IVF Failed You - The "So Now What?" Podcast
Episodes
Choosing Your Self-Image: Redefining Worth After Infertility
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we dive into the intriguing realm of self-perception and self-worth. Lana Manikowski shares her personal journey and powerful insi...
Infertility Can Feel Helpless
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 104 Introduction: I'm thrilled to have you with me for another episode of "The So Now What Podcast." Today, I want to talk about something t...
Creating Goals through Habits Part 2
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The "So Now What?" Podcast. In today's episode, we continue our exploration of achieving your goals through the power of...
Creating Habits - Part 1
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introduction: Welcome to October, dear listeners! If you're tuning in today, it's the early part of this promising month. As we embrace October, we're...
Thrive Week for Women with Infertility
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Key Points: Introduction to Thrive Week: Lana introduces "Thrive Week," her innovative program designed to empower women on their fertility journeys...
Feeling Brave When You're Infertile
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I can't even tell you how good it feels. To say Episode 100 and how connected I feel to this community and to this mission that I have to help women t...
Leaving Behind a Legacy When You're CNBC
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am just so overwhelmed with excitement and pride and joy. That I have showed up here 99 times with a podcast episode. Hard to believe that in just a...
We Weren't Prepared for THIS After IVF
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I put a post on Instagram talking about some things that I was so not expectant of when my fertility journey ended and I didn't end up becoming a mom....
Prep For Your Next Social Gathering
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week I will share with you how I prepare myself, even... After all the years of coaching and being a certified life coach, I still prepare myself...
The Places You Used to Go
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are nearing 100 episodes of the So Now What Podcast. When I tell you that I never could have imagined that my first podcast, where I bravely told m...
Feeling OK for Stopping Fertility Treatments
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About six or so months ago, one of my girlfriends that I met in first grade, and we don't keep in touch. Like regularly, but when we do keep in touch,...
Our Favorite Question: Do You Have Kids?
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saying Yes Again
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am so excited to have you here again for another week of the podcast. I just can't tell you how overjoyed I am to know that my story of becoming c...
The Best Day of Your Life
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you don't know about my journey through IVF, you probably don't know that I started my treatment locally where I live in Chicago. And after I went ...
Feeling Independent After Fertility Treatments Fail
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is gonna be coming out on July 4th and in the United States that is Independence Day. And what I really wanna talk about is feeling indep...
Feeling in Alignment
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I wanted to tell you about a resource that I have available that is free for you. Anyone who is looking to love their life again and feel as though th...
Showing Support on Father's Day
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We moved last week and still getting settled in, but the change has been good. We've gotten busy hanging pictures, trying not to have to have everythi...
Imagine Life Getting REALLY GOOD Again
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
this will be my last week recording the podcast from this condo. If you have been following along with the podcast or at all on social media, we are m...
How to STOP Comparing Yourself to Those with Kids
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a woman who is diagnosed as an unexplained infertility patient, and I know if you are a woman who has experienced infertility or is childless not b...
Feeling Invisible After Failed Fertility Treatments
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I hope you're having a beautiful week. Things are just plugging away. There's so much good stuff I wanna tell you about this week, I think I'll star...
Infertility and Birthdays
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What a weekend it was - this weekend was The Other's Day Brunch on Saturday. - the Saturday before Mother's Day is our Other's Day celebration every...
Infertile and Connected
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So good to have you here again this week for another episode of the podcast. I feel so energized this week for so many reasons, and we're going to tal...
National Infertility Awareness Week 2023
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
we are just in the kickoff of National Infertility Awareness Week , this is something that I am very grateful for Because I think the conversation aro...
National Infertility Awareness Week 2023
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
we are just in the kickoff of National Infertility Awareness Week , this is something that I am very grateful for Because I think the conversation aro...
Infertility Can Have You Feeling Disconnected
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so excited to talk to you about something that comes up so often for those of us whose life ended up so differently than we thought it would, and ...
Things Didn't Work Out as Planned
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I know a lot of you have been following along on my journey of applying for a new job at work and taking my career in a bit of a different direction. ...
How Are you Coming Along?
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We just finished a really fun time in my sales organization - I had a great quarter at work and I feel really proud of where I am. I had my final inte...
Getting S%#T Done
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One more week of creating connection. One more week to find more women. Who I have just been searching for a community to join after finding out that ...
I Love You (and there's nothing you can do about it)
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm so glad that you chose to come back again and listen to another episode of the podcast. It goes without saying that. The more opportunity I have...
Your Seat at the Table
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
St. Patrick's Day is always historically such a celebration. And where we live in the city was kind of like in the height of everything that was goi...
What You Are Creating
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am so excited to talk to you this week about an area of focus that I learned. When I was in my life coach certification. Something, my teacher, Br...
Being Childless and Dying Old and Alone in a Nursing Home
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I mentioned to you last week that we were going to Lake Tahoe for our annual trip with my niece and nephew, my sister and brother-in-law, and I am j...
Handling Baby Shower Invites
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, beautiful one. I have this YouTube channel up and bumpin, so if you haven't checked it out yet, go to YouTube and search for Lana.Mankowski. On Y...
Purpose After Infertility
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I launched a YouTube channel, so I'm trying something different. I am going to be simultaneously video recording when I audio record a podcast, so you...
Purpose After Infertility
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I launched a YouTube channel, so I'm trying something different. I am going to be simultaneously video recording when I audio record a podcast, so you...
Starting to Feel Better After Infertility
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am teaching a training class in Minnesota. I just feel so grateful to play a role in the lives of folks that are starting out their career and folks...
Dealing With Failure After Failed IVF
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I was on a bit of a two week jaunt, running around, getting a lot of things done in my life, and I took a little step away from the podcast, which ...
Compensating for Being Childless
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I've been thinking about you all week and so excited to share this week's episode with you because it is such an enlightening moment that I recently h...
Choosing a Word for Your New Year
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I know that you are so looking forward to this year being so different and more light and more energizing than last year was, and I want to recogniz...
Your Infertility Story
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
thank you for listening to the podcast today, and if you landed on this podcast and something attracted you to it, listen to that little voice in your...
The Feelings We Wanted from Motherhood
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am so happy to be here and feeling so great about the magic that we can absolutely make in our lives when we go all in on ourselves and when we deci...
What Do You Desire Most?
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You are listening to the So now what podcast with Lana Mankowski, episode number 65. So now what These three words raced through my mind time and ...
What Do You Desire Most?
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You are listening to the So now what podcast with Lana Mankowski, episode number 65. So now what These three words raced through my mind time and ...
Who Will Take Care of You?
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How is your week going, you beautiful one. I hope everyone is feeling prepared for the holidays. If you've been on one of my recent calls on feeling f...
Feeling "Good Enough"
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about why we being good enough is unattainable for us. It feels like it's just something that we never fully achieve, that we do the...
Holiday Bonus Call
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week you will get a glimpse into a LIVE call I did about handling the Holidays. Here's the key takeaways: This will be the last day you are go...
Childless Around the Holidays
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you starting to get these holiday blues that just seem to be inevitable this time of year? Cause if you are, you are in the right place. I am goin...
Navigating Your Career After Infertility
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you noticed that since finding out that you weren't gonna be a mom, you felt as though your life is at a standstill. Is life just going on around...
How to Love Your Life After IVF
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know how good that feels for 60 weeks? I don't know if I've ever been so consistent about anything for 60 weeks, but it feels so good to show u...
Infertility Can Keep You Captive
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week I want to talk about part 2 of Episode 58 where we talked about people feeling sorry for us. If you haven't listened to that episode, I advi...
No Need to Feel Sorry for Me
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
things are progressing here. everything. Um, thrive after infertility, moving along fabulously. I'm just so in love with the program. I can't wait to ...
Infertility Is So Challenging
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We launched Thrive after Infertility last week. We had our first class on Wednesday, and can I just tell you, it was magic. It was magic for me. I kno...
Infertility is So Challenging
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We launched Thrive after Infertility last week. We had our first class on Wednesday, and can I just tell you, it was magic. It was magic for me. I kno...
The Life We Dreamed Of
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want to talk about a topic this week and offer you some opportunity to do some belief work in your own life. So, you know that I teach about the B...
Speaking Up for Women with Infertility
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How are you? How is this life of yours? How are you feeling? How are you doing and what are you doing to make changes in your life and in your future?...
Will My Marriage Be Enough?
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am freshly back from vacation; this is our first time we did any time away since COVID we went to wine country in Sonoma. And hung out there for a f...
Loving Your Body Again
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am so committed to you, this community, and to myself to continue showing up every week, and offering you an opportunity to see that loving your lif...
Happy 1st Birthday
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Birthday. It is hard to know what you would have blossomed into when I hit "publish" on Episode 1. I was so uncomfortable sharing the emotions I...
Grieving the Motherhood You Didn't Achieve
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As of today, we are just over 8,500 downloads of the podcast, which just tells me that there is more work to be done because at the rate, the podcast ...
Passing Time After Failing IVF
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am doing great. I am just very overjoyed. Lot of good stuff going on. I feel like between the. Upcoming thrive after infertility mastermind that I'm...
Finding Your Purpose Without Children
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for coming to listen to another episode, as you know, I am getting close to my 52nd Episode hard to believe it's gonna be almost a year that...
Finding New Friends When You Are Childless
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am feeling so full, so grateful and so energized by the amazing students that I've been working with and all of the people that have been so recepti...
Friendships When You Are Childless
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As women without children, you are not alone if you question your relevance in your existing friendships, especially when there's lots of mom and kid ...
What Type of Childless Life Will You Fight For?
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We fight for thoughts that don't feel good to us. Many of us have a past that did not go as we had planned, dreamed and hoped for. We commonly feel de...
Feeling Out of Control After Failing IVF
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are talking about feeling in control. It's easy to feel out of control during your fertility treatments, but when your fertility treatmen...
You Can Always Adopt
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am so appreciative for the reviews that have been coming in on the podcast. I got one this week, and I wanted to share it with you. Listening...
Being Selfish
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about being selfish. A word we think is bad. We spend so much of our life doing for others in the hope we will please them and w...
My Body Didn't Do What it Was Designed To
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am back from an amazing weekend in Colorado. As you know, I have been doing a deep dive into reinvention. The belief reinvention experience has been...
How People Make Us Feel
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us again on the, so now what podcast, first off wanna tell you, thank you to everyone who gave me a rating and review of the podc...
Our Instruction Manual
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am just wrapping up a week of being a solo dog mom. My husband has been away for 10 days on a "boy's trip'' in Greece. So many people are amaz...
Our Instruction Manual
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am just wrapping up a week of being a solo dog mom. My husband has been away for 10 days on a "boy's trip'' in Greece. So many people are amaz...
Getting to Neutral About Life After Failed IVF
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Belief Reinvention Experience is in full pilot mode. - some students already made their way through the 4 weeks, - new students starting this ...
Noticing and Normalizing Beliefs About our Childless Life
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What it means to notice our thoughts or notice our beliefs. Those who are part of the Belief Reinvention Experience know what it's like to go through ...
Moments with My Mentor - An Interview with Corinne Crabtree
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After multiple IUI and IVF cycles, my weight gain was prominent. Throughout my 7 year journey of medicated cycles, I packed on an extra 25lbs. Whe...
Celebrating Birthdays When you are Childless
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, beautiful people. How is everyone this beautiful summer day, I am just coming off a weekend of celebrating a birthday. And if you are like me, ...
For the Love of Connection
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, beautiful people, I am coming to you with the hugest smile on my face. Because we just got done celebrating our first annual Other's Day brunch...
Thoughts on Handling a Childless Mother's Day
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello beautiful people with Mother's Day going on May 1 In the UK, and on May 8 here in the United States, there are a ton of emotions coming up for t...
National Infertility Awareness Week
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, beautiful people! In this episode, we're diving into the unique experience of National Infertility Awareness Week for those who've been through...
Who Are You?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, my beautiful people. How is everyone this beautiful spring day? Hope everyone had a lovely Easter and Passover, whatever it is, you're celebrat...
IVF Gotta Take Action
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, beautiful people. How was everyone this week? You all know that I was at the Life Coach School mastermind meeting. I was in Austin, Texas. It was...
Floating on a Cloud
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Episode 30!! 30 weeks, we have been meeting here on Tuesdays to get a little slice of newness to apply and new things to implement i...
How Is Your Past Helping You?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you look at your past, what story are you telling yourself? I recently reconnected with someone I met when I represented the state of Indiana b...
How to Say Goodbye
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am recording from my new apartment we moved to last week, everything went great, except I cannot find my headset that I normally record my podcast o...
What you Have
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, my beautiful people. I am recording today in the midst of moving boxes and bubble wrap and all kinds of things to prepare for our move. In E...
What Do You Want?
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I feel so fabulous to be back here for Episode 26 with all of you because that marks exactly six months of me doing weekly podcasts, these last 26 wee...
Clearing Clutter
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The next few episodes are going to be covering moving and change movement in our surroundings and the things that are around us. Because I've had movi...
A Realization About the Future
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I want to talk a little bit about this transition that we go through, or this obstacles that it seems as though we're faced with. And for me, it took ...
Taking B-F-A
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us back at the So Now What Podcast. And this brings me to the culmination of what I would call a mini lesson. If you're part of my ...
Finding our Facts
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're going to learn how to pull out the facts in your story so you can create new and powerful thoughts that motivate you to take action ...
Why is it So Hard to Think Positively?
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to think 'Positively"? When we start to become aware of the thoughts/stories we have vs the facts, it can be easy to judge yourself....
Are our Thoughts Really the Facts?
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about stories (thoughts) versus facts (circumstances). Because we lived it, many of us can share a story about our infertility. All of ...
How to Love Your Life Again After IVF
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ar you searching to learn how to love your life again after infertility and IVF treatments have ended? It's something I hear so commonly from my clien...
What's YOUR Word?
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I am so exceptionally grateful for the community that has followed me on this journey that's encouraged me on this journey and has watched me grow in ...
Motherhood: Is it a Goal or an Expectation?
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We made it through the Christmas holidays. I had a really beautiful holiday. It was small, but it was, something very magical. I think a lot of it has...
Making Holidays Meaningful
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Download your FREE version of the "Guide to Meaningful Holidays". https://stitchcoaching.com/holiday-workbook/ Hello, beautiful people. I hope everyon...
What's Wrong with Being Sad
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
on this week's podcast, I'm going to talk to you about what's wrong with being sad. Okay, you ready? I'll cut to the chase and tell you in one word...
What are you Waiting For?
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are you waiting for? just got back from Mexico - my first trip from Cov id. I was anxious about travel and risks associated with it. But, it was ...
Feeling Free to Change
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guide to Meaningful Holidays: Guide to Meaningful Holidays – Stitch Coaching | Higher Awareness Coaching It's hard to believe like we're looking at ...
Feeling Thankful for a Life with Infertility?
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we embark on the Thanksgiving holidays, and all the official hoopla that is about to start for the holiday season. many of us and many couples are ...
Cozying Up With Our Infertility Buffers
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 11 Cozying Up With Our Infertility Buffers Last week we talked about buffering in for many that was a bit of a Mind Blow. gotten some DMs, ...