<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Today I'm sharing another phrase we might hear often –&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Protect your peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. I like that phrase and I also wonder sometimes if we take it too far. Does our peace need protecting? When and to what extent? How can we know when our next right thing is to protect our peace and when instead we might need to extend it or even step into discomfort on purpose? That's today's episode.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Listen in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.emilypfreeman.com/podcast/383" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Episode 383: How to Know if a Process is Worth Trusting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lX9XESvDE" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;em&gt;New Heights&lt;/em&gt; with Taylor Swift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/opinion/americans-marriage-loneliness-love.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;David Brooks in the &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DTInW_VEVN7/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Find Brooke Romney on Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/cktR9tv8sYk" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Watch this episode on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-right-thing/id1268826768" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Leave a review on Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theschoolforcreativedirection.com/app" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Download The Quiet Collection app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://emilypfreeman.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Join The Soul Minimalist Substack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://emilypfreeman.com/how-to-walk-into-a-room-book/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Order a &lt;em&gt;How to Walk into a Room&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Download the free discussion guide for &lt;em&gt;How to Walk into a Room&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://emilypfreeman.com/how-to-walk-into-a-room-book/"&gt;by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.emilypfreeman.com/podcast/384" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Download the transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

The Next Right Thing

with Emily P. Freeman

384: When to Protect Your Peace

MAR 10, 202614 MIN
The Next Right Thing

384: When to Protect Your Peace

MAR 10, 202614 MIN

Description

Today I'm sharing another phrase we might hear often – Protect your peace. I like that phrase and I also wonder sometimes if we take it too far. Does our peace need protecting? When and to what extent? How can we know when our next right thing is to protect our peace and when instead we might need to extend it or even step into discomfort on purpose? That's today's episode. Listen in. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Episode 383: How to Know if a Process is Worth Trusting New Heights with Taylor Swift David Brooks in the New York Times Find Brooke Romney on Instagram FIND EMILY ELSEWHERE: Watch this episode on YouTube Leave a review on Apple Podcasts Download The Quiet Collection app Join The Soul Minimalist Substack Order a How to Walk into a Room Download the free discussion guide for How to Walk into a Room by visiting this page and clicking the button "Discussion Guide" Download the transcript