The Next Right Thing - with Emily P. Freeman

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The Problem with Binaries in Decision Making (Best of) May 20, 2025

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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.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

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
Download The Quiet Collection app
Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
Order a How to Walk into a Room
Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
Download the transcript

367: What's Saving My Spring Life May 13, 2025

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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.

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366: Cheerful Doubting with Niki Hardy May 06, 2025

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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.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

- Order God, Can We Chat? by Niki Hardy
- Visit Niki's website
- Follow Niki on Instagram
- Find Niki on Substack
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
- Download the transcript

365: A Birthday Reflection for When You're Not Sure How to Celebrate Apr 29, 2025

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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.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

- Episode 272: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Your Birthday
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"

364: Ordinary Time with Annie B. Jones Apr 22, 2025

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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.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

- Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones
- Follow Annie on Instagram
- Visit The Bookshelf website
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
- Download the transcript

363: Walk in the Dark Apr 15, 2025

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Here we are in Holy Week, just a few days before Easter. Before we arrive at the resurrection, we have to walk through the crucifixion. One of my favorite guides in the dark is Barbara Brown Taylor who wrote one of my top 10 favorite books of all time, Learning to Walk in the Dark. For today's episode I want to offer a short reflection on walking in the dark – the challenges, yes. But also the necessity and the surprising gift. If you've been following along inside The Lent Collection, you'll recognize this from Day 24. If not, I hope this simple reflection offers something for you to carry into the remainder of this Holy Week. Either way, I hope you'll listen in.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

- Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
- Download the transcript

362: Writing for Spiritual Formation Apr 08, 2025

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It's been a minute since I've dedicated an entire episode to the craft of writing but today is that day. Engaging in writing as a spiritual exercise has many gifts to share beyond publishing. If that's something you've been wanting to explore, I hope you'll listen in.

- The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith
- Download the Lent Listening Guide
- Purchase The Lent Collection
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
- Download the transcript

361: Managing Time and Expectations Apr 01, 2025

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If you struggle to find the time for home life, work life, and creative pursuits this episode is for you. Listen in.

- Download the Lent Listening Guide
- Episode 179 of The Life Coach School with Brooke Castillo
- Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
- The Plan by Kendra Adachi
- Purchase The Lent Collection
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
- Download the transcript

360: How to Be a Person When Everything Is Terrible Mar 25, 2025

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Maybe you're just trying to navigate maintaining some healthy personal boundaries around your intake of headlines and the news but you don't know where the line is between a legitimate desire to stay informed and an unhealthy addiction to confirmation bias. If you're looking for some guidance on how to balance the paradox of life that will always be with us, you're in the right place. Listen in.

Purchase The Lent Collection
Download The Quiet Collection app
Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
Order a How to Walk into a Room
Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"
Dowload the transcript

359: The Spiritual Practice of Looking Up and Down Mar 18, 2025

Show notes

So far this year I've been engaging a simple little practice you can do right now that is helping me feel a little bit more grounded than I would without it. And if you've been around here very long you know that any practice can be a spiritual practice if we do it with an awareness of God. Listen in.

- Purchase The Lent Collection
- Download The Quiet Collection app
- Join The Soul Minimalist Substack
- Order a How to Walk into a Room
- Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"

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