Podcast

In this episode, you’ll hear the deeply personal story behind one of the biggest decisions I’ve ever made. After spending 20 years in medical device sales and reaching the highest point of my career, I walked away from everything to build resources for women living childless after infertility.

In this deeply personal episode of The “So Now What?” Podcast, Lana Manikowski opens up about turning 52 after seven years of infertility, IUI, and IVF treatments that ended without a child. She shares the silent fears many women carry about aging without motherhood, feeling disconnected from themselves, and questioning their purpose, identity, and future after fertility treatments end.

In Episode 205 of The “So Now What?” Podcast, Lana Manikowski shares a deeply personal recap of The Other’s Day® weekend in Chicago, where women from 13 states gathered for connection, friendship, healing, and belonging after infertility and childlessness.

In this episode of The “So Now What?” Podcast, I’m sharing the exact speech I recently gave at the Seeds of Hope Fertility Luncheon.

In this episode, you hear a real, honest conversation about what it looks like to create connection when your life doesn’t follow the traditional path.

In this episode, you hear the truth that so many women experience but rarely say out loud. When fertility treatment ends without a baby, you are often left to figure out your life on your own.

In this episode, you’ll explore how the “us versus them” mindset shows up after IVF fails or fertility treatments end without a baby, and why comparison keeps you feeling like you don’t belong.

In Episode 200, you are getting a grounded, practical conversation about rebuilding your relationship with your body after infertility.

When fertility treatments end without a baby, people assume the hardest part is over. The injections stop. The appointments end. The constant waiting slows down.

But when you’re childless after IVF failed, this is often when the identity questions begin.

In this episode of The “So Now What?” Podcast, you are introduced to the concept of a grief plateau and why it is so common for women who are childless not by choice after infertility and IVF failed.