Thriving The Future Podcast

Last time, in Ep. 138, Jason Thomas shared stories and we discussed how to design your intentional life. We talked about the main categories - wealth, health, relationships, and spirituality. I was contemplating my journey to design my intentional life and I had more to add. Having an Intentional Life means: Aligning your life and actions with your values, as much as possible. Being deliberate in...

What does your perfect day look like? Does today look like that perfect day? In this episode, Jason Thomas of Regeneration Nation Costa Rica shares foundational steps to design your intentional life. Needs most people have: Wealth Health Relationships Spirituality What does your perfect day look like? We also discuss how to apply permaculture principles to your business or side hustle. Check out J...

It's been a crazy week. The assassination attempt on Trump. Now a Global cyberattack (“no, it was just a bad patch!”) What will you do with this moment? Focus on your local Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern Plant trees Cultivate gardens Raise livestock Prepare mentally and spiritually Grow your local community Because Gov’t will not save you. Episode website: Ep. 137 - What Will You Make o...

My friend Kevin Brubaker from Dallas Media Productions , an independent film producer in Dallas, joins me to talk about LLC Tips (and lots of film stuff). What does a film producer have to do with my usual content of homesteading? It fits into creating side hustles and businesses to Design Your Intentional Life. We were having a conversation about LLCs and we decided to record it. We also talk a l...

Jeremy is better known as DeweyLikeDonuts on Instagram and TikTok. We start his story in 2008 and how a SHTF can be your own personal apocalypse. He turned to "raising chickens, growing his own food, and striving for a more sustainable life" (his tagline). Prepping to Thrive rather than survive. Not living in fear. He shares about is recent adventures with a bee swarm. How he grew his Instagram ac...

Part of Thriving is embracing both the wins, as well as the losses. Homestead Update : My Spring garden has failed, for the most part. I usually sow plants and then spread lettuce and kale seed around to act as a cover crop - hey, lettuce is a companion plant of everything. This year hardly anything came up. The starter plants that I planted also did not thrive. Why? Lots of rain. In Kansas we do...

Enough talk. Get Stuff Done. It's Proof of Work. Grant Payne and Matt Derosier share what Stuff they are Getting Done this Spring, as well as Side Hustle and Tree Nursery tips. Hear why "The IBC King is Back": Grant's wedding Grant added MANY chickens and ducks Turkey production - if you start now will they be ready to sell for Thanksgiving? Tree nursery tips Hedge production by coppicing. Grant P...

Real world examples to start and then grow your side hustle. I am taking a Permaculture Business Design Course through Regeneration Nation CR . The exercises and worksheets are fantastic and have helped me to focus more on the customer. What is the problem you are trying to solve? What does your customer actually want? Are you trying to solve what you think the problem is? Example: If you are eval...

Times are tough. I talked with a recruiter friend the other day and there are >40 people in my field in our local job market that he knows that are looking for work. And those are just the ones that he knows. Build something for yourself. It’s basic prepping. Build your side hustle. Multiple streams of income. In this episode I will share tips on how to discover and develop your side hustle nic...

Andy Hickman ( shagbark_hick on Twitter ) shares his new adventures. Andy was on on Ep. 83 - You're Gonna Make it. His video "You're Gonna Make it" is still the most encouraging video I have ever seen, and still puts a smile on my face. Andy has a big Summer planned: He is getting married to Keturah in June, with a wedding in the woods of upstate NY, with bring-your-own-picnic lunch, and campout....

New health challenges require Homestead Padre to rethink and redesign his garden to adapt to those changes. After some health issues, Homestead Padre and his wife are adopting the Mediterranean Diet. Padre shares about IBS and Crohn's Disease. Unlike American Italian Food, the Mediterranean Diet is heavy emphasis on vegetables, seafood, lean meats, fat from olive oil, and whole wheat pasta (if the...

Try to go without your phone for a few hours, or even the whole day. Like most people, I reach for my phone when there is any break in the conversation, when a commercial comes on TV, or when I am even slightly bored. This episode will empower you with some tips to reduce your screen use - and reclaim your life. Phone Settings to Fight Screen Addiction: Night Shift Focus setting Level Up on Fighti...

Scott the Little Pine Farmer on Twitter is back with me and we are talking about his bakery and how he favors "Why don't you come down to this market or deliver to the boutique in the city? We want to feed our neighborhood first." Scott the Little Pine Farmer It's all about the goal: "The overarching goal is to stay home, produce value, and have people bring us money." Reaching that goal through:...

Grow Food, Not Lawns How to Create a new garden bed with Milpa How you create a new garden bed depends on what time of the year it is. Most people sheet mulch by covering an area with cardboard, then layers of compost and woodchips. This works well, but only if you do it in the Fall AND you get lots of rain in the Winter to break down the cardboard. This year we had lots of snow in January and the...

You don't hear this permaculture message very often: Start Simple. Usually people are watching videos of Geoff Lawton and planning swales and dams and grafting, and... Cormac Harkin of Vine Permaculture starts his consults with basic questions: What do you like to eat? What kind of time do you have during the week to devote to a garden. (if you spend 8 hours a week on a garden, where does that tim...

Joseph Lofthouse is the author of Landrace Gardening: Food Security through Biodiversity and Promiscuous Pollination . Landrace gardening is adapting crops to your land and climate, and then saving seeds, while also selecting for the best flavor, color, and pest and disease resistance. Joseph lives in the high mountains of Utah - a mountain valley with cold air coming down out of the mountains, ye...

A lot of people are talking about Civil War lately. There is even a big budget movie coming out in April 2024 that depicts CW2. In the movie trailer a guy in camo points a rifle at the main characters, journalists, and says, "What kind of American are you?" That clip from the movie trailer has become a meme online, especially on Twitter.  "What kind of American are you?" seems to be the theme...

Positive Solutions in a Tough Labor Market You are in a social gathering, like church or some other social function, and the question comes up: "What do you do?" (for a living). How do you respond? Most people answer: "I am (this role) at XYZ company". But what is that really saying? You have boxed yourself into a role. And you (perhaps inadvertently) declared your allegiance to your current compa...

In this episode, John McCoy and I discuss creating content and building your own brand. John McCoy is a freelance blogger and owner of JustEnoughSEO.com . John was on Ep. 75 - How to Reinvent Yourself as Freelancer . "Time is the most precious asset that I have. And I decided that my time needed to go into building my own brand, not their brand. Numero uno comes first." Surfer SEO app (and most SE...

You're looking for a side hustle. What if you could buy a mini business that already has a website created for you? Flippa is an auction site to buy websites. It is similar to eBay - everything is an auction. There are two types of sites on Flippa:  Startup site: This site does not have any traffic, or very little. It does not have any significant income.   Established site: This has bee...

Tips on Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Diet and other ways to deal with Hashimoto's - from our own personal experiences. Ryan Mitchel Brown joins me to talk about Hashimotos Autoimmune Disease, AIP Diet. I have Hashimoto's Autoimmune Disease - where the body attacks the thyroid. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune thyroid disease leading to progressive damage and inflammation of the thyroid gland....

How to develop skills while doing your side hustle. Toolman Tim and I talk about how to develop skills while doing your side hustle. Lots of side hustle tips in this episode! It was -46 in Canada in mid-January. What it is like living in a mobile home in -46. Note that Celsius and Fahrenheit merge at -40. Skills Over Stuff Practice with your equipment when the weather is good. "You don't rise to t...

Tips on How to Handle Imposter Syndrome...and January. It's the doldrums of January. Christmas has passed. Deer season is over and I didn't get a deer Although I love the snow. I can't do anything when it's zero degrees outside and 25 mph wind like it is today. After shoveling 2 foot snow drifts on 60 feet of driveway, it has now drifted over again. Like many of you, I'm starting to get the seed c...

With Brendan from Posterity Ciderworks Brendan from Posterity Ciderworks tells stories of how he finds neglected heirloom apple trees on long forgotten homesteads in California and uses them in his cider. His adventures are like watching an apple treasure hunt reality show. Quince - the Homesteaders Secret - Did you know that heritage homesteads had 1 or 2 Quince trees - to be used to create pecti...

Homestead Padre and Grant Payne join me and we share our Christmas memories and traditions. Our memories are at times bittersweet. Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. For Homestead Padre and his family, their holiday season starts when eggnog becomes available in the store. They put their tree up in October. They also celebrate Hannukah. In Lawrence in NE Kansas, they light the Christmas li...