“Organization is correlated to efficiency and efficiency is correlated to productivity and productivity is correlated to success”. I recall saying that as a teacher to my students over the years both in an academic classroom and in an outdoor setting as a survival instructor. You probably know so …

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 …

Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” Across all aspects of my life, I’ve done my best, with what I’ve had at the time, to be ready to respond rapidly to life’s uncertainties and changes. It’s through training, and a mindset to be prepared, that we may flou …