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The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
Emily P. Freeman
4.22 AVERAGE
308 reviews for:
The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions
Emily P. Freeman
4.22 AVERAGE
“Our next right thing will often be to wait. Give time to allow the clutter to clear. Create space for your soul to breathe. Make room for your desire to show up at the table. Begin to name the unnamed things. Wait. Listen. Repeat.”
I felt like I was sitting down with an old friend every time I picked this book up. Emily P. Freeman writes a simple, yet convicting & compelling book on making decisions and creating practices that prevent decision fatigue. While it is not a fast read (because I wanted to soak it all in), it’s a powerful read.
Highly recommend this for anyone who, like me, are in seasons of transition and/or are making decisions around what’s next.
I felt like I was sitting down with an old friend every time I picked this book up. Emily P. Freeman writes a simple, yet convicting & compelling book on making decisions and creating practices that prevent decision fatigue. While it is not a fast read (because I wanted to soak it all in), it’s a powerful read.
Highly recommend this for anyone who, like me, are in seasons of transition and/or are making decisions around what’s next.
A reread for me before Emily’s next book releases! I love everything she writes and this had so many good reminders.
This book was gifted to me by a friend who knew that reading it would be my Next Right Thing. I am not good at making some decisions, and I'm even worse at taking action on my chose path. Fear, perfectionism, and a longing for control are at the heart of my struggle with these things. Emily Freeman shares so many anecdotes and examples that I felt like could have been taken straight out of my life that I felt the book was almost written for me. There are actionable steps in this guide, but also the opportunity to grow closer to God and sense his presence as you read Emily's words. I am very appreciative for this book. It is an inspired gift!
I took my time with this one, and honestly I’m ready to read it again because it was very very good. Whether you’re trying to make a decision or not, this book is full of helpful practices for mindfulness, for knowing yourself, and for making choices that help you to move in a positive direction. It was a fantastic balance of practical advice, personal narratives and anecdotes, and ideas to consider. I absolutely loved it. I have listened to Emily P. Freeman’s podcast that inspired this book, and I recommend that as well. This book is so rich, and I’m very thankful I took the time to pick it up.
Emily is a beautiful writer. This has some great practical tips and some great word pictures.
Enter from stage left one of the best books I have read in 2021! This book is fantastic. It is full of practical wisdom, scripture, God, and many more nuggets.
There are many things that I enjoyed from this book: the author is humble. She often admits her own shortcomings and how she is disadvantaged in a lot of ways. Magnification and public display of one's insecurities takes humility and courage. Freeman's risk pays capital gains, particularly when the reader sells their investment in her book at the end, because her humility very much lessens my preachiness meter. This book more like a conversation. It felt like Freeman was trying to relationship with me on both a spiritual and friendly way.
Freeman doesn't cite a lot of science, but she does give us a dash of scripture! My only advice is to not enter this book expecting scientific studies and scripture alignment. Not the right book for that mindset and I didn't feel like Freeman promised this. Some books lose a lot of credibility and stars from me when they read like they are experts in fields, promise data, but either do not deliver, or deliver datapoints that are standing on fallacious logic. I didn't find any of that in this book.
Give this book a try. I know I will reference it at least thrice before we hit 2022.
Keeping the reading journey going people!
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There are many things that I enjoyed from this book: the author is humble. She often admits her own shortcomings and how she is disadvantaged in a lot of ways. Magnification and public display of one's insecurities takes humility and courage. Freeman's risk pays capital gains, particularly when the reader sells their investment in her book at the end, because her humility very much lessens my preachiness meter. This book more like a conversation. It felt like Freeman was trying to relationship with me on both a spiritual and friendly way.
Freeman doesn't cite a lot of science, but she does give us a dash of scripture! My only advice is to not enter this book expecting scientific studies and scripture alignment. Not the right book for that mindset and I didn't feel like Freeman promised this. Some books lose a lot of credibility and stars from me when they read like they are experts in fields, promise data, but either do not deliver, or deliver datapoints that are standing on fallacious logic. I didn't find any of that in this book.
Give this book a try. I know I will reference it at least thrice before we hit 2022.
Keeping the reading journey going people!
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I really enjoyed this book and I think some of the practices were helpful. However, I do listen to her podcast and I think some of them were repeated. I do not think that takes away from the book, but something to be mindful of if you listen to her podcast. There is new information to take away.
My favorite chapter was absolutely chapter 23.
My favorite chapter was absolutely chapter 23.
If you’ve heard Freeman’s podcast by the same name you already know the wealth of wisdom (and incredible soothing voice) she brings to the table. In the book she captures many of her podcast episodes into writing and adds reflection questions, prayers and prompts. There is repetition from the podcast but I was happy to have it in writing. If you or someone you know is liking for thoughtful reflection and guidance on making decisions I highly suggest this book. You’d be hard pressed not to find tangible takeaways.
I've never been a fan of Christian books that throw around lots of faith-based lingo. I felt like an outsider to my own faith reading this book, simply because I'm not a certain "brand" of Christian, which I find awkward.
I picked this one up because my own minister is a big proponent of this concept, but I do not like Emily Freeman's execution here. It feels exclusionary, like a book written especially for her church discussion group.
I picked this one up because my own minister is a big proponent of this concept, but I do not like Emily Freeman's execution here. It feels exclusionary, like a book written especially for her church discussion group.
Nice bite-sized chapters. Some of it sounds like "follow your heart" philosophy with a Christian flavor, which makes me wary, but Emily also offers plenty of life-giving advice and practical steps to take. A book I will probably come back to.