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How to Recognize and Avoid Gossip

How to Recognize and Avoid Gossip

Gossip sometimes seems like a harmless way to bond with friends and co-workers. However, it can have deeply negative effects on relationships, workplaces, and our spiritual lives. Understanding the nature...
The "College Experience"? - Blessed Is She

The "College Experience"?

Before my freshman year, college was this great mythical story to me. My older sister would come home during the holidays with endless stories of her college experiences and they...
The Beauty I Found in Job Loss - Blessed Is She

The Beauty I Found in Job Loss

Shock. Anger. Gutted. Disbelief. I will never forget how those emotions seared through my body in the course of seconds when I discovered I lost my job. To say I...