What Comes Next? Learning to Trust Yourself in Midlife-A Conversation with Kolette Hall

About this episode

Brooke Oniki and life coach Kolette Hall discuss navigating life's unexpected turns and learning to trust oneself in midlife.

What do you do when life doesn’t turn out the way you expected? Whether you're navigating loss, preparing for an empty nest, or simply wondering “what’s next for me?” —this conversation will meet you right where you are. In this episode, I sit down with life coach Kolette Hall, who shares her powerful story of becoming a young widow, raising her son, and learning—again and again—how to move forward without having the whole plan. Together, we explore what it really means to trust yourself, how to recognize God’s guidance in your life, and why you don’t need clarity about the future to take your next step. This is a conversation about identity, grief, growth, and possibility—and how to create a life you love, even when it looks different than you imagined. What You’ll Learn: Why you don’t need to know the full plan to move forward How to trust your “inner knowing” (even if you’ve doubted it before) The difference between a “red light” and a “green light” in decision-making A powerful way to process grief without judgment How to support others who are grieving (without saying the wrong thing) Why your past decisions weren’t mistakes—even if they were hard How to begin creating…

People in this episode

Host: Brooke Oniki

Guest: Kolette Hall

Topics covered

• trusting yourself
• navigating loss
• empty nest
• identity
• grief
• growth
• possibility

Keywords

• midlife
• trust
• grief
• growth
• identity
• decision-making
• God's guidance

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