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**The Next Right Thing – with Emily P. Freeman**

For the second-guessers, the chronically hesitant, or anyone who suffers from decision fatigue, best-selling author and host Emily P. Freeman helps create a little space for your soul to breathe so you can discern your next right thing in love. Because out of the thousands of decisions you make everyday, chances are a few of them threaten to keep you up at night. If you’re in a season of transition, waiting, general fogginess or if you’ve ever searched “how to make a decision” on the internet, listen in.

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231: Psalm 91 Jun 21, 2022

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A reading of Psalm 91, first from the New International Version and then from The Message. Listen in.

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Psalm 91 (NIV)
Psalm 91 (The Message)
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Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

230: Psalm Summer: A Series Jun 14, 2022

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We're looking for God in the cracks of our lives, in the wide open spaces of our joys and the painful fissures of our brokenness. For the next several weeks I want to create some space for the Psalms to put some things to words that we might be too exhausted to articulate. Today I'll explain how it will work. Listen in.

Links + Resources From This Episode:

Episode 214: Psalm 22
Episode 221: Psalm 46
Episode 190: Psalm 139
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Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

229: A Blessing for the Graduates Jun 07, 2022

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For the most recent high school and college graduates, here's a short blessing for you as you do your next right thing in love. Listen in.

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Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
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Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

228: The Good and Beautiful You with James Bryan Smith May 31, 2022

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What is the soul and what is the impact of fame and success on it? Also, how can we cultivate a good and beautiful life with spiritual practices without sinking into judgment or legalism? Today I'm thrilled to talk to my friend, Dr. James Bryan Smith, who has been a theology professor at Friends University for several decades and was recently named the inaugural Dallas Willard Chair in Christian Spiritual Formation. Jim is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church and a co-founding pastor of Chapel Hill UMC, in Wichita, Kansas. He is also a best-selling author of twelve books, most notably The Apprentice Series (InterVarsity Press), which includes The Good and Beautiful God as well as his most recent release, The Good and Beautiful You that we'll talk about today. Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode:

Listen to Friends in Formation, a Renovaré podcast and today's episode sponsor
The Good and Beautiful You by Dr. James Bryan Smith
Learn more about my Summer Writing Intensive with hope*writers
Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

227: Trust the Process with Stephanie Duncan Smith May 24, 2022

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How can you move forward when you feel stuck, overwhelmed, out of control, or like you're doing it all wrong? My guest today brings simple advice with a nuanced angle inviting us all to trust the process. Stephanie Duncan Smith is a senior editor at Baker Books, where she coaches and champions authors to bring the best out of their message. She's worked in book and digital media publishing for over a decade, developing bestselling and award-winning writers, and personally pens SLANT LETTER, an email newsletter for writers looking to deepen their craft and tend to the soul of their work which we plan to tell you all about. So what does it look like to trust the process in parenting, faith, and writing? Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode:

Find Stephanie on Instagram here and online here
Get Stephanie's newsletter SLANT LETTER here
Learn more about my Summer Writing Intensive with hope*writers
Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

226: When Someone You Love is Indecisive May 17, 2022

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Maybe you're not the one who is chronically hesitant but someone you love seems to always struggle with making decisions. What's the best way to help the indecisive along? How can you help them move forward in the midst of their hesitation? Great question. Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode:

Episode 94: Ask the Second Question
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Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

225: Discerning Your Next Right Thing After High School May 10, 2022

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Today's episode is especially for high school students and those who love and advise them. As my twins prepare to graduate from high school, I've been thinking a lot about our past year and how we've helped them make decisions about their next right thing. This is the episode I wish I'd had a year ago and I hope it's helpful for you. Listen in.

Links + Resources From This Episode:

A Million Little Ways by me!
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Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

224: Naming What Matters in Friendship, Life, and the Kitchen with Kendra Adachi May 03, 2022

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Today's guest is all about helping us to be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't. New York Times bestselling author, Kendra Adachi, shares her five-step framework for transforming every part of our kitchen based on her brand new book The Lazy Genius Kitchen. But since she is also my dearest friend, we'll talk a little about what matters in the kitchen and a lot about what matters in life. Listen in.

Links + Resources From This Episode:

The Lazy Genius Kitchen by Kendra Adachi
Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

223: How to Move Through Small Disappointments Apr 26, 2022

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Whether you're making plans to travel, to be with friends or family, or to host people at your house in your very own neighborhood, chances are you have some expectations for how things will go. So what do you do when the day comes, the trip is lovely, the food is great and the company kind, but you get stuck in a disappointment that you can't seem to shake? Sometimes our next right thing turns out differently than we thought, and even if it's not life threatening or earth shattering, we feel disappointment and we may not even know all the way why. Here's a way to move through it. Listen in.

Links + Resources From This Episode:

A Rhythm of Prayer by Sarah Bessey
Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

222: What's Saving My Life Right Now Apr 19, 2022

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It's the question Barbara Brown Taylor asks and answers in her memoir, Leaving Church, and one many of us have carried forward to ask and answer as well. The best questions are shareable and re-answerable and today I'll share my list of what's saving my life. Because when you are in a season of discernment and decision-making (which is almost always), it's helpful to name and celebrate where the life comes from. Listen in.

Links + Resources From This Episode:

Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor
Episode 76: Create a Simple Morning Routine
Episode 90: Start with this Simple Rhythm
Episode 141: Redo Your Morning Routine
Caffeine Eye Cream by The Inkey List
Episode 167: Spiritual Direction for Beginners
Episode 178: How to Find a Spiritual Director
On Being feat. Gordon Hempton with Krista Tippett
I Used to Be a Human Being by Andrew Sullivan
Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal
Grab a copy of my book The Next Right Thing
Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman
Download a transcript of this, and every, episode at emilypfreeman.com.

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