Live Well Anyway

On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, MacKenzie Koppa talks with Jackie Van Ruler, founder of the Mind Body Beauty Institute. She teaches about skin care and holistic health through the vehicle of facial massage. Jackie shares how she became interested in reflexology and skin care. She talks about the many benefits of gua sha and massage in releasing the myofascia, such as releasing...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast, MacKenzie and Chelle are back with the final installment of their Enneagram deep dive series. Today they chat all about types 7, 8 and 9. They start out with the Type 7 “Enthusiast” and talk about their strengths and weaknesses, plus what we love about this type and how to love them. Next, they touch on all the things about Type 8s, how they help us get s...

On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, MacKenzie Koppa and her dear friend Chelle Bruzas are back to chat about the Enneagram. Picking where they left off last year, they are diving in to discuss types 4, 5, and 6. They share some of characteristics of each type, how to love these types well, and some famous people who can be identified as each type. MacKenzie and Chelle also share a...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast with MacKenzie Koppa, she dives deep to talk about the aspects of self-care she values and recommends for us all as adult women. Some of these include having a morning and evening skin care routine, properly fitting undergarments, taking care of your nails, and so much more! She also shares some tips for the single ladies to enjoy Valentine’s Day by treati...

On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett are talking all about how to deal with transitions in life. Whether it is changing school schedules for kids or shifting seasons in work, we can all use some ideas for planning and rethinking our lives. Katie and MacKenzie talk through how they are trying to make small changes and take intentional time to make th...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast, formerly Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett celebrate the 200th episode of MacKenzie’s podcast! On today’s podcast, we are featuring some of our listeners’ favorite current ways to live well anyway. MacKenzie and Katie talk about letting ourselves break some of our self-imposed rules and letting go of unreasonable expectations. They...

On this week’s episode of Live Well Anyway the Podcast, your host MacKenzie Koppa chats with author, speaker and creative coach Allison Fallon. Ally’s new book, The Power of Writing It Down , is the main topic of their conversation today. They talk about how Allison recommends getting your words and your story on the page and getting past the things that block you from doing that. Allison shares w...

Today on Live Well Anyway (formerly Cultivating the Lovely), host Mackenzie Koppa talks with author and speaker Hannah Brencher about her new book Fighting Forward: Your Nitty-Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back . MacKenzie and Hannah talk about why this book is so perfect for the times in which we are living and how consistency and showing up are some of the most important things...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely), MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett share their words of the year they have chosen for 2021, and they discuss how those words might impact their outlook on the coming year. Katie goes first and talks about how here research into the meaning of her word gave her a different perspective than she initially had. MacKenzie then...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie back to talk all about looking forward to the New Year with hope and how to approach our planning and goal setting in light of all the uncertainty of our times. MacKenzie lays out her step by step method of planning and challenges Katie (and us!) to follow these steps to set goals for new habits and routines in 2021. Brain Dump: assess where you curre...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett sit down for a cozy chat about all their favorite things from 2020. Even though it was a rough year, we can still all think of a few things we discovered or experienced or read that were a joy, and that is just what this episode is all about! MacKenzie and Katie list a lot of books, p...

On this week’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, your host, MacKenzie Koppa, interviews Dr. Rahi who practices in the field of aesthetics, integrative and anti-aging medicine. MacKenzie starts the conversations asking Dr. Rahi how she came to the field of integrative aesthetics from a more traditional medical training. They talk about the importance of balanced hormone and vitamin levels fo...

Today on Live Well Anyway, host Mackenzie Koppa talks with Robyn Conley Downs, author of The Feel Good Effect: Reclaim Your Wellness by Finding Small Shifts that Create Big Change . Robyn is a wife, mother, speaker, entrepreneur, and wellness advocate. MacKenzie starts off the conversation asking Robyn how she started her website and wellness journey. Then they transition to talking about a differ...

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today on the show, MacKenzie shares some of her best advice on getting yourself out of a slump by resetting your day first thing in the morning. Here are her tips and techniques for a morning routine that will break you out of a slump: Have Alexa turn on you light with your alarm- makes it easier to wak...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa, we are bringing you a special sneak peek episode into the Mini-cast that is usually only available to our Patreon community members! This conversation between Katie Duckett and MacKenzie opens with a focus on being intentional with relationship building with our kids. Later on, they chat about making...

Welcome back to the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today MacKenzie talks with Katie Duckett about the gift guide they’ve created for 2020. They kick off the conversation with a little chit-chat about Katie’s new baking job adventure. Then they dive into the specific gift guides, beginning with Stocking Stuffers. Scroll down for links to each of the...

This week on the Live Well Anyway podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely), MacKenzie sits down with Jared Koch, creator of Clean Plates , which is all about personalized nutrition and wellness. Jared shares the story of how Clean Plates got started with his own search for better health. MacKenzie and Jared talk about the problem of poor nutritional education for medical professionals and how tha...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie is chatting with Katie Duckett all about friendship, specifically as it relates to supporting a friend coming out of an abusive situation. Katie gives some great advice on keeping Jesus at the center of friendships and giving each other grace. MacKenzie shares some practical ways in which she and Katie have helped each other over the years in different seasons....

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! On the show today, Mackenzie is doing a deep dive into the concept of “hygge” and some practical ways to incorporate some extra warmth and coziness into your life this season. Some of the MacKenzie’s top suggestions for adding hygge atmosphere to your home in the following areas: lighting, scent, textil...

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today on the show, MacKenzie shares some of her best tips and tricks on how to get better organize and automate your life so that you really can live well anyway this fall. First, MacKenzie goes over some general things she does throughout the year to stay on track. She talks about strategies for reduci...

Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie is chatting with Katie Duckett all about their favorite things this fall. They start out talking skincare, then Katie shares some of the seasonal things she brings out to mark the coming of autumn at home. MacKenzie also talks a little about fall fashion and makeup favorites, which brings Katie to make some points about the deeper reasons to pursue beauty insid...

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today on the show, MacKenzie sits down for a conversation with Jami Nato, a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur, a loving wife, and a fun mom of 4. Together Jami and MacKenzie have a lighthearted chat about a wide variety of topics, including: keeping the humor in life even when times are hard, online d...

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today on the show, MacKenzie shares some of the things that helped her heal after leaving her abusive marriage. First, she strongly recommends seeking professional counseling. MacKenzie also went through EMDR therapy alongside counseling. She talks about the process of redefining her likes and dislikes,...

Welcome to the Live Well Anyway Podcast (formerly Cultivating the Lovely) with MacKenzie Koppa! Today on the show, MacKenzie chats with Myquillyn Smith about her newest book, Welcome Home . They talk about creating a home that you can use to welcome people in and make them feel seen and loved. Myquillyn shares her story of finding ways to honor the seasons in her home without going overboard with...

Today on Live Well Anyway (formerly Cultivating the Lovely), MacKenzie is back on with Katie to talk about an episode that they did a few weeks back and how it surprisingly helped Katie shift perspective on some big things. They talk about the peaks and valleys that are a natural part of life and how to submit to those changes while still choosing to live well instead of getting stuck. Katie talks...