Steve and Sandy Eplett are educators, speakers, and builders of a life most people only talk about.
What started as a pursuit of sustainable living turned into something deeper — a confrontation with comfort, fear, self-sabotage, and the quiet patterns that keep families playing small.
They don’t just teach homesteading. They teach people how to stop drifting.
Through years of navigating multi-generational living, rebuilding when things didn’t go as planned, and choosing the harder road more than once, Steve and Sandy have learned this: resilience isn’t aesthetic, legacy isn’t accidental, and clarity doesn’t show up before the decision does.
Their work now lives at the intersection of sustainability, personal responsibility, identity, and discipline. They've become known as identity shifters.
Sandy speaks to women who feel the tension of “there has to be more”, helping them disrupt self-sabotage, rewrite the narratives they’ve been living inside, and reconnect with their calling.
Steve speaks to men about doing hard things, about rejecting passivity, stepping into responsibility, and building strength that lasts longer than motivation.
Together, they offer a dual perspective that challenges audiences to examine the stories shaping their lives and the decisions shaping their future.
They speak at conferences, festivals, churches, leadership events, corporations, and community gatherings, bringing honest stories, practical tools, and conversations that move people from inspiration into ownership.
Their message is simple:
If you want a brave future, you’ll have to make brave choices.
And no one else can make them for you.
WHY WORK WITH STEVE & SANDY
• Real-world experience in homesteading, legacy building, and multi-generational living
• Conversations that confront avoidance instead of feeding it
• Practical systems that translate beyond the stage
• A complementary male and female perspective on identity and discipline
• A commitment to raising resilient families, not just motivated individuals
They're funny, raw and real. They don't perform for the stage .
They challenge people to build lives that hold up off of it.
BOOK US TODAY
WINTER HOMESTEAD GATHERING: FEB 8, 2025
HEARTLAND SELF RELIANCE CONFERENCE: MAY 2-4, 2025
THE AMERICAN FARMSTEAD CONVENTION: MAY 31- JUNE 1, 2025
BLOUNT COUNTY LIBRARY APPALACHIAN SERIES: MAY 5, 2025
EAST TENNESSEE HOMESTEAD ALLIANCE FESTIVAL: SEPT 12-13, 2025
2025
Speaking
Schedule
2026 Speaking Schedule
PICK TN CONFERENCE.
JAN 15/16, 2026
THE HOMESTEAD EVENT™.
APRIL 24/25, 2026
Women On Point Conference
March 3, 2026
Lenoir City, TN
Are you ready to transform your life, one episode at a time? Welcome to "Wild Crafted Life with Steve and Sandy," the podcast that's equal parts practical homesteading advice, personal growth strategies, and unfiltered storytelling from two people who've lived it all.
This WildCrafted Life
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