THE INTENTIONAL LIFE

The Intentional Life: A Survival Guide for the Brave and Burned Out

By Carmen Broesder

🛠️ Not a book. A blueprint. A toolkit. A lifeline.

If you're overwhelmed, exhausted, or building something in the rubble of a collapsing world — this book was written for you.

The Intentional Life isn’t a minimalist fantasy or an off-grid daydream. It’s a brutally honest survival guide for those living on the frontlines of collapse: the disabled, the burned out, the neurodivergent, the single parents, the queer and trans builders, the ones who know “normal” was never safe.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Legal and zoning strategies for intentional communities, tiny homes, and off-grid life
• Disability-accessible planning tools, including spoon theory-based schedules and crisis prep
• Trauma-informed leadership models and team-building frameworks
• Grant, crowdfunding, and nonprofit startup guides
• Real-world systems for co-ops, land trusts, and survivor-led governance
• Emergency protocols, identity protections, and legal workarounds
• Practical chapters on food, housing, medicine, fundraising, and collapse resilience

🧠 Includes a 50-state zoning deep dive, fillable worksheets, sample forms, and real-world scripts.

Perfect for:

• People building land-based projects or safe havens
• Disabled and neurodivergent folks seeking low-cost survival paths
• Queer, BIPOC, and undocumented community leaders
• Anyone starting a nonprofit, land co-op, or family refuge
• Grievers, healers, and system survivors ready to design a life that aligns with their values

📚 Early readers say:

“More useful than most disaster prep books. I actually used this info to get permits.”

“Someone finally wrote a survival manual that doesn’t leave disabled people out.”

“This made me feel less alone in a world I no longer trust.”

You don’t need to read it cover to cover. You just need to start.

Use it like a field guide. Skip to what matters most. Come back when you're ready. This isn’t about perfection — it’s about building something that lasts.

💛 Because even in collapse, we get to choose how we live.

And survival — with dignity, joy, and rest — is a revolutionary act.