Your nEXt Chapter with Dr. Nicole | Healing From Divorce and Traumatic Transitions
Welcome to the Your nEXt Chapter podcast w/ Dr. Nicole, where we explore the challenges and breakthroughs high-achieving women of faith experience as they reclaim joy, reimagine the future and redefine their identity after divorce and other unexpected life transitions.
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
The Clarity to Decide: Do I Stay or Do I Go? (w/ Betsy Pake)
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Being stuck between staying and leaving can feel like living in constant tension within yourself.
In this week’s conversation, Dr. Nicole sits down with Betsy Pake, certified master coach and host of The Art of Living Big podcast, to talk about the clarity needed to make life-changing decisions in relationships. They unpack why high-achieving women can lead powerfully in their careers yet feel stuck in their personal lives, the internal conflict behind indecision, and how beliefs, patterns, and past experiences shape the choices we struggle to make.
If you have ever felt paralyzed trying to figure out the “right” decision, this episode is a reminder that clarity doesn’t come from overthinking, but from reconnecting with who you truly are.
Song of the week: Hard Place by H.E.R.
Topics Covered:
00:00:00 – Episode Snippet
00:01:14 – Introducing our guest, Betsy Pake
00:04:11 – Betsy’s journey to her work
00:07:37 – Conflicting beliefs women carry
00:10:02 – Disorientation and lack of direction
00:11:43 – Ad: Join the R&R Collective™
00:13:05 – Clarity through letting go of inherited beliefs
00:15:24 – Clarity starts with self-awareness
00:20:38 – No perfect decision
00:21:28 – Brain filters through focus and emotion
00:24:30 – Align beliefs with future vision
00:26:52 – All it takes is a mustard seed
00:29:41 – Indecision is internal conflict
00:30:38 – Heal to break cycles
00:34:30 – Own your part
00:36:37 – Your choices are shaping who you’re becoming
00:39:40 – Honor past versions of you
00:42:49 – Reclaim yourself
00:43:31 – Connect with Betsy
Key Takeaways:
“Whatever it is that you're doing today is creating a version of you.”
“If you don’t like who you’re becoming, it’s your responsibility to do something about it.”
*Want to join our membership community, the R&R Collective™? The doors have reopened and will close again on 4/1/26. Apply today! (The deadline to apply is 3/23.) bit.ly/yncapply
About Our Guest
Betsy Pake is a certified master coach, speaker, and writer with over 12 years of experience helping women expand their potential. Using trauma-informed care and neuroscience-based techniques, she supports women through midlife transitions, marital challenges, and major life decisions. She is the creator of The Navigate Method and host of the weekly podcast The Art of Living Big.
Connect with Betsy:
Website: https://betsypake.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betsypake/
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