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Comfort Is Not the Goal 

Comfort Is Not the Goal 
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Mollie Engelhart
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We are living in the most comfortable time in human history, and yet we are not thriving. We are becoming weaker, less adaptable, and less capable of doing hard things—not because hardship has disappeared, but because we have stopped choosing it.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
Author
Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.