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Gerald Pinckard

Gerald has a long history of learning new skills in turn passing them on. His love of nature led him at a young age earn the Eagle Scout rank from the Boy Scouts of America. Later as an adult completed Wood Badge training. As a volunteer fireman achieved several certificates as well as his Instructor I, Firefighter I & II from LSU.

His quest for self sufficiency and his desire to see others develop non-dependant skills, founded on his teaching and coaching abilities and fueled by his fire service and wilderness training led to his authoring the best disaster preparedness manual on the market. Emergency Disaster Preparedness & Survival explains how to prepare for disasters, what to do doing the disaster, and how to survive the disaster until (and if) organized help arrives.
Gerald has trained people in leadership, woodcraft and survival skills since 1982. Gerald facilitates retreats and seminars coaching individuals and groups to self-empower by learning outdoor and wilderness survival skills.

Gerald’s qualifications

A third generation biker who has ridden since his teen years, he enjoys long Iron Butt rides, or just riding around our nation exploring new roads and meeting new people. He loves to sail in one of his two sailboats, or to go canoeing in the backwater cypress swamps near his Louisiana home or on white water, near his Arkansas home.

Gerald’s love of learning has motivated him to gain his pilot’s license as well as developing many other skills. Among his many interests and skills are Bonsai farming, Flint knapping, primitive living skills, making wine and beer, metal working, blacksmithing, photography and woodworking.

Presentations & Classes:

The Lasts Fundraiser You Will Ever Need
Fundraising opportunity that is a community service within itself.

Empowerment Readiness

Being ready is your best protection.

Wilderness Survival
Gain confidence in outdoor settings as well as every day life.
“The more you know the less you need.”

Primitive Living Skills
“Deep within the old ways are forgotten truths.”

Outdoor Intensive
Learn by doing: Grow through challenges with coaching support.

Empowering Adolescents
Real life skills today for tomorrow’s leaders.

Self-Talk
Change your life by chaining your inner dialogue.

Facts About Smoking for Teens
Education, awareness, motivation.

Gerald Provides Life Coaching & Consulting.

As a coach:
I work with those who seek freedom by embracing personal growth through Self-reliance.

I believe we are all a works in progress. Each day we are presented with an opportunity to improve ourselves. Personal growth can provide many places to get lost or “temporarily disoriented.”

Woodsmen often use guides to find their way through unfamiliar territory. There may be times when even the guide will need a map and a compass, and a willingness to explore the unknown.

Trailblazing through the uncharted regions of one’s own growth can be made easier

Self-Talk

·	How do you speak to yourself?

·	If someone spoke to you the way you speak to yourself, would you accept it?

Self-talk: Self-talk is that internal voice that we hear in our head.

According to Gerald, How we talk to ourselves, not just what we say but how we say it, determines how we think as well as view and interact with the world. Awareness of our self-talk and how it affects us is a major step toward influencing our positive creativity.

Disaster Preparedness

Are you ready for the next local or national disaster? Why not?
I coach on all areas around preparedness.

·	Emotional issues:

Fear, procrastination, personal resistance, family resistance.

·	Physical issues:

Knowledge, kit preparations, evacuation plans.

·	Family issues:

Speaking with children, resistant spouse.

Working together, we can chart our way to the location of your choosing. As your guide / coach I will draw on my personal life experiences, wilderness training, survival skills and Life Coaching techniques to assist those who choose to embrace their personal growth.

Bringing to my coaching practice I draw on 18 years experience as a contractor, business owner and service provider as well as Fire Service Instructor training and certifications in fire fighting, first aid and emergency response. I have been an active volunteer fire fighter since 1989 and an adult Boy Scout leader training and an active member of the Boy Scouting program since 1968. Scouting achievements include of Eagle scout and Wood Badge. I have trained under the tutelage and mentorship of one of the worlds renowned and recognized master life coaches.

I believe in the restorative and explorative nature of both active and passive meditations, as a means to seek inner peace and gain access to “divine”. It was through my faith and personal belief systems, as well as the guidance of a competent and trusted coach that I was able to come to terms with and transition through my only son’s death. This experience and awareness has allowed me to become a more compassionate coach.

Life is built on the decisions we make and the attitudes with which we embrace it.

If you choose responsible self-reliance as a path of your personal growth,
I will be honored for the opportunity to participate as a guide on your journey.

Other Publications
Fire-Wise Your Rural Home or Homestead
What you can do to protect your home from wildfire.

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