Your nEXt Chapter with Dr. Nicole | Healing From Divorce and Traumatic Transitions
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Whether you're navigating divorce, a life-altering medical diagnosis, a career transition, an empty nest, middle age, or the loss of a loved one, you deserve support on your healing journey. Through riveting conversations with survivors and experts, Dr. Nicole normalizes vulnerability, transparency, healthy boundaries, and the brave steps we take to create the lives we desire and deserve.
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Your nEXt Chapter with Dr. Nicole | Healing From Divorce and Traumatic Transitions
New Dawn: Emerging from Grief and Divorce with Clarity (w/ Tajala Battle)
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“God often gives a word before He gives understanding, so the heart learns to listen before it learns to define.”
In this episode with Tajala Battle-Lockhart, we explore what she calls her “re-season,” a deeply personal journey that began after the end of a 23-year marriage and unfolded through grief counseling, faith, reflection, and intentional stillness. Taj shares how releasing her mother’s ashes, shedding titles, and spending three years in sacred isolation helped her reset her life from the inside out to become who she was always meant to be.
If you’ve ever found yourself at the end of a chapter you didn’t choose or felt called to start over without knowing how, this episode will remind you that your re-season can begin the moment you decide to make room for what’s next.
Song of the week: Feeling Good by Nina Simone
Topics Covered:
00:00:00 – Episode snippet
01:25 – Introducing our guest, Tajala “Taj” Battle-Lockhart
03:03 – What is a re-season?
07:16 – Making room through letting go
10:25 – Words matter
13:06 – Key “re-words” on the healing journey
16:27 – The reveal: Daughter mirrors blind spots
18:17 – Learning self-reassurance
20:06 – The role of isolation in healing
22:32 – Pouring into others with more intention
25:10 – Relaunching “Phenomenal Young Women/Men”
28:32 – Start with honesty
31:03 – Ambushed by grief
33:31 – Protecting space, energy, and peace
36:01 – Our children are watching our healing
38:00 – Anchoring
42:00 – Connect with Tajala Battle
Key Takeaways:
“We have to be cautious of the words that we use, because it can be misleading, and somebody that we're trying to provide a message to can be fed incorrectly.”
About Our Guest:
Tajala “Taj” Battle-Lockhart, CHE, CSCC, is a Licensed REALTOR, Certified Hospitality Educator, College & Career Advisor, and award-winning Nonprofit Executive. With over 26 years of experience, she helps students, families, and professionals prepare for their future with confidence. Through her work in education, real estate, and community programs, Taj is committed to empowering people to grow, rebuild, and move forward.
Connect with Tajala Battle:
Web: https://www.tajconsultingevents.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tajala.battle/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/tajconsultingevents/
About Your Host
Dr. Nicole is a pediatrician, the owner of a successful healthcare consulting company, a riveting keynote and TEDx speaker, and the mom of two beautiful young adult daughters. From the outside, she appeared to have it all. But in 2023 she faced the most difficult challenge of her life- ending a 28-year marriage and navigating heartbreak, deception, and loss. Dr. Nicole is committed to creating a safe space where other women who have experienced a “divine disruption” can heal, recover, and THRIVE!
Connect with Dr. Nicole:
Web: https://yournextchapter.co/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yournextchapter_co
FB:https://www.facebook.com/yournextchapter.co
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