# LFN #249 - Mollie Engelhart - We Can Have Resilience or We Can Have Convenience, but We Can’t Have Both

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Podcast: [Live Free Now w/ John Bush](https://stenobird.com/podcast/live-free-now-w-john-bush-159289)
Published: 2026-06-17T18:29:54+00:00
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## Resource

"We can have resilience, or we can have convenience. But we can't have both." 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. Join us in person at Exit and Build 6, hosted right on Mollie's Sovereignty Ranch: https://exitandbuild.com 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 believe, put in the hard work, and built a thriving, self-reliant life rooted in faith, family, and the land. In this talk, she makes the case that real resilience always costs you some convenience... and why that trade is more than worth it. If you've ever felt the pull to get back to the land, grow your own food, and stop depending on a fragile system, this one's for you. Want to experience it for yourself? Exit and Build 6 is our in-person immersive freedom event, November 5 to 8, 2026, hosted on Mollie's Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. Four days of building real systems alongside Mollie and dozens of others who are actually living this out. Come build with us: https://exitandbuild.com

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