I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Ray Thing.

You're listening to episode 309.

I'm an author, a spiritual director, and an occasional workshop leader.

I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina with director and an occasional workshop leader.

I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina with my family, and through my work I've helped

thousands of spiritually thoughtful people overcome decision fatigue so that they can discern their next right thing in faith work in life.

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about discernment and decision-making for anyone who wants to move beyond the pro-con list.

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

away from the constant stream of information and the sometimes

delightful but also distracting hum of entertainment, you're in the right place for discerning

your next right thing.

It's good to be back in my podcasting chair.

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Your responses will help us so much to know not only who you are and what resonates the most, but also

where you live and what decisions are giving you the most trouble these days.

Well I've now declared January to be the new week between Christmas and the new year and in today's episode

we'll unpack how to make it so. Listen in. From Winter Song by Ingrid Michelson and Sarah Burrellis.

They say that things just cannot grow beneath the winter snow, or so I have been told.

And so it's January.

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