• 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • 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 mins
  • Our Favorite Summertime Decisions (Best of)
    Jun 3 2025
    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on June 13, 2023. In today's episode, I'll be sharing some of my favorite summer-time decisions and then we get to hear from YOU! If you're already feeling in a summer rut, I hope these ideas will help if you find you need a little extra inspiration heading into summertime. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:
    • Episode 181: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Summer
    • Episode 229: A Blessing for the Graduates
    • 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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    19 mins
  • Hold the Tension Longer (Best of)
    May 27 2025

    This summer, I'm re-airing some of my favorite decision making episodes. This one originally aired on January 11, 2022.

    What do we do when our next right thing is to wait for an indefinite amount of time or to hope in the face of what seems to be an impossible situation? Listen in.

    LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

    • A Hidden Wholeness by Parker 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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    13 mins
  • The Problem with Binaries in Decision Making (Best of)
    May 20 2025

    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
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    18 mins