

Founder of VeryMakeupMad, a midlife beauty platform. 
Mala has a background in performance, modelling, and working as the named makeup artist for YSL and makeup launches with brands like MAC and Aveda. Mala offers quick, grounding reflections that support both and resilience 

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Lulu Morris

Book Editor

A proud member and Director of the UK Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA)i, n January 2026, Lulu Morris will be publishing her first romantic comedy, The Dating Pact.Under the name Lucy Morris she has published over ten historical romances with Mills & Boon.,

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Amanda Hughes

Business Columnist

An award winning small business mentor, Apple top 30 podcaster, and bestselling author who’s obsessed with making social media fun, easy and profitable for small business owners. Amanda lives on the stunning west coast of Scotland with her husband, John, her wildly wonderful twins and her rescue pup.

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Seana Tinley​

Books

Seána is an award-winning Irish author and chair of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She writes historical romance with an emphasis on women’s social history. She also writes regency romance as Catherine Tinley.

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Caroline Broome

Gardening Editor

Caroline is an award-winning plantswoman, specialising in creating year-round, beautiful, thriving borders. A three times winner of The London Gardens Society Best Small Back Garden, together with her husband, their garden has been featured on BBC The One Show and ITV Love Your Garden. 

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Natalia Giacomino

Art & Architecure

Natalia Giacomino, an ARB and RIBA certified architect, is a visionary in the fields of architecture, art and urban design. As the Co-Founder of Creations Atelier, a networking community which connects creatives and property professionals, she brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to her work, creating spaces that are both innovative and enduring.

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Lizzie Hayman

Interiors Editor

Lizzie Hayman started her editorial career fresh out of secondary school, where she assisted in the Style department at Woman magazine. From there she worked her way up through the ranks to write beauty, interiors and travel features for the likes of Woman’s Own, Woman and Woman & Home. Interiors and all things home remain to be her passion with a splash of travel thrown in.

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Sarah Purton

Contributor – Wildlife 

Sarah is a children’s and mental health worker who supports women with post natal depression. She discovered wildlife photography as a way to support her own mental health and now spends her spare time in the outdoors filming and photographing wildlife. Birds, Owls and Kingfishers are her favourite.

Sarah is excited to share her passion for wildlife and wellbeing with Elysium Lifestyle Magazine readers

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James Carter

Dubai Correspondent Wellness, Travel, Photography 

Award winning photographer James Carter has turned his lens toward healthy living.

Through his beautifully crafted breakfast imagery he inspires a more balanced lifestyle.

James is our Dubai correspondent sharing a dynamic wellness focused view point from the region.

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Karena Sophia

Contributor

Karena Sophia is a Feng Shui Consultant and Manifestation Expert, specialising in the connection between environment, subconscious patterns, and tangible life results. Her work focuses on identifying the unseen energetic and psychological influences that shape decision making, behaviours and outcomes, helping people to manifest measurable improvements in health, wealth, relationships and self confidence.

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Alison Blackler

Business Contributor

As a passionate Transformational Mind Coach, Author, and TEDx Speaker, Alison Blackler has spent over 30 fascinating years diving deep into the human mind. Her work is fundamentally driven by a deep sense of curiosity, honesty, and a burning desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.

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Leilani Dowding

Lifestyle Contributor

Leilani Dowding is an English former model, beauty queen, and television personality known for winning Miss Great Britain 1998 and appearing on The Real Housewives of Cheshire. She is an avid animal lover and lives on a small holding near Derbyshire.

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Our Team

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Rali Gavrilova

Production Editor

Rali is a book and cat lover, digital creator and a curious person. She supports all stages of the publication process Elysium Lifestyle Magazine in English and in Bulgarian.

Rali’s idea of the perfectly day: Summer, sea, beach and a great book.

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