Elements of the Wild

Elements of the Wild Wanda L. She enjoys hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, gardening, studying wilderness medicine and practicing primitive living skills.

Elements of the Wild, Self-Reliance Foundation empowers individuals to build confidence, resilience, and spiritual connection with nature through outdoor education, survival training, and self-reliance workshops. Priday grew up romping the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and comes from a line of outdoorsmen and woman that lived a subsistence lifestyle. Coming up in a family that

gardened and canned, raised chickens, hogs and cows, hunted, fished, trapped and foraged for everyday provisions is the base she continues to grow from. Wanda studied Anthropology at George Mason University, which included time at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia travelling the outback studying modern and indigenous cultures. She is an ordained minister in the International Metaphysical Ministry and owns and operates EcoCleaning LLC in her hometown Blacksburg, VA. In mid-2020 Wanda completed and self-published Survival Tips, Tricks and Traps she co-wrote with her late husband William Priday. In 2022, she began to breathe life into Gemini Survival School. Her love for teaching survival and self-reliance stems from her desire to share knowledge with others and continue to learn herself. “There’s a confidence and peace of mind that comes with knowing how to care for your family and others in the outdoors, in emergency scenarios and long term in a grid down or WROL situation,” she says. She loves using the knowledge and technologies that have been used for thousands of years to connect with nature and all the ways it can provide for us. Wanda offers co-ed and women’s workshops and lectures thru the school and various expos and gatherings. “There’s so many skills that comprise what it takes to not just survive but thrive and an endless amount of information available. I hope to see you along the path that returns us to self-reliance and community.”

Supply chain disruptions. Fuel price spikes. Severe weather in places that never used to get it. Power outages lasting l...
09/05/2026

Supply chain disruptions. Fuel price spikes. Severe weather in places that never used to get it. Power outages lasting longer than they used to.

You don't have to be a prepper to look at the last few years and think: maybe I should know a few more things.

That's exactly who this book is for.

Survival Tips, Tricks and Traps isn't about fear. It's about confidence. It's about knowing that if your car breaks down on a back road, you have options. If the power is out for three days, you know how to stay warm. If a storm knocks out your water, you know how to make it safe to drink.

One principle from the book I keep coming back to: "YOUR emergency happens where YOU are." Not in some wilderness movie scenario. In your neighborhood. On your commute. In your home. That's where preparation actually matters.

William and I wrote this book together over ten years. He passed in 2020. I published it in his memory and in honor of everything we built together. The knowledge is real. Field-tested. Practical.

$19.95 paperback | $7.99 Kindle. Grab a copy before you need it.

https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Tricks-Traps-William-Priday/dp/1944222022

And if you want to learn in person — come find me at The Gatherthing 2026.
📍 September 10–13 | Bluestone State Park | Hinton, WV
🎟️ https://thegatherthing.com

09/05/2026
09/04/2026

Listen!! Please 🙏

19 dollars and 95 cents. That's what it costs to have a decade of hard-won survival knowledge in your hands. My late hus...
09/03/2026

19 dollars and 95 cents. That's what it costs to have a decade of hard-won survival knowledge in your hands. My late husband William and I didn't write a theory book. We wrote what works — from friction fire to water purification, shelter building to trapping. Order Survival Tips, Tricks and Traps on Amazon today.

https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Tricks-Traps-William-Priday/dp/1944222022

09/01/2026

Ladies, listen up! This could save your life!

09/01/2026

Practical info. Knowledge weighs nothing. Knowledge is power.

I'll let other people do the talking for a second.Survival Tips, Tricks and Traps is sitting at 4.9 stars on Amazon.RECO...
09/01/2026

I'll let other people do the talking for a second.

Survival Tips, Tricks and Traps is sitting at 4.9 stars on Amazon.

RECOIL OFFGRID said:
"Whether you're a newbie or experienced survivalist, you'll find at least a few interesting lessons."

Post Apocalyptic Media called it:
"The perfect bug-out bag companion."

These aren't lifestyle blogs. These are serious publications for people who know the difference between real survival knowledge and noise.

My late husband William and I spent ten years building this book — from 2010 to 2020, the year he passed. It covers fire starting, water purification, shelter, first aid, navigation without technology, improvised tools, traps, and the psychology of self-reliance. Written from a lifetime of actual experience — hunting, fishing, living close to the land — not from a gear catalog.

If you take preparedness seriously, or you're just starting to think about it, this book gives you something real.

$19.95 paperback | $7.99 Kindle

https://www.amazon.com/Survival-Tricks-Traps-William-Priday/dp/1944222022

04/16/2026

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