Episodios

  • Why Your Pro/Con List Isn’t Working (Best of)

    Why Your Pro/Con List Isn’t Working (Best of)
    Jul 29 2025

    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on October 12, 2021.

    It's the list we all know to make when we're stuck in the decision-making process. There are helpful things about the pro/con list but we all know they don't work all by themselves. This type of list could be a good starting point, but what do you do next? I dedicated The Next Right Thing to anyone who's ever made a pro/con list in the middle of the night. If that's you, listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • Gilmore Girls: Season 3, Episode 17 (Netflix)
    • Let Your Life Speak by Parker J. Palmer
    • 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
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    17 m
  • How to Collect Your Favorite Quotes (Best of)

    How to Collect Your Favorite Quotes (Best of)
    Jul 22 2025
    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on March 8, 2022. We underline a quote because it mirrors, questions, or inspires something in us. But it does no good for us if we don't have a way of recording and organizing it for later use and reflection. Today I'll share my four bucket system for capturing and organizing my favorite quotes so that they might make a difference in my everyday life. Listen in.
    • Say Yes by Scott Erickson
    • When Everything's on Fire by Brian Zahnd
    • Evernote
    • The Three Battlegrounds by Francis Frangipane
    • Episode 167: Spiritual Direction for Beginners
    • Essentialism by Greg McKeown
    • 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
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    22 m
  • How to Journal Using One Word (Best of)

    How to Journal Using One Word (Best of)
    Jul 15 2025

    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on April 6, 2021.

    If you want to incorporate journaling into your daily rhythm but don’t know where to begin, here's how to use just one word to get started. Listen in.

    • Episode 49: Collaborate
    • Episode 172: Make These Two Lists Now
    • Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker
    • 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
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    18 m
  • How to Find Relief from Information Overload (Best of)

    How to Find Relief from Information Overload (Best of)
    Jul 8 2025
    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on August 22, 2023.

    If we're going to be on the internet, because we are, how can we stay sane and remain soul minimalists in the midst of the constant stream of information? That's today's question. Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • "Our Brains Are No Match for Technology" by Tristan Harris
    • Episode 32: Stop Collecting Gurus
    • Atomic Habits by James Clear
    • Depression, Creativity, and the Dangers of Being Constantly Plugged In by Ally Fallon
    • The Quiet Collection app
    • 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
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    23 m
  • Is it Time to Quit My Job? (Best of)

    Is it Time to Quit My Job? (Best of)
    Jul 1 2025
    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on April 13, 2021. When it comes to the decisions we make in our lifetime, questions about our job and vocation top the list as the ones that can cause the most decision fatigue. For 15 minutes, let’s consider the question beneath the question and see if we can uncover more information that could help you discern your next right thing. Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • Explore a free trial of premium membership at Skillshare
    • Essentialism by Greg McKeown
    • 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
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    16 m
  • The Next Right Thing For People Pleasers (Best of)

    The Next Right Thing For People Pleasers (Best of)
    Jun 24 2025
    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on May 4, 2021. We all have the capacity to live our lives in such a way that we forget to remember who we are, we hurry through our minutes looking for the next important thing, we are overly attentive to what people think of us, and we are addicted to our own press. So what is the next right thing for those of us who are so aware of other people’s opinions that we have a hard time knowing our own, making wise decisions, or doing our next right thing in love? Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • Get 10% off your first three months of Ritual Vitamins
    • A Failure of Nerve by Edwin Friedman
    • Episode 175: How to Find a Mentor with Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
    • 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
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    16 m
  • A Conversation with Shauna Niequist (Best of)

    A Conversation with Shauna Niequist (Best of)
    Jun 17 2025

    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on October 26, 2021.

    Today I’m joined by a writer who deeply understands what it means to live life on autopilot, chugging through the day "on fear and caffeine." As it turns out, that life is a train to nowhere and Shauna Niequist decided to get off. I’m happy to sit down with her to talk about writing, connection, and her next right thing. Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • Learn more about Shauna on her website and Instagram
    • Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
    • I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequist
    • Laura Tremaine and Shauna Niequist talk about journaling
    • 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
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    38 m
  • 20 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Say Yes to a Great Opportunity (Best of)

    20 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Say Yes to a Great Opportunity (Best of)
    Jun 10 2025

    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on MArch 29, 2022.

    How can we discern our next right thing when presented with a great opportunity? Is there a framework to follow when discerning when to say yes or when to say no? Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • Episode 19: Choose Your Absence
    • That Sounds Fun Ep. 375 with Kristin Chenoweth
    • Miss Me with That by Rachel Lindsay
    • Record your favorite "yes!" and share it with me here
    • 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
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    19 m