On today’s episode of Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie talks with her good friends Katie Duckett and Chelle Bruzas about clinging to celebrations and loveliness amidst the coronavirus crisis. This is a grace-filled, honest conversation that we hope will help you see the lighter side of life in a challenging season.

• Katie shares honestly how she is doing amidst coronavirus struggles
• Chelle talks about what it is like to parent with transparency during this season
• MacKenzie shares the challenge of being forced into schooling at home again
• Katie shares the analogy of a pot boiling over to talk about stressors and emotions
• MacKenzie talks about dealing with “parenting whiplash”
• Making the intentional effort to pull out of your own emotion and love on your family
• The kindness of communicating your needs with each other as a family

We have to be creative, but those small efforts pay big dividends in the hearts of our kids.

Katie Duckett

• Setting healthy boundaries for ourselves and our kids
• Celebrating birthdays amidst social distancing
• Join in celebrating with us #lovelypandemicbirthday
• Katie's new family tradition and how it came to be
• The simple luxury of taking a flower bath or pedicure
• Other simple ways to bring some loveliness into your day
• Share how you are doing to celebrate the little things with us #cultivatingthelovely

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The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Find Katie-

You can find Katie Duckett on Instagram @may_these_arrows_fly.

Find Chelle-

You can find Chelle Bruzas on @chelle_bruzas.

Find MacKenzie-

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

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