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Matt Bloom is research professor at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame University. He is the principal investigator of the Wellbeing at Work program (wellbeing.nd.edu) which studies flourishing among clergy and other caring professions. His book, Flourishing in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Wellbeing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), is available at Amazon.
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