The Next Right Thing
by with Emily P. Freeman
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398: Journaling Through Grief
Oct 13, 2026
13m 05s
397: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Fall
Oct 6, 2026
17m 13s
396: How to Find and Follow Arrows
Sep 29, 2026
15m 11s
395: Find a Spiritual Practice That Fits Your Life
Sep 22, 2026
15m 01s
394: Keep Going
Sep 15, 2026
9m 13s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/13/26 | 398: Journaling Through Grief | One of the spiritual practices I turn to often is journaling. It helps me process my thoughts, know what I think, and write what I know. But when I'm in the middle of a difficult time, particularly when I'm navigating through grief, I've discovered I have a more difficult time writing complete sentences. Over the years I've learned a few things that have helped me to not drop the practice of journaling altogether. I'd love to share them in case they are helpful for you too. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Grief resources FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join The Soul Minimalist Substack 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 | 13m 05s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | 397: A Soul Minimalist's Guide to Fall | We're a few weeks into a new season which means there's a good chance you might be feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated. In today's episode I'd love to guide you through a simple 5 movement reset to help clear some space on the inside. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Simplify by Joshua Becker FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join The Soul Minimalist Substack 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 | 17m 13s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | 396: How to Find and Follow Arrows | Surprising to absolutely no one who has been here for five minutes, I submit that the way to begin considering what might be next for you is not by trying to see the future. Instead, it begins with looking to the past. But then what do you do with what you see? I submit you begin to look for arrows. If you are in a season of considering what might be next in your own life and need a bit of a starting point, this episode is for you. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: How to Find and Follow Arrows workshop Order How to Walk into a Room FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Join The Soul Minimalist Substack 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 | 15m 11s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | 395: Find a Spiritual Practice That Fits Your Life | When it comes to spiritual practice, it helps me to remember that the goal is not to be good at spiritual practice. The goal is union with God, connection with each other, and love. I've been on a long path over the years of unlearning and relearning what spiritual practices are meant for and how to enter into it as a gift rather than a burden. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: 365: The Spiritual Practice of Looking Up and Down Order How to Walk into a Room Scan the QR code in the back of How to Walk into a Room to claim your free Blessings for Hellos and Goodbyes (plus the downloadable workbook) FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 15m 01s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | 394: Keep Going | How can we be consistent without falling into rigidity? Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Learn more about Journal Club FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 transcripts | 9m 13s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | 393: Signs You're Finally Beginning to Heal | After a long time off, welcome all the way back to the podcast. I'm glad to be here and I hope you are, too. We'll begin as we often do around here: by looking back, starting back in February when I discerned my word for this year would be HEAL. On this first episode of fall, I'll share the view from here, what healing means for me in this season, and how to know if healing is on the horizon. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Download grief resources Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal Download The Quiet Collection app Order a How to Walk into a Room Join The Soul Minimalist Substack FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 14m 57s | ||||||
| 7/28/26 | Psalm 100 | It's the last week of Psalm Summer 2026, and I'll be reading three versions of Psalm 62. When this series is over, we'll have all the Psalms for you as a collection in The Quiet Collection app. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: The Quiet Collection app Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal Grab a copy of my book How to Walk into a Room Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman | 3m 16s | ||||||
| 7/21/26 | Psalmsspirituality+3 | — | The Quiet CollectionPsalm 62+1 | — | Psalm 62spirituality+3 | — | 7m 00s | ||
| 7/14/26 | Psalmsspirituality+3 | — | The Next Right Thing Guided JournalThe Quiet Collection+2 | — | Psalm 54spirituality+3 | — | 3m 44s | ||
| 7/7/26 | Psalmsspirituality+3 | — | The Next Right Thing Guided JournalThe Quiet Collection+2 | — | Psalm 13spirituality+3 | — | 3m 38s | ||
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| 6/30/26 | Psalmsspirituality+3 | — | The Next Right Thing Guided JournalHow to Walk into a Room+2 | — | Psalm 8spirituality+3 | — | 4m 32s | ||
| 6/23/26 | Psalmsspirituality+3 | — | The Next Right Thing Guided JournalHow to Walk into a Room+2 | — | Psalm 3spirituality+3 | — | 4m 10s | ||
| 6/2/26 | writingspiritual formation+3 | James Bryan Smith | RenovaréFriends University+2 | — | Formation Writers GuildJames Bryan Smith+4 | — | 42m 10s | ||
| 5/12/26 | decision makingspirituality+3 | — | The Quiet CollectionThe Soul Minimalist+2 | — | decision makingspirituality+3 | — | 15m 08s | ||
| 5/5/26 | slowing downseasonal stress+3 | — | They Orbited the Moon, But I Keep Coming Back to the Crew. | — | slow downseasonal stress+5 | — | 8m 40s | ||
| 4/28/26 | reflectionbirthdays+3 | — | The Quiet Collection appHow to Walk into a Room+5 | — | reflectionbirthdays+3 | — | 11m 19s | ||
| 4/21/26 | self-carepersonal growth+3 | — | Project Hail MaryJoyful, Anyway | — | springself-reflection+3 | — | 10m 35s | ||
| 4/14/26 | 388: Do What You Can | Inevitably in life, all of us will face unexpected turns and be required to navigate terrain we didn't choose and don't understand. What do we do when life is interrupted, when the story you were happy to tell is no longer true? When the crisis isn't obvious or clear or public? When the help we need feels as desperate as a house fire but it's not fully ours to ask for? I have a few ideas. Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 Download the transcript | 8m 53s | ||||||
| 4/7/26 | On Being A Well by Macrina Wiederkehr | This episode originally aired on March 14, 2023. Today I'll re-share words from someone else for all of us to listen to and carry with us and reflect on together. I've chosen a poem by Macrina Wiederkehr, a writer who has been a companion for me for many years now (though she never knew it.) She was a master of everyday spirituality and had a lovely way of seeing and speaking of God in the midst of ordinary things of life. Macrina wrote a reflection on Jesus' interaction with the woman at the well, as recorded in John chapter 4. So here is "On Being A Well" by Macrina Wiederkehr from her book, Seasons of Your Heart. Listen in. Links + Resources From This Episode: Seasons of Your Heart by Macrina Wiederkehr The Quiet Collection app Order The Next Right Thing Guided Journal 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" Find me on Instagram @emilypfreeman Leave a review on Apple Podcasts | 3m 16s | ||||||
| 3/31/26 | 387: Learning to Let Go | Today I want to share a bit more personally about my own journey this last 6 weeks. As always, my only hope in sharing with you my inner processing is that perhaps it will help you begin to make sense of your own. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 11m 12s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 | 386: Counter Your Weights | If you continue to struggle with knowing how to carry the hard stuff without becoming cynical, angry, or sad all the time and also how to carry the good stuff without feeling guilty or succumbing to toxic positivity you're in the right place. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Order Counterweights by Shannan Martin Join Emily and Shannan at Main Street Books Davidson on April 9th Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen Greensboro FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 10m 41s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | 385: Our Friend Jesus | I've been hosting The Next Right Thing for nearly nine years and through sharing simple, soulful practices for making life decisions, I've also offered a window into my own walk with God, including my questions, struggles, gratitudes, and growth. Like you, I've experienced a lot of change in nine years – from parenting middle schoolers to now having college aged kids; going to graduate school and becoming a spiritual director; from loving our church to leaving our church, and finding a new one, including becoming curious about the Quaker expression of our Christian faith. In the midst of all these changes, many things have remained the same, one thing in particular and today I wanted to share more about what it has meant to walk with our friend Jesus through this winding path of life. I hope you'll listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Order your Next Right Thing Guided Journal and use code JOURNALCLUB40 for 40% off and free standard US shipping FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 22m 23s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 | 384: When to Protect Your Peace | Today I'm sharing another phrase we might hear often – Protect your peace. I like that phrase and I also wonder sometimes if we take it too far. Does our peace need protecting? When and to what extent? How can we know when our next right thing is to protect our peace and when instead we might need to extend it or even step into discomfort on purpose? That's today's episode. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Episode 383: How to Know if a Process is Worth Trusting New Heights with Taylor Swift David Brooks in the New York Times Find Brooke Romney on Instagram FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 14m 56s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 | 383: How to Know if a Process is Worth Trusting | What does it mean to "trust the process"? What qualifies as a process worth trusting? How can we discern the difference between when it's time to trust the process and when we need to disrupt it? Let's get into it together. FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube Purchase The Lent Collection 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 | 22m 53s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 | 382: A Reset List for Your Soul | Clearing the clutter on the inside will almost always lead to more confident decisions on the outside. If you're in need for a gentle inner-life wellness check, this episode is for you. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: The Gift of Being Yourself by David G. Benner Order a How to Walk into a Room FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube 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 | 12m 05s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Next Right Thing
Peaked at #33 in SA, currently #33 in SA.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| TW | — | #100 | #100 | — |
| CZ | — | #109 | #109 | — |
| CO | — | #119 | #119 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #135 | #135 | — |
| TH | — | #139 | #139 | — |
| PL | — | #184 | #184 | — |
| ID | — | #184 | #184 | — |
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 8 markets.