Live Well Anyway

On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, host MacKenzie Koppa is talking all about follow-through. We all like to plan, but all too often, we fail to actually follow the plan and do the things. MacKenzie shares some reasons you may struggle to do the things you plan to, as well as five strategies to follow through on your goals. Don’t forget to join the Fall Challenge to give you a hand...

This week on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie are celebrating 100 episodes of Live Well Anyway and the kickoff of Season 3 with a challenge! They are encouraging everyone in the Live Well Anyway listening community to join in on taking better care of yourselves this fall. This free challenge will run from September 12 through October 14, and you can visit MacKenzieKoppa.com/FallChallenge for...

On Live Well Anyway this week, MacKenzie and Katie are back with a conversation all about how to make your kitchen a more enjoyable place for you to be! Let’s face it…we all have to eat, and we all have to cook sometimes, so why not enjoy the process more? Here are Katie and MacKenzie’s top tips (with product links!) for loving your kitchen and the time you spend there more: Deep clean your kitche...

On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, host MacKenzie Koppa walks you through the steps to create a thorough brain dump that will relieve your sense of overwhelm and start you on the path to productivity. These are the key essentials for doing your best brain dump ever: Use categories and subcategories to help get everything out of your head and down on paper (or digitally). Nothing i...

On Live Well Anyway this week, MacKenzie sits down for a talk with her boyfriend, Nick Moralez about their relationship, the changes they’ve made and lessons they’ve learned over the past two years. They share some of their challenges and successes in communication, building trust, working with each other’s personalities, and parenting together. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Commu...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie is back with more tips and tricks for getting prepared for Back to School season, this time focusing on five spaces in your home (and car) that you can get ready right now. First, though, she shares a mini interview with one of her July Live Well Planned Cohort participants, Katrina Brooks. The areas MacKenzie encourages you to get prepped before school starts...

On today’s episode of Live Well Anyway, we are taking a trip back in podcast time to the day MacKenzie sat down for a chat with Roni Vayre from Plan to Eat to talk all things meal planning. Roni heads up marketing for Plan to Eat and is in charge of content creation. Roni tells the story of how Plan to Eat began with founders Clint and Lisa’s own family needs. MacKenzie and Roni talk about the man...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie shares three tasks you can do right now to get ready for back to school season. She gives practical steps to take to be more prepared and less overwhelmed, including dialing in your calendar, brainstorming your after school and evening routines, and preparing to meal plan. MacKenzie also sat down this week for an interview with Nicole, one of the ladies in her...

Today on the Live Well Anyway podcast, your host MacKenzie Koppa sits down for a chat with author and speaker Kelly Bandas. Kelly is a comedian, as well, and she is quite possibly best-known for her humorous and satirical Instagram and TikTok videos. In addition to talking about her new book, Rookie Mistakes , Kelly and MacKenzie chat about how they met online, their mutual love of Outlander, Kell...

This week on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie sit down to tackle the topic of learning new things as an adult, especially as a busy woman with a family to care for and a business to manage. They talk about the value of learning and expanding your skills and knowledge as an adult, how to take into account your own learning style, and different resources for learning that anyone can take advant...

Welcome back to another great planning episode on Live Well Anyway with MacKenzie Koppa. Today MacKenzie is sharing her five key ingredients to a great evening routine that will set you up for success before your day even begins. First she shares her best tips for actually creating a workable routine that you will follow. Then MacKenzie walks you through each of her 5 keys to an evening routine th...

Today on Live Well Anyway MacKenzie is talking all things planning, specifically the essential steps she uses to plan each week. She shares tools and strategies she implements on a weekly basis to keep everything in order, including: a mini brain dump, putting commitments on Google Calendar, making a time grid for tasks, front-loading the week, deciding on priority levels for tasks, meal planning,...

On the Live Well Anyway Podcast this week, MacKenzie talks about how she is planning for summer with each of her kids’ personalities and interests in mind. She chats with a couple of her kids about their goals, plans and projects for the summer, taking into account their unique abilities and skills. MacKenzie also talks about ways she is hoping help her kids stay busy, keep learning and spend time...

On Live Well Anyway this week, it’s time to chat about our summer reading! MacKenzie and Katie share some of the books they have recently enjoyed as well as several titles they are looking forward to reading over the summer months. They also discuss reading challenges and their different approaches to reading. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Live Well Plann...

Welcome back to the Live Well Anyway podcast with MacKenzie Koppa. Today MacKenzie sits down for a chat with Joy Clarkson about her new book Aggressively Happy . Joy shares a little background on how this book came to be written in the midst of a pandemic lockdown. She and MacKenzie talk about the importance of finding things of enjoyment and beauty in the midst of hard things. JOIN US ON PATREON...

This week on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie is joined by Lopa van der Mersch, founder and CEO of Rasa Coffee Alternative and Adaptogenic Coffee. MacKenzie and Lopa talk about how Rasa got started and how she created a unique business model. They talk about herbs in general and adaptogens specifically, and how they actually work. Another big topic of conversation is building small habits and finding w...

MacKenzie and Katie are back on the Live Well Anyway podcast this week to talk about getting ready for summer in a little different way than usual. They share how having older kids is changing their expectations and realities, plus ways they will be making the most of the time they have to do fun things as well as getting work done. Last Year’s Summer Episodes: Ep 38: Tips and Tricks for Summer Pl...

Today on the Live Well Anyway podcast, host MacKenzie Koppa chats with Patreon member Sarah Lynch all about how to prepare growing girls to navigate puberty. Topics they address include choosing period products, talking to girls about how their bodies work, talking to boys about what their sisters are going through, and other hygiene and skin care products. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! P...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie are chatting about a new business venture Katie is taking on, excitement, jitters, fears and all! They share how this all started and how MacKenzie is helping Katie get organized, deal with financial negotiations, and make a solid business plan while still being a wife, mom and homeschool teacher. Let MacKenzie help you with your own planning and impl...

This week on Live Well Anyway MacKenzie is joined once again by author and podcaster Kendra Adachi to talk about her newest book, The Lazy Genius Kitchen . They talk about what this book is and what it isn’t, as well as why you NEED this book! Kendra shares some of the frustrating and the exciting events surrounding this book’s release and how using lazy genius principles helped her get through it...

MacKenzie and Katie are back on Live Well Anyway this week with a conversation about the things they are loving this spring and how they are spending their time. Some topics of this fun little chat are what MacKenzie and Katie are reading, MacKenzie’s creative pursuits and dreams, and their current favorite spring nail colors. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONE...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie are back to chat about what to do this month to prepare for later spring and early summer. This is fun episode full of product recommendations and ideas for getting ready for the warmer months that are coming soon! JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED What to Stock Up On, Consider, and Prepare in April Follow MacKen...

In this week’s episode of Live Well Anyway with MacKenzie Koppa, our host chats with Shauna Niequist about her new book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet . They talk about adjusting to life in New York, diving into teenage children’s passions, reinventing your likes and dislikes in new seasons of life, what it is like living on campus of a seminary, what it means to be a creative person, living...

On the Live Well Anyway podcast this week, host MacKenzie Koppa chats with Melissa Boloña, founder of Beauty and the Broth. Melissa talks about how she made the transition from being a full-time actress and model to selling bone broth. MacKenzie and Melissa share some of the benefits of drinking bone broth and the importance of gut health. They also talk about entrepreneurship and all the lessons...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie interviews Allie Smutz, master hair colorist with Color Guru and salon stylist. She shares how she knew she wanted to be a hair stylist, and what that process looked like for her. MacKenzie asks about how Allie got started working with Color Guru and what she does to help clients find their best hair colors and cuts. Allie also gives some tips for what to ask f...