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

You're listening to episode 98.

This is a podcast all about making decisions.

It's also a podcast about making a life.

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or just need a few minutes away

from the constant stream of information, and is sometimes delightful but also distracting

hum of entertainment, you're in the right place.

You'll find a thoughtful story, a little prayer, and a simple next right step every Tuesday.

And listen, making decisions we know is hard enough.

But add the unpredictability of emotion to the mix, and making a confident decision can

feel for some of us nearly impossible.

What do we do when we have a decision to make, but we have such strong emotions surrounding

that decision that we feel paralyzed to move one way or the other?

It's a great question.

And I can't say I have a clean linear answer, but I do have thoughts, and I hope you'll

listen in.

One of my earliest most self-aware memories is the belief that I was too sensitive.

We could go on and on about where that came from and how it developed, but just a save

time.

I'll say, all of us no matter how healthy and safe your childhood may have been, we all

have false narratives that we tell ourselves about ourselves.

They start when we're young and hang on until we face them, and this was one of mine.

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