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We’ve Forgotten Our Purpose—and the Data Prove It

Motherhood is not a detour from purpose. It is purpose.
We’ve Forgotten Our Purpose—and the Data Prove It
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Mollie Engelhart
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I didn’t mean to wait so long to have children. It just happened. I was busy—running restaurants, pushing for growth, hoping to be acquired so I could do it all over again. Empire-building was my focus. My first marriage came and went during that season. My then-husband even told me that he was worried I wouldn’t be able to care for a child because I was so hyperfocused on work.

Mollie Engelhart
Mollie Engelhart
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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.