Preparing to thrive during the winter months in colder climates is a continuous endeavor, and while your vehicle and home need to be properly maintained and stocked to account for the needs of the cold, instilling into your family the proper mindset and skillsets are just as valuable. “An ounce …

I’ve been a professional survival instructor since 2007. Before that, I worked at a canoeing/kayaking outfitter from 1998 to 2006. I’ve seen the booming interest in survival television shows (hell, I’ve even been on camera for History 2x), the popularity of survival gear surge in retail sporting …

If you’ve followed along on my social media, @ms.amber.elle you may have noticed that I decided back in the fall to challenge myself each month in 2022 with new exposure that would help to build and increase my resilience in a variety of ways, and hopefully inspire everyone watching in the practices …

“We’re going to put a car out in the snow and you’re going to teach a survival course around it”. I’m not sure if those were the exact words from Kevin Owens but I’ll paraphrase him here and when I do I can picture him saying that sentence with his signature Irish accent. I’m used to doing some …

In 2012, I asked a friend to help me assemble a demo reel to show executives in Hollywood I was meeting with after being signed by WME in the reality unscripted genre. I was instructed to show as much movement as possible to attract the interest of these production company folks and lead them to sig …

When I was 15 years old, I met up with one of my high-school buddies, Jim, to do an overnight hiking/camping trip just on the outskirts of my hometown. I didn't have a driver's license meaning mom dropped me off. Like a lot of teenage boys, we planned last minute and made it to the trailhead parking …