Live Well Anyway

On today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely, host MacKenzie Koppa sits down for a fun chat with three of her real life friends: Becca Lux, Katie Duckett and Chelle Bruzas. They tell us all about two different kinds of therapy that we can all be taking part in during these challenging times using flour and flowers! And they had so much fun doing it, that we have a bonus episode with even more goodness coming out tomorrow, so be sure and check back to get in on the fun! (Amazon affiliate links are used in this content.)

• A little about what “flour therapy” is and why you should join the Patreon group and get in on all the doughy goodness
• The ladies share how they got the idea for “flower therapy” in the first place
• Katie talks about her intense love for flowers and how she always stays prepared to gather flowers wherever she goes
• Becca shares some information about why gardening is actually physically, mentally and emotionally so healthy
• Check out the Flower Therapy playlist on Spotify

I do think that adding beauty to your life, in whatever form, gives your soul hope.

• Chelle shares a little about what to expect from the seed “club” if you are part of the $15 Patreon level
• Katie and Becca talk about starting seeds and taking chances with what will work and what won’t
• MacKenzie highlights the value of accountability in keeping up with these habits of loveliness
• How being out in nature and noticing the change of the seasons helps us cope with these trying times
• Becca and Katie point out the spiritual significance of these practices

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You can find Becca Lux on Instagram @wanderluxstudio.

You can find Katie Duckett on Instagram @may_these_arrows_fly.

You can find Chelle Bruzas on Instagram @chelle_bruzas.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie Koppa talks with author Sara Hagerty about her newest book, Adore: A Simple Practice for Experiencing God in the Middle Minutes of Your Day. Sara is a wife and a mother to 7 children, 4 adopted and 3 biological. MacKenzie and Sara talk about what it means to adore God in the middle of our busy lives, plus so much more. We hope this conversation encourages you in the midst of this chaotic time in all our lives.

• Sara talks about the importance of slowing down and reconnecting with the Lord
• Seeing this time as a gift because we have been given a new perspective on our lives
• Coming to God with your real, raw emotion, asking Him to speak back to you
• We have to go to God and be vulnerable with Him in order to allow Him to work in us

Adoration is the nexus of my raw emotions and the truth of Who God is.

• Learning to feel our emotions and still go to God for what you are supposed to do with them
• Join the Patreon group to get in on the upcoming book club walking through Adoretogether
• Our misconceptions about adoration and looking at God’s character and how we can adore Him
• The power of worshipping God in the midst of hard times
• Sara’s typical daily routine now, and what it was like before the world turned sideways

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Sara: getting outside and noticing the world around us

MacKenzie: grounding outside whenever possible

Adore by Sara Hagerty

Persuasion by Jane Austen

The Trouble with Angels

Pride and Prejudice

Clueless

At Home with Sally

And Sons

Ransomed Heart

The Emotionally Healthy Leader with Pete Scazzero

You can find Sara on her website SaraHagerty.net. You can also follow her on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

Today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely is sponsored by Literati. For a limited time, go to Literati.com/lovely for 25% OFF your first two orders.

This episode of Cultivating the Lovely is brought to you by BetterHelp private online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOVELY for 10% OFF your first month of counseling.

On this week’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie Koppa and her dear friend Chelle Bruzas sit down for a casual chat about how they are dealing with the current situation due to the corona virus. They share some encouragement, ideas and resources for you and your family to weather these uncertain times. We hope it will be a helpful and uplifting conversation! (Affiliate links are used in this content.)

• Chelle shares some thoughts from the Psalms
• Jennifer Dukes Lee’s ideas for being the light

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High     will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

• MacKenzie’s plan for working around having her kids at home
• Some books and audio resources for joy and survival
  • Find The Same Page podcast archives

Sign up for our brand new interactive “Random but Lovely” e-newsletter on Substack! Just visit Mackenziekoppa.substack.com to subscribe today!

You can find Chelle Bruzas on Instagram.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

This episode of Cultivating the Lovely is brought to you by Grove. As a CTL listener, you can get a FREE 5-piece Sustainable Home starter set at Grove.co/LOVELY, plus free shipping and FREE 60-Day VIP trial with your first order.

Today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely is sponsored by  Laurel Springs School. Cultivating the Lovely listeners, register your child today at laurelsprings.com/lovely to have the registration fee waived.

CTL is also brought to you by YogaSleep. Go to YogaSleep.com/LOVELY to get 20% OFF your next order of a sound machine for your family.

Today on Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie sits down for a chat with her good friend Rebekah Sacran. They spend some time just catching up with each other, sharing some things they are loving here at the beginning of spring, and more. So sit back, relax and listen in on this fun, random conversation! (Affiliate links are used in this content.)

• What’s new in Rebekah’s life and why her life feels like everything is in transition
• How MacKenzie is dealing with the new parenting plan and other changes post-divorce
• MacKenzie’s ideas for automating her healthy eating plan

If I can get the planning in place, then I think I can follow through.

• Rebekah’s current favorites in skin care:
  • Teddie Organic Rose Hip Oil
  • Ole Henriksen Vitamin C serum
  • Rodan and Field Redefine Eye Cream
  • Caudalie Vinoperfect Radiance Serum
  • Using frankincense essential oil for blemishes
• MacKenzie’s current favorites in skin care:
  • Paula’s Choice Vitamin C serum
  • Paula’s Choice BHA exfoliant
  • Trying out the Gua Sha technique

• MacKenzie talks about cold plunging and her current showering method
  • Angie Green on Instagram

The Big Boo Cast

Office Ladies

You can find Rebekah Sacran on Instagram.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

This episode of Cultivating the Lovely is brought to you by BetterHelp private online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOVELY for 10% OFF your first month of counseling.

Today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely is sponsored by Care/Of. Get 50% off your first order when you visit takecareof.com and use code LOVELY50 at checkout.

CTL is also brought to you by BioClarity. Right now you can save 15% off everything at BioClarity.com when you use coupon code LOVELY at checkout.

On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie Koppa sits down for a chat with Anne Bogel. You probably know Anne from her blog Modern Mrs. Darcy or her podcast What Should I Read Next. Today's conversation centers around Anne's newest book Don't Overthink It. This is book about more than just decision-making, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this chat that has a little something for everyone!

• How and why Anne came to write a book about overthinking things
• Why MacKenzie loves Anne’s tips about how to stop overthinking everything
• How overthinking derails us when we have to deal with small problems
• The crucial connection between our physical bodies and surroundings and our ability to think clearly

Sometimes if we don’t know what we really need, we can actively sabotage ourselves.

• The concept of tending the garden of our thought lives
• Talking about overthinking in terms of trauma
• Every day decision fatigue and the little things that drain our mental energy
• Thinking of outsourcing as more than the obvious tasks that you can hire out
• Being willing to ask for and receive help from others

Anne: getting ready for the daffodils in the spring while keeping the cozy lighting going indoors as much as possible

MacKenzie: enjoying listening to Les Mis music with her daughter

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Don’t Overthink It

The Body Keeps the Score

Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life

You can find Anne on her website ModernMrsDarcy.com and listen to her podcast, What Should I Read Next. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

This episode of Cultivating the Lovely is brought to you by the new FAM: For All Momspodcast. This Audioboom original is available wherever you find your favorite podcasts, so go subscribe now!

Today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely is sponsored by Clearly Filtered. You can enjoy a 20% OFF discount on a filtered water system by visiting ClearlyFiltered.com/LOVELY and using code LOVELY.

CTL is also brought to you by Plan to Eat meal planning service. Visit PlanToEat.com/LOVELY to start your free 60-day trial instead of the normal 30-day trial.

On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie Koppa interviews Melanie Shankle, co-host of The Big Boo Cast and author of several books, including her newest title On the Bright Side. Together MacKenzie and Melanie talk the new book, podcasting, skin care and more! (Amazon affiliate links are used in this content.)

• MacKenzie shares how she first heard about Melanie and what she loves so much about her podcast
• Melanie and MacKenzie do a little breakdown of their Outlander addiction and the new season
• Melanie talks a little about her book On the Bright Side and why it needed to be written
• Returning to a culture of civility and being kind to others with opposing views

We’ve lost sight of what matters most. We’ve forgotten how to be decent human beings. We’ve lost the art of looking on the bright side.

• The importance of finding a few friends who can be your tribe
• Watching out for comparison and insecurity in friendship
• Trusting God with our own lives and with our children, as well
• Guiding our children through disappointment and helping them learning from failure
• Melanie and MacKenzie talk all about skincare
  • Paula’s Choice Vitamin C Serum
  • Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide Cream
• Melanie’s current typical daily routine

Melanie: knowing when to say “no” to things and making the most of her daughter’s time at home

MacKenzie: cutting her own hair after a bad haircut and rocking it

On the Bright Side

Gone With the Wind

You can find Melanie on her website thebigmamablog.com and listen to her podcast, The Big Boo Cast. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

Today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely is sponsored by Clearly Filtered. You can enjoy a 20% OFF discount on a filtered water system by visiting ClearlyFiltered.com/LOVELY and using code LOVELY.

Thanks to Yoga Sleep for sponsoring this episode of CTL. Go to YogaSleep.com/LOVELY to get 20% OFF your next order of a sound machine for your family.

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Grove. As a CTL listener, you can get a FREE 5-piece Sustainable Home starter set at Grove.co/LOVELY, plus free shipping with your first order.

On this week’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie and Chelle continue their conversation about the enneagram. Today they are going to do a deep dive into the first three types on the enneagram, and they hope it will help you get a little more clarity. If you haven’t listened to last week’s episode on the resources Chelle and MacKenzie love and will refer back to today, you should definitely go do that first!

• Chelle and MacKenzie share a little more background info on the enneagram
• An overview of Type 1s, including core fears, core desires and more
  • Why MacKenzie and Chelle admire Type 1s
  • The common mistyping of Type 1s as 3s
  • Some famous people who may be Type 1s
• An overview of Type 2s, which is Chelle’s type
  • What MacKenzie loves about her Type 2 friends
  • Why being a Type 2 is uncomfortable for Chelle
  • Ways to love on the Type 2s in your life
  • Some famous characters who could be 2s

I think it is helpful to be able to look at the different types and see the similarities so that you can relate to one another.

• An overview of Type 3s, which is MacKenzie’s type
  • How MacKenzie feels about being a Type 3
  • What Chelle loves about Type 3s
  • The special difficulty of being a Type 3 recovering from emotional abuse
  • Some famous characters who could be 3s

YourEnneagramCoach.com

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Mirror of the Soul by Alice Fryling

Becoming Us by Beth and Jeff McCord

The Sacred Enneagram by Chris Huertz

You can find Chelle Bruzas on Instagram.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

CTL is brought to you by BetterHelp private online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOVELY for 10% OFF your first month of counseling.

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Aurate fine jewelry. For 15% off your first Aurate purchase, go to auratenewyork.com/lovely and use promo code lovely!

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Laurel Springs School. Cultivating the Lovely listeners, register your child today at laurelsprings.com/lovely to have the registration fee waived.

We have all kinds of exciting things going on in the Patreon group. Head over to Patreon.com/cultivatingthelovely to check it out and join in the goodness!

Today on the CTL podcast, MacKenzie Koppa and Chelle Bruzas sit down and chat all about the enneagram. In this episode, MacKenzie and Chelle start covering the basics of the enneagram and how to find more resources to learn more yourself. Be sure to check back next week for more specific discussion about each of the enneagram types!

We have all kinds of exciting things going on in the Patreon group this month. Head over to Patreon.com/cultivatingthelovely to check it out and join in the goodness!

• How Chelle and MacKenzie first figured out their own numbers
• Tips for finding your own enneagram number
• The benefit of having a close friend who balances our your strengths and weaknesses
• The power of the type songs from Ryan O’Neal from Sleeping At Last

If you don’t have a strategy or a plan for how to love people well, then it doesn’t happen.

• Listening to podcasts to learn about all the different types
• Identify celebrities who are the same type as you are
• Looking at the triads to help narrow down your number
• Taking a test is a good place to go after you have learned some basics, and MacKenzie recommends Your Enneagram Coach

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The Road Back to You

Becoming Us

The Sacred Enneagram

Enneagram Type Journals

Self to Lose and Self to Find

Sleeping at Last

CTLP Episode 131 – Enneagram Deep Dive with Beth McCord

Typology

That Sounds Fun

The Popcast

Sandals Church Enneagram Series

Your Enneagram Coach

CrystalKnows.com

The Enneagram Institute

@EnneagramandCoffee

@EnneagramReposts

@GinaGomez.co

@YourEnneagramCoach

@LeannandMichelle

@LetteredbyHan_

You can find Chelle Bruzas on Instagram.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

CTL is brought to you by Imperfect Foods. Go to ImperfectFoods.com/LOVELY through February 16, 2020 and enter code LOVELY to get $10 OFF your next 4 orders!

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by BioClarity. Right now you can save 15% off everything at BioClarity.com when you use coupon code LOVELY at checkout.

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Grove. As a CTL listener, you can get a FREE 5-piece Sustainable Home starter set at Grove.co/LOVELY, plus free shipping with your first order.

On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie Koppa talks with Sasha K. Shillcut, M. D. about her new book Between Grit and Grace: The Art of Being Feminine and Formidable. Sasha is a cardiac anesthesiologist, a wife, a mother of 4 and founder of Brave Enough, a community for female professionals. This conversation is for ALL women, not just those who work in or out of the home, so regardless of your season of life, we hope you will get something out of this episode!

• Why Sasha started Brave Enough and her goals for helping women be their true selves
• MacKenzie’s perspective as a work at home and stay at home mom
• Why “leadership backlash” happens when women speak up and assert themselves
• Sasha pushes back on the idea that women are hardest on each other
• Our struggles as women in different arenas are actually remarkably similar
• Recognizing our deep need for friendship no matter what season we are in
• God has made us unique, so we don’t need to fall into the comparison trap

When you become brave enough to step into your own identity, the women around you oftentimes start to compare.

• How the Brave Enough community grew out of Sasha’s own need to recover her femininity and find a tribe
• Learning to be both bold and gracious
• How Sasha made time to write a book while being a doctor and a wife and mother
• The importance of knowing yourself and your uniqueness
• Sasha’s advice for unplugging and being in solitude
• Cautions against having a martyr mentality
• Being a good model for your kids of taking care of yourself
• A typical day in Sasha’s life

Sasha: enjoying using her brand new massage chair for some relaxation

MacKenzie: taking her kids and some friends bowling at the start of the weekend

Between Grit and Grace

Alli Worthington

Jen Hatmaker

How I Built This

Legally Blonde

You can find Dr. Shillcut on her website becomebraveenough.com and listen to her podcast, The Brave Enough Show. You can also follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! Join us on Patreon at Patreon.com/CultivatingtheLovely.

CTL is brought to you by Plan to Eat meal planning service. Visit PlanToEat.com/LOVELY to start your free 60-day trial instead of the normal 30-day trial.

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Wickbox. Get $10 off your first box, go to Wickbox.co and use coupon code LOVELY at checkout.

This week’s episode of CTL is brought to you by BetterHelp private online counseling. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOVELY for 10% OFF your first month of counseling.

We have all kinds of exciting things going on in the Patreon group. Head over to Patreon.com/cultivatingthelovely to check it out and join in the goodness!

Hey, ladies! MacKenzie is popping into your earbuds with a short bonus episode featuring a sneak peek at a new Audioboom original podcast, FAM: For All Moms. This podcast is literally for all moms living through the madness that is parenthood. Join hosts Susan Yara and Sharzad Kiadeh every Wednesday as they share their sometimes embarrassing experiences, while also providing advice from experts and friends. FAM: For All Moms premieres 1/29. Subscribe to FAM: For All Moms on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fam-for-all-moms/id1494037915