Archive for ' Skills'

Instant Survival Tip: Establish your own survival “community” Posted:December 31, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Instant Survival Tip: Establish your own survival “community”

By John Heatherly Preparing for an uncertain future when you have a family can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming.  While most of us have a desire for healthy self-reliance, it is also just as healthy to [...]

Macgyver, Pushcarts, and the Right Tools Posted:December 27, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Macgyver, Pushcarts, and the Right Tools

Guest post by Todd, editor of PrepperWebsite. After a few years into the prepping mindset, I now see “preparedness” topics/situations in almost everything.  Frankly, I don’t know if that is a good thing or not.  On [...]

Sewing for Survival: Here’s what you’ll need Posted:December 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Sewing for Survival: Here’s what you’ll need

image by Claudia*~Assad Until recently, I had no idea how rare my sewing skills were, but I should have been clued in by the median age of the women buying fabric at the local craft store!  [...]

Skill of the Month: Homemade laundry products Posted:December 02, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Skill of the Month: Homemade laundry products

After a hiatus lasting longer than I meant it to, the Skill of the Month returns!  If you have suggestions for future Skills, send me an email! When I first heard about homemade laundry detergent, I [...]

Action Step: Take a first aid/CPR class Posted:November 17, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Action Step: Take a first aid/CPR class

Note:  I’ve been assigning a weekly Action Step on my radio show but realized I hadn’t been posting them here.  Sorry about that!  Look for a new Action Step every Thursday afternoon. Last month our whole [...]

The case for practical skills by Mike Rowe Posted:July 08, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

The case for practical skills by Mike Rowe

I’ve been a big proponent of learning practical skills for quite some time now. I’m married to someone who can cook, embroider, wire a house, unplug a toilet, neuter a cat, and build custom-made shelves. His [...]

Skills to pass along and help others, Part 3 Posted:May 27, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Skills to pass along and help others, Part 3

This is Part 3 in a series about learning new practical skills and knowledge.  The more you learn and the more you can do, allows you and your family to become more and more self-reliant. 4.  [...]

2 More Compelling Reasons to Boost your Skills/Knowledge Repertoire, Part 2 Posted:May 25, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

2 More Compelling Reasons to Boost your Skills/Knowledge Repertoire, Part 2

This is the second part of a four-part series that, I hope, will inspire and fill you with ideas for learning new skills that will help your family thrive in an uncertain world. 3. Money is [...]

8 Compelling Reasons to Learn Survival Skills, Part 1 Posted:May 23, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

8 Compelling Reasons to Learn Survival Skills, Part 1

I have long preached of the importance of learning skills and gaining knowledge in a wide variety of areas in order to be more survival savvy and ready for whatever the future brings.  Today begins a [...]

May Skill of the Month: Homemade Tortillas! Posted:May 03, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

May Skill of the Month: Homemade Tortillas!

Life without Mexican food is no life at all. I grew up with that sentiment posted on the refrigerator, and it’s become my mantra. A future without Mexican food is pretty dismal.  Since tortillas, both corn [...]