CTLP Episode 102- Cultivating Lifelong Friendships with Sally Clarkson
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Show Notes-
This week on Cultivating the Lovely, MacKenzie Koppa chats with her friend and mentor Sally Clarkson. Sally is an author, speaker, wife and mother to 4 amazing adults. She and her husband Clay have written many books on family and faith. The newest book project Sally has coming out is Girls’ Club: Cultivating Lasting Friendship in a Lonely World, which she co-wrote with her daughters, Sarah and Joy. That book is the main topic of today’s conversation between MacKenzie and Sally, plus much more:
- A little intro into Sally’s newest book, Girls’ Club
- How the original Clarkson “Girls’ Club” got started
- We were created to be communal people
- The loneliness that pervades our current culture
- Learning to cultivate friendships and investing time into the process
- Investing in yourself and improving yourself in order to pour into others
- Sally talks about some of the things that she appreciates about her friends
- Being a friend to your own children while parenting well
- Having friends who inspire and support us in our mothering
- A typical day in Sally’s life currently
Current Lovelies
Sally: making her mornings beautiful with candles, music, tea and fresh flowers
MacKenzie: treating herself to a donut and learning that she is worth it
Resources Mentioned
Books:
Find Sally-
You can find Sally on her website, sallyclarkson.com, and listen to her podcast At Home with Sally. You can also follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and Twitter.
Find MacKenzie-
You can find MacKenzie Koppa on Instagram, Facebook, and the CTL Facebook Group, of course! You can also listen to her family-friendly podcast The Same Page!
Listen to the CTL Podcast-
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