How to Walk Into a Room with Emily P. Freeman

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Do you find it difficult to trust your own judgment? Are you uncertain about what you truly believe? How do you make the tough decisions about whether to stay or move on? Is the idea of closure just a myth? Join Dawn as she talks with Emily P. Freeman, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of five books, including her latest, “HOW TO WALK INTO A ROOM: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away,” about spiritual decluttering, and the connection between simple living and spirituality. IN THIS EPISODE 3:01 How do you build trust with yourself? 5:35 Decluttering your inner life 6:50 How to find safe relationships 8:09 Just pick what you like and see how it grows. 10:37 How to walk into a room 11:42 Our lives are a house, and every room is a story. 15:40 How do you decide what you and your family REALLY believe (without outside pressure)? 17:32 Spiritual decluttering 19:50 It’s OK to investigate 21:15 When it's better to leave, than to stay. 24:58 Is closure a myth? 29:13 Breathe prayers 30:02 “For now…” 32:19 Decluttering is to our home, as silence,stillness, and solitude is to our souls. Resources Mentioned: “Start with Hello,” by Shannon Martin Natalie Hoffman -FlyFree Podcast on YouTube Emily P. Freeman is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of five books, including The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions. As a spiritual director, workshop leader, and host of The Next Right Thing podcast (more than 25 million downloads), her most important work is to help create soul space and offer spiritual companionship and discernment for anyone struggling with decision fatigue. Emily holds a master’s degree in spiritual formation and leadership from Friends University. She lives in North Carolina with her family. https://emilypfreeman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/emilypfreeman/

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0:00.0	I think so often what haunts us the most is either our fear of what's going to happen in the future or our regrets over what's happened in the past.
0:08.1	And that keeps us pulled in two directions.
0:10.7	Neither one of those are right here where we are.
0:13.2	And right here where we are is the only place from which we can make our decisions.
0:16.5	Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast.
0:19.2	Don reaches a million women each month with practical tips to simplify your home.
0:24.2	Today, Dawn is joined by Emily P. Freeman, the New York Times best-selling author of six books,
0:29.9	including How to Walk into a Room, The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away.
0:35.0	With a master's degree in spiritual formation and leadership,
0:38.4	her most important work is to help create soul space
0:41.1	and offer spiritual companionship and discernment
0:44.1	for anyone struggling with decision fatigue.
0:47.2	Well, Emily, if we were sitting down at the end of the day
0:49.9	at the dinner table and we were going around the table
0:51.8	and doing our current highs and lows,
0:53.7	what would be a current high and low for you right now in this season of life?
0:58.0	Oh, gosh.
0:58.9	Well, that's so fun because we used to do this with our kids.
1:01.1	What was your favorite part of the day?
1:02.9	And then sometimes if we were brave, we would ask what was your least favorite part.
1:06.9	But I would say a high right now is it's summertime.
1:10.9	I love summertime.
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