Meet the remarkable Jessica Buchanan, the NYT bestselling co-author of Impossible Odds, a memoir that details her 93 days held in the desert by Somali land pirates, and her dramatic rescue by US Navy SEAL Team VI. I am so inspired by Jess and found this such an empowering story of survival against truly impossible odds that can help all of us cope better under duress.

We talk about:

• How Jess finds the strength to keep telling her survival story to the world.
• How she fell in love with Africa and met her husband.
• Her work as an aid worker in Africa and particularly in Somalia.
• How she kept herself going day to day with nothing in the desert.
• Anger management in the desert when she wasn’t allowed to show any emotion.
• How she survived the ordeal and even found herself in the desert.
• Meeting the Navy seals who rescued her and finally realizing she was the hero of her own story.
• The story of the night she was rescued.
• Jess’s President Obama story.
• The difficulties of surviving survival and trying to rebuild a life.
• Moving on from trauma and in fact, owning it.
• Her Tedx talk – change is your proof of life.
• Learning to collaborate with whatever is coming at us in life rather than fighting it.
• The healing power of nature.

And more!

Find out more about Jessica:

Jessica’s website

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