The Next Right Thing

The Next Right Thing

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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May 13, 2025 18 mins

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 sav...

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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 quit...

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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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April 22, 2025 38 mins

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 i...

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April 15, 2025 7 mins

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 sho...

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April 8, 2025 20 mins

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.

April 1, 2025 15 mins

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

 

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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.

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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.

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March 11, 2025 29 mins

What does it mean to pray? How can we do it in a way that both feels like us but also doesn't make all about us? And for lack of a better way to word this question: How can we know if it's working? In today's episode we'll share listeners' experience and questions about prayer as well as what may be important to remember as we engage with God and each other. Listen in.

 

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March 4, 2025 9 mins

It's our most ambitious audio project to date: The Lent Collection inside The Quiet Collection app. It's a 48-day audio devotional series to accompany you through the season of Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing through Easter Sunday. To help you decide if this is a resource you want to invest in to help you navigate your spiritual journey over the next six weeks, I'd like to give you a sense of what to expect. Here's ...

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February 25, 2025 11 mins

I’m glad you’re here and today I’m excited to share something I’ve been working on that I haven’t shared anywhere else until now. Listen in.

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February 18, 2025 15 mins

It's that time again 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 winter 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 winter, everything counts. Listen in.

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On a podcast about decision making, I'm always looking for ways to drop us into the middle of the process because I believe there is helpful nuance and insight there. So today I'm hosting a conversation about those things in our lives where we've maybe started something but we're not sure if they're worth finishing. You'll hear from listeners who were willing to answer the question, "what's something I'm trying that I'm...

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February 4, 2025 38 mins

My guest today is someone who is well acquainted with the decision fatigue that comes along with navigating questions about your faith. I’m so glad to welcome Erin Hicks Moon to talk about the questions we have but are hesitant to bring into the light, about what to say to people who question our faithfulness when we question our faith, and how to move beyond the deconstruction conversation into our ...

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It’s the time of year when I think a lot of us are looking for clarity in various areas of our lives and also where we may feel bad or behind if we don’t yet have it. If that’s you then this episode is for you. Listen in.

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January 21, 2025 14 mins
Today I'm sharing a story of a time a few months back where I was asked a question and I didn't have a great answer. I'm still not sure my answer is great today, but it's done good work for me and in me to reflect on the recent election, our walk of faith and the heartbeat of Christian hope. Listen in.

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I'm so glad to have Tracey Gee join me today. and her book is called, The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Understanding the Wisdom of Your Desires that releases January 28, but you can preorder any time before then and it will arrive on release day.
 
Tracey is a certified leadership coach living in Los Angeles, and her area of expertise lies in strengths-based leadership and she has ...

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As we stand here together at the end of one season and the starting edge of the next, it can be tempting to race ahead without pausing to consider what you might be running into. Today is for the pause. We'll pause here together at the starting line of this new year, and we'll ask ourselves a few key questions about what might be next. Listen in.

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December 31, 2024 36 mins
At the end of every year, I write down a list of what worked and what did not work that year. I share this in hopes that it helps you as you reflect on your own life and maybe it can give you some confidence that there really is no wrong way to do it. And maybe in hearing my lists, it will help you make your own. Listen in.

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