Wise Traditions 547: Beauty And Heartache On The Homestead With Tara Couture
Oct 6, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Tara Couture, author of 'Radiance of the Ordinary' and homesteader at Slowdown Farmstead, shares her journey through life's complexities. She reveals how she balanced farm life with family, emphasizing the importance of nurturing relationships over business pursuits. Tara also discusses the moral responsibilities of raising animals and finding beauty amidst grief, especially after losing her daughter. Her insights on the value of hard work and building community connections around food are both inspiring and thought-provoking.
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Mortality Sharpens Priorities
- Keeping mortality in view makes daily choices clearer and reduces wasted time on distractions.
- Tara says this awareness helps prioritize meaningful work and relationships.
Weeding Moment That Changed Everything
- Tara describes a garden-weeding moment when her husband admitted uncertainty about their future.
- That admission triggered major life changes: downsizing and leaving commercial farming.
Prioritize And Protect Core Values
- Prioritize core values (marriage, children) and remove activities that undermine them.
- Make concrete changes, even painful ones, to protect those priorities.
