This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on May 4, 2021.   We all have the capacity to live our lives in such a way that we forget to remember who we are, we hurry through our minutes looking for the next important thing, we are overly attentive to what people think of us, and we are addicted to our own press.   So what is the next right thing for those of us who are so aware of other people’s opinions that we have a hard time knowing our own, making wise decisions, or doing our next right thing in love? Listen in.  

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• Get 10% off your first three months of Ritual Vitamins
• A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman
• Episode 175: How to Find a Mentor with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
• Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing 
• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
• Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
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• Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
• Order a How to Walk into a Room
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This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on October 26, 2021.

Today I’m joined by a writer who deeply understands what it means to live life on autopilot, chugging through the day "on fear and caffeine." As it turns out, that life is a train to nowhere and Shauna Niequist decided to get off. I’m happy to sit down with her to talk about writing, connection, and her next right thing. Listen in.

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• Learn more about Shauna on her website and Instagram
• Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
• I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
• Laura Tremaine and Shauna Niequist talk about journaling
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
• Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing 
• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
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This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on MArch 29, 2022.

How can we discern our next right thing when presented with a great opportunity? Is there a framework to follow when discerning when to say yes or when to say no? Listen in.

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• Episode 19: Choose Your Absence
• That Sounds Fun Ep. 375 with Kristin Chenoweth
• Miss Me with That by Rachel Lindsay
• Record your favorite "yes!" and share it with me here
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
• Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing 
• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
• Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
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This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on June 13, 2023.   In today's episode, I'll be sharing some of my favorite summer-time decisions and then we get to hear from YOU! If you're already feeling in a summer rut, I hope these ideas will help if you find you need a little extra inspiration heading into summertime. Listen in.   LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Episode 181: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Summer
• Episode 229: A Blessing for the Graduates
• The Quiet Collection app
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
• Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
• Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
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• Order a How to Walk into a Room
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This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on January 11, 2022.

What do we do when our next right thing is to wait for an indefinite amount of time or to hope in the face of what seems to be an impossible situation? Listen in.

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• A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
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• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
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• Order a How to Walk into a Room
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This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on October 31, 2023.

How can we know the difference between a yes, an absolutely yes, a maybe, a probably not, and a no. And what do we do with the simple one line advice that doesn't always seem to apply? Listen in.

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• Order How to Walk Into a Room
• Subscribe to The Soul Minimalist on Substack
• The Quiet Collection app
• Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
• Episode 219: 20 Questions to Ask Before You Say Yes to a Great Opportunity
• Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
• Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
• Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
• Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
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It's time for our seasonal episode of What's Saving My Life Right Now. I'll be sharing the things that are life-giving to me during this current spring season and I'll encourage you to make your own list. It could be anything from a favorite product to a spiritual practice, a fun new show, or a meaningful relationship. When it comes to naming what we love this spring, everything counts. So what's saving your life right now? Here's what's saving mine. Listen in.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• • Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum
  • Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
  • Feeding The Soul by Tabitha Brown
  • The Undoing of Saint Silvanus by Beth Moore
  • The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  • Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
  • Love Life by Rob Lowe
  • Liturgies for Resisting Empire by Kat Armas
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Today, I’m so glad to talk with author, speaker, and friend, Niki Hardy. Niki is the author of three books, including her latest, God, Can We Chat?, in which she writes about doubt and faith at the same time. Whether you're a doubting believer, a believing doubter, or you're not quite sure, we’re going to get into what happens when we come to the intersection of faith, doubt, and skepticism. I hope you’ll listen in.

 

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• • Order God, Can We Chat? by Niki Hardy
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It’s the last week of April and before the month gets away from me, I wanted to have a short birthday episode for you to return to when your birthday rolls around. For today’s episode I’ll keep it short and sweet with just 4 questions you can ask yourself during your birthday week. Listen in.

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• • Episode 272: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Your Birthday
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Today I'm so glad to talk with bookstore owner and brand new author Annie B. Jones. Annie owns The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in downtown Thomasville Georgia, and she’s the host of From the Front Porch, the store’s conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.

Annie talks about books, sells books, and now she’s written one of her own. It’s called Ordinary Time: Lessons Learned While Staying Put, and it releases into the world on this very day, April 22. Annie challenges the idea that loud lives are the ones that matter most and reminds us that we don't have to leave the lives we have in order to have the lives of which we've always dreamed. Not only do I commend this book to you, I also wrote the forward where I talk even more about my admiration for both Annie as a person and as a writer.

Today we’re going to get into what could be magical about a quiet, ordinary life. I hope you’ll listen in.

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• • Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones
  • Follow Annie on Instagram
  • Visit The Bookshelf website
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