By Gaye Levy Contributing writer for Wake Up World It has happened to all of us: It is the weekend, you are miles away from civilization, and your tooth starts to hurt. The pain is excruciating...
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Gaye Levy lives and teaches the principles of a sustainable, self-reliant and stylish lifestyle through her website at BackdoorSurvival.com, an online preparedness and ‘survival’ blog that provides lifestyle tools, tips and thoughts to guide you through the back door of life in the 21st century. With an emphasis on prepping for the worse while working toward the best, she writes about and shares practical, thoughtful and inspirational tools for survival in uncertain times.
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Clean Your Toilets Naturally with DIY Toilet Bombs
By Gaye Levy Contributing writer for Wake Up World Do you know anyone that likes to clean toilets? Not me, that’s for sure. On the other hand, proper sanitation is very high up on my list...
25 Ways to Use Oregano Essential Oil for Health and Wellness
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Five years ago, if someone were to mention the use of oregano essential oil for health and wellness purposes I would have looked at them cross...
Make Your Own Healing “Boo-Boo” Stick for First Aid
20th October 2015 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Lately it seems that I can not get through the day without banging my shins against something, getting bit by an insect...
Information Overload? Ways to Rekindle Your Quest for Truth
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World In recent months I have found myself shrugging in disgust as I browse the web and read the latest news headlines. I mumble the words I used to say...
Essential Oils 101 – How to Apply Essential Oils for Health and Wellness
By Gaye Levy Contributing writer for Wake Up World With Rebecca Schiffhauer* Although I have been writing about essential oils for quite some time now, I still get emails asking how to get...
9 Things To Do to Prepare for Hard Times Ahead
27th March 2015 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Most Prepper types that I know appear to have a common trait: they are good at evaluating risks then moving to mitigate those...
Birch Essential Oil for Arthritis, Muscle and Joint Pain (with Salve Recipe!)
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Once you move beyond the basic, everyday essential oils that we all know and love, it becomes time to explore some of the oils that solve...
13 Ways To Roll With The Punches
21st November 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The great recession of the 21st century has been marching forward for seven plus years. For many, these have not been easy...
Overcoming Fear in Today’s Uncertain World
10th November 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Every afternoon as I sit down with an extra large cup of espresso, I ponder something to write about next. In that...
The Old-Fashioned, Old Fogey Rules of Sustainability
27th October 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is a tendency in all of us to compare the old to the new. This is especially true in the preparedness community where...
Overcoming Fear in Today’s Uncertain World
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Every afternoon as I sit down with an extra large cup of espresso, I ponder something to write about next. In that last three years, I...