This Wasn't Supposed to Happen
Stop Requiring a Different Past to
Have a Good Future
By Katherine Hood
How much of today gets spent arguing with something that already happened?
This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen explores what happens when life doesn’t follow the plan, a relationship ends, a career changes, a dream doesn’t happen, someone leaves, or a choice can’t be undone.
This isn’t about pretending the past didn’t matter or convincing yourself everything happened for a reason. It’s about seeing the cost of requiring yesterday to be different before allowing yourself to have a good life today.
Available on Amazon in Paper back & Hardcover
"The past doesn’t have to change for your future to."
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER
WHAT YOU'LL BEGIN TO NOTICE
This book is for you if...
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You keep replaying something you wish had gone differently.
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Your life doesn’t look the way you thought it would by now.
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You struggle with choices you can’t go back and change.
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You keep thinking, “This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
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Part of you is still waiting for an explanation, apology, or different ending.
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You want to move forward without pretending the past didn’t matter.
Inside this book you'll explore:
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Why the mind keeps returning to moments it cannot change.
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The difference between accepting what happened and approving of it.
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How hindsight can make past choices look more obvious than they actually were.
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Why understanding why something happened doesn’t always create peace.
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How the life you expected can quietly become the standard you judge your real life against.
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Why moving forward doesn’t require forgetting, forgiving, or finding a silver lining.
As you read, you'll start recognizing:
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When you’re experiencing the past versus thinking about the past now.
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How often “should have” keeps you arguing with something already finished.
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When regret has shifted from evaluating a choice to judging yourself.
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How comparing your real life to the imagined one keeps the imagined life alive.
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When you’re postponing today until something about yesterday feels resolved.
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That a good future does not require a different past.
AT A GLANCE
Series: The Hidden Patterns of the Mind
Publication Date
2026
Perfect for parents who want to:
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Stop replaying what they wish had happened differently.
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Understand why the mind keeps returning to the past.
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Recognize when regret has become self-judgment.
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Stop comparing the life they have to the life they expected.
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Accept what happened without pretending it was okay.
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Make peace with choices they cannot go back and change.
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Move forward without needing the past to feel resolved first.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Katherine Hood is a Self-Leadership & Relationship Coach, author, and founder of Power Up Coaching.
She helps people understand how their thinking shapes their reactions, relationships, and the way they lead themselves.
In This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen, Katherine explores what happens when the life we’re living doesn’t match the life we thought we would have. A relationship ends. A plan changes. A dream doesn’t happen. We make a choice we wish we could undo. Or life simply takes a direction we never expected.
Through relatable examples and practical distinctions, she examines regret, hindsight, acceptance, changed plans, and the quiet ways we can keep arguing with a past that can no longer be changed.
Her approach isn’t about pretending everything happens for a reason, finding a silver lining, or deciding that what happened was okay. It’s about recognizing that accepting reality is different from approving of it, and that a good future does not require a different past.
