30th September 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Although I have always had an interest in using natural products for health and wellness, the elimination of toxic...
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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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20 All Purpose Remedies Using Essential Oils
By Gaye Levy Contributing writer for Wake Up World The use of essential oils for wellness and healing seems to be catching everyone’s attention these days. This is true not only in the...
Survival Basics: 12 Tips for Families with Children
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World As someone who is well past child-bearing age, I often tend to overlook the importance of addressing survival and preparedness...
Street Smarts: 6 Tips for Urban Survival in a SHTF Situation
25th July 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The term “Urban Survival” can mean different things depending on the context in which it is used. To...
The Burden of Truth and Knowledge
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The ‘enlightened’ carry a heavy burden of truth and knowledge that, without conscious effort, can be both exhausting and...
20 Practical Tips for Soldiering Through Tough Economic Times
6th July 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A few years ago, I wrote about our deteriorating economy. As I recall, my words were “current lousy...
72 Ideas That Will Simplify Your Life
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Every once in awhile, I come across something that is perfect just the way it is. It could be a list, a concept, or simply an essay on a...
A Big Fat List of Essential Oils for Health and Survival
By Gaye Levy, contributing writer and Rebecca Schiffhauer, guest writer for Wake Up World The world can be a dangerous place. It is not as though we intentionally try to live dangerously, it...
8 Tips for Storing Seeds for the Long Term
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Whether or not you currently have a food garden, practical wisdom says you should stash away some heirloom seeds for the long term. If...
The Givers and the Takers – What Will You Do When the SHTF?
10th May 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World During my recent vacation, I made a pest of myself by asking strangers whether they were prepared. This was done in a very...
33 Awesome Uses of Lemon Essential Oil for Home and Health
By Gaye Levy Contributing writer for Wake Up World When someone mentions the word “Lemon”, I immediately think “fresh, clean and pure”. There is simply...
10 Lessons from the Great Depression for Today
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is a poem by Margaret Jang that begins “To know your future, you must know your past”. And such it is with the...