You won’t live long enough to read all the survival books out there, so why not focus on the few that deliver a legitimate bang for the buck? There are three general categories Holistic Survival likes, each with it’s own strength, though you might want to steer clear of those claiming to teach you how [...]

The Bug Out Vehicle (BOV) is an area of survival preparedness often overlooked. High gas prices have driven the average motorist to opt for tiny pieces of rolling plastic as transportation, which is fine until you need something to power your family out of a natural disaster or emergency situation. Consider keeping an older truck [...]

When you’re interested in a topic and break it down piece by piece, day after day, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture. That’s why Holistic Survival likes to take a “back to basics” approach every now and then to review the essential survival skills needed to make it through almost [...]

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Irvine, California – July 5, 2010 – Episode two of the Holistic Survival Show includes an interview with Greg Friese, Founder and President of Emergency Preparedness Systems, LLC. The interview, conducted by Jason Hartman, gives listeners tips and techniques on how to prepare for sudden emergencies and disasters.

There is no doubt preparedness is expensive. Even if you have the very best of intentions to create your food cache, buy a generator, and the myriad of other equipment and supplies websites like Holistic Survival suggest, where’s the money going to come from? The reality of life is that you might not be able [...]

December 21, 2012, is a big day on many calendars. If you happen to be an ancient Mayan, your calendar will be ending then. What happens next? Are you a believer in a cataclysmic disaster such as a reversal of the north and south poles, an incident that last happened 740,000 years ago, according to [...]

What kind of person do you become when the ever-lovin’ excrement hits the fan? Do you function calmly and rationally or go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel? In the interest of perpetuation of the species, we at Holistic Survival hope it’s more of the former and less of the latter.
There [...]

As humans, sometimes we put off a task forever if it seems too complicated to think about all at once. And if the proposed action doesn’t provide immediate critical benefit, so much more the temptation to wait until tomorrow or the year 2021. So it is with many well-intentioned people and preparation for (insert your [...]

It’s every traveler’s worst nightmare – a plane crash. Specifically YOUR plane crashing. Certain death, right? It turns out that between 1980 and 2000, almost 90% of airplane crash victims survived. Let’s say it again. Survived. That’s a pretty high percentage. It should get your ears perked up and paying attention to the topic now. [...]

In this day and age of radioactive threats from a variety of sources, your emergency preparedness should include radiation detecting equipment. You could choose to stick your head in the sand and pretend like nuclear plants never have an accident (Three Mile Island, Chernobyl), nuclear waste is always disposed of properly (Yucca Mountain), and terrorists [...]

As the world around us seems to exist on a steady diet of crazy pills, it makes sense for every American to have an up-to-date passport. It’s the ultimate bugout tool because some day you may need to take your family out of the country entirely. That means everyone needs a passport, kids included.
If the [...]

Modern society is constructed on a quicksand alliance between cars, credit cards, and television. Here’s what happens. You sit at home watching television, soaking up all those enticing commercials exhorting you to get out and spend, spend, spend on stuff you barely need – don’t need at all, to be honest.
The mind races at the [...]

The modern survivalist should have at least a working knowledge of hydroponics. In the original Greek hydro means water and ponics means labor. Water literally does the labor normally reserved for dirt, which means you can grow a garden by suspending plants in containers or tubes and using a liquid solution to deliver nutrients to [...]

Jason is pleased to interview the gracious and scholarly G. Edward Griffin author of the masterwork The Creature from Jekyll Island an American film producer, author, and political lecturer. Starting as a child actor, Griffin became a radio station manager before age 20. After writing for the 1968 Wallace campaign, he began a career of [...]

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Is our American freedom under attack by corporate and government swindlers? Join your host, Jason Hartman, as he gets to the bottom of this ugly topic with one of the most respected direct political analysts on the scene today, Craig Hulet. Visit http://www.holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php. Hulet has been receiving more and more attention on a national level, [...]

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If you are interested in the mysteries of human behavior and our place in the cosmos, this is the interview for you! If you are wondering how human beings have gotten into such trouble on the planet earth, then Laurence Gonzales, author of Everyday Survival will give you a new vision of yourself and the [...]

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Whether you consider the current state of the economy a recession, depression, or full-bore financial apocalypse, there is one persistent feature that is hard to ignore – unemployment. One year ago, in 2008, all 100 of the largest labor markets in the United States had single digit unemployment.
Twenty-five markets had a rate below 5 percent [...]

Stumbling Towards Survival

Holistic Survival is founded on the premise of “Protecting the People, Places, and Profits You Care About in Uncertain Times.” What do we mean by uncertain times? Good question. Lest you get the wrong impression, we’re not worried about a complete unraveling of society and all-out disintegration of civilization. That’s probably not going [...]

It’s truly staggering to contemplate the amount of knowledge that has disappeared from society over the course of a scant few generations. Don’t think you could survive this modern world without all the technological bells and whistles? Sure you could. Common sense survival and primitive living can be reclaimed quickly. After all, this modern society [...]

Holistic Survival: Points to Remember

• Chaos frequently results in people being harmed.
• The best defense is generally to avoid the chaos.
• Chaos will most likely be concentrated in dense urban areas.
• Make plans to evacuate high-risk areas before the chaos begins.
• Most attackers are looking for easy targets.
• Many [...]

As technological advancement has bulled its way into our lives over the past 40 years, we’ve lost something. Namely, the skills and abilities previous generations took for granted. Let’s call this process deskilling (the loss of skills). As a modern survivalist, it might be a good idea for you to find a mentor, hit the [...]

Most of us have been through the standard fire and earthquake drills, but what are you going to do if disaster strikes your community and you are responsible for your family’s ultimate survival? If you question the best practices in an emergency situation, you must listen to this episode of The Holistic Survival Show as [...]

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The Three P’s of Holistic Survival (Part 3)

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because we [...]

The Three P’s of Holistic Survival (Part 2)

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because [...]

The Three P’s of Holistic Survival

The fundamental basics of Holistic Survival are found in the three P’s, which make up the three pillars of Holistic Survival. These three pillars are intended to protect your people, places, and profits from harm. The reason why we call this “Holistic” Survival is because we recognize the [...]

The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival (Part 2)

The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal [...]

TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) is an especially frightening concept for diabetics. The infrastructure of society ruptures and life-maintaining drugs for various diseases are no longer able to be produced and transported around the country. This is a nightmare scenario for anyone with a chronic medical condition but for diabetics [...]

The Ten Commandments of Holistic Survival
The notion of Holistic Survival is based on the idea that survival in uncertain times requires an all-encompassing or “holistic” approach to be successful. As a way to articulate this principle, we have prepared “The Ten Commandments” of Holistic Survival as a guide for preserving your personal and financial [...]

Welcome to Holistic Survival: Your Insurance for a Better Life

Wars continue to flare with frightening regularity around the world. Global financial markets, once sedate and predictable, spin out of control in an ever-expanding cycle of chaos. Here at home in the United States, each passing day brings another industry to its knees, begging for fistfuls [...]

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Much of what is being taught today in martial arts schools, seminars and videos, just won’t work on the street! Learn from one of the world’s best self-defense experts, Michael Pace as Jason discusses what he has perfected throughout his training and teaching of martial arts for over 40 years. Visit http://holisticsurvival.com/podcast-with-holistic-survival.php. About fifteen [...]

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