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Prepare your hands.
Train your mind.
Skill gives you options. Mindset helps you use them when conditions change.
Background / Experience & perspective
Pressure reveals
the practice.
I’m an Army veteran, author, and survivalist whose experience includes Naked and Afraid and work with The Survival University.
My approach connects practical preparation with the way we respond under stress. Skills matter. So does the discipline to slow down, assess what is happening, and make a useful decision.
Explore my biography at The Survival University and their current course offerings below.
Keep learning / The Survival University
Make preparation
a practice.
Explore the school’s current training and class information. Check individual course listings for dates, instructors, and availability.
The connection / Survival is everyday
Take the lesson
home.
Preparation isn’t only equipment. It’s how you think when the plan changes.
That thread runs through the blog: practical preparedness, survival lessons, and the habits that support a more deliberate life.
Read the field notesGood work starts with a conversation.