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Just Breathe

18 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Mental Preparedness

by Kellene Fear? Stress? Breathe. Fact: Most people, when exposed to a threatening, frightful scenario, will inhale and then hold it; when what they really should do is just breathe. Have you ever heard some sudden disturbing news? What do you hear next? Inward gasps, right? Take target shooting for example. Shooting? Breathe As a firearm instructor, you can imagine that I’m quite familiar with what a person does with their body when they are getting ready to shoot their firearm. They...

Ignorance and Panic is Costly

17 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Financial Preparedness

by Kellene Preparedness should have nothing to do with panic, dread, gloom, or doom As I shared in yesterday’s article, our preparedness articles should have nothing to do with panic, dread, gloom, or doom. Even though some may consider the Book of Revelations a bit “dark” it’s actually not if you read it in its full context. While it does outline what is going to happen it’s also emphatic in reminding the reader that this is what’s going to happen, but you can still avoid the anguish and...

I Was Wrong about Preparedness

16 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Mental Preparedness

by Kellene What? The Preparedness Pro is wrong? “Oh my. What was she wrong about? Was it how she preserves eggs with mineral oil and without refrigeration? Was it how she dares to store water on the concrete in her basement? Ooh. Maybe it’s that she uses Diatomaceous Earth in her whole grains.” Nope. I’m 100% confident that I’m correct in all of those teachings. However, I have been wrong about a critical aspect of preparedness in the past, and I’d like to correct it today. What did I...

The Vitality of Salt

11 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness

by Kellene Salt, the base of society Throughout the world’s history salt has been taxed exorbitantly, wars have been fought for control of salt, and it has been used as a medium of exchange EQUAL to gold. Dare we ignore something that so valuable it even overshadows the Texas oil industry? In fact, in desert areas all over the world, the people are well aware of it lifesaving value. In such environments, wars are likely to break out over salt mining rights just as easily as gold or oil. Salt...

Hydration-Water Preparedness

10 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Medical Preparedness

by Kellene Hydration is more important than you realize When I mention water to folks as being a part of preparedness, I usually get a response that reveals they are thinking solely of storing water for the purposes of drinking, cooking, and sanitation. But what many people do not realize is vital role that consuming water today plays into your Water Preparedness. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the various areas of preparedness play into one another. They are quite symbiotic in nature. I...

Preparing A Community

09 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Communication Preparedness

by Kellene The fact of the matter is, no law enforcement, government, or rescuer group can prepare a community. It all starts with you—the true first responders. Just in the last 5 years alone, nearly a billion dollars has been spent throughout our nation upgrading and retrofitting buildings and structures so that previous disasters are not repeated. And yet not a single dime is being spent on preparing the people in order to avoid defeating responses to disasters. Community affected Case in...

Depression 101

05 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Medical Preparedness

by Kellene Depression can take hold of anyone. I’ve decided to be very forthright and open in today’s article in hopes that it truly does help someone else who is struggling with depression. I often hear people say “I don’t know how you do all that you do.” I smile and thank them for their gracious compliment, but the truth of it is, I do what I do while being challenged by a significant obstacle—depression. I realize that in this kind of forum I’m only going to be able to scratch the...

Sit. Stay. Safety. Dog Preparedness

03 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness

by Kellene Sinta and Me Here’s the problem; in the event of an unexpected challenge—whether it be a natural disaster or a mugging on your way home, one of your greatest weaknesses could be one of your greatest loves—your dog. I admit it. I absolutely love my two dogs. In spite of thinking I was more of a “cat person,” I’ve truly come to absolutely adore my two girls. I miss them when I’m gone for long periods of time, I talk to them, and I bring them up in group discussions about people’s “...

Kicking Up the Dishes-What's For Dinner Syndrome

02 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Food Preparedness

by Kellene We’ve got lots going on today and dinner is on my mind, so I’m just going to share a little tidbit with you today—not profound, or highly significant, but something to gnaw on nonetheless. What's for dinner? Yesterday was a very busy and draining day. I’m not ashamed to say that when it came time to cook dinner, I was not up to creating some gourmet, drool-worthy dish. I didn’t even want to go downstairs to my pantry to get some inspiration. Seriously, I didn’t want to even walk...

Prepare to be Miserable? Food Preparedness

01 Feb 2010 by Preparedness Pro
Filed in Financial Preparedness

by Kellene A great deal of my articles attempt to be a conversation between myself and those who haven’t quite got on the preparedness bandwagon. However, today I’d like to address those of you who have begun your preparedness efforts in earnest in hopes that I might add just a bit of redirection for you (If it’s necessary, of course). I hope that those of you who are actually going through the time, effort, and expense to be more independent are not doing so only to find yourself miserable...