I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to the next right thing.

You're listening to episode 211.

This is a podcast about making decisions, but also about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation,

or if you just need a few minutes away from the constant stream of information

and sometimes delightful but also distracting hum of entertainment,

you're in the right place for discerning your next right thing.

Listen in.

What is the daily examin?

How does it work?

What is the purpose?

And what does it have to do with discerning my next right thing?

Every now and then I like to host an episode introducing a spiritual practice

that I've found to be personally transformative.

Now I haven't necessarily scheduled these episodes in any formal way,

although maybe I will, moving forward into the future,

but I will say I have done this in the past periodically.

For example, I've shared about the ancient practice of borrowing prayers in episode 93.

And then we've prayed some of those prayers together here,

like in episode 160, the welcoming prayer,

and the prayer of Saint Francis to begin the new year that was episode 207.

I've also shared a few episodes about the practice of spiritual direction,

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