Episode 35 - Soulful Decision Making
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How many of you have been stressed or anxious about making decisions? (raising my hand!) Host Jeremy Frye talks with Emily Freeman, author of “The Next Right Thing” about how decision doesn’t need to be stressful, but can be a soulful practice, and how at the core it is not about making decisions but creating each of our lives.
2 Key Practices to start with:
1. Clearing the Decks – minimizing your things/clutter and your inner-life.
Decluttering of desk = taking care of your space
Silence = soulful moment: embrace Silence without an agenda
Mentioned:
2. Recognize narratives about yourself, about this decision, and especially about God.
What we believe about God will always color our decision – “Don’t believe anything bad about God” – Dallas Willard
We need to expose our false narrative of god and our false narrative of ourselves
Mentioned:
Dietrich Bonhofer – “I need the Christ that is in you, and you need the Christ that is in me”
Other practices mentioned:
Pro Con List – lacks the nuance and heart, but can help
Life energy list (**Preferred Method)
Example: Your job = Take certain amount of time to look at the job and make two lists. 1. What is life draining 2. what is life giving.
Mentioned:
“You are one in whom Christ delights and dwells. You live in the strong and unshakeable kingdom of God. The kingdom is not in trouble and neither are you.” ~ James Bryan Smith
Special Guest
EMILY P. FREEMAN is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Simply Tuesday and A Million Little Ways. As host of The Next Right Thing podcast, she helps create space for the soul to breathe, offering fresh perspective on the sacredness of our inner life with God. Emily and her husband live in North Carolina with their three children.
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