Live Free Now w/ John Bush
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LFN #252 - Your Limiting Beliefs Are The Only Thing Standing Between You And Exit and Build
<p>John's on the road in Chattanooga this week, so today's episode is a powerful one pulled from the archives. </p> <p>This throwback dives into one of the most foundational topics for anyone pursuing financial sovereignty, freedom, and a life outside the mainstream system: limiting beliefs.</p> <p>If you've ever told yourself "I can't do this" or "I'll only mess it up," you're not alone. John shares his own journey through poverty, divorce, and self-doubt, and the exact mindset shift that helped him go from struggling to make rent to building the life he has today. This is a...
LFN #251 - How to Find the Perfect Homestead... Curtis Stone's Full Framework
<p>Most people buy the wrong land. They fall in love with a view, sign the papers, and only later find out the water's no good, the soil won't grow, or the access road washes out every spring. Curtis Stone has spent years helping people avoid exactly that.</p> <p>In this keynote, originally delivered at Exit & Build 3, Curtis breaks down his complete framework for finding the perfect homestead... the same system he uses through Freedom Farmers and the Homestead Accelerator to vet land for serious buyers.</p> <p>Curtis Stone built a 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia and...
LFN #250 - How They're Building an Off-Grid Community in the Private Realm (Trust + PMA + Ministry)
<p>I'm out at Haven Village right now... spending the next couple weeks on the land, connecting with members, and dialing in the private realm side of the project. So I figured there was no better time to sit down with River and Imani and pull back the curtain on what they're building out here.</p> <p>Haven Village is a 216-acre regenerative development in Tennessee, built entirely in the private realm... trust-stewarded land, organized through a PMA, under a ministry of nature. River and Imani aren't talking about exit and build. They're living it. Hemp homes going up, regenerative...
LFN #249 - Mollie Engelhart - We Can Have Resilience or We Can Have Convenience, but We Can’t Have Both
<p>"We can have resilience, or we can have convenience. But we can't have both."</p> <p>That's the line Mollie Engelhart builds this entire talk from Exit and Build 4 around, and it might just reframe how you think about your food, your land, and your freedom.</p> <p>Join us in person at Exit and Build 6, hosted right on Mollie's Sovereignty Ranch:</p> <p>https://exitandbuild.com </p> <p>Mollie is the founder of Sovereignty Ranch, a 200+ acre regenerative ranch and farm-to-table operation in the Texas Hill Country. She walked away from a lot of what she used to b...
LFN #248 - The Famous Farmer Who Quit City Farming to Go Off-Grid
<p>Today on the Live Free Now Show, I'm going live with a surprise guest… and a lot of you are gonna know exactly who he is the second he pops on.<br> Here's what I'll tell you for now.</p> <p>This guy has been in the game a long time. He built one of the biggest farming followings on YouTube, then walked away from city farming, moved out to the country, and built a massive homestead in the rural mountains.</p> <p>These days he's a sovereignty expert, and he's working on a giant land-based community project you ar...
LFN #247 - The Stories in Your Head Are Keeping You Broke, Stuck, and Enslaved
<p>A doubtful, fearful population is easy to control. A confident, self-reliant one is not. That's not an accident, it's the whole game.</p> <p>In this episode, John Bush sits down with Mark England, founder of the Enlifted Method and one of the most sought-after mindset coaches on the planet. Five continents, four thousand clients, ten thousand coaching hours, a TEDx talk, and nearly five hundred certified coaches later, Mark has cracked something the control system would rather you never figure out: the words you use about yourself are building the cage you live in, and you've been handed...
LFN #246 - How Haven Village Is Building the Future: Trusts, Private Communities & Regenerative Freedom
<p>In this special presentation from Exit and Build 5 at Polyface Farm, River and Imani of Haven Village share one of the most compelling real-world examples of Exit and Build in action.</p> <p>This was actually the first time I heard them fully explain the shift toward their sub-trust model — where each neighborhood inside Haven Village operates with its own trust structure while remaining connected to the broader mission and stewardship of the land.</p> <p>Honestly… my mind was blown.</p> <p>This is next-level thinking around regenerative community design, private governance, stewardship, and long-term resilience.</p> <p>In t...
LFN #245 - Thomas Massie, Donald Trump & Why We Exit and Build
<p>Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary to an unknown challenger backed by Donald Trump and heavily funded by Israel interests.</p> <p>A lot of freedom-minded people are shocked and furious.</p> <p>But honestly…</p> <p>This outcome simply proves what many of us have been saying for years:</p> <p>Politics is a rigged dog-and-pony show designed to enrich and empower the ruling class while keeping the masses distracted, divided, hopeful, and demoralized.</p> <p>In this episode of the Live Free Now Show, I break down:</p> <p>Why I abandoned politics years ago<br> How go...
LFN #244 - How to Find Land for Your Homestead, Community, or Eco-Retreat
<p>Jaymie Friesen started with no money, no land, and poor credit.</p> <p>Within 3 months they bought 160 acres and a private mountain.<br> 7 months later they had Airbnb stays, a retreat center, and a venue generating $30k/month.</p> <p>Now they help people do the same through Living The Off-Grid Dream and LandFunder.</p> <p>In this interview we cover:</p> <p>• Finding land for a homestead, retreat center, or freedom community<br> • Avoiding expensive land-buying mistakes<br> • Creative financing and owner-finance deals<br> • Building income-producing land projects<br> • Using AI to find land, funding, and opportunities faster</p> <p>Chec...
LFN #243 - Regenerative Leadership: What It Actually Means (with Yoshi Pantera)
<p>In this episode, I sit down with Yoshi Pantera to talk about Regenerative Leadership… and what it actually looks like in practice. <br> <br> We explore how this way of thinking applies directly to the work we’re doing with Exit & Build… and the kind of communities we’re trying to create.<br> <br> </p> <p>We get into: <br> <br> What “regenerative culture” really means <br> Why habits and daily actions matter more than big ideas <br> The role of community, land, and connection in building something real <br> How spiritual and ancestral wisdom ties into modern systems <br> What it...
