Episode 8

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Published on:

3rd Nov 2025

How to Build Lasting Connection: Communication, Intimacy, Dating & Relationships with Laira Thomas

Whether you’re single, dating, or decades into a relationship, this conversation will make you pause and reflect on how you connect, communicate, and show up in all types of relationships.

In this episode, Tara sits down with Laira Thomas - a dating, marriage, and intimacy facilitator - to talk about what it really takes to build connection that lasts. Together they explore the realities of long-term relationships: how to keep communication open, how to navigate seasons of distance, and how to bring intimacy back into your relationship. We also explore how to know when its time for a new chapter and why healing and loving yourself is the number one priority.

You’ll walk away with fresh perspective and real tools to help you deepen your connections, rebuild trust, and reignite intimacy - whether that’s with a partner, a friend or within yourself.


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Instagram: @lairathomas

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About the Podcast

This Wasn't the Plan with Tara Resnick
Where 'Plan B' becomes the path to resilience and reinvention
This Wasn’t the Plan is a personal growth podcast for anyone ready to evolve — blending self-help, mindset, and real stories of resilience. Whether you’re rebuilding after change, navigating a transition, or simply working on becoming your best self, this is the podcast for you.

Hosted by Tara Resnick (@tararesnick), each episode explores resilience, reinvention, and self-development through real-life stories and expert conversations that help you build confidence, clarity, and direction in any season of life.

Guests include people who have faced career pivots, relationship shifts, wellness journeys, infertility journeys, and unexpected detours - alongside professionals, coaches, and wellness experts sharing mindset tools, coping strategies, and practical steps for growth.

If you’re seeking inspiration, motivation, or guidance to create a more aligned, empowered life, this podcast is for you. Because sometimes the detour becomes the path - and that’s where the real growth begins.

For more tools and inspiration on resilience, mindset, and personal growth, visit www.tararesnick.com or follow Tara on Instagram (@tararesnick) and TikTok (@tararesnick1).

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Tara Resnick

Tara Resnick is a healthcare professional, solution focused coach, fitness instructor and the creator and host of This Wasn’t the Plan: When Plan B Becomes the Path to Resilience and Reinvention. After facing her own journey of unexpected detours—including the heartbreak of infertility and the challenge of rewriting her dreams—Tara discovered the power of resilience, reinvention, and telling the truth about life when it doesn’t go the way you imagined.

Through her podcast, Tara creates a space for honest conversations about navigating Plan B—whether that means fertility struggles, career pivots, personal growth, or starting over. With a mix of storytelling, inspiration, and expert insights, she helps listeners feel less alone and more empowered to create a meaningful life on the other side of disappointment.

Passionate about authenticity and connection, Tara’s mission is to remind people that just because it wasn’t the plan doesn’t mean it can’t be beautiful.