This Prepared Life

5 Things That Can Ruin Your Food Storage

What if the food you've carefully stored isn't lasting as long as you think it will? We all have different challenges when it comes to where we store our food.

What to Buy for Your Pantry This Month: August Stock-Up Guide

What should you stock up on in August? One of my favorite ways to build a home food supply is by paying attention to grocery store sales cycles. Every month, different f

Your Preparedness Questions Answered: Food Storage, Consistency & Overwhelm

In this episode, I'm answering your preparedness questions! These are real questions submitted by women in our community about food storage, water storage, meal plan

5 Food Storage Mistakes Beginners Make (And How to Avoid Them)

Building a home food supply doesn't have to be complicated—but there are a few common mistakes that can make the process more expensive, frustrating, and overwhelmin

Preparedness on a Budget: 10 Ways to Prepare Without Spending a Fortune

Do you ever feel like preparedness is something you'll get to someday... when you have more money? You're not alone. In this episode, I'm sharing 10 prac

Building a Prepper Pantry That Works with NO Waste

When you hear the words "prepper pantry," what comes to mind? For many people, it's buckets of rice and beans collecting dust in a basement. But long-term food stor

Wish List VS To-Do List: A Simpler Way to Plan Your Week

After years of trying to get everything done, I realized something important: overwhelm is not a badge of honor. In this episode, I'm sharing one simple mindset shi

How to Build Your Home Grocery Store

What if your food storage pantry functioned like a grocery store? In this episode, we're talking about layer two of my three-layer food storage system: your home gr

Why Your Kitchen Pantry Matters Most in an Emergency

When we think about food storage, our minds often jump straight to buckets of long-term food and catastrophic emergencies. But in reality, most of the situations we are l

Let Go of the Pressure to Do It All

After a long pause from the podcast, I'm sharing some of the lessons I've learned through one of the hardest seasons of my life. Life can change in ways we nev

5 Simple Preparedness Tasks You Can Do This Week

Preparedness doesn't have to be complicated, expensive, or take hours of your time. In this episode, I'm sharing five simple preparedness tasks you can do this

My Kids Ate My Food Storage: What I Learned

My kids ate my food storage. Well, not all of it, but after several of my adult children moved back home, our household went from three people to seven almost overnight.

Over 150 Non Food Preps

I talk a lot about food storage, but nonfood preps are just as important. Here are over 150 nonfood prep items from a recent post on my Instagram titled If You Use It, Pr

Community is Important - Guest Patrice Lewis of Rural Revolution - Ep27

Today, we are having a conversation with Patrice Lewis of Rural Revolution. Join us as we discuss the importance of community in preparedness and the process of moving a

Food Preservation Guest Crystal from Whole Fed Homestead - Ep26

Today's episode is a conversation with Crystal from Whole Fed Homestead. Join us as we talk about food preservation, long-term power outages, using a car as a solar

Budget Prepping & More with Author Millie Copper - Ep25

Today's guest is an episode not to miss. I talked with author, mother, and prepper for over fifteen years, Millie Copper. Millie Copper writes fiction and non-fictio

Prepared Not Scared - Proverbs 31 Woman - Ep24

Not my typical content; skip it if this isn't for you. Today, we are talking all about being Prepared, not scared, and how it relates to the Proverbs 31 Woman. Join

Homesteading and Preparedness with Guest Jen Serenity Hill Farmstead - Ep23

Homesteading and preparedness when you don't live on your farm. Today's guest is Jen from Serenity Hill Farmstead. Jen is a mom to four living in Illinois. Join

Carving a Farm out of the Woods with Guest Rylee - Ep22

Carving a farm out of the woods with passion and energy. Join this discussion with guest Rylee Faust. She is a 20-something homesteader, wife, & mom living in Northern MN

Bulk Buying with Azure Standard - Ep21

Azure Standard is my go-to resource for bulk buying and stocking my food storage and prepper pantry. In this episode, I walk you through everything from placing an order