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Why Depression Rises in an Age of Comfort

When we lack a mission bigger than ourselves, our lives collapse inward.
Why Depression Rises in an Age of Comfort
Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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My husband grew up in three block walls with a palm-frond roof. There was no running water. No electricity. His parents slept in hammocks, and all eight children slept on the floor under blankets sewn together from scraps of old clothes.

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.