The Team

The Self Reliance Exchange is a collaborative effort between like-minded individuals who all have at least one foot on the common ground of self reliance. Each contributor is self sufficient in different areas and in varying degrees. We may not all be pointed in the same direction, but we all share a common interest in being more self directed, having greater autonomy in our lives, being reasonably prepared for life’s many challenges, and having freedom to follow our own sense of how our lives should be lived.

We’re “regular” people with the desire to learn, create and refine our self reliance skills and ideas, and then share them with you.

Contributors to this site were deliberately chosen for their unique skills, experiences, knowledge, and their “rugged individualist” attitudes. They have a keen desire to share with others and have demonstrated an ability to write quality material on a regular basis on a range of topics that are self reliance oriented.

Readers can look for our team to provide about three posts per week from each contributor.  Below are links to contributor profiles.  We invite you to visit the websites and blogs written by each of them, as identified in the profiles.

Annie Jean – an adventuresome spirit offering the voice of experience when it comes to frugality, simple living, computer repair and self employment.

Brad Chaffee – enemy of debt and dependency, inspirational professor of personal responsibility, public speaker and family man.

Bradley Harrington – reader, writer, photographer, cook, computer geek, former Marine and an uncompromising advocate of individual liberty; in love with lighthouses, waterfalls, sunrises and sunsets.

Clair Schwan – frugal and debt-free homesteader, entrepreneur, gardener, chicken rancher, fisherman and defender of American freedoms.

DDFD (DivorcedDadFrugalDad) – frugal entrepreneur, do-it-yourselfer, cook, instructor, family man, fisherman and quality of life provider.

Glory Lennon – gardener, novelist, frugal homemaker, small business assistant and modern day pioneer.

Joan Crain – frugal saver, emergency planner, do-it-yourselfer, food storage expert and champion of personal choice, free enterprise and limited government.

Kristen – baker, gardener, photographer, homeschooler, musician, and frugal shopper dedicated to a satisfying family life.

Mark Zeiger – homesteader, hunter, homeschooler, fisherman and family man living “on the edge” and off the grid.