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Preparing for the Future: Overcoming Your Spouse’s Resistance to Emergency Preparedness

Understanding Their Concerns: Unveiling Your Spouse’s Resistance to Emergency Preparedness Today, we’re diving into a topic that hits close to home for many of us: how to go about overcoming your spouse’s resistance to emergency preparedness. I had my own experience with this when Aaron & I first started prepping. When it came to our …

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Faith-Based Emergency Preparedness: Balancing Trust in God and the Desire to Be Self-Reliant

Leave a Comment / Faith, Preparedness, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

Faith-Based Emergency Preparedness & God’s Sovereignty The responsibility of feeling the need to keep your family safe through any emergency can be overwhelming at times. And as a Christian, you can sometimes feel conflicted about being self-reliant and placing your trust in God’s providence simultaneously. I remember feeling exactly the same way—caught between wanting to …

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Teaching Emergency Preparedness to Kids: Engaging Activities and Strategies

Leave a Comment / Preparedness, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

How to Teach Your Kids About Emergency Preparedness As a smart and proactive mom, you want to ensure the safety and well-being of your children in any situation. We understand that teaching them about emergency preparedness can be daunting. But fear not! Today we are going to explore practical strategies and engaging activities that will …

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How to Prepare for a Long-Term Power Outage

Leave a Comment / Preparedness, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

Long-Term Power Outage Preparedness It may seem like a topic that belongs in a doomsday prepper’s handbook, but the truth is, it’s something that every household should consider. From natural disasters to human-made incidents, power outages can happen unexpectedly and can last for days, weeks, or even months. When Aaron and I settled into our …

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10 Mistakes People Make Starting an Emergency Food Storage and How to Avoid Them

Leave a Comment / Emergency Food Supply/Food Security, Preparedness, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

Getting Started With Emergency Food Storage The world can be an unpredictable place, and emergencies can happen at any time. From natural disasters to economic crises, it’s important to be prepared for the unexpected. One of the most crucial components of any emergency preparedness plan is having an emergency food storage. This allows you to …

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7 Best Essential Oils for Emergency Preparedness

Leave a Comment / Preparedness, Herbal Remedies, Homesteading, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

Why You Should Be Using Essential Oils for Emergency Preparedness The idea that we can just pop down to the doctor for whatever ails us is something that many people realized last year was something we all took for granted. The reality was that during a national emergency a lot of people, myself included, decided …

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The Best Products for Clean and Safe Water in Your Home

Leave a Comment / Emergency Preparedness Equipment & Supplies, Preparedness, Preparedness 101 / By Barb Hudson

Clean and Safe Water for Your Home Can you say with 100% certainty that you have clean and safe water in your home? Often we don’t even think about the safety of the water coming from our tap. After all, we trust the city or county officials to make sure our water isn’t contaminated, right?!? …

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