If you ever spend enough time around me, you’ll likely hear me bring up the concept of weakness and strength. It comes up, almost daily, in my conversation and frequently in my inner monologue. What drives my decision making process is the concept of being stronger today than yesterday which usually …

“Want to know how to catch fish, learn from poachers.” I’ve said it over and over in my survival courses. There is a direct correlation between what is illegal and what is effective. Think of the most extreme cases. In my younger juvenile years, I watched a guy tape a M80 firework to a rock and thro …

“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 …