This Prepared Life
Welcome to This Prepared Life, a podcast for women where preparedness feels peaceful, practical, and possible. Hosted by Allison Michael, this show is about creating a calmer, more resilient life through everyday preparedness and intentional living. Inside the episodes, you’ll find realistic food storage tips, Allison’s Three Layer Food Storage system, preparedness skills, homemaking rhythms, and encouragement to help you care for yourself and your family with more confidence and less overwhelm. From emergency preparedness and food preservation to homemaking and building a well-stocked pantry, this podcast offers practical guidance to help preparedness feel more natural in your everyday life. Whether you’re filling your first pantry shelf or have been preparing for years, you can expect simple action steps, honest conversations, and a reminder that preparedness does not have to come from fear. Here, we believe in being prepared, not scared — one pantry shelf, skill, and intentional step at a time.
Episodes
40 episodes
What to Buy for Your Pantry This Month: August Stock-Up Guide
What should you stock up on in August?One of my favorite ways to build a home food supply is by paying attention to grocery store sales cycles. Every month, different foods and household items go on sale, making it the perfect time to s...
Your Preparedness Questions Answered: Food Storage, Consistency & Overwhelm
In this episode, I'm answering your preparedness questions! These are real questions submitted by women in our community about food storage, water storage, meal planning, limited space, staying consistent, and overcoming overwhelm.We co...
5 Food Storage Mistakes Beginners Make (And How to Avoid Them)
Building a home food supply doesn't have to be complicated—but there are a few common mistakes that can make the process more expensive, frustrating, and overwhelming than it needs to be.In this episode, I'm sharing the five biggest mis...
Preparedness on a Budget: 10 Ways to Prepare Without Spending a Fortune
Do you ever feel like preparedness is something you'll get to someday... when you have more money?You're not alone.In this episode, I'm sharing 10 practical ways to become more prepared even when money is tight. From shopping stor...
Building a Prepper Pantry That Works with NO Waste
When you hear the words "prepper pantry," what comes to mind?For many people, it's buckets of rice and beans collecting dust in a basement. But long-term food storage doesn't have to look like that.In this episode, we're talking a...
Wish List VS To-Do List: A Simpler Way to Plan Your Week
After years of trying to get everything done, I realized something important: overwhelm is not a badge of honor.In this episode, I'm sharing one simple mindset shift that has completely changed the way I plan my week. Instead of making a...
How to Build Your Home Grocery Store
What if your food storage pantry functioned like a grocery store?In this episode, we're talking about layer two of my three-layer food storage system: your home grocery store. This short-term storage layer is made up of the foods your fa...
Why Your Kitchen Pantry Matters Most in an Emergency
When we think about food storage, our minds often jump straight to buckets of long-term food and catastrophic emergencies. But in reality, most of the situations we are likely to face will have us reaching for the food already in our kitchen.
My Kids Ate My Food Storage: What I Learned
My kids ate my food storage.Well, not all of it, but after several of my adult children moved back home, our household went from three people to seven almost overnight. What happened next gave me a real-life test of my food storage syste...
5 Simple Preparedness Tasks You Can Do This Week
Preparedness doesn't have to be complicated, expensive, or take hours of your time.In this episode, I'm sharing five simple preparedness tasks you can do this week to help your family become more prepared for everyday emergencies and une...
Let Go of the Pressure to Do It All
After a long pause from the podcast, I'm sharing some of the lessons I've learned through one of the hardest seasons of my life.Life can change in ways we never expected. Sometimes the season we are in requires us to let go of the pressu...
Over 150 Non Food Preps
I talk a lot about food storage, but nonfood preps are just as important. Here are over 150 nonfood prep items from a recent post on my Instagram titled If You Use It, Prep It. So get a pen and paper and get ready to take some notes.Prep...
Community is Important - Guest Patrice Lewis of Rural Revolution - Ep27
Today, we are having a conversation with Patrice Lewis of Rural Revolution. Join us as we discuss the importance of community in preparedness and the process of moving a homestead. We covered so many topics in episode 27. You ca...
Food Preservation Guest Crystal from Whole Fed Homestead - Ep26
Today's episode is a conversation with Crystal from Whole Fed Homestead. Join us as we talk about food preservation, long-term power outages, using a car as a solar dehydrator, her new book Freeze Fresh, and so much more. Y...
Budget Prepping & More with Author Millie Copper - Ep25
Today's guest is an episode not to miss. I talked with author, mother, and prepper for over fifteen years, Millie Copper. Millie Copper writes fiction and non-fiction and is the author of the series Havoc in Wyoming. We talked about cr...
Prepared Not Scared - Proverbs 31 Woman - Ep24
Not my typical content; skip it if this isn't for you. Today, we are talking all about being Prepared, not scared, and how it relates to the Proverbs 31 Woman. Join the discussion on what fear is, how to move from a place of fear to a ...
Homesteading and Preparedness with Guest Jen Serenity Hill Farmstead - Ep23
Homesteading and preparedness when you don't live on your farm. Today's guest is Jen from Serenity Hill Farmstead. Jen is a mom to four living in Illinois. Join us today as we talk about her life homeschooling four children, homes...
Carving a Farm out of the Woods with Guest Rylee - Ep22
Carving a farm out of the woods with passion and energy. Join this discussion with guest Rylee Faust. She is a 20-something homesteader, wife, & mom living in Northern MN. Today as we talk homesteading, prepping, making it wor...
Bulk Buying with Azure Standard - Ep21
Azure Standard is my go-to resource for bulk buying and stocking my food storage and prepper pantry. In this episode, I walk you through everything from placing an order to picking it up at a drop site. I also share some of the items I...
Garden 101 - Garden Planning - Ep20
This is part three of the Garden 101 Series. Today, we are talking about one of the most exciting parts of gardening. Join me for a discussion about how I plan my garden, how I handle garden notes, what I plant, how much I pl...
Women Who Prep Guest Roundtable Discussion - Ep19
Today is a special guest episode to end #womenwhoprep month over on Instagram. Join today's roundtable discussion with five guests. We answered some listener questions, shared our thoughts on women who prep, and so much more! ...
Garden 101 - Getting Started - Ep18
Let's talk gardening! This is part two of the Garden 101 series. Today let's talk about starting a garden. Where to put your garden, different things to consider as you pick a space, from sunlight to accessibility, and so much more. I ...
Garden 101 - Terms & Definitions - Ep17
Let's talk gardening! Spring is right around the corner, and gardeners are getting out their seed packets in anticipation. If you are a new or beginning gardener, this episode is for you. From annual to hybrid to days to harvest...
Practical Preparedness with Small Children - Guest JaNae Preparedlikeamother - Ep16
What is practical preparedness and what does it look like as a mom of young kids? Join the discussion in this episode with JaNae from PreparedLikeAMother. Janea lives in Utah with her husband and small children. You can find JaN...
