Protect Those You Love & Chase Your Dreams
You'll learn to identify risk, mitigate it, plan for emergencies and live a calm life
“Jeffery has an incredible knowledge for preparedness and is able to explain it very well to the average person in a way that is digestible, straight forward and clear. It isn't too dull or oversaturated like other preparedness resources. Just what I was looking for to help my family be prepared for everyday emergencies."”
“Filled with highly detailed information but made accessible for all audiences to grasp. It provides tangible material to practice in order to improve one’s preparedness efforts and plans. It explores relevant concepts such as social capital and relates such topics to how to build your personal preparedness plan. This type of material is usual oversimplified or under-explained but Donaldson’s finds the right balance and hits the nail on the head on various preparedness topics. ”
“Taking the “Adopt a Prepared Life” course helped me find additional resources and skill sets I had overlooked. Plus, it helped me think about the smaller, more expectable events where I was underprepared and how my whole family would be affected. Sure, I could handle a weeklong power outage, but what would happen if I lost my job? What are my social resources? Who do I rely on and who relies on me? I was also made to reconsider the effectiveness of my previous preparations and how to improve them. Adopt a prepared life, truly is a holistic consideration of your resilience and ability to respond to disaster events. Jeff reminds us that it is your responsibility to prepare for and mitigate the inevitable events that will impact your life and the lives of your close family. What I mean by “holistic” is that Adopt a Prepared Life incorporates all those elements of your life where thought and planning will reinforce your ability to respond to life’s shocks, from the event that affects just you and your closest family to the one that affects your whole community. The resources you will identify, and the skill sets you develop going through the workbook will make your life better. The necessary plans truly are necessary. If you never lose your job or never face a natural disaster, these plans will make you more mentally resilient, financially secure, and confident in your daily life.”
Introductory Lesson
Lesson 2: Critical Infrastructure
Lesson 3: The Spectrum of People
Lesson 4: What the World Has to Offer
Chapter 1 Summary
Lesson 5: Physical Health
Lesson 6: Mental Health
Lesson 7: Financial Health
Chapter 2 Summary
Lesson 8: Defining Your Family
Lesson 9: Timeline
Lesson 10: Food and Water
Lesson 11: Health and Safety
Lesson 12: Shelter and Security
Lesson 13: Social Capital and Community
Chapter 3 Summary
Lesson 14: Most Likely and Least Dangerous
Lesson 15: Least Likely and Most Dangerous
Lesson 16: Loss of Income
Chapter 4 Summary
Beginner Course Summary
Lesson 1: Why a Strategy for a Prepared Life
Lesson 2: Internal and External Life Categories
Lesson 3: Build Your 1, 3 and 5 Year Plans
Lesson 4: How to Navigate Shocks on your Preparedness Journey
Lesson 1: Life's Challenges as We Age
Lesson 2: Physical, Cognitive and Income Challenges
Lesson 3: Online Threats and Asset Protection
28 year Army veteran, professor of emergency management, author of multiple books, voice of the global preparedness podcast, Inside My Canoehead, a proud husband, father and avid backcountry paddler
Expert on Canada's CBC Flagship Program, Marketplace
Key voice interviewed by multiple journalists on preparedness, pandemic across Canadian and International sites
Lifetime, you can return at your leisure to review lessons, reconsider options and continue to build a prepared life.
The webinars are held on Zoom, the link will be provided directly to the email under which you registered for the course.
Yes, we are committed to adding lessons quarterly, which as a paid student you'll have free access to, a lifetime benefit of enrolling.
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