My Self Reliance
Shawn James
Everything in one place. Unplug. Unwind. Reconnect.
Free guide
The Self-Reliance Starter Guide
Five things I'd tell you to do first, if you showed up at the cabin and asked where to start. Learn a fire you can count on, keep an edge on something, build a two-week pantry, find a skill you already have that a stranger would pay for, learn one wild food properly.
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Go deeper
A practical next step, whether you want the full year, the tools we use, or a quieter place to follow the work.
52 Weeks to Self-Reliance
The book version of the guide above. One skill a week, fifty two weeks, the whole rebuild broken into pieces small enough to actually do.
Get the book 02The Shop
Chaga, coffee, and the small handful of tools and field-care products we actually use here. Not a catalog of everything, just what earns a place.
Visit the shop 03Hearthside
The membership. Letters and videos that don't go anywhere public, and a quieter place to ask questions than the comments section.
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My Self Reliance
The main channel. Cabin builds, off-grid living, the day to day of doing this for real.
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The second channel, more personal.
Stories
Listen / Read
The podcast
Longer conversations, no video, for when you're driving or working with your hands.
The journal
The written version, on the site itself.
The journal on Substack
The same writing, if you'd rather have it in your inbox by itself.