Thriving The Future Podcast

Creating Cultural Capital through Storytelling and Traditions. Our guests share their favorite personal Christmas holiday stories: Grant Payne of HomesteadofPayne on Instagram from Episode 58 . Matt from FarmHopLife. Melody and Eric from the Homebirth on the Homestead episodes 38 and 43 tell about how they create memories by playing (usually argumentative) games on Christmas. (Maybe that's a littl...

It is winter. It is the time to rest, to dream, and to plan. But this episode will get you fired up and give you tips as you plan for the growing season. Grant Payne of HomesteadOfPayne on Instagram joins me this week. He is Getting Stuff Done - #GSD at a level off the charts. He created 70 raised beds out of IBC totes by cutting them in half. He is planning a nursery, and gets some nursery stock...

Adversity - Dark Clouds with Silver Linings. Continuing our series on handling adversity, Matt from FarmHopLife and I discuss how to handle changes and turmoil at your job and in life. And how he is dealing with making the tough decisions about job, health. Changes in the job. Will he be able to continue his 20x23 project?? His original plan was to travel around to farms and homesteads to lend a h...

"The big success is not done from the homestead. It's done by selling the idea. It's done by selling the dream. It's done by selling the experience." In this episode Perpend and I talk with Homestead Padre from Twitter about Adversity, his homestead in Mississippi, and adventures in selling at the farmer's market - How to Make Money at the Farmer's Market in a Recession. Mindset of the farmer's ma...

We have been covering a series about how to Recession-Proof your life. In this episode I talk with my friend Eric about how to recession-proof your job How do you introduce yourself? "I am a..." Do you tie your identity to your job? How to #Thrive at your job: Make yourself valuable. Develop relationships. Be Genuine. Go to work every day as if it was your first day. Side hustles and cultivating a...

Kurt is back and he gives an update on his homestead as well as tips from how he is building local community. And we talk about how to recession-proof your job with an entrepreneurial mindset. Community building tips: Volunteer to help people setup their garden in the Spring or clean it up in the Fall. Doing this, Kurt got free raspberry plants. Hold events and workshops Learn new skills - as you...

Tips and Tricks to Help You Be More Secure Online Mike from Paratus Radio is back and we deep dive on Information Security Tips. Did you know that identity theft is now targeting kids? A friend’s daughter reached 18 and she went to get a car loan, but her identity has already been stolen and debt incurred against her. And Mike is getting insurance and credit ads in the mail for his 11 yo son. A cr...

Not an Expert But We're Still Going to Get Stuff Done This week I was a guest on FarmHopLife Podcast . We talked about homesteading, our local "Not an Expert But We're Still Going to Get Stuff Done" workshops, and what motivates me to grow my own food. This podcast episode is an excerpt of the interview. You can watch the entire interview on Youtube at: https://youtu.be/3X6w4Brdz0Q We cover: "Not...

#It'sAllAboutTheMindset Perpend is back in town so we catch up on his quest for intentional community. Worldview and Mindset - Worldview: The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. A collection of beliefs about life and the world held by an individual or a group. Perpend's definition - Telos: the end term of a goal-directed process. Mindset: A fixed mental attitude or di...

It's the story of every homesteader's life - there are never enough hours in the day. There are never enough hands to help on the big projects. What projects would you do if you could get a helping hand for a week on your homestead? Matt from FarmHopLife Podcast and I talk about his 20x23 project next year - traveling around to farms and homesteads to lend a hand with whatever the owner needs to f...

Foraging + 2022 Growing Season in Review "The days grow shorter and the nights are getting long. Seems like we're running out of time." - Triumph. In tough times and supply chain breakdowns, these foraging ideas can make the difference to augment your diet, generate some side hustle income, or help grow your homestead. Foraging stories: Chestnuts: The local rural elementary school has two chestnut...

Deer Hunting Stories and Tips It's Deer Season! My friend Dave and I tell hunting stories and share our tips: Our first deer What gear we use Tips and tricks Scent control Hunting with a crossbow Processing yourself vs. taking to the butcher We tell stories of our hunts, including some funny stories - like when I got stuck up in a tree. Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/deer-season

Choosing the type of Communications based on your Community Mike from Paratus Radio joins TTF Podcast to discuss emergency communications. We look at communications based on several community scenarios (size, location, and needs): Cul de sac - FRS (walkie talkies) Group of farms (1-2 miles) - GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) Group of intentional communities (5-10 miles apart) - GRMS with repeat...

Homesteading, aquaponics, building soil, and Heath the Kangaroo In this episode I talk with Shudra as he is #Thriving in Australia. Shudra is one of the contributors at The Homestead Journal . Shudra is also a prolific Twitter poster, and you can follow him @TheShudraWay on Twitter . Shudra shares about aquaponics, building soil when your land is mostly gravel, and the unexpected arrival of Heath...

Free Your Mindset What if you could work less than 40 hours a week? What if you could charge double what everyone else is charging, working less, and still #Thrive? Jules Smith, editor of The Homestead Journal , joins TTF Podcast to talk about his "multi-side hustle, intermittent, high value dollar per hour system". Tips: Get out of the 40 hour per week mindset. Fill your life with multiple income...

Gift Economy vs Barter - Has Barter really been used anywhere at any scale? Scott and Perpend have a lively debate on whether barter has been used as the main economy in any culture. The gift economy applies to the Tribal model, family, or clan.<p> We also discuss intentional community. Are we a community? As he states in this episode, Perpend is seeking an intentional community that is will...

Ken and Sally are #Homesteading in the City. You would be surprised how much they do in their normal backyard - chickens, gardens, tree starts, composting bins, and an elaborate worm bin. We also discuss how they #Thrive & prepare for retirement. This is a part of our #Thrivers series. Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/homesteading-city Sponsors: - The Homestead Journal - Find us...

Using the best homeschooling method for the season in a child's life. Join the conversation with Winter, a mom who is from a homeschooled family and has homeschooled her kids. Skip the usual homeschool topics - no complaining about public school, no politics here. We want to focus on creating lifelong learners. - Adapting to your child' s learning style. - Homeschooling with an ADHD child and a Gi...

Dodging the Regulations and Restrictions Land Mines Continuing our #Thrivers series, join the conversation with Kurt. He is living on 27 acres in NW MO. We discuss how he found his land in this tough market, strategies for determining regulations and restrictions. We deep dive into some of what he has accomplished so far with his land and livestock, as well as his plans to thrive in the next year....

Come on into the library, sit down and have a chat. Join our conversation with Yardbird on culture, the podcast, and Radical Authenticity. Radical Authenticity: Facing reality. Being authentic. learning to identify problems, and being willing to accept those. We also discuss: - The history and next steps for the podcast. < - Yardbird's Philosophy Garden. He has generously provided an essay on t...

<p>You may think that gardening season is late, and you are just harvesting the tomatoes and the root crops and squash. If you live in the midsection of the country or the South, you can get two seasons in. Start succession planting now. Plant that Victory Garden!</p> <p>Go to the episode website to see a helpful guide to succession planting: https://thrivingthefuture.com/fall-ga...

<p>Do you Get Stuff Done, or do you change course and start yet another project after seeing a new YT video, saying "I'm gonna try that!"</p> <p>The result = A bunch of projects that never get done.</p> <p>But I want to Get Stuff Done instead. Real stuff. Projects that I finish.</p> <p>I want Proof of Work. I want to actually finish my projects.</p>...

<p>Building Cultural Capital</p> <p>You build Cultural capital through stories, songs, and rituals.</p> <p>You are building Culture whether you know it or not.</p> <p> What kind of culture are you building? </p> <p>Episode website: https://thrivingthefuture.com/cultural-capital </p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p> - The Homestead J...

<p>The Unwritten Rules of Social Capital and Your Social Capital Debt.</p> <p> - If I do something for you, you generally "owe" me a favor.</p> <p> - Social capital can be traded for other capital. If you do something for me, I can recompense you in some other way.</p> <p>(Notice how uncomfortable this quickly becomes. Everybody knows these things, but if...

<p>How to Use Social Media Without Social Media Using You.</p> <p>Attention is Worship. All social media is about Attention.</p> <p>Social Media steals your attention. Is social media stealing your intention and keeping you from designing and living your intentional life?</p> <p>Listen to learn How to Use Social Media Without Social Media Using You.</p&...