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Getting 100% real with you today as I discovered that I was the recent object of someone\u2019s gossip. Doesn\u2019t the word alone just give you an icky feeling? Ugh, me too. And it made me want to gossip right back (which would have made me feel worse), but I didn\u2019t.\n It\u2019s our first reaction when someone says something bad about ourselves or someone else, but it never leads to anything productive. So instead, I talked it over with my husband. Because I knew I was in a safe zone to express my feelings and talk things through, I was able to determine that I didn\u2019t need to worry about what this person chose to say about me. I was able to let it go.\n Now, this isn\u2019t always the case, but because I\u2019m not close with this person I knew there was nothing I could do that would change anything about the situation. And perhaps they didn\u2019t even mean what they said in a bad way.\n If, however, this was a close relationship I would have more than likely confronted this person if I wanted the relationship to remain intact.\n \u201cGossip blocks your blessings.\u201d\n Words carry so much energy \u2013 both positive and negative \u2013 so don\u2019t spend those precious words tearing someone else apart when you likely don\u2019t know the full story.\n \u201cWords are either life-giving or death-giving.\u201d\n If you\u2019re around gossip, \u201cbe the person who gossip dies with.\u201d And if you find yourself around those who tend to gossip, realize it\u2019s only a matter of time before you\u2019re the subject of his or her talks. It\u2019s up to YOU to take the high road.\n \u201cBe a gossip killer.\u201d\n Be the person who expresses their feelings and talks things out instead of building a wall or speaking untruths about others. Be the person who others can talk to and know that your words are safe with them.\n In This Episode You Will Learn: Why gossip might be holding you back\n How to deal with someone who gossips about you\n The importance of talking something through and coming to a peaceful conclusion\n Why it\u2019s important to find that \u201csafe zone\u201d when talking things through\n Resources: The Bliss Project 2018 >> LEARN MORE!