By Salt 106.5 Network Thursday 6 Jun 2024LifestyleReading Time: 2 minutes
Should I stay, or should I go? The Clash asked the question, and so do we.
Key points
- Spiritual director and author Emily P. Freeman hosts The Next Right Thing podcast.
- One of the difficulties we face when choosing to stay or go, is the beliefs we have about being perceived as “admirable” for staying, or “disloyal” for leaving.
- Listen to the full episode of UNDISTRACTED with guest Emily P. Freeman in the player above or wherever you get your podcasts.
Should you stay in your job or move on? End that relationship or stick with? Continue to invest into your church community or admit it’s time to find a new one?
The transitional windows between jobs, relationships and life stages can be prickly. They lack clarity and we don’t know which choice to make, which one is “right” – and what happens if we think we’ve made the wrong one?
Spiritual director and author Emily P. Freeman hosts The Next Right Thing podcast and is passionate about helping people understand when it’s time to move on from a situation that no longer fits, and find new spaces where they can flourish and grow.
One of the difficulties we face when choosing to stay or go, is the beliefs we have about being perceived as “admirable” for staying, or “disloyal” for leaving.
One of the difficulties we face when choosing to stay or go, is the beliefs we have about being perceived as “admirable” for staying, or “disloyal” for leaving.
“We give character traits and morality to particular movements,” Emily said.
“’Stayers’ are often praised, and ‘leavers’ or ‘quitters’ are maybe criticised.
“When we attach morality or character to a particular choice, it does cloud our ability to make a different choice in the future.
“Sometimes it is really faithful to stay – that’s a beautiful thing to do – and also, there can be faithfulness in leaving, in recognising that my time here has come to an end.”
Emily’s latest book How to Walk into a Room is out now.
Listen to the full episode of UNDISTRACTED with guest Emily P. Freeman in the player above or wherever you get your podcasts.
Feature image: Photo sourced from author’s facebook