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My Self Reliance Podcast
Welcome to the Cabin. I’m Shawn James, the host of the My Self Reliance podcast and YouTube channel.
This is the story of how I am withdrawing from modern society to pursue a free, natural, healthy, meaningful and satisfying life and how you can too. Join me as I build an off grid homestead in the wilderness complete with log cabins, an outdoor kitchen, a wood-fired sauna, lumber mill, vegetable garden, fruit orchard, food forest and haven for wildlife.
My Self Reliance Podcast
Latest Episodes
032 Working Alone Safely and Effectively
Working alone in a remote cabin build sounds peaceful until you do the math: one body, two hands, heavy materials, sharp tools, and nobody around if something goes wrong. We talk through the practical reality of solo homesteading and off-grid c...
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Hearthside 06 The Cabin I Never Built | Introduction
A childhood dream can be more than nostalgia. Sometimes it is a compass that keeps pointing to the life you were meant to build.We kick off a new series by sharing a first draft reading from Shawn James’s upcoming book, “The Cabin I Nev...
031 Unplugging As A Path To Presence And Calm- Unplug, Unwind, Reconnect
Something feels off for a lot of us, and it’s not because we’re broken. We’re moving through days packed with convenience, screens, and constant input, and then we wonder why our chest feels tight, our minds feel noisy, and time seems to speed ...
Hearthside 05 Slowing Down Gave Me More Life To Live
Hurry feels normal until you realize how much it costs. I used to live slightly ahead of myself, chasing the next task, the next goal, the next version of “caught up.” I got busy, but I did not always get happy, and I was not always fully there...
030 If Work Gets Easier, What Gives Life Meaning?
AI fear is loud right now, and we hear it constantly from people who feel uncertain, stressed, and stuck watching the digital world speed up. From a quiet morning at the cabin, we offer a calmer counterpoint: big technology shifts tend to expan...
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