S5 Ep146: Celebrating in Hard Seasons with Trina McNeilly

On the Cultivating the Lovely podcast this week, MacKenzie interviews Tina McNeilly, author of the new book, La La Lovely: The Art of Finding Beauty in the Everyday. Trina is also a speaker and founder lifestyle blog, La La Lovely. She and her husband, Stephen, and their four children make their home outside Chicago, Illinois. In today’s conversation, MacKenzie and Trina talk about how to survive, and even thrive, during a hard holiday season. Trina shares a little of the behind the scenes of how this book was created and designed Why beauty is important and something we should seek What looking for loveliness during holidays has been like for Trina in different seasons Helping our children walk through hard times and finding the good things with them How Trina keeps the holiday season simple and keeps her faith central The value of small beginnings Giving yourself grace in how you choose to celebrate instead of sticking to some arbitrary rule Trina’s new resource “When the Holidays are Hard” You have permission to grieve and to have joy in the same season A typical day in Trina’s life Letting go of the things that are outside of our control and being flexible Current Lovelies- Trina: getting outside in nature and noticing the beauty around her MacKenzie: listening to The Office Ladies podcast with her son and watching the episodes together Resources Mentioned- Books: La La Lovely Podcasts: Deliciously Ella Rhythms for Life with Rebekah Lyons 10 Things to Tell You with Laura Tremaine Growing Big People with Paul Scanlon Movies: You’ve Got Mail Find Trina- You can find Trina on her website trinamcneilly.com. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube and Twitter. 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.  Thanks to Our Sponsors- CTL is brought to you by Plan to Eat meal planning service. Their big 50% OFF sale is coming November 29, 2019! Visit PlanToEat.com/LOVELY to start your free 60-day trial instead of the normal 30-day trial. Today’s episode of CTL is brought to you by Grove. As a CTL listener, you can get a FREE 5-piece Mrs. Meyers cleaning set at Grove.co/LOVELY, plus free shipping with your first order.