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If you or a family member is facing an illness or battling chronic pain, is homesteading going to be feasible for you? In this podcast episode, my guests–Kevin and Julie from Wild Homestead Living–walk us through how they both have faced this very question. They will leave you will honest answers and practical advice that has made the world of difference for them.
Podcast Episode Highlights
- Kevin and Julie’s Background (health and homesteading)
- How their approach to life and responding to crises helped them get into homesteading
- What does your daily life look like now?
- Learning to sometimes pause and reflect and slow down
- What are your homesteading activities, livestock, etc.?
- Using bartering and community to fill in the homesteading gaps
- What skills and habits did you cultivate when you lived in the city (before the homestead)?
- What problems do you have to solve on your homestead (and how do you solve them)?
- What challenges have you faced while overcoming pain and what strategies have you used to keep homesteading?
- Having great intentions while also balancing that with grace and patience
- When to hire things out (more on balance)
- How homesteading has helped their health (as well as working out)
- How has homegrown food helped with your health?
- What advice for folks dealing with their own health challenges?
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Where you can find Kevin & Julie:
Wild Homestead Living website: https://wildhomesteadliving.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRWqWZ8br9urc_w1w3mUktQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildhomesteadliving/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/WildHomesteadLiving/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wildhomesteadliving
And the free guide they mentioned: https://wildhomesteadliving.com/about-quick-start-homesteading
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More Unconventional Homesteading Tips:
- What if I’m Alone? Homesteading as a Single Person (podcast episode)
- Homesteading During the Golden Years: Is it Possible? (podcast episode)
- Homesteading with Littles: Strategies from a Experienced Mama (podcast episode)
- How to Cultivate Community While Homesteading (blog article)