Being named a World Childless Week Champion and recognized for helping other women feel less alone and more hopeful about what is ahead is incredibly meaningful to me. World Childless Week has played an important part in helping me move forward in my own childless life and has connected me with women around the world who generously share their stories and remind each other we are not alone. I’m so grateful for Stephanie Joy Phillips’ vision and for every person who shows up in this community, reminding us that while being without children may not be the life we expected, there is still so much meaning and purpose we bring to the world.

Lana Manikowski is a certified life coach, bestselling author, and voice for women navigating life when fertility treatments end without children. After seven years of fertility treatments that did not result in a child, Lana left treatment to find no established support for women moving forward without children. When the resources she needed did not exist, she built them.

She is the author of “So Now What?”, founder of The Other’s Day®, and host of The “So Now What?” Podcast. Today, Lana helps women let go of the shame of not having a baby, find their place in a world often centered around motherhood, and build lives that feel purposeful, joyful, and whole without children.

Lana is an active member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and volunteers with RESOLVE. She lives in Chicago with her husband and fur baby, Coco.

Website: https://lanamanikowski.com