Inside My Canoehead

Nov 05 2024 303 ep. 31 mins 5
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Non-apocalyptic evidence-based preparedness education for rational people. Grounded in the principles of personal responsibility and the power of community, the podcast presents achievable ideas on how you can chase your dreams and rock and incredible life, wrapped in a blanket of preparedness. 

Your host Jeff, AKA Dr. D is a veteran, author, professor of emergency management and an avid backcountry paddler.

Society is not about to collapse, but the 2020s will be spicy. Adopt a prepared life and live large. Preparedness is a lifestyle, not a stockpile. 

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The Entrepreneurial Journey in Preparedness

Nov 05 2024 43 mins  
Send us a textThe global economic picture continues to be volatile, unpredictable and profoundly influenced by political, cultural and natural events. In the modern technologically enable society, we have three choices for a career.We can choose a profession, those with standards, formal education and fully regulated - military, medical, legal, engineering, construction trades, et.

Preparedness and the US Election

Nov 01 2024 39 mins  
Send us a textThe US is a superpower, its influence over global economic, political and cultural conflicts is profound. Your preparedness plan requires you to understand the environment in which you operate, to insulate you, your family and your economic interests against political carnage.Whether you are on the left tor right, and let's be clear - no one cares, the direction the U

Preparedness and the American Dream

Oct 29 2024 43 mins  
Send us a textMany are lamenting the old world, where a family could earn a living wage with one parent at home with the kids, buy a house, have vacations and retire after 40 years with a company. That dream is dead and likely your future if you are pursuing that.The American dream has transformed over the decades from the Boomer life to the world of the Millennial, Gens Z and A. T

300th Episode: Preparedness Education

Oct 25 2024 52 mins  
Send us a textA profound thank you, for all the subscribers, listeners and supporters who held fast throughout this journey, I am humbled and proud. Our future is bright, with a plethora of episodes to come.Thank you my friends, I am humbled and empowered by your vote of confidence. My argument is that our modern technologically enabled society is robust and fit for purpose, until

Our Need to Be Right - Why We Want to Win the Argument

Oct 22 2024 50 mins  
Send us a textBeing wrong, disproved or otherwise having our ideas challenged is uncomfortable. We prefer to exist in a world where we are surrounded by those who hold similar views, creating an echo chamber, missing some valued positions in society. This is based in psychology, we believe in ourselves, we hold a place in an imagined hierarchy, we want to be seen as a positive forc

What Are Your Preparedness Goals?

Oct 15 2024 52 mins  
Send us a textPreparedness goals frame why you're adopting preparedness, what you're working towards and how you view the world of preparedness. We discuss a series of important questions that frame your understanding of the overall concept, how you view the purpose of preparedness and who you involve. These are important reflections, each answer is unique to you and not incorrect.

Why Preparedness is So Elusive

Oct 11 2024 50 mins  
Send us a textThere are many publications claiming to understand why people choose not to become prepared, in order to provide guidance on the necessary amendments to influence campaigns, to improve the adoption of preparedness behavoirs by the general population. These are notable and important efforts, many of which are grounded in advancing certain models. This presents a diffic

Trust in Emergency Management & Hurricane Preparedness

Oct 07 2024 58 mins  
Send us a textWhat we have all seen in the southeastern USA over the past week has been heart wrenching, whether here in Canada where I could do little more that financially support the NGO conducting operations, to the individuals charging into the chaos to provide relief and rescue those in peril. Evidence is clear that humans do not panic, they rally to the cause, step up to the

Season 11 Wrap, Hurricane Helene and Conventions

Oct 01 2024 29 mins  
Send us a textSeason 11 was a breakthrough season for the podcast, rapidly expanding our audience, which sets season 12 up for great success. There are a number of tag lines, monikers, colloquialisms and catch phrases that permeate every discipline. They roll off the tongue without effort, others in the field smile and it becomes a language of its own. Newcomers adopt the practice,

Canada's Incredible Preparedness Opportunity

Sep 23 2024 40 mins  
Send us a textOn the eve of Canada's largest gathering of the emergency preparedness and climate adaptation voices, we are in a unique position to create some epic advances in society's readiness.From considerations on a national disaster response force, to leveraging the power of the private sector and bringing together the skills already embedded in society, we have a chance to d