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How to practice spiritual fasting without alienating others

I've been fasting one day a week for a year and I think it's changing me in good ways but my friends say I'm becoming preachy about it and I don't want to lose relationships over something that's helping me grow.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Personal transformation through spiritual practice can inadvertently create distance in relationships when enthusiasm becomes perceived as judgment.

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