April 28, 2023: In today's episode of the Faith Led Healing Podcast, I talk about the need for Bold Faith in our lives and I catch you up on everything that has been happening. Additional Resources FaithLedHealing.com Journey To Better Health Quarterly Detox Community Group Learn The Benefits Of Our Breath All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 240 Bold Faith appeared first on Faith Led Living.

April 28, 2023: In today's episode of the Faith Led Healing Podcast, I talk about the need for Bold Faith in our lives and I catch you up on everything that has been happening. <h3>Additional Resources</h3> <a href="https://faithledhealing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FaithLedHealing.com</a> <a href="https://faithledhealing.com/journeytobetterhealth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Journey To Better Health</a> <a href="https://faithledhealing.com/detoxggroup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quarterly Detox Community Group</a> <a href="https://faithledhealing.com/breathworkecourse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn The Benefits Of Our Breath</a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-240/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 240 Bold Faith</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 240 Bold Faith

January 20th, 2023: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, we talk about the importance of Harmony in your life and how to create harmony in your life and that of your family.  You can also find the Breathe To Healing Podcast talking about Reflection.  I believe the two go hand in hand. Resources from today's show: Real Story of Autoimmune Disease Summit Trayer Wilderness Academy Membership Creating Balanced Health: CreatingBalancedHealth.com &amp; use coupon code TRAYERWILDERNESS  All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 239 Harmony appeared first on Faith Led Living.

January 20th, 2023: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, we talk about the importance of Harmony in your life and how to create harmony in your life and that of your family.  You can also find the <a href="https://breathetohealing.com/bthpodcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Breathe To Healing Podcast</a> talking about Reflection.  I believe the two go hand in hand. Resources from today's show: <a href="https://breathetohealing.com/realstory" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Real Story of Autoimmune Disease Summit</a> <a href="https://trayerwilderness.com/membership" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Trayer Wilderness Academy Membership</a> Creating Balanced Health: <a href="http://creatingbalancedhealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CreatingBalancedHealth.com</a> &amp; use coupon code TRAYERWILDERNESS All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-239/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 239 Harmony</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 239 Harmony

December 9th, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I share “It's Ok To Not Be Ok”.  We can't be perfect all the time.  Join me today as I share the tools necessary to cope on those hard days and remind you to show yourself grace on those hard days. Resources from today's show: Creating Balanced Health: CreatingBalancedHealth.com &amp; use coupon code TRAYERWILDERNESS All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 238 It’s Ok To Not Be Ok appeared first on Faith Led Living.

December 9th, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I share “It's Ok To Not Be Ok”.  We can't be perfect all the time.  Join me today as I share the tools necessary to cope on those hard days and remind you to show yourself grace on those hard days. Resources from today's show: Creating Balanced Health: <a href="http://creatingbalancedhealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CreatingBalancedHealth.com</a> &amp; use coupon code TRAYERWILDERNESS All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-238/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 238 It’s Ok To Not Be Ok</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 238 It’s Ok To Not Be Ok

October 3rd, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I discuss the importance of “What You Are Allowing To Consume You?”. We have great power and the ability to flip the script playing between our ears! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 237 What Are You Allowing To Consume You appeared first on Faith Led Living.

October 3rd, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I discuss the importance of “What You Are Allowing To Consume You?”. We have great power and the ability to flip the script playing between our ears! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-237/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 237 What Are You Allowing To Consume You</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 237 What Are You Allowing To Consume You

September 12th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I encourage you to learn that “If you can't do what you want, do what you can.”  What does that look like in a preparedness and life scenario? All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 236 If You Can’t Do What You Want, Do What You Can appeared first on Faith Led Living.

September 12th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I encourage you to learn that “If you can't do what you want, do what you can.”  What does that look like in a preparedness and life scenario? All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-236/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 236 If You Can’t Do What You Want, Do What You Can</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 236 If You Can’t Do What You Want, Do What You Can

August 5th, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio while harvesting logs from the wilds here in north Idaho I talk to you about Living Life To The Fullest. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Mountain Woman Radio Episode 235 Living Life To The Fullest appeared first on Faith Led Living.

August 5th, 2022: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio while harvesting logs from the wilds here in north Idaho I talk to you about Living Life To The Fullest. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-235/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mountain Woman Radio Episode 235 Living Life To The Fullest</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Mountain Woman Radio Episode 235 Living Life To The Fullest

 December 17th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I share the importance of being an advocate for yourself and your family.  The scientist, researcher, investigator, etc.   Seek the truth and don’t fall prey to the lies. Today's show is sponsored by: MUDWTR (HTTP://trayerwilderness.com/mudwtr) Activation: (http://trayerwilderness.com/activation) Freeze Dried Survival Food: (http://preparewithtrayerwilderness.com) RESOURCES: Glenn Beck MUST WATCH:  Http://trayerwilderness.com/mustwatch KrisAnne Hall – ICU Experience:  https://www.bitchute.com/video/oo1PDVbH5RzA/ NEWS RESOURCES: Southern Prepper1:  https://youtube.com/user/southernprepper1  Warrior Poet Society:  https://youtube.com/c/JohnLovell275  North Idaho Exposed:  https://youtube.com/c/NorthIdahoExposed  North Idaho Off Grid:  https://youtube.com/c/NorthCountryOffgrid  Anthony Brian Logan:  https://youtube.com/c/AnthonyBrianLogan  Charlie Kirk:  https://youtube.com/c/RealCharlieKirk  Black Scout Survival:  https://youtube.com/c/BlackScoutSurvival  BlazeTV:  https://youtube.com/c/BlazeTV  The Next News Network:  https://youtube.com/c/NextNewsNetwork  Doug TenNapel:  https://youtube.com/c/DougTennapel  Patriot Nurse:  https://youtube.com/c/ThePatriotNurse  KrisAnne Hall:  https://youtube.com/c/KrisAnneHallLibertyFirst  Turning Point USA:  https://youtube.com/c/turningpointusa All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #234:  Advocate For Yourself &amp; Your Family appeared first on Faith Led Living.

December 17th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I share the importance of being an advocate for yourself and your family.  The scientist, researcher, investigator, etc.   Seek the truth and don’t fall prey to the lies. Today's show is sponsored by: MUDWTR (<a href="HTTP://trayerwilderness.com/mudwtr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTTP://trayerwilderness.com/mudwtr</a>) Activation: (<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/activation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://trayerwilderness.com/activation</a>) Freeze Dried Survival Food: (<a href="http://preparewithtrayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://preparewithtrayerwilderness.com</a>) RESOURCES: Glenn Beck MUST WATCH:  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/mustwatch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Http://trayerwilderness.com/mustwatch</a> KrisAnne Hall – ICU Experience:  <a href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/oo1PDVbH5RzA/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bitchute.com/video/oo1PDVbH5RzA/</a> NEWS RESOURCES: Southern Prepper1:  <a href="https://youtube.com/user/southernprepper1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/user/southernprepper1</a> Warrior Poet Society:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/JohnLovell275" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/JohnLovell275</a> North Idaho Exposed:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/NorthIdahoExposed" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/NorthIdahoExposed</a> North Idaho Off Grid:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/NorthCountryOffgrid" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/NorthCountryOffgrid</a> Anthony Brian Logan:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/AnthonyBrianLogan" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/AnthonyBrianLogan</a> Charlie Kirk:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/RealCharlieKirk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/RealCharlieKirk</a> Black Scout Survival:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/BlackScoutSurvival" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/BlackScoutSurvival</a> BlazeTV:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/BlazeTV" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/BlazeTV</a> The Next News Network:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/NextNewsNetwork" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/NextNewsNetwork</a> Doug TenNapel:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/DougTennapel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/DougTennapel</a> Patriot Nurse:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/ThePatriotNurse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/ThePatriotNurse</a> KrisAnne Hall:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/KrisAnneHallLibertyFirst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/KrisAnneHallLibertyFirst</a> Turning Point USA:  <a href="https://youtube.com/c/turningpointusa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/c/turningpointusa</a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-234/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #234: Advocate For Yourself &amp; Your Family</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #234:  Advocate For Yourself & Your Family

December 10th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I share with you the #RelentlesslyFaithful Gratitude &amp; Prayer Journal and take time to get us caught up. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #233: Gratitude &amp; Prayer appeared first on Faith Led Living.

December 10th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I share with you the <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/relentlessfaithfuljourney" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">#RelentlesslyFaithful Gratitude &amp; Prayer Journal</a> and take time to get us caught up. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-233/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #233: Gratitude &amp; Prayer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #233: Gratitude & Prayer

September 8th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I take you to one of my favorite places and share a special message of encouragement. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #232: Be Blessed Be Encouraged appeared first on Faith Led Living.

September 8th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I take you to one of my favorite places and share a special message of encouragement. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-232/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #232: Be Blessed Be Encouraged</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #232: Be Blessed Be Encouraged

July 9th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I talk about our current circumstances and the importance of and how we should Prepare Forward. RESOURCES Wildfire Preparation:  TrayerWilderness.com/wildfires Sun Oven Cooking &amp; Baking Webinar:  TrayerWilderness.com/sunovenwebinar Swamp Box:  TrayerWilderness.com/swampbox Millie Copper:  TrayerWilderness.com/milliecopper Winners from the Millie Copper Giveaway:  Kat T. &amp; Sue D. Our Community:  TrayerWilderness.com/Community Our Kids' Corner:  TrayerWilderness.com/kidscorner Our Bible Study:  TrayerWilderness.com/biblestudybookclub All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #231: Prepare Forward appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 9th, 2021: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio, I talk about our current circumstances and the importance of and how we should Prepare Forward. RESOURCES Wildfire Preparation:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/wildfires" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/wildfires</a> Sun Oven Cooking &amp; Baking Webinar:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/sunovenwebinar" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/sunovenwebinar</a> Swamp Box:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/swampbox" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/swampbox</a> Millie Copper:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/milliecopper" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/milliecopper</a> Winners from the Millie Copper Giveaway:  Kat T. &amp; Sue D. Our Community:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/community" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/Community</a> Our Kids' Corner:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/kidscorner" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/kidscorner</a> Our Bible Study:  <a href="http://TrayerWilderness.com/biblestudybookclub" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TrayerWilderness.com/biblestudybookclub</a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-231/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #231: Prepare Forward</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #231: Prepare Forward

Faith Led Preparedness, Homesteading, &amp; Off-Grid Living

I truly enjoy the podcast. Oh how I wish I had the Faith that She has.

Enjoy the Podcast

Always great!

Mountain Woman Radio

May 29th, 2020: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio show we debunk the myth that Knowledge Is Power.  Knowledge Is Not Power Until You Put It Into Action!  Resources: Havoc in Wyoming by author Millie Copper Herbal Academy The Family Garden Plan Organic Gardening Workshop Trayer Wilderness on YouTube All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #215: Knowledge Is Not Power appeared first on Faith Led Living.

May 29th, 2020: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio show we debunk the myth that Knowledge Is Power.  Knowledge Is Not Power Until You Put It Into Action! Resources: <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/milliecopper" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Havoc in Wyoming by author Millie Copper</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/herbalacademy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Herbal Academy</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/familygardenplan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Family Garden Plan</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/organicgardeningworkshop" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Organic Gardening Workshop</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/youtube" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Trayer Wilderness on YouTube</a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-215/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #215: Knowledge Is Not Power</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #215: Knowledge Is Not Power

July 5th, 2019: In today’s show I share with you the amazing blessings and benefits of Living A Decluttered Life.  For so many today, they are unaware of how fear, abundance, and clutter are debilitating them and keeping them from enjoying the best parts of life! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #195:  Living A Decluttered Life appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 5th, 2019: In today’s show I share with you the amazing blessings and benefits of Living A Decluttered Life.  For so many today, they are unaware of how fear, abundance, and clutter are debilitating them and keeping them from enjoying the best parts of life! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-195/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #195: Living A Decluttered Life</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #195:  Living A Decluttered Life

Amy Fewell

July 20th, 2016: In today’s show I had a wonderful interview with Amy Fewell.  Amy is a writer for Mother Earth News, soon to be published author, woman farmer and blogger at TheFewellHomestead.com. I love being able to converse with other kindred spirits because we all have different ideas, ways of inspiring and knowledge to share.       All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #139:  Interview with Amy Fewell of The Fewell Homestead appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 20th, 2016: In today’s show I had a wonderful interview with Amy Fewell.  Amy is a writer for <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mother Earth News</a>, soon to be published author, woman farmer and blogger at <a href="http://thefewellhomestead.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TheFewellHomestead.com</a>. I love being able to converse with other kindred spirits because we all have different ideas, ways of inspiring and knowledge to share. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-139/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #139: Interview with Amy Fewell of The Fewell Homestead</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #139:  Interview with Amy Fewell of The Fewell Homestead

July 21st, 2017: In today’s show I talk about how getting away as a family camping can be very inexpensive and rejuvenating and the varying ways it can be done.  I also share with you the importance of living a life of preparedness and how things can happen no matter where you are.  Being prepared can make those moments so much easier! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #153:  Camping &amp; Preparedness appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 21st, 2017: In today’s show I talk about how getting away as a family camping can be very inexpensive and rejuvenating and the varying ways it can be done.  I also share with you the importance of living a life of preparedness and how things can happen no matter where you are.  Being prepared can make those moments so much easier! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-153/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #153: Camping &amp; Preparedness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #153:  Camping & Preparedness

May 19th, 2017: In today’s show we dive deeper into preparedness and I offer you my valuable preparedness worksheets to help you on your journey.  Download your worksheets here. For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at trayerwilderness.com and also on iTunes.  Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow here's your host Tammy Trayer.  Tammy:  Hi everyone, we’ve got a lot of feedback. Here we go, that's a little better, I hope you guys are all doing good today. It is a gorgeous day here in Northern Idaho, we are finally getting some sunshine I just got back from a five mile bike ride along the lake and I feel very blessed to be able to do that, it’s not a common event for me but my Mountain man and the Mountain boy are working this summer up here along the lake so I have the privilege to get out and get a little exercise in a different set of scenery and it is just beyond gorgeous I had a bald eagle take flight five feet away from me this morning it was quite something. Just love it out here, love our wildlife and just love the peace in the tranquility that comes with just living in the middle of nowhere.  But I want to jump on today, we are talking about preparedness and preparedness is something that is very broad really on there's a lot of aspects to preparedness and you know you've got people referring to themselves as preppers and people referring to themselves as homesteaders and quite honestly we fit the mold of both of those but we prefer to look at it this way that for us it's a lifestyle of preparedness.   Everything we do on a day to day basis is something that's going to initially and completely put us ahead of the game for our future. So whether it's canning food and putting food on our shelves, whether it's building a structure for firewood or fording firewood; whatever the case may be-every day we work and put effort forth in our preparedness efforts. For some people whether that is something that's hard to attain or perceive in your mind on how you can be prepared in every aspect of your life and can also be overwhelming. So before we get started today, I want to encourage you to go to our website at trayerwilderness.com that's T-R-A-Y-E-Rwilderness.com and subscribe to our newsletter in doing so you will receive a bunch of free preparedness worksheets as a handout and a free piece of knowledge from us. We really feel it's important to embrace the preparedness lifestyle and for those of you that struggle with it, it should be a great help in starting to help you wrap your mind around all aspects of your life and where preparedness plays a role. As we've progressed weekly on the podcasts you'll gain more and more knowledge on how you can be prepared in everything in your life and in a day to day basis.   The preparedness work sheets include things like a food storage worksheet, medical supply work sheet, essential oil work sheet, herbal pantry work sheet, as well as budgeting and budgeting you know that may throw people off but that's a huge, huge, aspect to preparedness in that you are preparing for your future you are being good stewards of your money and you're also in able to budget things in there to get your preparedness lifestyle and you're prepared needs in check without going over your budget and without putting yourself in debt. So I think these things all go hand in hand and that is why we've created these worksheets; there's other worksheets in there, there are just a few that I've mentioned but it will certainly get you off to a great start. Additionally in the handouts you also find a sheet for recording your medical emergency numbers like we spoke about last week and putting plans in place depending on your needs and your location.   So we're going to branch out and talk about some of the things that you could just simply start preparing for and something would be real simple would be just the power going out. now we don't typically have to worry about that we've had–we've been off grid for seven years and have only been really–have never been without power but we were without power from the sun twice. Once was due to a breaker and once was because a Deer had gone through the yard and caught a wire on our solar. So in essence we are all set and always have power one way or the other whether it's through the sun or whether it's through our generator. But for you folks being on the grid you do run into the situation where you do lose power and when that happens the question I have for you today is are you prepared? You know lights go out, power goes out, do you have backup lighting? You know–so these preparedness work sheets will be really helpful that you can sit down with your family and make a list of all the things you need. I also find that there's a lot of families that struggle with getting the family on board when it comes to preparedness and that will be a whole podcast by itself. But what I wanted to mention is that on a power outage or even if your car breaks down somewhere-because honestly we have the same things available in our home and in our vehicles to keep us well set if something were to happen so we're always equipped but a lot of people aren't. So those two situations can be very helpful in helping other family members to come on board when they go through these situations especially if you are not well prepared when it hits because you will be lacking the things you need and everybody starts to panic when their creature comforts are gone especially when things like lighting and heat and water you know are a struggle those things are the most important things and if you're without them that really makes a bad situation even worse.   So this is where I want you to sit down today with your family or even you know if you're driving right now listen to this just ponder the different things that you have on hand. You know I've run into some friends who you know they were are very well stocked, they run a very tight ship and they keep things very organized and they thought they had candles and were in a situation where the power went out and they were without candles and without the lighting that they thought they had because they didn't restock. So that can happen too so it's a matter of being sure you have your sentinels but also being sure that you keep them well stocked as you go. So it's really important just like with your food that when you empty something you replenish it so sit down and figure out the things you would need if the power went out say for a three day period. So you would need lighting, okay, you would need a way to feed your family so whether it's out of cans or out of boxes or freeze dried food, you need to make sure you have that available. If it's out cans you need to make sure you have a can opener. In addition to the lighting-and one thing I highly recommend is head lamps. We live by head lamps they're just so useful, we also do lanterns and flashlights and solar lights we have a lot of different forms of backup and I know I've mentioned it in other podcasts and in varying things that we do but we typically have three backups for our most essential items if not more but always three just because things fail. So it's important to have those things available. So think out of the box, think about the different things that you need and different forms of lighting that you would like to have but a head lamp or something I highly recommend-these solar lighting is really awesome as well and those last a very long time you can also get them that they have if there isn't solar sun available to recharge it that you can hand crank them. So those are some great items to have available to you as well as just simple matches and candles are a great backup as well. So keep that all in mind if you have lanterns always make sure that you have extra lantern oil you want to make sure that you have blankets and excess blankets because if you're in an apartment or something in the power goes out, that means your heat is going also and typically in an apartment you don't always have backup resources for heat, that's something that you want to consider is if you are in these situations you know what kind of backup heating could you provide for yourself. There's little Mister heaters that are available to use with a little propane tank that you can use from your grill, there are kerosene heaters available. For us we are 100% wood heat so you know throwing a piece of wood into the wood stove is not a problem because we are planned very far ahead with our firewood and try to have multiple years of firewood available on our homes that at all times. So you know you always need to be certain that you have backup measures for all of your needs.   Now when the power goes out you're also going to lose your water, unless you have a water pump outside a hand pump which we will have this summer, you know you will need water. So having backup cases of water bottles, having water jugs on hand when you–if you know that there's a storm coming or you know that there's something on its way whether it's a tornado or hurricane or whatever you can always fill your bath tub with water and fill your sinks with water so you have excess water at least to flush the toilets and for hygiene but drinking water is huge-your body needs water and you will quickly be hydrate. So it's really important to always have extra water around, even if you're in an apartment a lot of people struggle with storage and places to put things but water bottles and cases of water bottles can be stuck in the bottom of closets, under beds, you know so do consider those things. If you have animals you need to consider their needs as well, if you have any family members on medications or if they're on certain medical machines you know there's a situation where you may need a generator because this situation requires that you have power running even when the power's out. So you've really got to consider all these things and really try to make a good list of all your needs so that you're prepared and you go through and make sure you have all these things available to you-because like I said if you are in the situation and you find out that you don't have all your–the things you need you will certainly learn very quickly what you will need. But planning ahead is important and trying to have as much as you can available to yourself and your family for these situations is really, really, important backup means of cooking whether it's a grill or a camping stove or even just a little burner you can get all kinds of different units there's rocket stove, there's all kinds of survival gear that you can pack on out for camping that you could easily use so you've got to consider all these things. How are you going to handle a three day power outage? How are you going to feed your family? How are you going to take care of one another? and what are your medical needs? What things do you need to have available if there is any kind of a medical situation?   So covering these things and thinking about these things and discussing these things are really important. The other thing too is if you are in an apartment and say you have an elevator to your apartment, you know be–if you're not healthy enough to use stairs, what are your options because if the power goes out the elevators are going to go out so you'll be stuck on your floor, so you really got to think about all the things that could apply to you and how you need to work around them. That's how we live, we live thinking about everything and what our needs will be just like I said our vehicles are jam packed with everything that we need. If our car broke down and we were miles and miles back in how we would get around how we would survive, what our needs would be they’re all covered. So we take things to an extreme but there's a reason for that because we're kind of in an extreme location it’s very vast out here and if we were to get stuck somewhere we would be really far away from civilization. So it's important to really, really, think of all your needs all the time and not just yourself but your other family members, your children, your animals. You know all those things apply so I'm trying to create a process in you where you start really thinking of all areas of–and needs you have in all areas of your life.   So we were going to talk about natural disasters, so I chose a power outage which could occur from a hurricane, a tornado-I saw on the electrical lines many things could happen but what you need to really sit down and think about what your needs are in your particular location; what are your needs? And start writing them down and then start stocking up on these things. And as I mentioned, budgeting this is really important as you are stocking up on these things there's absolutely no reason why you can't go to the store and purchase the things that are available on sale versus something else you can budget based on your availability of cash and start stocking up accordingly. It's really not necessary to go in debt trying to get all these things and to start being prepared but it is important to make a list and start formulating it and start budgeting into your monthly routine and your schedule because it is really important to have the things you need on hand at all times and to really be prepared for all situations that could happen on your homestead or at your home or in your apartment. So I encourage you to go to our website and subscribe to our newsletter for those of you that are traveling while you're listening you could simply go to trayerwilderness.com/newsletter and subscribe and you'll receive a separate e-mail with the download available to you.   So I'm going to jump off of here today, those were my quick tips for today start focusing on your preparedness and we will continue with the education every Friday. I know that when we started I said they would be every Wednesday but you can look for the podcast on every Friday, every Monday there will be a new blog post on our website, every Wednesday there will be a new YouTube video on our YouTube channel and every Friday you can find our podcast on iTunes, stitcher and on our website it's archived and additionally you'll find a new newsletter every Sunday sharing tips and titbits as well as what we've been sharing on our blog and so forth. So  I'm really grateful that you joined us today and I'm really happy to have you and just thanks so much have a great week and I will see you next Friday God bless.   Your listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week, we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at trayerwilderness.com and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you.   All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #144: Preparedness Worksheets appeared first on Faith Led Living.

May 19th, 2017: In today’s show we dive deeper into preparedness and I offer you my valuable preparedness worksheets to help you on your journey.  Download your worksheets <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and also on iTunes.  Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow here's your host Tammy Trayer.  Tammy:  Hi everyone, we’ve got a lot of feedback. Here we go, that's a little better, I hope you guys are all doing good today. It is a gorgeous day here in Northern Idaho, we are finally getting some sunshine I just got back from a five mile bike ride along the lake and I feel very blessed to be able to do that, it’s not a common event for me but my Mountain man and the Mountain boy are working this summer up here along the lake so I have the privilege to get out and get a little exercise in a different set of scenery and it is just beyond gorgeous I had a bald eagle take flight five feet away from me this morning it was quite something. Just love it out here, love our wildlife and just love the peace in the tranquility that comes with just living in the middle of nowhere.  But I want to jump on today, we are talking about preparedness and preparedness is something that is very broad really on there's a lot of aspects to preparedness and you know you've got people referring to themselves as preppers and people referring to themselves as homesteaders and quite honestly we fit the mold of both of those but we prefer to look at it this way that for us it's a lifestyle of preparedness. Everything we do on a day to day basis is something that's going to initially and completely put us ahead of the game for our future. So whether it's canning food and putting food on our shelves, whether it's building a structure for firewood or fording firewood; whatever the case may be-every day we work and put effort forth in our preparedness efforts. For some people whether that is something that's hard to attain or perceive in your mind on how you can be prepared in every aspect of your life and can also be overwhelming. So before we get started today, I want to encourage you to go to our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> that's <a href="http://T-R-A-Y-E-Rwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T-R-A-Y-E-Rwilderness.com</a> and subscribe to our newsletter in doing so you will receive a bunch of free preparedness worksheets as a handout and a free piece of knowledge from us. We really feel it's important to embrace the preparedness lifestyle and for those of you that struggle with it, it should be a great help in starting to help you wrap your mind around all aspects of your life and where preparedness plays a role. As we've progressed weekly on the podcasts you'll gain more and more knowledge on how you can be prepared in everything in your life and in a day to day basis. The preparedness work sheets include things like a food storage worksheet, medical supply work sheet, essential oil work sheet, herbal pantry work sheet, as well as budgeting and budgeting you know that may throw people off but that's a huge, huge, aspect to preparedness in that you are preparing for your future you are being good stewards of your money and you're also in able to budget things in there to get your preparedness lifestyle and you're prepared needs in check without going over your budget and without putting yourself in debt. So I think these things all go hand in hand and that is why we've created these worksheets; there's other worksheets in there, there are just a few that I've mentioned but it will certainly get you off to a great start. Additionally in the handouts you also find a sheet for recording your medical emergency numbers like we spoke about last week and putting plans in place depending on your needs and your location. So we're going to branch out and talk about some of the things that you could just simply start preparing for and something would be real simple would be just the power going out. now we don't typically have to worry about that we've had–we've been off grid for seven years and have only been really–have never been without power but we were without power from the sun twice. Once was due to a breaker and once was because a Deer had gone through the yard and caught a wire on our solar. So in essence we are all set and always have power one way or the other whether it's through the sun or whether it's through our generator. But for you folks being on the grid you do run into the situation where you do lose power and when that happens the question I have for you today is are you prepared? You know lights go out, power goes out, do you have backup lighting? You know–so these preparedness work sheets will be really helpful that you can sit down with your family and make a list of all the things you need. I also find that there's a lot of families that struggle with getting the family on board when it comes to preparedness and that will be a whole podcast by itself. But what I wanted to mention is that on a power outage or even if your car breaks down somewhere-because honestly we have the same things available in our home and in our vehicles to keep us well set if something were to happen so we're always equipped but a lot of people aren't. So those two situations can be very helpful in helping other family members to come on board when they go through these situations especially if you are not well prepared when it hits because you will be lacking the things you need and everybody starts to panic when their creature comforts are gone especially when things like lighting and heat and water you know are a struggle those things are the most important things and if you're without them that really makes a bad situation even worse. So this is where I want you to sit down today with your family or even you know if you're driving right now listen to this just ponder the different things that you have on hand. You know I've run into some friends who you know they were are very well stocked, they run a very tight ship and they keep things very organized and they thought they had candles and were in a situation where the power went out and they were without candles and without the lighting that they thought they had because they didn't restock. So that can happen too so it's a matter of being sure you have your sentinels but also being sure that you keep them well stocked as you go. So it's really important just like with your food that when you empty something you replenish it so sit down and figure out the things you would need if the power went out say for a three day period. So you would need lighting, okay, you would need a way to feed your family so whether it's out of cans or out of boxes or freeze dried food, you need to make sure you have that available. If it's out cans you need to make sure you have a can opener. In addition to the lighting-and one thing I highly recommend is head lamps. We live by head lamps they're just so useful, we also do lanterns and flashlights and solar lights we have a lot of different forms of backup and I know I've mentioned it in other podcasts and in varying things that we do but we typically have three backups for our most essential items if not more but always three just because things fail. So it's important to have those things available. So think out of the box, think about the different things that you need and different forms of lighting that you would like to have but a head lamp or something I highly recommend-these solar lighting is really awesome as well and those last a very long time you can also get them that they have if there isn't solar sun available to recharge it that you can hand crank them. So those are some great items to have available to you as well as just simple matches and candles are a great backup as well. So keep that all in mind if you have lanterns always make sure that you have extra lantern oil you want to make sure that you have blankets and excess blankets because if you're in an apartment or something in the power goes out, that means your heat is going also and typically in an apartment you don't always have backup resources for heat, that's something that you want to consider is if you are in these situations you know what kind of backup heating could you provide for yourself. There's little Mister heaters that are available to use with a little propane tank that you can use from your grill, there are kerosene heaters available. For us we are 100% wood heat so you know throwing a piece of wood into the wood stove is not a problem because we are planned very far ahead with our firewood and try to have multiple years of firewood available on our homes that at all times. So you know you always need to be certain that you have backup measures for all of your needs. Now when the power goes out you're also going to lose your water, unless you have a water pump outside a hand pump which we will have this summer, you know you will need water. So having backup cases of water bottles, having water jugs on hand when you–if you know that there's a storm coming or you know that there's something on its way whether it's a tornado or hurricane or whatever you can always fill your bath tub with water and fill your sinks with water so you have excess water at least to flush the toilets and for hygiene but drinking water is huge-your body needs water and you will quickly be hydrate. So it's really important to always have extra water around, even if you're in an apartment a lot of people struggle with storage and places to put things but water bottles and cases of water bottles can be stuck in the bottom of closets, under beds, you know so do consider those things. If you have animals you need to consider their needs as well, if you have any family members on medications or if they're on certain medical machines you know there's a situation where you may need a generator because this situation requires that you have power running even when the power's out. So you've really got to consider all these things and really try to make a good list of all your needs so that you're prepared and you go through and make sure you have all these things available to you-because like I said if you are in the situation and you find out that you don't have all your–the things you need you will certainly learn very quickly what you will need. But planning ahead is important and trying to have as much as you can available to yourself and your family for these situations is really, really, important backup means of cooking whether it's a grill or a camping stove or even just a little burner you can get all kinds of different units there's rocket stove, there's all kinds of survival gear that you can pack on out for camping that you could easily use so you've got to consider all these things. How are you going to handle a three day power outage? How are you going to feed your family? How are you going to take care of one another? and what are your medical needs? What things do you need to have available if there is any kind of a medical situation? So covering these things and thinking about these things and discussing these things are really important. The other thing too is if you are in an apartment and say you have an elevator to your apartment, you know be–if you're not healthy enough to use stairs, what are your options because if the power goes out the elevators are going to go out so you'll be stuck on your floor, so you really got to think about all the things that could apply to you and how you need to work around them. That's how we live, we live thinking about everything and what our needs will be just like I said our vehicles are jam packed with everything that we need. If our car broke down and we were miles and miles back in how we would get around how we would survive, what our needs would be they’re all covered. So we take things to an extreme but there's a reason for that because we're kind of in an extreme location it’s very vast out here and if we were to get stuck somewhere we would be really far away from civilization. So it's important to really, really, think of all your needs all the time and not just yourself but your other family members, your children, your animals. You know all those things apply so I'm trying to create a process in you where you start really thinking of all areas of–and needs you have in all areas of your life. So we were going to talk about natural disasters, so I chose a power outage which could occur from a hurricane, a tornado-I saw on the electrical lines many things could happen but what you need to really sit down and think about what your needs are in your particular location; what are your needs? And start writing them down and then start stocking up on these things. And as I mentioned, budgeting this is really important as you are stocking up on these things there's absolutely no reason why you can't go to the store and purchase the things that are available on sale versus something else you can budget based on your availability of cash and start stocking up accordingly. It's really not necessary to go in debt trying to get all these things and to start being prepared but it is important to make a list and start formulating it and start budgeting into your monthly routine and your schedule because it is really important to have the things you need on hand at all times and to really be prepared for all situations that could happen on your homestead or at your home or in your apartment. So I encourage you to go to our website and subscribe to our newsletter for those of you that are traveling while you're listening you could simply go to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/newsletter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/newsletter</a> and subscribe and you'll receive a separate e-mail with the download available to you. So I'm going to jump off of here today, those were my quick tips for today start focusing on your preparedness and we will continue with the education every Friday. I know that when we started I said they would be every Wednesday but you can look for the podcast on every Friday, every Monday there will be a new blog post on our website, every Wednesday there will be a new YouTube video on our YouTube channel and every Friday you can find our podcast on iTunes, stitcher and on our website it's archived and additionally you'll find a new newsletter every Sunday sharing tips and titbits as well as what we've been sharing on our blog and so forth. So  I'm really grateful that you joined us today and I'm really happy to have you and just thanks so much have a great week and I will see you next Friday God bless. Your listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week, we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-144/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #144: Preparedness Worksheets</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #144: Preparedness Worksheets

February 7th, 2020: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio show my Mountain Man and I took the time to share our story.  I'm a little partial, but it is a pretty amazing story! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #205: Our Story (Part 1) appeared first on Faith Led Living.

February 7th, 2020: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio show my Mountain Man and I took the time to share our story.  I'm a little partial, but it is a pretty amazing story! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-205/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #205: Our Story (Part 1)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #205: Our Story (Part 1)

July 7th, 2017: In today’s show I talk with you about the Power Of Positive Thinking and how it can affect your life.  Simple adjustments daily can impact your life in such a great way and truly it is all a choice! “Be Mindful. Be Grateful. Be Positive. Be True. Be Kind” ~ Roy T. Bennett “The day is what you make it!  So why not make it a great one?” ~ Steve Schulte “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.” ~ Tom Hopkins “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ~ Oprah Winfrey  For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at trayerwilderness.com and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off-grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow here is your host, Tammy Trayer. Tammy:  Hey everyone, welcome to the Idaho wilderness, I'm your host Tammy Trayer and you can find myself and my family at trayerwilderness.com where we educate on our off-grid lifestyle.  If you're new to my show, you can go to trayerwilderness.com/mountainwomanradio and you’ll find all the past and archived podcasts as well the show notes and links that were discussed in each of the shows. I’m out here today with my furry children and we’re half way through our 5 mile trek and I thought I would jump on here today and chat with you about the power of positive thinking.   People don’t really correlate that with happiness and a peaceful life, but I wanted to talk about it today it was sort of divinely implanted in me today that this is a subject that needs to be discussed with you. So you know people don't realize how one negative thought can turn your entire day upside down. And it's just as quickly rectified positive thinking. You know in life you're going to have situations where things don't go as planned regardless if you're living in an apartment, you're homesteading whatever you're doing; you're going to run into obstacles, things are going to break, things aren't going to work the way you wanted them to, plans are going to fail, goals aren't always going to be met the way you want them to be met but I'm a true believer that everything in life happens for a reason and it’s not always the reasons to the ways we wanted to be, But ultimately it's better than you could have ever imagined. I feel that is my life and I feel it's something I need to share with you guys.  There so many people talking about the cup half empty and the cup half full. Half empty being a negative pessimistic person, half full being an optimistic person and seeing the brighter side of things and I just got to the point where I don't care either way, I'm just thankful to have a cup. It's all in perspective, it's all how you think about things, it's all how you view things and it's really easy to get stuck in a rut to get in a really negative place in a funk and sometimes you don't have other people to get you out of that place. However, you don't realize that you alone have the power to turn these things around. You know I was at of a friend's house the other day and I got tied up there longer than I had anticipated being there and I've got a lot on my plate right now and I could have viewed that in such a negative way.   I could have been very stressed by that situation but I found it very relaxing, very comforting and just where I was supposed to be and just what God wanted for me because I've been moving at such a pace out of necessity, that I–despite how hard I'm trying, I'm not taking as good a care of myself as I'd like to be. So I feel a bit God orchestrated that and that's how it's supposed to be and I was right where I needed to be relaxing myself and just taking a break. I had a very enjoyable time with my friend and it didn't really hold me up any more than I was already held up.   So you need to sometimes just view these situations and the circumstances in a positive way and not allow them to break you. Just like with our equipment out here, we do so much more in a day than the average person and in doing so much more, we also sometimes run into so many more problems and you could do the wows me, God's testing me, I'm in a valley thing, but quite honestly I never feel like God is testing us, I feel that's the enemy trying to get his claws in there and disrupt where you're headed and when you have faith like a giant and your hope and trust is in God and you have a positive mindset and you keep working past all the struggles and you’re unaffected, the enemy loses his stronghold.  Not that he won't keep trying, but sometimes, he just has to walk away I think and shake his head and I like that.  I just want you to know you're not alone. You know we all have struggles, we all have problems, we all have things pop up but when you have something like that happen and you do the wows in me and you get into that negative mindset, it's really easy to allow that to consume you allow that to breed into you and make you a very negative and unhappy person and I hate to see that happen to people, I mean it happens to me sometimes too. I catch myself and I don't like being in that place, so I quickly turn it around and when–you know we're faced with adversity, I always try to find the silver lining and I have some really just I just want you to know you're not alone. You know we all have struggles, we all have problems, we all have things pop up but when you have something like that happen and you do the wows me and you get into that negative mindset, it's really easy to allow that to consume you, allow that to breed into you and make you a very negative and unhappy person and I hate to see that happen to people, I mean it happens to me sometimes too. I catch myself and I don't like being in that place, so I quickly turn it around and when we're faced with adversity, I always try to find the silver lining.I have some really just I have some really just awing people in my life that just blow me away. I'm very optimistic, but these people have some extreme challenges and my friend Pat Kenny; he just blows me away with his, ah, just amazing good nature and positivity and it's fun to be around people like that. So surrounding yourself with positive people can be a huge influence on you. If you're a negative person and you're trying to change that by hanging around with positive people it is contagious and I think it's a great way to live life. I love surrounding myself with happy and just positive people makes my life happier and something else that's really important is, ah, being able to laugh at yourself. You know we all make mistakes and if you go around in life trying so hard to be perfect you are kind of missing your mark because it's just going to happen; things are going to happen, you won't always be perfect because there's no perfect person. So learning to roll with the circumstances in your life, sometimes understanding that everything has a purpose and the meaning behind it not that you always know what it is and you never know who you're going to affect in your surroundings, I've talked about that many times but learning to turn your negative thoughts into positive thoughts is a real big growth step in your life. My son has always been a negative So learning to roll with the circumstances in your life, sometimes understanding that everything has a purpose and the meaning behind it… not that you will always know what it is, but you also never know who you're going to affect in your surroundings while you are rolling with the circumstances.   I've talked about that many times but learning to turn your negative thoughts into positive thoughts is a real big growth step in your life. My son has always been a negative My son has always been a negative Ned and is some times he still is because of his literal mindset but he's learned too through me how to be positive and sometimes he's actually the light that I need some days because he turns things around when I'm in that spot. Like I said, we're–none of us are-exempt, it's going to happen to us at some point and knowing how to handle it and knowing you're not alone but learning to positively look at things.   The other thing with-the other day when I got tied up at my friend's house–you know sometimes the reason those things happen to is because it's keeping you in a safe place and out of harm's way. There have been circumstances for friends of mine and even my husband where we were tied up, they were tied up and had they not been tied up, they would have been involved in deadly accidents and different circumstances that were life threatening. So God has a unique way of working things out and I really feel that we just need to learn to accept circumstances and not be so taken by them. That's what makes our homestead roll the way it does and makes it easier than what it used to be because not everybody rolled when things happened, it was very disturbing and disrupting and like I said, because we do so much here on the homestead; so much more than the average that we often have a lot more things breaking and different struggles and so forth. So there was a time when that kind of stuff would break parts of my family and they'd really struggle with that negative-the negative feelings and they get even more irritated when I would find some kind of positive spin on the situation. However, over time things have shifted and I guess I've become contagious and it has become a really good thing because you can't change your circumstances, you can just change how you react to your circumstances. So I just felt it was necessary to discuss that with you because it pertains to every aspect of our life. We go through so many different ups and downs and valleys and different things happened to us on the way to work, at work, with our children and our reactions are not only detrimental for us but they are a learning point for our children too. I was listening to the radio the other day and I guess they were doing some-just some positive things and this fellow got on and he said how his mother had to raise five children as a single parent because their father had passed so young and she was just always such a faithful and positive person and he realized that that did carry on through he and his siblings but he didn't realize how much until he has-he became a single parent and he said that it's such a blessing that his mother shared that trait with them because he could have so easily given up and because of her positiveness and her extreme faith and hope, he's got it too and now he's seeing it in his children and that's a really neat thing, that's one heck of a tradition and a heritage to pass down and something to be proud of. And I just want to encourage you guys that when you catch yourself feeling negatively about something, about someone and struggling through circumstances find the positive side through that situation, turn your situations around, every negative thought has a positive thought that counteract it and I encourage you to do that. Every week I tell you I'd love to hear from you and I thoroughly would if you ever have things that my podcast kind of stirs in you to share, I would love to hear from, you you're welcome to email me anytime at survive@trayerwilderness.com but I encourage you to look positively at life regardless how doom and gloom things can look. No matter how unknown our future and everything else is, just remember you have control of today. Today is a gift, tomorrow is unknown and yesterday's the past and we should not be looking back. So live each day and sometimes you have those days that you have to embrace each minute and if you have to do that one minute at a time, that's how you got to do it. So those are my thoughts today, I wish you well, I look forward to visiting with you next Friday, I appreciate you all and I wish you a good week, till then God bless. You’re listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week, we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at trayerwilderness.com and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you.  All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #151: The Power Of Positive Thinking appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 7th, 2017: In today’s show I talk with you about the Power Of Positive Thinking and how it can affect your life.  Simple adjustments daily can impact your life in such a great way and truly it is all a choice! “Be Mindful. Be Grateful. Be Positive. Be True. Be Kind” ~ Roy T. Bennett “The day is what you make it!  So why not make it a great one?” ~ Steve Schulte “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “Being miserable is a habit; being happy is a habit; and the choice is yours.” ~ Tom Hopkins “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” ~ Oprah Winfrey For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off-grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow here is your host, Tammy Trayer. Tammy:  Hey everyone, welcome to the Idaho wilderness, I'm your host Tammy Trayer and you can find myself and my family at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> where we educate on our off-grid lifestyle.  If you're new to my show, you can go to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/mountainwomanradio" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/mountainwomanradio</a> and you’ll find all the past and archived podcasts as well the show notes and links that were discussed in each of the shows. I’m out here today with my furry children and we’re half way through our 5 mile trek and I thought I would jump on here today and chat with you about the power of positive thinking.   People don’t really correlate that with happiness and a peaceful life, but I wanted to talk about it today it was sort of divinely implanted in me today that this is a subject that needs to be discussed with you. So you know people don't realize how one negative thought can turn your entire day upside down. And it's just as quickly rectified positive thinking. You know in life you're going to have situations where things don't go as planned regardless if you're living in an apartment, you're homesteading whatever you're doing; you're going to run into obstacles, things are going to break, things aren't going to work the way you wanted them to, plans are going to fail, goals aren't always going to be met the way you want them to be met but I'm a true believer that everything in life happens for a reason and it’s not always the reasons to the ways we wanted to be, But ultimately it's better than you could have ever imagined. I feel that is my life and I feel it's something I need to share with you guys.  There so many people talking about the cup half empty and the cup half full. Half empty being a negative pessimistic person, half full being an optimistic person and seeing the brighter side of things and I just got to the point where I don't care either way, I'm just thankful to have a cup. It's all in perspective, it's all how you think about things, it's all how you view things and it's really easy to get stuck in a rut to get in a really negative place in a funk and sometimes you don't have other people to get you out of that place. However, you don't realize that you alone have the power to turn these things around. You know I was at of a friend's house the other day and I got tied up there longer than I had anticipated being there and I've got a lot on my plate right now and I could have viewed that in such a negative way.   I could have been very stressed by that situation but I found it very relaxing, very comforting and just where I was supposed to be and just what God wanted for me because I've been moving at such a pace out of necessity, that I–despite how hard I'm trying, I'm not taking as good a care of myself as I'd like to be. So I feel a bit God orchestrated that and that's how it's supposed to be and I was right where I needed to be relaxing myself and just taking a break. I had a very enjoyable time with my friend and it didn't really hold me up any more than I was already held up. So you need to sometimes just view these situations and the circumstances in a positive way and not allow them to break you. Just like with our equipment out here, we do so much more in a day than the average person and in doing so much more, we also sometimes run into so many more problems and you could do the wows me, God's testing me, I'm in a valley thing, but quite honestly I never feel like God is testing us, I feel that's the enemy trying to get his claws in there and disrupt where you're headed and when you have faith like a giant and your hope and trust is in God and you have a positive mindset and you keep working past all the struggles and you’re unaffected, the enemy loses his stronghold.  Not that he won't keep trying, but sometimes, he just has to walk away I think and shake his head and I like that.  I just want you to know you're not alone. You know we all have struggles, we all have problems, we all have things pop up but when you have something like that happen and you do the wows in me and you get into that negative mindset, it's really easy to allow that to consume you allow that to breed into you and make you a very negative and unhappy person and I hate to see that happen to people, I mean it happens to me sometimes too. I catch myself and I don't like being in that place, so I quickly turn it around and when–you know we're faced with adversity, I always try to find the silver lining and I have some really just I just want you to know you're not alone. You know we all have struggles, we all have problems, we all have things pop up but when you have something like that happen and you do the wows me and you get into that negative mindset, it's really easy to allow that to consume you, allow that to breed into you and make you a very negative and unhappy person and I hate to see that happen to people, I mean it happens to me sometimes too. I catch myself and I don't like being in that place, so I quickly turn it around and when we're faced with adversity, I always try to find the silver lining.I have some really just I have some really just awing people in my life that just blow me away. I'm very optimistic, but these people have some extreme challenges and my friend Pat Kenny; he just blows me away with his, ah, just amazing good nature and positivity and it's fun to be around people like that. So surrounding yourself with positive people can be a huge influence on you. If you're a negative person and you're trying to change that by hanging around with positive people it is contagious and I think it's a great way to live life. I love surrounding myself with happy and just positive people makes my life happier and something else that's really important is, ah, being able to laugh at yourself. You know we all make mistakes and if you go around in life trying so hard to be perfect you are kind of missing your mark because it's just going to happen; things are going to happen, you won't always be perfect because there's no perfect person. So learning to roll with the circumstances in your life, sometimes understanding that everything has a purpose and the meaning behind it not that you always know what it is and you never know who you're going to affect in your surroundings, I've talked about that many times but learning to turn your negative thoughts into positive thoughts is a real big growth step in your life. My son has always been a negative So learning to roll with the circumstances in your life, sometimes understanding that everything has a purpose and the meaning behind it… not that you will always know what it is, but you also never know who you're going to affect in your surroundings while you are rolling with the circumstances.   I've talked about that many times but learning to turn your negative thoughts into positive thoughts is a real big growth step in your life. My son has always been a negative My son has always been a negative Ned and is some times he still is because of his literal mindset but he's learned too through me how to be positive and sometimes he's actually the light that I need some days because he turns things around when I'm in that spot. Like I said, we're–none of us are-exempt, it's going to happen to us at some point and knowing how to handle it and knowing you're not alone but learning to positively look at things. The other thing with-the other day when I got tied up at my friend's house–you know sometimes the reason those things happen to is because it's keeping you in a safe place and out of harm's way. There have been circumstances for friends of mine and even my husband where we were tied up, they were tied up and had they not been tied up, they would have been involved in deadly accidents and different circumstances that were life threatening. So God has a unique way of working things out and I really feel that we just need to learn to accept circumstances and not be so taken by them. That's what makes our homestead roll the way it does and makes it easier than what it used to be because not everybody rolled when things happened, it was very disturbing and disrupting and like I said, because we do so much here on the homestead; so much more than the average that we often have a lot more things breaking and different struggles and so forth. So there was a time when that kind of stuff would break parts of my family and they'd really struggle with that negative-the negative feelings and they get even more irritated when I would find some kind of positive spin on the situation. However, over time things have shifted and I guess I've become contagious and it has become a really good thing because you can't change your circumstances, you can just change how you react to your circumstances. So I just felt it was necessary to discuss that with you because it pertains to every aspect of our life. We go through so many different ups and downs and valleys and different things happened to us on the way to work, at work, with our children and our reactions are not only detrimental for us but they are a learning point for our children too. I was listening to the radio the other day and I guess they were doing some-just some positive things and this fellow got on and he said how his mother had to raise five children as a single parent because their father had passed so young and she was just always such a faithful and positive person and he realized that that did carry on through he and his siblings but he didn't realize how much until he has-he became a single parent and he said that it's such a blessing that his mother shared that trait with them because he could have so easily given up and because of her positiveness and her extreme faith and hope, he's got it too and now he's seeing it in his children and that's a really neat thing, that's one heck of a tradition and a heritage to pass down and something to be proud of. And I just want to encourage you guys that when you catch yourself feeling negatively about something, about someone and struggling through circumstances find the positive side through that situation, turn your situations around, every negative thought has a positive thought that counteract it and I encourage you to do that. Every week I tell you I'd love to hear from you and I thoroughly would if you ever have things that my podcast kind of stirs in you to share, I would love to hear from, you you're welcome to email me anytime at survive@trayerwilderness.com but I encourage you to look positively at life regardless how doom and gloom things can look. No matter how unknown our future and everything else is, just remember you have control of today. Today is a gift, tomorrow is unknown and yesterday's the past and we should not be looking back. So live each day and sometimes you have those days that you have to embrace each minute and if you have to do that one minute at a time, that's how you got to do it. So those are my thoughts today, I wish you well, I look forward to visiting with you next Friday, I appreciate you all and I wish you a good week, till then God bless. You’re listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week, we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-151/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #151: The Power Of Positive Thinking</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #151: The Power Of Positive Thinking

June 8th, 2017: In today’s show I share with you one of the top concerns and questions we get from our audience, “Are We Too Old To Live Off-Grid?”  This is a concern for many wishing to take on homesteading or off-grid living!  Listen in and see what is shared… For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at trayerwilderness.com and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio, show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow, here's your host Tammy Trayer. Tammy: Hey guys, Tammy Trayer-trayerwilderness.com. Hoping you guys are doing good today and enjoying this beautiful day, it's always a beautiful day regardless what the weather is. It’s all what you make it. Today we're going to talk about–this is before I stir the pot here-this is one of the most common questions we get on our website and on our social media and so forth is, “Am I too old to live off-grid? And my answer to that right off the bat is absolutely not. Never are you too old to embrace a dream or live a self sustaining lifestyle and there's nothing stopping you from living off grid based on your age. So let's cover that because in my book “How To Embrace an Off-Grid Lifestyle”- you can find that on Amazon and you can also find my other books by going to trayerwilderness.com/Tammy Trayer . So you can go on there check out the other books I have-but my “How To Embrace an Off-Grid Lifestyle” went live in January of this year 2017 on my birthday actually which was a goal and a met goal, so was excited about that. But in Chapter five is where I really talk about this subject and really, really try to cover things because there's such a misconception of off grid living and this applies to people that want a homestead to, you're never too old to homestead it's all about how you wish to embrace it. You could be 75 and get a couple chickens and live in a on a small little piece of acreage and enjoy your life and live self sufficiently and be very content, It's all how you go about it. Let me explain; I see living off the grid what that means, is that you are not connected to the power grid. You are either pulling in power from another source typically alternative energy or you don't have any power at all which would ultimately be our goal just because-just because we can. But right now we are powering our home with solar power. So the sun provides the energy in the sun on our panels, our panels come into the house and they go through a charge controller and that way if the batteries are already full, It protects the batteries and diverts the energy and once it's in the batteries it goes from the batteries to an inverter which inverts your D.C. power-your battery power is D.C. into A.C. current and goes into your breaker box which is no different than what the grid does. The grid provides AC power to your breaker box as well into your home. So the next question many people have is, “How do you–what happens when the sun goes down?” Well, when the sun's out it’s power my batteries so at night we live off of battery power and we're frugal we choose to be frugal because if your batteries go low you either need Sunder recharge or a generator and if there's no sun you need the generator and the generator takes fuel we just try to be very frugal and eliminate expenses for ourselves and that it's all up to you how you wish to live. If you want to live like you do now on the grid be prepared that you'll probably have to run the generator more often and then we do. But we don't have a lot of the modern day power appliances and at night we’re very simplistic-one light, everybody in the same room, maybe two lights two different rooms but that's max and we don't really do anything that requires power in the evening. So we read books, YouTube, play games, sleep because we're exhausted from all the work we do but the thing is there's a couple things that would deter somebody from living off the grid the way we do. We're out pretty far, I mean we are–we chose to live very traditionally. So we can, we ferment, we harvest our meat, we butcher our meat and we do everything ourselves so depending on your age and what the tasks are, that can get a little cumbersome and a little difficult. But the other thing that is something to consider, is that you can still live the life and maybe just get people to help you. Like for example my son-we have our wood heat and my son cuts up firewood and sells it in the winter months and you know so he delivers the wood and he just unloads it or he can deliver the wood and stack it you know, so there's opportunities out there for you to do some things yourself and others you could pay somebody to do as you age. Now for example living off the grid means that you aren't on the power grid, you’re using other power sources. So suppose you work the nine to five job but you would love to try to be a little bit more green and you go today work, you come home-your house is powered by solar and you live a little more frivolously and you know don't mind paying extra for the generator if you want to come home and do a load of wash but you're off the grid and you can say that you're off the grid and that's one way of living an off-grid lifestyle-you don't have to step back in time and change anything necessarily. That's where the big misconception comes in as people think that off-grid people are dirty uneducated and have less because we don't have the power but we really do, seven years we've been without power twice and we still had power-we just didn't have Sun Power because a cable got snapped by a deer and a breaker went and we were down two days till we got replacements but we still had generator and battery power, so we were still never without power for seven years and that's not something that most people can say on the grid. So it's definitely a nice way to go. Now the other way you could do off grid living is you could embrace living with solar power, wind power and do a little bit more yourself. You know the first example I gave-they have firewood delivered, they buy their meat at the butcher shop, they use all today's resources and didn't do a whole lot. Example number two, you live off grid on a homestead have a couple chickens, husband still works off site and he is providing and mom stay at home with the kids and they're trying to do a little bit more themselves to cut corners and save money and that's a great way to go so you're not fully traditional but you're still tapping into it. And then you have people like us who dive in and go into the whole nine yards, we really prefer to live it as extremely traditionally as we can and I guess that at some point we'd really like to cut our ties with electrical power and just live back in the woods somewhere. So you know everybody has their own desires but you're never too old to embrace this. A solar system requires that you add distilled water to the batteries every month and just check the battery levels that's pretty much it. You can run an equalization which equals out your batteries but that's something your system does, it's not something you personally have to do. So all you have to do is monitor your batteries and take care of them, is not complicated and how you embrace that is up to you, you don't have to live a full all out little house on the prairie lifestyle if you don't want to and if you're already up there in age and you want to embrace this but you're concerned, you know the things to consider in my opinion are where you're located and also your health needs and they kind of can go hand in hand. If you're too far out and you have health concerns you certainly don't want to stay real far out as you age because things get really complicated in getting you the help you need if you need help. So there's no reason why you can't off grid somewhere closer to town, you know you're not necessarily–you don't have to go out into the middle of nowhere into the wilderness to live an off grid lifestyle. You can live it from anywhere, keep that in mind. Health issues are a big thing, we had two major health situations last year. My husband stopped breathing eight times before the ambulance came which was very scary and we're up pretty far and most people don't know where we live, thankfully the people that were driving the ambulance and the Deputy that was leading the way on the how to get here and our son was able to open the gate but the E.M.T. was having a hard time getting an I.V. in my husband when they did get here. So even with good health and just freaky situations, bad things can go so it's up to you-it's up to you how you want to live, it's up to you how you decide to live, it's up to you if you want to risk those things. We're willing to risk this things because we love being out and you know we can live in a town it's just not our makeup. You know to us that's a risk we're willing to take you have to weigh that. Now if you need close access to doctors to be honest in our location we’re at least an hour if not two hours to specialists and so forth so that's a pretty substantial distance. We’re 45 minutes from regular doctors and Community Hospital. We prefer to go to the further hospitals but these are things to consider. So if you've got health issues then you need medical attention often you're not going to want to live real far away from those things unless that's something you are willing to risk and to deal with. But when people ask if they're too old, absolutely not, absolutely not and I know a woman who lives up in between here and Banners Berry and she and her husband purchased the piece of property and shortly after they purchased that property he passed on and she's been running that place by herself ever since and she's in her 70's and certainly a slowdown but you don't–that doesn't mean you have to keep doing the exhaustive work either, you can change how you start out. If you start out gangbusters like we are, doing everything traditionally and as you age step it back, there's a lot of different ways you can do this and embracing a self-sufficient life, homesteading or off grid life so rewarding. And if it's a dream and you don't ever take the chance to accomplish it you live with regret. So there's lots of unique ways that you can embrace such a lifestyle and a lot of people get really concerned with the cost of alternative energy and I will say that the cost has definitely gone down since we have purchased our equipment seven years ago and five years ago our equipment was paid for-in calculating what we were paying in electric prior to living this way everything was paid for on our fifth year here. So I said that back previously-but it was our fifth year here. So we've been having no electric bill or payment any kind for two years. The upfront costs can be costly but there's also credits available for your taxes and you just had to be very careful with the-you know and checking with your states and your Municipalities. You know example Florida has some heavy laws on off grid living and solar and alternative energy living which is crazy to me because you know it's cleaner and it's part of our freedom and our choice but it's government control wanting to control and that they can gain something off of our electric. But our ancestors live with no power at all and I want to live that way, this is my desire and I really feel we should fight for it; because it doesn’t make two cents for the day. But I really encourage you to really think about it then if you have questions we do consulting on the side as well at trayerwilderness—[chuckles], I don't know if you can hear but there's an owl two of them, some owls talking right now. Anyway I'm sorry, I'm walking with my dogs today-this is my time for me. Anyway I really encourage you to consider-we do have consulting available to you where you can get unlimited e-mail conversations for a month definitely check that out on our website there's a consulting tab, would love to help you further and help you to set things up and just to put more thought into it because embracing dreams is huge and being able to live the life you desire and you want to live it's so important. I just want to encourage you to give that some thought today but you're never too old never ever, ever, ever, ever to old in my eyes. Those are my thoughts for today, I'm really glad you took the time to join me and you can find a new blog post on our website at trayerwilderness.com every Monday new video on our YouTube channel every Wednesday and you can find me every Friday on iTunes Sticher on our website with my podcast. So thank you so much for joining me and I look forward to catching up with you next Friday. You guys take care, have a great day and God bless. You are listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at trayerwilderness.com and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #147: Are You Too Old To Live Off-Grid? appeared first on Faith Led Living.

June 8th, 2017: In today’s show I share with you one of the top concerns and questions we get from our audience, “Are We Too Old To Live Off-Grid?”  This is a concern for many wishing to take on homesteading or off-grid living!  Listen in and see what is shared… For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio, show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow, here's your host Tammy Trayer. Tammy: Hey guys, Tammy <a href="http://Trayer-trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trayer-trayerwilderness.com</a>. Hoping you guys are doing good today and enjoying this beautiful day, it's always a beautiful day regardless what the weather is. It’s all what you make it. Today we're going to talk about–this is before I stir the pot here-this is one of the most common questions we get on our website and on our social media and so forth is, “Am I too old to live off-grid? And my answer to that right off the bat is absolutely not. Never are you too old to embrace a dream or live a self sustaining lifestyle and there's nothing stopping you from living off grid based on your age. So let's cover that because in my book “How To Embrace an Off-Grid Lifestyle”- you can find that on Amazon and you can also find my other books by going to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/TammyTrayer" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/Tammy Trayer</a> . So you can go on there check out the other books I have-but my “How To Embrace an Off-Grid Lifestyle” went live in January of this year 2017 on my birthday actually which was a goal and a met goal, so was excited about that. But in Chapter five is where I really talk about this subject and really, really try to cover things because there's such a misconception of off grid living and this applies to people that want a homestead to, you're never too old to homestead it's all about how you wish to embrace it. You could be 75 and get a couple chickens and live in a on a small little piece of acreage and enjoy your life and live self sufficiently and be very content, It's all how you go about it. Let me explain; I see living off the grid what that means, is that you are not connected to the power grid. You are either pulling in power from another source typically alternative energy or you don't have any power at all which would ultimately be our goal just because-just because we can. But right now we are powering our home with solar power. So the sun provides the energy in the sun on our panels, our panels come into the house and they go through a charge controller and that way if the batteries are already full, It protects the batteries and diverts the energy and once it's in the batteries it goes from the batteries to an inverter which inverts your D.C. power-your battery power is D.C. into A.C. current and goes into your breaker box which is no different than what the grid does. The grid provides AC power to your breaker box as well into your home. So the next question many people have is, “How do you–what happens when the sun goes down?” Well, when the sun's out it’s power my batteries so at night we live off of battery power and we're frugal we choose to be frugal because if your batteries go low you either need Sunder recharge or a generator and if there's no sun you need the generator and the generator takes fuel we just try to be very frugal and eliminate expenses for ourselves and that it's all up to you how you wish to live. If you want to live like you do now on the grid be prepared that you'll probably have to run the generator more often and then we do. But we don't have a lot of the modern day power appliances and at night we’re very simplistic-one light, everybody in the same room, maybe two lights two different rooms but that's max and we don't really do anything that requires power in the evening. So we read books, YouTube, play games, sleep because we're exhausted from all the work we do but the thing is there's a couple things that would deter somebody from living off the grid the way we do. We're out pretty far, I mean we are–we chose to live very traditionally. So we can, we ferment, we harvest our meat, we butcher our meat and we do everything ourselves so depending on your age and what the tasks are, that can get a little cumbersome and a little difficult. But the other thing that is something to consider, is that you can still live the life and maybe just get people to help you. Like for example my son-we have our wood heat and my son cuts up firewood and sells it in the winter months and you know so he delivers the wood and he just unloads it or he can deliver the wood and stack it you know, so there's opportunities out there for you to do some things yourself and others you could pay somebody to do as you age. Now for example living off the grid means that you aren't on the power grid, you’re using other power sources. So suppose you work the nine to five job but you would love to try to be a little bit more green and you go today work, you come home-your house is powered by solar and you live a little more frivolously and you know don't mind paying extra for the generator if you want to come home and do a load of wash but you're off the grid and you can say that you're off the grid and that's one way of living an off-grid lifestyle-you don't have to step back in time and change anything necessarily. That's where the big misconception comes in as people think that off-grid people are dirty uneducated and have less because we don't have the power but we really do, seven years we've been without power twice and we still had power-we just didn't have Sun Power because a cable got snapped by a deer and a breaker went and we were down two days till we got replacements but we still had generator and battery power, so we were still never without power for seven years and that's not something that most people can say on the grid. So it's definitely a nice way to go. Now the other way you could do off grid living is you could embrace living with solar power, wind power and do a little bit more yourself. You know the first example I gave-they have firewood delivered, they buy their meat at the butcher shop, they use all today's resources and didn't do a whole lot. Example number two, you live off grid on a homestead have a couple chickens, husband still works off site and he is providing and mom stay at home with the kids and they're trying to do a little bit more themselves to cut corners and save money and that's a great way to go so you're not fully traditional but you're still tapping into it. And then you have people like us who dive in and go into the whole nine yards, we really prefer to live it as extremely traditionally as we can and I guess that at some point we'd really like to cut our ties with electrical power and just live back in the woods somewhere. So you know everybody has their own desires but you're never too old to embrace this. A solar system requires that you add distilled water to the batteries every month and just check the battery levels that's pretty much it. You can run an equalization which equals out your batteries but that's something your system does, it's not something you personally have to do. So all you have to do is monitor your batteries and take care of them, is not complicated and how you embrace that is up to you, you don't have to live a full all out little house on the prairie lifestyle if you don't want to and if you're already up there in age and you want to embrace this but you're concerned, you know the things to consider in my opinion are where you're located and also your health needs and they kind of can go hand in hand. If you're too far out and you have health concerns you certainly don't want to stay real far out as you age because things get really complicated in getting you the help you need if you need help. So there's no reason why you can't off grid somewhere closer to town, you know you're not necessarily–you don't have to go out into the middle of nowhere into the wilderness to live an off grid lifestyle. You can live it from anywhere, keep that in mind. Health issues are a big thing, we had two major health situations last year. My husband stopped breathing eight times before the ambulance came which was very scary and we're up pretty far and most people don't know where we live, thankfully the people that were driving the ambulance and the Deputy that was leading the way on the how to get here and our son was able to open the gate but the E.M.T. was having a hard time getting an I.V. in my husband when they did get here. So even with good health and just freaky situations, bad things can go so it's up to you-it's up to you how you want to live, it's up to you how you decide to live, it's up to you if you want to risk those things. We're willing to risk this things because we love being out and you know we can live in a town it's just not our makeup. You know to us that's a risk we're willing to take you have to weigh that. Now if you need close access to doctors to be honest in our location we’re at least an hour if not two hours to specialists and so forth so that's a pretty substantial distance. We’re 45 minutes from regular doctors and Community Hospital. We prefer to go to the further hospitals but these are things to consider. So if you've got health issues then you need medical attention often you're not going to want to live real far away from those things unless that's something you are willing to risk and to deal with. But when people ask if they're too old, absolutely not, absolutely not and I know a woman who lives up in between here and Banners Berry and she and her husband purchased the piece of property and shortly after they purchased that property he passed on and she's been running that place by herself ever since and she's in her 70's and certainly a slowdown but you don't–that doesn't mean you have to keep doing the exhaustive work either, you can change how you start out. If you start out gangbusters like we are, doing everything traditionally and as you age step it back, there's a lot of different ways you can do this and embracing a self-sufficient life, homesteading or off grid life so rewarding. And if it's a dream and you don't ever take the chance to accomplish it you live with regret. So there's lots of unique ways that you can embrace such a lifestyle and a lot of people get really concerned with the cost of alternative energy and I will say that the cost has definitely gone down since we have purchased our equipment seven years ago and five years ago our equipment was paid for-in calculating what we were paying in electric prior to living this way everything was paid for on our fifth year here. So I said that back previously-but it was our fifth year here. So we've been having no electric bill or payment any kind for two years. The upfront costs can be costly but there's also credits available for your taxes and you just had to be very careful with the-you know and checking with your states and your Municipalities. You know example Florida has some heavy laws on off grid living and solar and alternative energy living which is crazy to me because you know it's cleaner and it's part of our freedom and our choice but it's government control wanting to control and that they can gain something off of our electric. But our ancestors live with no power at all and I want to live that way, this is my desire and I really feel we should fight for it; because it doesn’t make two cents for the day. But I really encourage you to really think about it then if you have questions we do consulting on the side as well at trayerwilderness—[chuckles], I don't know if you can hear but there's an owl two of them, some owls talking right now. Anyway I'm sorry, I'm walking with my dogs today-this is my time for me. Anyway I really encourage you to consider-we do have consulting available to you where you can get unlimited e-mail conversations for a month definitely check that out on our website there's a consulting tab, would love to help you further and help you to set things up and just to put more thought into it because embracing dreams is huge and being able to live the life you desire and you want to live it's so important. I just want to encourage you to give that some thought today but you're never too old never ever, ever, ever, ever to old in my eyes. Those are my thoughts for today, I'm really glad you took the time to join me and you can find a new blog post on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> every Monday new video on our YouTube channel every Wednesday and you can find me every Friday on iTunes Sticher on our website with my podcast. So thank you so much for joining me and I look forward to catching up with you next Friday. You guys take care, have a great day and God bless. You are listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-147/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #147: Are You Too Old To Live Off-Grid?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #147: Are You Too Old To Live Off-Grid?

Lisa Murano

June 24th, 2015: In today’s show I had the pleasure of having Lisa Murano of Murano Chicken Farm and Feathers In The Woods.  All of our 100th Podcast Winner's were announced and are listed below. Sponsor Trayer Wilderness for the 100lb Ruck March on July 4th    Congratulations To Our 100th Podcast WinnersMitzi WeinmanIt's About Time! Transforming Chaos Into Calm, A to ZPodcast #75 Winner: P. Blair    Anne Grady52 Strategies For Life, Love &amp; WorkPodcast #69 Winner: S. Wright    Cathy BryantCrossroadsPodcast #97 Winner:  H. Zimmer    LeAnn EdmondsonAftermathPodcast #99 Winner: Karen C    Robert VeraA Warrior's FaithPodcast #92 Winner: M. Hagler    Jessica KnowlesHomemade Beauty Essentials &amp; Chicken Hot Topics e-booksPodcast #89 Winner: P. Wehrmeyer    Bonnie Rose Ward Winds of Skilak e-book Podcast #78 Winner: R. Crank     Kendra Lynn At Home Canning DVD Podcast #91 Winner: D. Dowling     Angi Schneider The Garden Notebook e-book Podcast #60 Winner: John     Sharon Peterson Pantry Journal &amp; Simply Canning e-books Podcast #47 Winner: D. Webb    Melissa K. NorrisPioneering Today e-book Podcast #44Podcast #43 Winner: L. McCubbin    Joyce Pierce All They Need To Know e-book Podcast #36 Winner:  A. Noskowiak     Jim Cobb Prepper's Financial GuidePodcast #59 Winner:  M. Hedgcock     Jessica Espinoza Herbal Coffee Sampler &amp; Keeping It Real e-book Podcast #93 Winner:  T. Spoolhoff    Randy LewisNo Greatness Without Goodness Podcast #50 Winner: M. E. Buchanan     Kris Bordessa Off The Shelf Podcast #65 Winner: Jonnie     Leon Pantenburg Multi-pack of Wallet Firestarters Podcast #63 Winner: C. Feldewerth    Jason Maytas$25.00 Gift Certificate Podcast #46 Winner: K. King     Julianna Crowder Gift Certificate for A Girl &amp; A Gun Podcast #62 Winner: B. Shiver     Bernie CarrHow To Prepare For Most Emergencies On A $50 BudgetPodcast #51 Winner:  Pat    Krista VanceMeet Jamie Now – A Life Free of AutismPodcast #53 Winner:  T. Polderman    Bonus Items: Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover  Winner: W. Budro     New Pioneer Magazine  Winner: Tim      American Frontiersman Magazine  Winner: J. Keith     Backwoodsman Magazine  Winner: K. Curwin     Prepare Magazine  Winner:  C.  Smith     Self Reliance Illustrated  Winner: Valerie     Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover  Winner: B. Ledbetter     Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover  Winner:  B. Stewart     Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover  Winner:  Marty    All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥   The post Podcast #105: Interview with Lisa Murano of Murano Chicken Farm appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-105-Lisa-Murano-Feathers-In-The-Woods.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>June 24th, 2015: In today’s show I had the pleasure of having Lisa Murano of <a href="http://www.muranochickenfarm.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Murano Chicken Farm</a> and <a href="http://www.feathersinthewoods.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Feathers In The Woods</a>.  All of our 100th Podcast Winner's were announced and are listed below. <a href="http://gofundme.com/camppatriot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sponsor Trayer Wilderness for the 100lb Ruck March on July 4th</a> <a href="http:/gofundme.com/camppatriot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h2>Congratulations To Our 100th Podcast Winners</h2><a href="http://amzn.to/1FoYPi1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1FoYPi1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mitzi Weinman</a><a href="http://amzn.to/1FoYPi1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">It's About Time! Transforming Chaos Into Calm, A to Z</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-75/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #75</a> Winner: P. Blair  <a href="http://amzn.to/1FCmuPa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1FCmuPa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anne Grady</a><a href="http://amzn.to/1FCmuPa" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">52 Strategies For Life, Love &amp; Work</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-69/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #69</a> Winner: S. Wright  <a href="http://bit.ly/cathybryant" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/cathybryant" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cathy Bryant</a><a href="http://bit.ly/cathybryant" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Crossroads</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-97/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #97</a> Winner:  H. Zimmer  <a href="http://bit.ly/leannedmondson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/leannedmondson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LeAnn Edmondson</a><a href="http://bit.ly/leannedmondson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Aftermath</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-99" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #99</a> Winner: Karen C  <a href="http://bit.ly/warriorsfaith" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/warriorsfaith" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Vera</a><a href="http://bit.ly/warriorsfaith" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">A Warrior's Faith</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-92" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #92</a> Winner: M. Hagler  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/104homestead" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com104homestead" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com104homestead" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Knowles</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com104homestead" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Homemade Beauty Essentials &amp; Chicken Hot Topics e-books</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-89" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #89</a> Winner: P. Wehrmeyer  <a href="http://amzn.to/1egNOWZ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1egNOWZ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bonnie Rose Ward</a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1egNOWZ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Winds of Skilak e-book</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-78" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #78</a> Winner: R. Crank  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/athomecanning" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/athomecanning" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kendra Lynn</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/athomecanning" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">At Home Canning DVD</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-91" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #91</a> Winner: D. Dowling  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/gardennotebook" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/gardennotebook" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Angi Schneider</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/gardennotebook" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Garden Notebook e-book</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-60" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #60</a> Winner: John  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/simplycanning" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://preparedineveryway.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sharon Peterson</a> <a href="http://preparedineveryway.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Pantry Journal &amp; Simply Canning e-books</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-47" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #47</a> Winner: D. Webb <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/melissaknorris" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/melissaknorris" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Melissa K. Norris</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/melissaknorris" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Pioneering Today e-book</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-44" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #44</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-43" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #43</a> Winner: L. McCubbin <a href="http://preparedineveryway.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joyce Pierce</a> <a href="http://preparedineveryway.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">All They Need To Know e-book</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-36" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #36</a> Winner:  A. Noskowiak  <a href="http://amzn.to/1IMiyMu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1IMiyMu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Cobb</a> <a href="http://amzn.to/1IMiyMu" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Prepper's Financial Guide</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-59" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #59</a> Winner:  M. Hedgcock  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/herbalcoffee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/herbalcoffee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Espinoza</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/herbalcoffee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Herbal Coffee Sampler &amp; Keeping It Real e-book</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-93" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #93</a> Winner:  T. Spoolhoff  <a href="http://amzn.to/1Ldbg1y" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://amzn.to/1Ldbg1y" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Randy Lewis</a><a href="http://amzn.to/1Ldbg1y" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">No Greatness Without Goodness</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-50" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #50</a> Winner: M. E. Buchanan  <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=241604&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=242984" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=241604&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=242984" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kris Bordessa</a> <a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=241604&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=242984" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Off The Shelf</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-65" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #65</a> Winner: Jonnie  <a href="http://survivalcommonsense.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://survivalcommonsense.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Leon Pantenburg</a> <a href="http://survivalcommonsense.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Multi-pack of Wallet Firestarters</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-63" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #63</a> Winner: C. Feldewerth  <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sfg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sfg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Maytas</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sfg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">$25.00 Gift Certificate</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-46" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #46</a> Winner: K. King  <a href="http://agirlandagun.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://agirlandagun.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Julianna Crowder</a> <a href="http://agirlandagun.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Gift Certificate for A Girl &amp; A Gun</a> <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-62" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #62</a> Winner: B. Shiver   <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ACRD1H0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00ACRD1H0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tammytrayer-20&amp;linkId=HK6KLKKHIZQ5YFSL" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://apartmentprepper.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Bernie Carr</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ACRD1H0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00ACRD1H0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tammytrayer-20&amp;linkId=HK6KLKKHIZQ5YFSL" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How To Prepare For Most Emergencies On A $50 Budget</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-51" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #51</a> Winner:  Pat  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KBAJOCO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00KBAJOCO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tammytrayer-20&amp;linkId=YAHT72THBBA7XK3W" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://healingautism.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Krista Vance</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KBAJOCO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00KBAJOCO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=tammytrayer-20&amp;linkId=YAHT72THBBA7XK3W" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Meet Jamie Now – A Life Free of Autism</a><a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-53" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #53</a> Winner:  T. Polderman Bonus Items: Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Winner: W. Budro New Pioneer Magazine Winner: Tim  American Frontiersman Magazine Winner: J. Keith Backwoodsman Magazine Winner: K. Curwin Prepare Magazine Winner:  C.  Smith Self Reliance Illustrated Winner: Valerie Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Winner: B. Ledbetter Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Winner:  B. Stewart Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover Winner:  Marty All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-105/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #105: Interview with Lisa Murano of Murano Chicken Farm</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #105: Interview with Lisa Murano of Murano Chicken Farm

February 14th, 2020: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio show my Mountain Man and I joined each other once again to share more of our story.  I love our story and how God was SO in it!! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #206:  Our Story (Part 2) appeared first on Faith Led Living.

February 14th, 2020: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio show my Mountain Man and I joined each other once again to share more of our story.  I love our story and how God was SO in it!! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-206/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #206: Our Story (Part 2)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #206:  Our Story (Part 2)

August 10th, 2018: In today’s show I discuss the learning to rest and the importance of slowing your pace enough to rest and rejuvenate yourself daily. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #183: Learning To Rest On The Homestead appeared first on Faith Led Living.

August 10th, 2018: In today’s show I discuss the learning to rest and the importance of slowing your pace enough to rest and rejuvenate yourself daily. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-183/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #183: Learning To Rest On The Homestead</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #183: Learning To Rest On The Homestead

April 24th, 2020: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I share with you how God's timing has been so perfect in our lives and I also share with you a recording from February however the message is very pertinent for our times as well as our series on walking through the hard times. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #212: God’s Timing vs Our Timing appeared first on Faith Led Living.

April 24th, 2020: In today’s episode of Mountain Woman Radio I share with you how God's timing has been so perfect in our lives and I also share with you a recording from February however the message is very pertinent for our times as well as our series on walking through the hard times. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-212/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #212: God’s Timing vs Our Timing</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #212: God’s Timing vs Our Timing

July 20th, 2018: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio Show I share with you the amazing creativity that is enabled from decluttering!  When you realize that decluttering enables creativity you will also find that there is such a freedom returned to your life, weights are removed and your headspace is cleared for not only creative thinking, rich inspiration, but also an enriched walk with Jesus. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #182: Decluttering Enables Creativity appeared first on Faith Led Living.

July 20th, 2018: In today’s Mountain Woman Radio Show I share with you the amazing creativity that is enabled from decluttering!  When you realize that decluttering enables creativity you will also find that there is such a freedom returned to your life, weights are removed and your headspace is cleared for not only creative thinking, rich inspiration, but also an enriched walk with Jesus. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-182/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #182: Decluttering Enables Creativity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #182: Decluttering Enables Creativity

May 27th, 2015: In today’s show I had the privilege to speak with April Lewis of AnAppleADayWisdom.com and author of The Beginner's Guide To Zero Waste Cooking.   Her website is a blessing to so many, but especially to the single Mom of today's world.  She offers inspiration, hope, guidance, advice and support.  April has even offered her email address for those of you that are in need of someone to talk to!  You can reach here at author@AprilLewis.com.  Our hope today is that many of you gained great insight and a resource for light when things may be gloomy! Be sure to visit Podcast #100 and get yourself entered in the BIG 100th Podcast GIVEAWAY!!!  All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥   The post Podcast #101: Interview with April Lewis, author of The Beginner’s Guide To Zero Waste Cooking appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-101-April-Lewis-An-Apple-A-Day-Wisdom.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>May 27th, 2015: In today’s show I had the privilege to speak with April Lewis of <a href="http://anappleadaywisdom.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">AnAppleADayWisdom.com</a> and author of <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/zerowastecooking" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Beginner's Guide To Zero Waste Cooking</a>.   Her website is a blessing to so many, but especially to the single Mom of today's world.  She offers inspiration, hope, guidance, advice and support.  April has even offered her email address for those of you that are in need of someone to talk to!  You can reach here at <a href="mailto:author@AprilLewis.com" rel="noopener">author@AprilLewis.com</a>.  Our hope today is that many of you gained great insight and a resource for light when things may be gloomy! Be sure to visit Podcast #100 and get yourself entered in the <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/podcast-100" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">BIG 100th Podcast GIVEAWAY</a>!!! <a href="http://gofundme.com/camppatriot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ <a href="http://gofundme.com/camppatriot" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-101/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #101: Interview with April Lewis, author of The Beginner’s Guide To Zero Waste Cooking</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #101: Interview with April Lewis, author of The Beginner’s Guide To Zero Waste Cooking

Paul Munsen

September 16th, 2015: In today’s show, I welcome back Paul Munsen of All American Sun Oven to share more on Solar Cooking.  We took the time to answer some questions and shared the soup to nuts of cooking with the sun.  I would be LOST without my sun oven.  You can cook, bake, dehydrate, boil or pasteurize water and SO much more with a sun oven.  You can also reduce your footprint and save on your electric and even fuel bills.  Paul was kind enough to put together a special package for all our listeners and I encourage you to add the All American Sun Oven to your preparedness cache.  You can take part in his special offer here.  Be sure to enter the 30 Days of Preparedness Giveaway and visit all the 30 posts included which are LOADED with preparedness and survival tips.  I would also LOVE to have you join me in my Introductory Herbal Course Study Group that will be starting October 1st. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #114:  Solar Cooking Training with Paul Munsen of All American Sun Oven appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-114-Solar-Cooking-Education-with-All-American-Sun-Oven.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>September 16th, 2015: In today’s show, I welcome back Paul Munsen of <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sunoven" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">All American Sun Oven</a> to share more on Solar Cooking.  We took the time to answer some questions and shared the soup to nuts of cooking with the sun.  I would be LOST without my sun oven.  You can cook, bake, dehydrate, boil or pasteurize water and SO much more with a sun oven.  You can also reduce your footprint and save on your electric and even fuel bills.  Paul was kind enough to put together a special package for all our listeners and I encourage you to add the <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sunoven" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">All American Sun Oven</a> to your preparedness cache.  You can take part in his special offer <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/sunoven" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/preparedgiveaway" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Be sure to enter the <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/preparedgiveaway" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">30 Days of Preparedness Giveaway</a> and visit all the 30 posts included which are LOADED with preparedness and survival tips. <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/introductoryherbal" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> I would also LOVE to have you join me in my Introductory Herbal Course Study Group that will be starting October 1st. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-114/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #114: Solar Cooking Training with Paul Munsen of All American Sun Oven</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #114:  Solar Cooking Training with Paul Munsen of All American Sun Oven

Anita Agers-Brooks

July 1st, 2015: In today’s show I had the extreme pleasure to speak with author Anita Agers-Brooks regarding her book Getting Through What You Can't Get Over and her insight into PTSD, Depression and life's traumas.  She is a wealth of information and her book is AMAZING!        All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #106: Interview with Anita Agers-Brooks, Author of Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-106-Anita-Agers-Brooks.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>July 1st, 2015: In today’s show I had the extreme pleasure to speak with author Anita Agers-Brooks regarding her book <a href="http://amzn.to/1LSQ2ZT" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Getting Through What You Can't Get Over</a> and her insight into PTSD, Depression and life's traumas.  She is a wealth of information and her book is AMAZING! All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #106: Interview with Anita Agers-Brooks, Author of Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #106: Interview with Anita Agers-Brooks, Author of Getting Through What You Can’t Get Over

Gregg Carter

August 19th, 2015: In today’s show I had the honor and privilege to interview a good friend of mine, Gregg Carter of TheRuralEconomist.com.  He has a great story and is a wealth of information on everything homesteading.   Don't forget to check out his book Micro and Cottage Businesses and be sure to join his newsletter so you can learn when his new book is available.  All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥   The post Podcast #111:  Interview with Gregg Carter The Rural Economist appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-111-Gregg-Carter-The-Rural-Economist.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>August 19th, 2015: In today’s show I had the honor and privilege to interview a good friend of mine, Gregg Carter of <a href="http://TheRuralEconomist.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">TheRuralEconomist.com</a>.  He has a great story and is a wealth of information on everything homesteading.   Don't forget to check out his book <a href="http://amzn.to/1U7odO9" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Micro and Cottage Businesses</a> and be sure to join his newsletter so you can learn when his new book is available. <a href="http://amzn.to/1U7odO9" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ <a href="http://amzn.to/1U7odO9" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-111/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #111: Interview with Gregg Carter The Rural Economist</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #111:  Interview with Gregg Carter The Rural Economist

Erica Mueller

July 22nd, 2015: In today’s show I had the absolute privilege to interview a dear friend of mine, Erica Mueller of MomPrepares.com.  Listen to her story – she has SO much to share on her homesteading and simple living experiences – I know you will thoroughly enjoy the interview. Important News The Trayer Wilderness Cookbook ~ Volume 1 ~ Homesteading The Traditional Way e-book is FINALLY available! You can purchase your copy here or receive it free when you join our newsletter.  All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥   The post Podcast #108: Interview with Erica Mueller of MomPrepares.com appeared first on Faith Led Living.

<a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mountain-Woman-Radio-Episode-108-Erica-Mueller-Mom-Prepares.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>July 22nd, 2015: In today’s show I had the absolute privilege to interview a dear friend of mine, Erica Mueller of <a href="http://momprepares.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MomPrepares.com.</a>  Listen to her story – she has SO much to share on her homesteading and simple living experiences – I know you will thoroughly enjoy the interview. Important News The Trayer Wilderness Cookbook ~ Volume 1 ~ Homesteading The Traditional Way e-book is FINALLY available! You can purchase your copy <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/store/books" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> or receive it free when you join our <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/newsletter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">newsletter</a>. <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/store/books" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/store/books" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-108/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #108: Interview with Erica Mueller of MomPrepares.com</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #108: Interview with Erica Mueller of MomPrepares.com

February 1st, 2019: In today’s show I talk about how to stay positive and why it is so important. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #188:  How To Stay Positive appeared first on Faith Led Living.

February 1st, 2019: In today’s show I talk about how to stay positive and why it is so important. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnLMlvnpYiwQjd7LEYldFzDTLjkPMfsH1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Mountain Woman Radio playlist</a>. <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/808725122" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Submit a review on iTunes</a>. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post <a href="https://faithledliving.com/podcast-188/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast #188: How To Stay Positive</a> appeared first on <a href="https://faithledliving.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faith Led Living</a>.

Podcast #188:  How To Stay Positive

June 16th, 2017: In today’s show I discuss the importance of a working budget for your home or homestead.   Without a real good working budget, you really have no solid footing and will always be guessing and getting further in the hole. For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at trayerwilderness.com and also on iTunes.You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at trayerwilderness.com and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow, here's your host Tammy Trayer. Tammy: Hey everyone, welcome. So glad to have you joining me today and I wanted to thank all of you that have been reaching out and expressing how grateful you are that I am back. I'm so glad to be back and I'm thankful to have you listening and glad to hear that I am providing you with resources that are helpful to you and today I thought we would really talk about one that I feel should be like the center of everybody's life and that is having a budget and–it’s kind of sad and today's day and age everybody has credit cards and revolving credit and lines of credit and their houses are mortgaged and its just so much credit and it is so much debt. It is what's being seen and it's truly just hard to exist in that situation–it's so overwhelming and it really takes its toll and people don't even realize it and that's the struggle that I see and the thing that happens is, you–nobody really knows what their extreme debt level really is because they just keep switching from one credit card to the next. And I have to say we were in that scenario for quite a while just because of circumstances but it's not a good place to be and it's not a place to be if you want to get ahead. You know we were building our homestead and things were breaking and we needed to get them repaired in order to move forward, our vehicles were breaking down, without our vehicles we couldn't go anywhere, we couldn't work. So you know you keep investing money and putting more debt on your shoulders and we were all guilty of it. But it's a real refreshing feeling when you finally have a handle on your debt and you know where you stand, you know what your level of debt is regardless how overwhelming it is, you have that final number. And now the thing is to get yourself out of that position you put yourself in and learning–you know we live very frugally, so our needs are so much less than the average person. But you know unfortunately, our equipment often is more pricey. So you know when our backhoe goes down, we have much more pricey repairs than a lawn mower you know. So It's just–the thing is you've got to be aware and you've got to pay attention to where your debt level is you're spending and how frugal you are. You know a lot of people are out purchasing things not out of necessity, not out of need but out of want and it's really easy to do when you go in the stores today. You know I see it when we walk into the stores, you know we aren't shoppers but when we go to the big cities and we hit Walmart or something like that and you see all the big sales and all the new items and you know the new the new slow cooker and the new deep fryer, the new cooking pans that are really pretty and attractive but the thing is I already have all that stuff, so why buy the latest and greatest. You know in some cases it might help you but typically not and you're just getting an additional piece in your kitchen that you've already got, so you're adding clutter which clutter is a whole other ballgame and that in and of itself adds lot of stress and weight on your shoulders too because people don't realize living in a cluttered space is so very overwhelming. So I want to break it out today and give you some resources that will help you to get yourself on track and maybe open your eyes to the fact that you are in a bad situation but you can very easily turn it around and start moving in a more positive direction if you start to be aware–and sometimes it's hard to get your others-your other party, your spouse whether your husband or wife or even your partners you know involved and aware you know-oftentimes the weight of finances is on one person shoulder but in reality it's really important that that weight is on everybody's shoulders-that everybody is aware and that everybody is playing on the same playing field because if you're both not on the same page you’ll never going to get out of the spot and you're going to end up on a treadmill and just keep racing and basically chasing yourself. So it's hard to get your spouse on board sometimes but it's a necessity, they've got to be willing to understand and also accept the responsibility that they have helped to put you there. So that's why I want to talk about this today because really you know God is in the forefront of our home and our lives and my husband is the next in line and myself and then my children. But in that mix of things, the budget needs to be in there and it needs to be something that is discussed and it's important to have your children involved in some of your discussions, they need to be aware that it's important to have a budget and that money just doesn't come off of a piece of plastic because we're not helping our children any. As a matter of fact I grew up where money wasn't really talked about, not in a way of how to control it or how to handle it or how to spend it and I got my first car and I got my first credit card and it was great to have that mobility and it was great to have something to put my gas on but the same time it started me out on a really bad foot in my opinion and you know I never was taught to budget my money, I was never taught to handle my money and I was never really taught to deal with the checkbook. You know I guess I just assumed that was things I was learning in school. But that's not the case, our children need to see that first and foremost and in a really realistic way. You know by seeing it firsthand how you deal with your money is something that can be a very good lesson for your children and so in your family the dynamics making a really big difference having God first in our life it is really balancing for us and he leads the way so it's the way as far as we're concerned that it should be. And in addition to that with our budgeting, the first thing that we consider always on top of anything else is tithing and I had shared-my husband and I shared a video on some of the miracles on our homestead and in all honesty those miracles started happening when we started being really visible once we started tithing above anything else and making that the first thing that we do with our money when it comes in. And it's what we're called to do and when you do that it's been really amazing, I mean there have been times where the only money I had was a $100 and I needed that for a bill in two days but we were going to church and I tithed that money and I was trusting in God too and knowing that he would provide for that bill that I had do and you know we've never had to worry. When you put that much trust in God, it's amazing the results. Now I know some of you may not be Christians or faithful people but stay with me because having a budget is really important this is how we do things and this is why I'm sharing it with you this is what works for us. Now–so that is one, that is the first thing we do with any money that we receive is that we tithe our money. Now additionally, it's really important that you have a structure of some sort, whether you have a spreadsheet, whether you have a written note. Many people do it differently and I realize that there are certain things that just work better for other people and that doesn't work for everyone else. It took me a good while to find the proper tools that I needed to be able to budget for my family because not only in my budgeting for my family but I am budgeting for four businesses as well. So it can be overwhelming and it can be really hard to keep track of and often times when we hit overwhelm we just don't do anything and that's not good; that's often what happens-it's like deer stuck in headlights. So you know you have to have the right tools, if something is not working for you don't keep trying to use it, find something different. So today I'm going to give you some resources and tools that I feel are very beneficial to you. For starters, Dave Ramsey's program is a phenomenal program his book; The Total Money Make Over, is worth every penny and you can find that by going to trayerwilderness.com/totalmoneymakeover and that will take you directly to his materials. That book is highly recommended and I think every family should read that book because it points things out for both spouses and really makes it clear that it's not something that one person should be doing but that the family should be doing that as a team, as a partner-you’re partners you should be doing this together. So that's a really important part of things but his concepts are very strong and very solid and I highly, highly, recommend them. Now he also does an envelope program and–excuse me. One of the things that you want to check out that will also be helpful tool for you and your preparedness efforts is the preparedness worksheet that we are offering right now. You can go to our website by going to trayerwilderness.com/newsletter and you can sign up for our weekly newsletter. It comes out every Sunday and you will find in there are the downloadable sheets and one of which is a budget. Now that is pretty much going off of Dave Ramsey's budget and his program. So that is a tool that you can start out with Dave Ramsey's book also provides principles that are available to you. So those are the places I highly recommend to start. Now as I said not everything works the same for everybody else, although Dave Ramsey's materials are very solid, I had a really hard time using his budgeting materials because I have so much to keep track of so I did a couple things and I found the perfect set up for myself. One thing is I needed to carry the checkbook registers with me. I had to carry five checkbook registers with me in order to keep everything written in them was very, very, difficult. You know you only have so much space in your bags and I don't like carrying a lot with me. I created a spreadsheet that is a checkbook register and in this spreadsheet I have different sheets in it for each of the businesses and our personal and I can keep track of my checkbook registers digitally or electronically which has been a lifesaving thing for me because on the fly I can enter any transactions, I know exactly what my balance is all the time because what was happening to me I was forgetting to write in receipts, so things are getting screwed up and I don't like paying fees that was happening also because we do overdraft because I forget to write things in and I didn't have the time to go back and balance the check books because I'm so busy. So it’s really a rough thing and I had to find a balance in that and I know there's so many other people that are suffering from that. In that spreadsheet I also have the main sheet being an overview. So I know what my balances are when just by looking at the one sheet of all my accounts. And in addition to that, at the back of my accounts or of my worksheet spreadsheet, I have information on there that keeps track of yearly payments and different things in there and that's how I was initially keeping track of that. You know you took the yearly things I need to keep track of for the businesses, for personal if I had automatic withdraws coming out of any of my accounts I had them noted and which accounts they were and then the amount, so I had that all in there but it was still cumbersome for me to keep track of things that way. So I found another program that has been an absolute lifesaver to me and it's a very inexpensive program, Dave Ramsey talks about Fresh Books, I tried that it just didn't work for me. I used Quick Books for our businesses for our accounting and our tax purposes but to really keep track of our budgets. I started using a program called YNAB and it stands for You Need A Budget. You can go to their program and get a 34 day trial period with them by using this link it's trayerwilderness.com/YNAB – You need a budget. I highly recommend that you go there and try the program out and then to continue on with the program after the trial period it's like 4.99 a month it is the best money I have ever spent for my family because I don't know–I no longer have to keep track of my yearly and monthly expenditures in a spreadsheet, I can do that in each of my budgets. I can go into each of my budgets one for personal, my businesses and I can tell exactly what to do every month I can and I can budget out extra things and then I can see the reporting of how I did each month budgeting. You know did I go over? Where did I go over? How did we go over? You know it's really important to be able to see what you're spending and that's the thing that most people don't do. I guess you do have a credit card you just keep jamming stuff on there, you never really go back and evaluate things, you never see where you're spending too much, you never see how frivolously your spending because you're really not analyzing it. Well if you have a budget that is right in your face all the time and that is what you base your spending off, Dave Ramsey's spends through envelopes. He puts–has you put so much money in an envelope for your food, for your electric, for whatever your expenditures are and when that money is gone that's it and this you need a budget that works very similarly without the envelopes per se but I still use the envelopes. But it is in my face budgeting program that has saved us so greatly and has helped us greatly with our medical expenditures and on medical debt it has really helped us get a handle on things and really see things in the big picture. Like I said, it's really hard but what you need to sit down and really figure out what your level of debt is. It's overwhelming, it may make you cry, it may make you mad but you need to see it, and you need to be aware that you can't keep pushing it off and you can't keep living as if it doesn't matter, it really does and I know that's how most people are living today. And it will by budgeting and by having a handle on things, the weight on your shoulders will be removed so much and for those of you that are handling the accounting things and the finances by yourself, when you get both parties involved it makes such a huge difference and that weight also is something that is removed from you as well. Now as a closing thought for you folks, in addition to these resources that I have given you, there is one other resource that I think that should be listened to by every family and not just the parents but the children too. Joe McGee Ministries, Fighting For Families, is an amazing program and he talks about a lot like 90% about finances and financial struggles and financial fighting and how to get a handle on your finances. He also talks about raising children and balance in your lives and it is just a very wholesome 20, 30 minute program and we listen to it every week, I listen to it sometimes when I'm driving. I am very drawn and very addicted to listening to his program because it's very solid, his advice is very solid, and his approach is a laugh and learn and it's a lot of fun, it's a lot of fun to listen to, it's very humorous but you don't forget what he has to share with you and I think that every family should listen to it. So you can follow him by going to trayerwilderness.com/JoeMcGee. But I highly recommend that you check him out check out, I got his materials, he's got a lot of budgeting and financial materials available on his website and he often gives them away with his podcast for a small donation. So I highly recommend that you check him out and listen to him because it's just-it's just such a great tool not only for us adults but it teaches children how to manage their money and how to think about money. For starters, one of his biggest things is that we think poor and that is how most of us think. We're in debt up to our eyeballs and we think poor. If you start thinking like a rich person and you start thinking in abundance, that's what will happen. So I'm going to leave you with those thoughts today and I want you to really check out these resources because it has been a lifesaving thing for our family and something that we've been using for several years now and I am just thoroughly thrilled and thoroughly excited at where we are headed and how things have turned around for us like I said to you many times we went last year for six and a half months without an income. So to be able to move forward and turn that around is an awesome, awesome, thing. So I'm not just sharing this with you because I feel you need it, I'm sharing this with you because this is what I've lived and this is what I've experienced. So I wish you guys well, I hope these resources help you and I look forward to getting together with you again next Friday. You guys take care, feel free to reach out to me at survive@trayerwilderness.com, I'd love to know if you're looking for certain topics, if you have questions, I'm always available. Thank you for your time and we will see you next Friday God bless. You’re listening to the Mountain Woman radio show where you will learn something new every week, we hope you enjoyed the show and encourage you to join us at trayerwilderness.com and be sure to connect with us on iTunes, remember your reviews on iTunes are very important to us and help us reach more people just like you. All podcasts can be viewed on our YouTube channel in the Mountain Woman Radio playlist. Submit a review on iTunes. ♥ #TrayerWilderness  #FaithLedLiving #MountainWomanRadio ♥ ♥ #FaithfullyForward #PositivelyEncouraging  #EmbraceOffGrid  #FaithLedPreparedness ♥ The post Podcast #148: You Need A Budget appeared first on Faith Led Living.

June 16th, 2017: In today’s show I discuss the importance of a working budget for your home or homestead.   Without a real good working budget, you really have no solid footing and will always be guessing and getting further in the hole. For those of you that are unable to stream podcasts or would rather have the opportunity to read, below you will find the transcription of today's podcast: You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and also on iTunes.You're listening to the Mountain Woman radio show which can be found on our website at <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com</a> and also on iTunes. Welcome to the Mountain Woman radio show where we’re homesteading traditionally 100% off grid today and offering preparedness and survival tips for tomorrow, here's your host Tammy Trayer. Tammy: Hey everyone, welcome. So glad to have you joining me today and I wanted to thank all of you that have been reaching out and expressing how grateful you are that I am back. I'm so glad to be back and I'm thankful to have you listening and glad to hear that I am providing you with resources that are helpful to you and today I thought we would really talk about one that I feel should be like the center of everybody's life and that is having a budget and–it’s kind of sad and today's day and age everybody has credit cards and revolving credit and lines of credit and their houses are mortgaged and its just so much credit and it is so much debt. It is what's being seen and it's truly just hard to exist in that situation–it's so overwhelming and it really takes its toll and people don't even realize it and that's the struggle that I see and the thing that happens is, you–nobody really knows what their extreme debt level really is because they just keep switching from one credit card to the next. And I have to say we were in that scenario for quite a while just because of circumstances but it's not a good place to be and it's not a place to be if you want to get ahead. You know we were building our homestead and things were breaking and we needed to get them repaired in order to move forward, our vehicles were breaking down, without our vehicles we couldn't go anywhere, we couldn't work. So you know you keep investing money and putting more debt on your shoulders and we were all guilty of it. But it's a real refreshing feeling when you finally have a handle on your debt and you know where you stand, you know what your level of debt is regardless how overwhelming it is, you have that final number. And now the thing is to get yourself out of that position you put yourself in and learning–you know we live very frugally, so our needs are so much less than the average person. But you know unfortunately, our equipment often is more pricey. So you know when our backhoe goes down, we have much more pricey repairs than a lawn mower you know. So It's just–the thing is you've got to be aware and you've got to pay attention to where your debt level is you're spending and how frugal you are. You know a lot of people are out purchasing things not out of necessity, not out of need but out of want and it's really easy to do when you go in the stores today. You know I see it when we walk into the stores, you know we aren't shoppers but when we go to the big cities and we hit Walmart or something like that and you see all the big sales and all the new items and you know the new the new slow cooker and the new deep fryer, the new cooking pans that are really pretty and attractive but the thing is I already have all that stuff, so why buy the latest and greatest. You know in some cases it might help you but typically not and you're just getting an additional piece in your kitchen that you've already got, so you're adding clutter which clutter is a whole other ballgame and that in and of itself adds lot of stress and weight on your shoulders too because people don't realize living in a cluttered space is so very overwhelming. So I want to break it out today and give you some resources that will help you to get yourself on track and maybe open your eyes to the fact that you are in a bad situation but you can very easily turn it around and start moving in a more positive direction if you start to be aware–and sometimes it's hard to get your others-your other party, your spouse whether your husband or wife or even your partners you know involved and aware you know-oftentimes the weight of finances is on one person shoulder but in reality it's really important that that weight is on everybody's shoulders-that everybody is aware and that everybody is playing on the same playing field because if you're both not on the same page you’ll never going to get out of the spot and you're going to end up on a treadmill and just keep racing and basically chasing yourself. So it's hard to get your spouse on board sometimes but it's a necessity, they've got to be willing to understand and also accept the responsibility that they have helped to put you there. So that's why I want to talk about this today because really you know God is in the forefront of our home and our lives and my husband is the next in line and myself and then my children. But in that mix of things, the budget needs to be in there and it needs to be something that is discussed and it's important to have your children involved in some of your discussions, they need to be aware that it's important to have a budget and that money just doesn't come off of a piece of plastic because we're not helping our children any. As a matter of fact I grew up where money wasn't really talked about, not in a way of how to control it or how to handle it or how to spend it and I got my first car and I got my first credit card and it was great to have that mobility and it was great to have something to put my gas on but the same time it started me out on a really bad foot in my opinion and you know I never was taught to budget my money, I was never taught to handle my money and I was never really taught to deal with the checkbook. You know I guess I just assumed that was things I was learning in school. But that's not the case, our children need to see that first and foremost and in a really realistic way. You know by seeing it firsthand how you deal with your money is something that can be a very good lesson for your children and so in your family the dynamics making a really big difference having God first in our life it is really balancing for us and he leads the way so it's the way as far as we're concerned that it should be. And in addition to that with our budgeting, the first thing that we consider always on top of anything else is tithing and I had shared-my husband and I shared a video on some of the miracles on our homestead and in all honesty those miracles started happening when we started being really visible once we started tithing above anything else and making that the first thing that we do with our money when it comes in. And it's what we're called to do and when you do that it's been really amazing, I mean there have been times where the only money I had was a $100 and I needed that for a bill in two days but we were going to church and I tithed that money and I was trusting in God too and knowing that he would provide for that bill that I had do and you know we've never had to worry. When you put that much trust in God, it's amazing the results. Now I know some of you may not be Christians or faithful people but stay with me because having a budget is really important this is how we do things and this is why I'm sharing it with you this is what works for us. Now–so that is one, that is the first thing we do with any money that we receive is that we tithe our money. Now additionally, it's really important that you have a structure of some sort, whether you have a spreadsheet, whether you have a written note. Many people do it differently and I realize that there are certain things that just work better for other people and that doesn't work for everyone else. It took me a good while to find the proper tools that I needed to be able to budget for my family because not only in my budgeting for my family but I am budgeting for four businesses as well. So it can be overwhelming and it can be really hard to keep track of and often times when we hit overwhelm we just don't do anything and that's not good; that's often what happens-it's like deer stuck in headlights. So you know you have to have the right tools, if something is not working for you don't keep trying to use it, find something different. So today I'm going to give you some resources and tools that I feel are very beneficial to you. For starters, Dave Ramsey's program is a phenomenal program his book; <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/totalmoneymakeover" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Total Money Make Over</a>, is worth every penny and you can find that by going to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/totalmoneymakeover" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/totalmoneymakeover</a> and that will take you directly to his materials. That book is highly recommended and I think every family should read that book because it points things out for both spouses and really makes it clear that it's not something that one person should be doing but that the family should be doing that as a team, as a partner-you’re partners you should be doing this together. So that's a really important part of things but his concepts are very strong and very solid and I highly, highly, recommend them. Now he also does an envelope program and–excuse me. One of the things that you want to check out that will also be helpful tool for you and your preparedness efforts is the preparedness worksheet that we are offering right now. You can go to our website by going to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/newsletter" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/newsletter</a> and you can sign up for our weekly newsletter. It comes out every Sunday and you will find in there are the downloadable sheets and one of which is a budget. Now that is pretty much going off of Dave Ramsey's budget and his program. So that is a tool that you can start out with Dave Ramsey's book also provides principles that are available to you. So those are the places I highly recommend to start. Now as I said not everything works the same for everybody else, although Dave Ramsey's materials are very solid, I had a really hard time using his budgeting materials because I have so much to keep track of so I did a couple things and I found the perfect set up for myself. One thing is I needed to carry the checkbook registers with me. I had to carry five checkbook registers with me in order to keep everything written in them was very, very, difficult. You know you only have so much space in your bags and I don't like carrying a lot with me. I created a spreadsheet that is a checkbook register and in this spreadsheet I have different sheets in it for each of the businesses and our personal and I can keep track of my checkbook registers digitally or electronically which has been a lifesaving thing for me because on the fly I can enter any transactions, I know exactly what my balance is all the time because what was happening to me I was forgetting to write in receipts, so things are getting screwed up and I don't like paying fees that was happening also because we do overdraft because I forget to write things in and I didn't have the time to go back and balance the check books because I'm so busy. So it’s really a rough thing and I had to find a balance in that and I know there's so many other people that are suffering from that. In that spreadsheet I also have the main sheet being an overview. So I know what my balances are when just by looking at the one sheet of all my accounts. And in addition to that, at the back of my accounts or of my worksheet spreadsheet, I have information on there that keeps track of yearly payments and different things in there and that's how I was initially keeping track of that. You know you took the yearly things I need to keep track of for the businesses, for personal if I had automatic withdraws coming out of any of my accounts I had them noted and which accounts they were and then the amount, so I had that all in there but it was still cumbersome for me to keep track of things that way. So I found another program that has been an absolute lifesaver to me and it's a very inexpensive program, Dave Ramsey talks about Fresh Books, I tried that it just didn't work for me. I used Quick Books for our businesses for our accounting and our tax purposes but to really keep track of our budgets. I started using a program called YNAB and it stands for You Need A Budget. You can go to their program and get a 34 day trial period with them by using this link it's <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/YNAB" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/YNAB</a> – You need a budget. I highly recommend that you go there and try the program out and then to continue on with the program after the trial period it's like 4.99 a month it is the best money I have ever spent for my family because I don't know–I no longer have to keep track of my yearly and monthly expenditures in a spreadsheet, I can do that in each of my budgets. I can go into each of my budgets one for personal, my businesses and I can tell exactly what to do every month I can and I can budget out extra things and then I can see the reporting of how I did each month budgeting. You know did I go over? Where did I go over? How did we go over? You know it's really important to be able to see what you're spending and that's the thing that most people don't do. I guess you do have a credit card you just keep jamming stuff on there, you never really go back and evaluate things, you never see where you're spending too much, you never see how frivolously your spending because you're really not analyzing it. Well if you have a budget that is right in your face all the time and that is what you base your spending off, Dave Ramsey's spends through envelopes. He puts–has you put so much money in an envelope for your food, for your electric, for whatever your expenditures are and when that money is gone that's it and this you need a budget that works very similarly without the envelopes per se but I still use the envelopes. But it is in my face budgeting program that has saved us so greatly and has helped us greatly with our medical expenditures and on medical debt it has really helped us get a handle on things and really see things in the big picture. Like I said, it's really hard but what you need to sit down and really figure out what your level of debt is. It's overwhelming, it may make you cry, it may make you mad but you need to see it, and you need to be aware that you can't keep pushing it off and you can't keep living as if it doesn't matter, it really does and I know that's how most people are living today. And it will by budgeting and by having a handle on things, the weight on your shoulders will be removed so much and for those of you that are handling the accounting things and the finances by yourself, when you get both parties involved it makes such a huge difference and that weight also is something that is removed from you as well. Now as a closing thought for you folks, in addition to these resources that I have given you, there is one other resource that I think that should be listened to by every family and not just the parents but the children too. Joe McGee Ministries, Fighting For Families, is an amazing program and he talks about a lot like 90% about finances and financial struggles and financial fighting and how to get a handle on your finances. He also talks about raising children and balance in your lives and it is just a very wholesome 20, 30 minute program and we listen to it every week, I listen to it sometimes when I'm driving. I am very drawn and very addicted to listening to his program because it's very solid, his advice is very solid, and his approach is a laugh and learn and it's a lot of fun, it's a lot of fun to listen to, it's very humorous but you don't forget what he has to share with you and I think that every family should listen to it. So you can follow him by going to <a href="http://trayerwilderness.com/JoeMcGee" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">trayerwilderness.com/JoeMcGee</a>. But I highly recommend that you check him out check out, I got his materials, he's got a lot of budgeting and financial materials available on his website and he often gives them away with his podcast for a small donation. So I highly recommend that you check him out and listen to him because it's just-it's just such a great tool not only for us adults but it teaches children how to manage their money and how to think about money. For starters, one of his biggest things is that we think poor and that is how most of us think. We're in debt up to our eyeballs and we think poor. If you start thinking like a rich person and you start thinking in abundance, that's what will happen. So I'm going to leave you with those thoughts today and I want you to really check out these resources because it has been a lifesaving thing for our family and something that we've been using for several years now and I am just thoroughly thrilled and thoroughly excited at where we are headed and how things have turned around for us like I said to you many times we went last year for six and a half months without an income. So to be able to move forward and turn that around is an awesome, awesome, thing. So I'm not just sharing this with you because I feel you need it, I'm sharing this with you because this is what I've lived and this is what I've experienced. So I wish you guys well, I hope these resources help you and I look forward to getting together with you again next Friday. 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