Mother's Day is complicated. And this episode is for every woman who feels like Sunday wasn't made for her.

Whether you're navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, a failed IVF journey, or living childfree by circumstance - or you're grieving your mom, estranged from your mother, or simply struggling in ways the world doesn't talk about enough - this one is for you.

In this episode we talk about:

• Why Mother's Day is hard for so many women in so many different ways
• How to actually get through the weekend without losing yourself
• Why your worth has never been tied to being a mother
• What it really means to be whole exactly as you are
• Why every single thing you have built and survived deserves to be celebrated

You are not what didn't happen to you. You are everything you chose to become anyway.

This episode was released early - on Saturday instead of Monday - because some of you needed it before Sunday. Not after.

New creator from this community alert! My brave and powerful friend and former podcast guest is sharing her journey on TikTok. Go follow @victoria.in.progress for everything from her IVF Journey to childfree by circumstance to decluttering!

Connect with Tara Resnick:

Instagram: @tararesnick

TikTok: @tara_resnick

www.tararesnick.com

What happens when the woman who holds everything together finally falls apart?

In this raw and honest episode, I open up about a breaking point that changed everything — and why it had nothing to do with the parking machine that set it off. After 13 hours alone managing a family health crisis, I hit my limit and cried for three hours. But this episode isn't about that day. It's about the lifetime of overfunctioning, carrying, and absorbing that led to it.

I break down why some of us become "the strong one," what happens when you finally stop, the guilt cycle that follows, and how to sit in the discomfort of disrupting patterns that were never sustainable. I also talk about how overfunctioning can often be self-abandonment and how choosing yourself is not selfish.

Plus: life updates on dating, making new friends in your 30's and 40's, and falling deep into a drugstore beauty rabbit hole.

Connect with Tara Resnick:

Instagram: @tararesnick

TikTok: @tara_resnick

What do women over 40 wish they had known in their 30s? I’m 43, and here’s the truth I learned the hard way.

In this episode of This Wasn't the Plan, I share the life lessons I wish someone had told me in my 30s about relationships, boundaries, people pleasing, fertility and starting over. These are the lessons that cost me alot - staying too long in the wrong relationships, losing myself trying to keep the peace, and hard truths women need to hear.

I open up about navigating IVF as a single woman in my 40s, rebuilding my identity after heartbreak, and what it really takes to start over when life doesn’t go according to plan. If you’re in your 30s and feel behind, stuck in a relationship that isn’t changing, or questioning your next chapter, this episode will speak directly to you.

This is the conversation I wish someone had the courage to have with me sooner.

In this episode, I share:

• What waiting for the wrong partner to change really costs you
• Why people pleasing is self-abandonment and how to stop losing yourself
• The truth about setting boundaries and why it feels uncomfortable at first
• How to start over in your 30s or 40s when life doesn’t go as planned
• The one person who was always responsible for saving me

Connect with Tara Resnick:

Instagram: @tararesnick

TikTok: @tara_resnick

https://tararesnick.com/