The Next Right Thing

Updated: 22 Apr 2025 • 377 episodes
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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.

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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 boo

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363: Walk in the Dark

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

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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 t

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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 Pu

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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 para

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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. Purchase The Lent

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