Elicia Deva, Author at Rebelle Society

6 Reasons Why Tragedy Creates Tough Competitors in the Workforce.

Tragedy is a humbling experience. It gifts people with a new appreciation for life. They become grateful for simple pleasures.

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On Navigating Your Privileged Counterparts: Choose Freedom over Fear.

I propose that at these times of fear, rage and disbelief, hold on to the memory of the many who helped you be here today fighting for freedom, liberty and justice.

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Overcoming Spiritual Codependency.

It’s about holding ourselves with compassion, which is an antidote to codependency -- and hence, a way to get closer to the divine that always lives within you.

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Defy. Don’t Obey.

Shall we obey and comply? Or shall we find a cosmic roar of defiance to say No to anyone, anyone, who asks us to betray our common humanity?

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Look! Squirrel! {If You’ve Tasted One Nut, You’ve Tasted Them All}

There is no one who loves squirrels more than I love squirrels. I respect squirrels. I even let them vote for me.

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The Feminine Mystique: an Addendum.

Suddenly, we feel there is so much at stake. But not everything that has been at stake for our sisters of color or their black brothers and neighbors dying in the streets. Not all that has been at stake for transgender, queer, gay, and lesbian fellow Americans, and not for our immigrant or ...

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When Your Day Job Is Not Your Passion.

Can an introverted-librarian-turned-nerdy-engineer be satisfied with a burning desire for adventure? Can we go to day jobs in the corporate world and still fulfill our passions?

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The American Mind.

The American Mind readily invokes God as a sedative, but only when visited by national disaster. Otherwise, it claims diplomatic immunity from what God suggests and morality requires.