How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Podcast host, spiritual director, and bestselling author of The Next Right Thing, Emily P. Freeman, offers guidance to help us recognize when it’s time to move on from situations that no longer serve us, allowing us to find new spaces where we can flourish and grow.

What do you do when you start to feel a shift and must decide if it’s time to make a change? When it comes to navigating big decisions about when to stay and go, how can we know for sure when the time is right? Though we enter and exit many rooms over the course of our life—jobs, relationships, communities, life stages—knowing how and when it’s time to leave is a decision that rarely has a clear answer.Podcast host, spiritual director, and bestselling author of The Next Right Thing, Emily P. Freeman offers guidance to help us recognize when it’s time to move on from situations that no longer fit, allowing us to find new spaces where we can flourish and grow.How to Walk Into a Room helps us begin to uncover the silent, nuanced, and hidden arrows for anyone asking questions like: How do I know if it’s time to move on? What if I stay and nothing changes? What if I leave and everything falls apart?Through thought-provoking questions, lyrical narrative, spiritual practices, and personal stories, How to Walk into A Room will help you:Know and name the caution flags in your current spacesDiscern the difference between true peace and discomfort avoidanceNavigate endings even when there is no closureFind peace for when you feel ready but it isn’t timeFind courage for when it’s time but you don’t feel readyFor anyone standing in a threshold, here’s a book to help discern the how, when, and what now of walking out of rooms and into new ones with peace, confidence, and a whole heart.

About the Author

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, 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.