SHOW NOTES In this episode, Katie Duckett and MacKenzie deep dive on their favorite content from the year in all the major categories they consumed content in- books, shows, podcasts, courses, and YouTube. It’s a very full episode, and to help you out we have all the links below! MacKenzie also mentions at the top of the show that she is opening up a limited number of private Planning Coaching spots for the end of this year and beginning of 2023. If you would like to get on the list to be coache...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 8Ep. 111
This week we dive into some New Years goal inspiration, preparation, and planning. As many of you know, MacKenzie loves to plan, and in this episode she gives you some ideas for finding a fresh perspective on approaching your resolutions for 2023. Here is some of what she discusses in this episode: Creating a "Before the end of the year" list Thinking about what you want to feel like in 2023 and the kind of person you want to be, then crafting your goals from there Reverse engineering your goals...
Dec 07, 2022•50 min•Season 8Ep. 110
This week on Live Well Anyway, we are talking all about skincare. MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett are changing up their skincare routines for fall, and they are bringing you along for the ride. MacKenzie talks about the importance of cleaning up not only your skincare products but what you are putting inside your body. She shares some of her current favorite clean beauty brands. She recommends checking your cosmetics and other skincare products on EWG.org/skindeep . For a handy PDF of all the ...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 109
Today on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett are back with this year’s Gift Guide episode! They give some hints about how to find a thoughtful gift for anyone on your list, including some specific ideas for different ages of kids and family members. Katie also gives some creative wrapping tips for making a simple gift feel more unique and special. Go to MacKenzieKoppa.com/Amazon for all the Gift Guides in one convenient place! Extended Family- Pay attention to cues It doesn't hav...
Nov 16, 2022•57 min•Season 8Ep. 108
On today’s episode of the Live Well Anyway podcast, host MacKenzie Koppa shares five things you can do right now to make your holidays easier. These are some of her favorite tips and tricks to make the upcoming season a little smoother and less chaotic. If you need even more guidance and accountability in preparing for this potentially overwhelming time of year, join MacKenzie and a community of likeminded ladies in the Live Well-Planned Holiday Bootcamp ! Five things to do now for an easier hol...
Nov 02, 2022•44 min•Season 8Ep. 107
MacKenzie Koppa and Katie Duckett are back for a chat on Live Well Anyway this week! Today they are talking about how they are trying to keep their sanity when it is hard to get time to themselves and take care of their bodies, minds and hearts. Katie and MacKenzie share the challenges to staying sane in this season as well as the little things they are doing to keep from going crazy when life feels chaotic. Some of the little things that are keeping Katie and MacKenzie sane are: Drinking Rasa A...
Oct 26, 2022•59 min•Season 8Ep. 106
On Live Well Anyway this week, MacKenzie and Katie are back to talk about how the Fall Challenge is going so far for each of them—what worked, what didn’t and how you can join in on the next round. Katie shares the lessons she learned about the things she has to prepare in order to set herself up for success and how to be her own advocate. MacKenzie also talks about the changes she realized she needed to make to her expectations and her own routine in order to be the best mom she can be while al...
Oct 12, 2022•57 min•Season 8Ep. 105
On today’s episode on Live Well Anyway with MacKenzie Koppa, MacKenzie shares her best tips and tricks for staying healthy and taking care of yourself and your family during cold and flu season. She talks about products and practices for throat care and recovering from colds as quickly and healthfully as possible. For newsletter subscribers, you can get a PDF of all these items to keep handy all season long. Head over to mackenziekoppa.com/news to sign up today! Also, any products mentioned toda...
Oct 05, 2022•56 min•Season 8Ep. 104
This week on Live Well Anyway, MacKenzie and Katie are back to chat all things fall! They share the products, practices and more that are making their days during this season. All the product links are in the show notes below, so scroll down to check out whatever grabbed your attention! JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Follow MacKenzie on Instagram @mackenziekoppa Sign up for MacKenzie’s newsletter “Well, anyway…” Subscribe to MacKenzie’s YouTube Channel L...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr•Season 8Ep. 103
Welcome to another episode of Live Well Anyway with MacKenzie Koppa. On today’s show, MacKenzie shares some practices she is doing to stay sane amidst the craziness of life. She talks about six ways she is staying on top of things, and hopefully some of these practices will be things you can incorporate into your life to stay sane, too! Simple Practices Keeping Me Sane: Putting things away Weekend Routine Wrapping My Head around the Week Moving into Action Writing Things Down (including emotions...
Sep 21, 2022•48 min•Season 8Ep. 102
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 in taking the first steps to follow-through. Things that might be standing in the way of your follo...
Sep 14, 2022•47 min•Season 3Ep. 101
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 all the details. Join the Live Well Anyway Facebook group to get daily updates and accountability. Y...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 8Ep. 100
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 kitchen. Have dish and hand soap for the season. (We love Mrs. Meyers!) Use a pretty cookbook stand. (This...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 99
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 is too small to write down. Don't worry about it being messy. Write down everything that you are acti...
Aug 24, 2022•54 min•Season 7Ep. 98
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 Community LINKS MENTIONED Follow MacKenzie on Instagram @mackenziekoppa Sign up for MacKenzie’s newslette...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 7Ep. 97
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 include the following: your vehicle, your backpack and homework space, your pantry and refrigerator,...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 96
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 many benefits of meal planning with Plan to Eat’s software and app, plus so many more great ideas and t...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 95
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 recent Live Well Planned Cohort , to talk about how it helped her get her life in good working order...
Jul 27, 2022•55 min•Season 7Ep. 94
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, Kelly’s comedy sketches, and so much more. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINK...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 93
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 advantage of. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Live Well Planned C...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 92
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 that really works! If you want help taking control of your overwhelm, sign up for one of MacKenzie’s u...
Jul 06, 2022•59 min•Season 7Ep. 91
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, and following through on the plan! If you want help taking control of your overwhelm, sign up for o...
Jun 29, 2022•47 min•Season 7Ep. 90
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 with friends in ways that fit each of their needs. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon C...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 89
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 Planned Cohort Follow MacKenzie on Instagram @mackenziekoppa Sign up for MacKenzie’s newsletter “Well, an...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 7Ep. 88
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 Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Live Well Planned Cohort Application Follow Ma...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 87
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 ways to incorporate wellness routines into your day. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon C...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 86
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 Planning Ep 39: Get Set for Summer with Katie and MacKenzie Ep 40: Do Summer Like a Grown Woman Ep 42:...
May 25, 2022•55 min•Season 7Ep. 85
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! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Live Well Planned Cohort Application Follow MacKenzie on Instagram ...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 84
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 implementation by joining her Live Well Planned Cohort. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon C...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 83
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 all. JOIN US ON PATREON Live Well Together! Patreon Community LINKS MENTIONED Live Well Planned Coh...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 82
