
Episode #72
#72 - Sovereign Living: Reclaiming Ownership of Your Life with Jarrett Vaughan
Bees on the roof. Chickens in the front yard. A lemonade stand that funds Bitcoin savings. This week we're talking about sovereignty, and our guest is living it on a city lot in Kitsilano. This one is different from what you usually hear on the Eversio Experience, and that's exactly why we wanted it. We're joined by Jarrett Vaughan, an adjunct professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business. He teaches marketing through the lens of sound money, incentives, and real-world economics. Jarrett spent a decade in luxury hospitality, including the Four Seasons, and has been studying and using Bitcoin since 2017. Today he and his wife Ashley raise three kids, keep chickens and honeybees, grow food year-round, and heat their home with salvaged urban firewood. All of it happens in the middle of Vancouver. We talk about the real difference between autonomy and sovereignty, and how his family teaches kids about money, giving, and adventure. Jarrett also explains why he believes the systems most of us depend on are more fragile than we think. What You'll Learn: The moment a decade of five-star hotels made Jarrett realize he wanted out Why autonomy is choosing from a set menu, and sovereignty is writing your own How four hens, a rooftop beehive, and potted raspberries add up to real food on a city lot (bees take him about four hours a year) The three-part money lesson behind his kids' lemonade stand: spend, invest, give Why his family lives by "safety third," and what comes first and second The one-word shift, "is" versus "has," that changed how his family talks about his daughter Sailor's disability How they're approaching homeschooling with the door left open, and why they let their son choose Jarrett's three small first steps toward a more sovereign life, starting this week Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Unshackled Living podcast (Jarrett's show): https://unshackled.living/ Ashley Vaughan on Instagram (@ashvau): https://www.instagram.com/ashvau/ Your Next Steps: Follow Eversio Wellness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eversiowellness/ Shop Eversio Wellness and save 15% with code PODCAST15: https://www.eversiowellness.com/discount/PODCAST15?redirect=%2Fcollections%2Fall-products Take our wellness QUIZ to find the right mushroom for you: https://www.eversiowellness.com/pages/take-our-quiz Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@eversiowellness

