🧡 Key Takeaways

“Making” is a form of grounding and emotional reset.

The kitchen (or any creative space) can become a personal sanctuary.

Skill-building strengthens self-reliance: first yourself, then family, then community.

Bread baking teaches patience, nourishment, and unseen transformation.

Preparedness is not fear—it’s calm readiness.

Story Highlights

Bartering fire cider for plants with a regenerative gardener.

“I am a maker.” Naming what lights you up.

Bread as a teacher of patience, presence, and provision.

🔨 Simple Steps to Try

Identify your sanctuary spot (kitchen, garden, studio, gym).

Schedule 30 minutes a week to make or create something there.

Notice how your mind quiets while your hands move.

Journal what brings you the most calm and energy.

Mentioned

Fire cider basics

Bread baking as a starter skill

Skill stacking in everyday life

Calls to Action

Peek inside the Joyfully Prepared Library for videos, books, and guides: bread, beans, water bath canning, meat canning, emergency prep.

Send Wendi your requests for future lessons and resources.

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👩‍🌾 Facebook Group: joyfulprepgroup.com

Timestamps

00:00 Meme that sparked the episode

02:00 The barter story and “I am a maker”

07:30 Noise, doom scrolling, and nervous systems

12:30 Kitchen as sanctuary and your version of it

17:30 Three principles of self-reliance

21:30 Bread as skill stacking and provision

27:00 Preparedness as peacekeeping

31:00 Your turn. Choose a sanctuary and make something