Lana Manikowski| Infertility Activist, Author and Podcast Host
Infertile and Childless: From Silent Shame to Strength
Interview Description:
After seven years of fertility treatments, Lana left her clinic with no roadmap for what came next.
What began as silence and shame became the foundation for her life’s purpose — helping women who are childless after infertility find joy, connection, and meaning again.
In this deeply moving conversation, Lana shares how she released the identity of “failure,” redefined womanhood beyond motherhood, and found strength in rewriting her story.
Your story isn’t over because motherhood didn’t happen — it’s unfolding in new and meaningful ways. Healing begins when you stop asking, “Why me?” and start asking, “So now what?”
About the Speaker
Lana Manikowski knows firsthand what it’s like to face the silence that follows when IVF fails and motherhood doesn’t happen. After years of fertility treatments, she walked out of her clinic with no roadmap for how to build a meaningful life without children. What she did next became her life’s work.
Today, Lana is a certified life coach, bestselling author of So Now What?, and the host of The “So Now What?” Podcast. She helps women who are childless after infertility create purpose, joy, and connection in a life they never expected.
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