Stress management part 2 on how to deal with major events in our life now and after the SHTF. I cover a little deeper definition of what stress actually is in layman’s terms and how it affects us. Also, I’ll talk about the stress response. Usually in a survival situation, your stress response will make the difference in your ability to survive or not.
Highlights:
The 4 Step process in treating stress (you can do it yourself.)
The link between stress and survival and rescue.
Stress releases, what happens if we don’t have them?
Specific causes of stress (stressors.)
The 5 Steps in the learning process (Tom Hopkins.)
How the 5 Steps of learning reduces our stress level.
What type of impact stress has on your body and mind.
Stress management is one of the most important survival skills to know. After all, who won’t be stressed out during and emergency? Although we have a lot of tools and stocked items, they won’t be much use if we can’t manage our emotions, our physical stress and even our mental state. In this episode I cover how to manage stress before and after something happens. If you are constantly worried about “what if” then listen to this episode. I don’t get too scientific, don’t worry I keep it easy to understand.
Highlights:
“You might be stressed out if…”
How to recognize it and stop stress before it stops you.
2 Types, physical and psychological.
Using the STOP principle.
What causes stress, environment or emotions or both?
Stress management during an emergency.
Stress Response
Jim Rohn audio clip, “The 4 If’s that make life worthwhile.”
Why should you eat organic foods? Not only does it protect your body from dangerous chemicals, but there’s a good argument that it helps the environment and in the long run, saves money. It’s definitely not easy to do, but with good planning you can obtain organic foods or grow them yourself in an economical way. Many organic farmers aren’t even officially classified as such but are still producing excellent natural food. This is a survival topic so tune in and I’ll explain why it is.
Highlights:
What are organic foods?
Why should you eat them?
Do they make you gain weight?
How to they help us with survival?
Does organic farming help the environment?
Are organic foods more expensive?
How to achieve the balance of the benefit of organic foods and the cost of growing and buying them?
Definition of organic foods as defined by the FDA.
Celiac Disease, Food Storage and You are what you eat. I have celiac disease. That makes it exceptionally difficult to store food, much less eat daily meals. Gluten intolerance or celiac disease is a death sentence if you like to eat. The real question is, do you eat for pleasure or do you eat to exist? I’ve had to learn to eat to exist. What does this have to do with modern survival living? Everything. We prevent disease and poor health by eating healthy. This isn’t discussed much in survival circles. Lots of blogs about it, but I don’t see nor hear too much of it on survival blogs or forums. I have a lot of personal experience with this, because I have this limitation. So you’ll get the practical usage stuff from me as usual. Remember, I’m not a doctor, nutritionist or dietary expert. But I am an every day person, learning to survive on a diet that’s very restrictive. Tune in, even if you don’t have this problem, you may want to readjust some of your eating habits.
Highlights:
How gluten intolerance changes your food storage methods.
What is celiac disease? I define it in laymans terms.
How does it affect eating in restaurants?
Short term SHTF and long term SHTF and how it affects your food storage with relation to gluten free, wheat free and barley free protein foods.
What about MRE’s?
Packing a bug out bag if you have celiac or gluten intolerance.
Does it help you lose weight?
Does it help you stay in shape?
Again, even if you don’t have this challenge (and probably most of you don’t) I bet you will gain some valuable insight as to what you should store and how to prepare healthy meals for you and your family.
Denial is a powerful foe. I recorded this before the news broke of Joe Stack’s ridiculous and violent act of flying his plane into the IRS building in Austin. He is a killer, plain and simple. And actions like that, I do not condone.
Many people deny there are serious problems in this world. In this episode I discuss sheep, sheepdogs and wolves and how they correlate to the different levels of thinking among human beings. I will discuss how many people resent the sheepdogs who protect them and take care of them until the wolf shows up.
Highlights:
Why some people have no capacity for violence.
Why some people have the warrior spirit.
Why some people have no empathy for their fellow citizens (like Joe Stack) and are the evil wolves.
Armed police officers in schools and churches?
All too often people’s responses to the sheepdogs (the protectors) are scorn and disdain.
First Aid Procedures are a must for anyone interested in preparedness. This is Part 2 of the interview I did with Chris Harper, an EMT from our forum (Ghostrider247) on Episode 59.
Highlights:
Treating lacerations, broken bones and severed arteries
Use of a tourniquet
Details on what to pack in your first aid kits
Poison control
Effective use of medical tape
What to teach your kids about first aid
Proper ways to check for pulse and vital signs after an injury
Who and where are the survivalists? Tune in for part 3 and the conclusion of my series on individual responsibility entitled, “Peaceful revolution, one person at a time.” In this show I discuss the make up of survivalists, where they are usually located and “why we prepare.”
Highlights:
Some people are survivalists and don’t know it or don’t call themselves by that term
Current and past events that should motivate you to preparedness
Man made vs. natural threats
Global issues
Audio clip of Cody Lundin’s interview on St. Louis radio
Peaceful revolution part 2 and an audio clip of Cody Lundin on 98.6 degrees. In this episode I continue with my thoughts on taking personal responsibility for defending yourself against, terrorism, weather events, flu, layoffs,biological or dirty bomb attacks, etc.
Also in this show an audio clip of Cody Lundin, author of “98.6 degrees” and When all Hell Breaks Loose.” It’s an inteview he did on radio last Sept and I felt it was very good for this top.
Peaceful revolution one person at a time is my definition of how to create change in our lives and our society. Individual responsibility is the one and only way that we can live a truly secure life. John F. Kennedy once said, “If we don’t make peaceful revolution possible, we will make violent revolution inevitable. Perhaps that’s what’ going on today? Are we experiencing a peaceful revolution? I think so. I think it’s an individual responsibility revolution. In this episode I cover what I feel are the first and most important steps to a secure life. In the next podcast, I’ll get into more detail. Tune in to hear more.
Highlights:
A true story from one of our listeners.
The importance of an emergency fund.
A real example of what happened to me last week.
How to really affect change.
Individual financial responsibility.
How a AAA membership can be a survival tool.
Is a computer a survival tool?
Keeping a survival binder.
Spreading the word of self sufficiency is an individual responsibility.
How to handle the Scorpions that we meet in life. There is a pre-requisite, listen to Episode 64. Now that we’ve encountered these types of people or situations, there’s a way we can defeat them or at least diffuse them. In this episode I will discuss the 5 areas that people lose their footing when dealing with the Scorpions or the tough situations in life. Some of this is inspired by the excellent folks at No Nonsense Self Defense and it applies to our every day life.
Highlights:
Recognition – knowing when something is going wrong.
Determining if it’s palatable – is this really something I can handle?
Available time – how much time do you have?
Appropriate response – severity of problem vs. severity of response
Adrenaline – how to deal with it when you’re in this state of mind.
