This Wasn't the Plan
Episodes
Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body: Hormones, Weight & Starting Over with Gina Livy
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody counted more carefully than you. Nobody tried harder. And it still didn't work — and that's not a coincidence, that's a system that was never...
Why Adult Friendships End: My Experience with Friendship Breakups and the 3 Types of Friend Loss
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Losing a friend as an adult is one of the most common — and most untalked about — experiences we go through. And yet almost no one gives us permis...
How to Build Resilience and Heal After Life’s Unexpected Losses & Chapters with Blair Kaplan Venables
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Grief can come from infertility, lost dreams, identity shifts, divorce, career changes, or the life you thought you were going to have.In this episode...
Divorce, Friendship Breakups, Infertility & Thriving After Life’s Hardest Chapters with Jess Prudhomme – Season 2 Premiere
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Life rarely goes according to plan - but the chapters that challenge us the most can also teach us the most. In this Season 2 premiere of This Wasn’...
Childfree by Circumstance - Choosing Yourself After IVF, Miscarriage, and Letting Go of the Plan
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you stop chasing the life you were told to want and choose yourself instead?In this episode of This Wasn’t the Plan, Tara sits dow...
When Life Does Not Follow the Plan - Letting Go of Timelines, Fertility Curveballs, and Unexpected Resilience with Laura Behnke
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with writer and creator of The Life Actually Company, Laura Behnke, for an honest conversation about releasing societal ti...
Jessica Field on Infertility, Miscarriage & Life’s Unplanned Pivots
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jessica Field opens up about navigating life’s unexpected turns - from moving across the continent and starting over, to facing inf...
Childfree Not by Choice - How I Learned I Would Be Ok and Chose Life After Infertility
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you are childfree not by choice and forced to grieve a life you deeply wanted?In this solo episode, I speak honestly about infertili...
No New Episode This Week - Pause, Reflect, and Start Over
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tara here! I’m on vacation this week, but this quick placeholder episode is perfect for women looking to start over, boost self confidence, and focu...
Starting Over, Modern Dating and Self Confidence: A Conversation with Aleeza Ben Shalom
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dating after major life changes like breakups, divorce or infertility can feel confusing and overwhelming - but it doesn’t have to. In this episode,...
Childfree by Circumstance - Grief, Healing, and Finding Joy in Plan B with Healing Roots Together
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really mean to be childfree by circumstance - and how do you grieve the life you thought you would have while still creating one that fee...
Vulnerable Update: Healing, Self-Care, Hormone Health, and Life as Childfree After Infertility
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this personal update episode, I share the truths about grief, healing and growth after infertility, including embracing life as childfree. I talk a...
Relationship Patterns, Self Confidence, and the Power of Detachment with Sabrina Bendory
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with relationship expert and writer Sabrina Bendory for a grounded conversation about self worth, self confidence, dating ...
Understanding Women's Health, Fertility and Egg Freezing with Dr. Lucky Sekhon, Double Board Certified OBGYN and REI
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Lucky Sekhon, a double board certified OBGYN, Reproductive Endocrinologist and fertility specialist based in New ...
Reinventing Your Life and Choosing Yourself: Eboni K. Williams on Relationships, Personal Growth, and Becoming a Single Mom by Choice
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Eboni K. Williams shares the truth behind her transformation and the choices that shaped her life. We talk about how childho...
Ask a Life Coach: Real Coaching on Starting Over, Dating After Heartbreak, Boundaries & Personal Growth
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You asked - and I answered. In this episode, I’m answering listener questions about navigating change, rebuilding confidence, healing after heartbr...
Redefining Plan B After Divorce: Katie Bryan on Solo Motherhood, Entrepreneurship, and Empowering Women to Know Their Worth
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of This Wasn’t the Plan, Tara sits down with Katie Bryan - coach, entrepreneur, and host of The Single Greatest Choice Podc...
How to Build Lasting Connection: Communication, Intimacy, Dating & Relationships with Laira Thomas
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you’re single, dating, or decades into a relationship, this conversation will make you pause and reflect on how you connect, communicate, an...
The Courage to Pivot: Reinventing Yourself Through Life’s Hardest Moments with Justine Froelker
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When life doesn’t go according to plan, what does it take to pivot — without losing yourself in the process?In this inspiring episode, Tara sits d...
Living Her Beautiful Plan B: Kinga Jakab on Redefining Recovery, Healing & Self-Discovery
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
⚠️ Trigger Warning:This episode includes open conversations about alcohol use, mental-health challenges, and suicidality. Please take care while l...
Clarity, Courage, and the Choice to Live on Your Own Terms with Keltie Maguire
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you realize the life you’ve been building doesn’t quite fit anymore?In this powerful and honest conversation, Tara sits down wit...
Redefining Dreams: Carrie Hauskens on Living Her Sparkly Plan B
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this heartfelt episode of This Wasn’t the Plan, Carrie Hauskens shares her journey through infertility, loss, and redefining what a meaningful li...
From Defeat to Direction: A Bonus Reset Episode
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes life knocks the wind out of you, leaving you feeling defeated or stuck. But defeat isn’t the end — it’s an invitation to begin again. ...
When the Ending Isn’t Happy: Finding Strength & Resilience in Plan B
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not every story ends the way we hoped, but that doesn’t mean it has to be the end. In this episode of This Wasn’t the Plan, Tara Resnick shares he...
Unstuck: How I Chose Myself, My Dream, and IVF
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of This Wasn’t the Plan, Tara Resnick shares her personal journey of feeling stuck, navigating relationships that didn’t wor...
Start Here: Welcome to This Wasn’t the Plan
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to This Wasn’t the Plan, the podcast where Plan B becomes the path to resilience, personal growth, and reinvention. In this brief trailer, T...