The Next Right Thing with Emily P. Freeman
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
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.
Location:
United States
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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.
Language:
English
Episodes
133: Learn The Art of Asking Questions
6/30/2020
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer John Dewey once said, “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” At the end of every month, I take some time to reflect because in order to discern my next right thing, it's important to learn from the past. If you would like to practice refection but don't know where to start, asking and answering questions is a solid beginning. Today I'll show you how. Listen in.
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Duration:00:10:42
132: Why is Decision-Making So Hard?
6/23/2020
In the United States, we place a high value on our independence, on our ability to choose for ourselves, and to have things the way we want them when we want them. And while I know I’m speaking in broad strokes and this doesn’t necessarily describe every US citizen, it does in many ways describe us as a whole. But this is not necessarily a shared value around the world. Why is it so hard for us to make decisions? Listen in.
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Literary LondonIn Europe,...
Duration:00:12:46
131: Start Where You Are
6/16/2020
What can I do? This is a question many of us are asking as we're learning more about what it means to work towards hopeful change and justice in this country. And in that question, it can become quickly overwhelming to know where to start. Speaking as a fellow journeyer without easy answers, I still believe what we talk about here every single week is as relevant now as ever - do the next right thing. Listen in.
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On Racism: Learning to Speak and to...
Duration:00:10:03
130: Do What Sounds Fun
6/9/2020
I'm used to asking what sounds smart, wise, kind, or thrifty. But when it comes to making decisions, one question I often forget to ask: what sounds fun? Here’s a personal story of how I’m learning to give that question some attention in my own life and how it's impacting my business and ministry. Listen in.
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Welcome Your LonelinessBig MagicAnnie F. Downsher podcast That Sounds FunThat Sounds Fun NetworkThe Next Right Thing Instagram...
Duration:00:14:04
On Racism: Learning to Speak and to Listen
6/2/2020
This episode may seem a bit disjointed, last minute, and scattered. That’s because it is all of those things. But if we wait to speak out until we feel polished or impressive, I fear we’ll be silent for far too long. I confess that’s been true for me.
Sometimes our next right thing is to stumble forward together, not because we know exactly what we’re doing but for the sake of love and justice.
May we know when to speak up and when to stay silent. When we are silent, may it be because we...
Duration:00:05:09
129: Where Are You At Home in The World?
5/26/2020
Months of stay-at-home orders or even safer-at-home campaigns can drive even the most homebody among us to find ways to at least want to get outside or find a change of scenery.
But since travel might not be in the cards for us anytime soon, what might be a next-right-thing posture we could practice today? Inspired by Tsh Oxenreider's book At Home in the World, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about books and about home so today you’ll get some reflection on both.
Perhaps you, like me,...
Duration:00:11:43
128: Use Your Reimagination
5/19/2020
At the beginning of the year, you may have imagined what 2020 would bring. I feel sure no one imagined what we would end up getting. Today I want to invite you to join me in an exercise of reimagination. And here’s a hint: you’re already really good at it. Listen in.
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Grace Discipleship:Here and Nowhope*writers:The War of ArtThe Next Right Thing Instagram @emilypfreemanDownload Transcript
Duration:00:11:20
127: Don't Try To Be Great
5/12/2020
In his book based on a commencement speech he gave at Dartmouth College in 2011, Charles Wheelan tells a story about advice he never forgot and wants to pass on to graduates: Don't try to be great. Let's put the pandemic aside, discover the freedom in that counter-intuitive advice, and give three cheers to the students, teachers, and families of the graduating class of 2020. Listen in.
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10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever SaidLife Without...
Duration:00:10:46
126: Being Consistent Is Not The Goal
5/5/2020
These days, we all are making decisions with less awareness of what’s going to happen next, with less dependence on a predictable life rhythm, and with less solid information. It’s no wonder our daily decisions feel so hard.
Should we clean or rest? Watch the news or avoid it? Be strict with the kids or lighten up? Should we use this time to be productive or take a break? Work hard or calm down? See friends from a safe social distance or not at all? Celebrate now or wait for when we can all...
Duration:00:12:09
125: Read Psalm 23
4/28/2020
The six verses in Psalm 23 do more than comfort us in death. They guide us in life. And if we’re paying attention, these six lines can teach us how to walk into every room every day of our lives.
Psalm 23 is a next right thing kind of psalm and I will never get over it. Listen in.
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Psalm 23 (NASB)You Learn By LivingThe Next Right Thing Instagram @emilypfreemanDownload Transcript
Duration:00:09:09
124: Reimagine Your Work Day
4/21/2020
Today I’m revisiting a topic we’ve talked about here before but with a bit of a new spin in light of the world having changed and everything. I hope this will be especially helpful if you worked from home before the pandemic and now you have to find new ways to do that thing you’ve always done — listen in.
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Episode 01: Become a Soul MinimalistEpisode 88: Come Away For A WhileEpisode 84: A Beginner's Guide to Self-ReflectionEpisode 73: Design Your Rhythm...
Duration:00:15:59
123: Practice Your Life
4/14/2020
From Halley's comet in 1986 to the Total Solar Eclipse in 2017, I've been fascinated with sky things my whole life. Earlier this month it was the full April moon that reminded me of the truth I hold most dear: that in every transition, in every grief, in every goodbye, disappointment, offense, breakup, misunderstanding, and ending, there is mysterious potential. Listen in.
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Colossians 1:27The Holy Longing2 Corinthians 4The Next Right Thing Instagram...
Duration:00:11:10
122: Speak A Good Word
4/7/2020
Sometimes the words we speak when we're afraid sound like fear. Other times, they sound like control, irritation, confusion, manipulation, ambivalence, shame, discipline, guilt or research. Fearful words come out naturally in all kinds of ways.
The fearful words find us. But good words are found by us. Let's find some good words together. Listen in.
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Discern + DecideWill the Circle Be Unbroken?The Next Right Thing Instagram @emilypfreemanDownload...
Duration:00:10:51
121: How to Discern and Decide
3/31/2020
How can we trust ourselves to make wise decisions during an uncertain time? I have a couple of tools I hope will help. Listen in.
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Discern + DecideThat Discomfort You're Feeling is GriefWhat to Do When the World Shuts DownThe Holy LongingParks and RecreationProverbs 20:27The Next Right ThingThe Next Right Thing Instagram @emilypfreemanDownload Transcript
Duration:00:15:24
120: What to do When The World Shuts Down
3/24/2020
Doing the next right thing has been a life-line for me in parenting, schooling, work, relationships and all manner of decision-making. But these last few weeks navigating the rapidly changing situation in our world as we fight to slow the spread of Covid-19, doing the next right thing has taken on an entirely new level of meaning.
As we move forward together I want to walk along with you as you navigate your next right thing - for yourself, in your families, with your friends, and as you...
Duration:00:12:02
119: How to Help Children Make Decisions
3/17/2020
Today’s episode is for parents, caregivers, or anyone with children in your life who may need help with their next right thing.
Though this episode was recorded just a few days ago, a lot has changed in the world since then as our global community continues to try to slow the spread of COVID-19. I only address the pandemic for a moment at the top of the episode and then continue with the regularly scheduled conversation about helping children navigate their own decision-making...
Duration:00:15:59
118: Start Small
3/10/2020
Today’s episode is for anyone who has let something go and is now considering what it might look like to re-invite that thing back into your life in a new way. If you’ve been thinking about returning to something you left behind but aren’t sure where to start, listen in.
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Wear Better PantsSimply TuesdayZechariah 4:10The Next Right Thing Instagram @emilypfreemanDownload Transcript
Duration:00:09:25
117: Don't Look At The Wall
3/3/2020
Weighing our options is important. But overthinking options and possibilities can keep us from actually making a decision. It's possible to be so distracted looking at the wall that we spend all our time there and we forget where we’re going and why we’re on the road in the first place. Here's a 10 minute reminder to keep your eyes on the road.
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hope*writersTsh OxenreiderLiterary LondonTell Me About You (and I’ll Tell You About Me)The Next Right Thing...
Duration:00:10:46
116: See Through the Fog
2/25/2020
In our last episode, I talked about the HALT method and how using that can help when we have big decisions to make. In summary, try to avoid making big decisions when you’re hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. Instead, do the next right thing - eat, breathe, find a friend, or go to bed
Today I've come up with another acronym to help us consider other states of being that could skew our ability to think clearly about decisions: FOGI (pronounced foggy - Are you annoyed with me yet? Hang in...
Duration:00:12:25
115: Before You Decide, HALT
2/18/2020
If you’re listening to this episode and you’re well-rested, well-fed, clear-headed, at peace, happy, even-tempered, and feeling basically great about life then this episode might not be for you today.
For the rest of us? The halt method could save us from making decisions more complicated than they need to be simply by asking these four simple questions. Listen in.
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Welcome Your LonelinessWait Until The MorningJean Yang's tweetThe Next Right Thing...
Duration:00:09:11