Being ready for unexpected situations can make the difference between life and death. Our world is full of potential crises, from natural disasters to catastrophic accidents. Ignoring these risks and hoping for the best is not a viable strategy. However, by prioritizing emergency preparedness, you can reap numerous benefits and increase your chances of survival in a crisis.

In this episode, Golden Hour Preparedness CEO & Founder Emily Jane Zahreddine joins us to talk about emergency preparedness. We dive deep into the importance of emergency preparedness and crisis management, not just from a physical standpoint but also for mental health. EmilyJane shares valuable insights and practical tips on how to respond and keep yourself and your family safe in the face of disasters.

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Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management with Emily Zahreddine
Welcome to Action’s Antidotes, your antidote to the mindset that keeps you settling for less. Today, we’re going to talk about emergency preparedness and this is something that a lot of people, especially if you’re really excited about your idea, you’re really excited about what you’re pursuing, don’t necessarily want to talk about, don’t want to think about but it is something that’s really important because it can make the difference between something that becomes a minor hiccup and something that kind of ruins you. There are times when we have to cover our bases and sometimes we have to cover what happens when something unfavorable happens in so many aspects of our lives, businesses and all of our pursuits. My guest today, EmilyJane Zahreddine, is the founder of Golden Hour Preparedness, an emergency preparedness company.

 
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Emily, welcome to the program.

 

Hi, thanks so much for having me. I appreciate it.

 

Let’s start by talking about emergency preparedness. What does it mean? If someone hears the phrase “emergency preparedness,” a lot of times you’ll think about, if you live in California, an earthquake, if you live in St. Louis, a tornado, if you live in New York, a hurricane, but there’s probably a lot more to it than just that natural disaster that’s most prevalent in your region.

 

Absolutely. So, I like to think of a really close to home example. So I’m married and I have an eight-month-old son so if my son had a medical emergency and needed to go to the hospital and be there for several days and be treated, my life would change dramatically from the way that it is today. I would take time off of work, I would cancel my dog grooming appointment and cancel my nail appointment, make sure only essential things that I need to keep myself, my husband, and my son going are happening and that’s what emergency preparedness is. It’s making sure you know what those things are so you can keep going and keep focusing just on the essentials when things get tough. When you don’t have all of your normal bandwidth and you’ve got to reduce what you’re able to do because an emergency or disaster takes up some of your capability, you need to have a plan, a strategy to fall back on that makes sense for you and your lifestyle for you and your family, for you and your business, that makes sense for you to implement and execute so you can keep things rolling in the way they need to to stay in business, to keep your family together, to support people who are going through a hard time in your life. 

 

So it sounds like it’s less about even identifying a list of these are the possible emergencies and this is the relative likelihood of it happening and more about understanding what those essentials are.

 

Absolutely. So, every individual has different essentials and FEMA is coming out, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is coming out with a new way to define emergency preparedness.