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The Next Right Thing

319: Finding Vocational Clarity with Parker J. Palmer

The Next Right Thing

Emily P. Freeman

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today we're continuing our conversations with people who have a lot of wisdom to offer when it comes to leaving rooms and finding new ones.

My guest today is a writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change. He is the founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal and his name is Parker J. Palmer. He's the author of 10 books including one of my favorites, Let Your Life Speak. He's a member of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, and he lives together with his wife Sharon in Madison Wisconsin.

I invited Parker on because his work has had a profound impact on my own personal formation and has helped to shape my own understanding of the human soul. I'm grateful he said yes to sitting in the room with me today. Listen in.

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0:00.0

I'm Emily P. Freeman and welcome to The Next Right Thing. You're listening to episode 319.

0:07.0

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

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

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I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina with my family,

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and through my work I've helped thousands of spiritually thoughtful people

0:19.3

overcome decision fatigue so that they can discern their next right thing in faith, work, and life.

0:27.6

If you struggle with decision fatigue, chronic hesitation, or if you just need a few minutes away from the constant stream of

0:34.8

information and the sometimes delightful but also distracting hum of

0:38.9

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

0:44.0

Today, I'm continuing a series of conversations I'm having this month.

0:49.0

With people who I believe have a lot to teach us about the healthy human rhythm of leaving rooms

0:54.9

and finding new ones. As we celebrate the release of how to walk into a room I wanted

0:59.9

to have some dedicated conversations about the art of knowing when to stay and when to walk away.

1:06.3

Well as I've said many times, the book is available right now and you have one more day to receive

1:11.1

some free gifts with your purchase,

1:12.9

including the audio blessings for Hallows and Goodbyes,

1:16.4

as well as a 30-page downloadable workbook

1:19.0

to help you find low-key closure

1:20.8

for those endings in your life,

1:22.3

as well as clarity about your

1:23.7

beginnings just visit Emily.Fryman.com which will make easy for you through a link in

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the show notes. My guest today is a writer, speaker, an activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change.

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