*** Shortlisted for the Great Outdoors Book of the Year*** Surviving in the wild takes a great deal of strength. Often faced with frozen tundra, sweltering deserts, humid jungles, perilous mountains & fast-flowing rivers, Megan Hine is no stranger to perilous conditions. Whilst leading expeditions & bushcraft survival courses & in her work on television shows such as Bear Gryll`s Mission Survive & Running Wild, she has explored the corners of the globe in pursuit of adventure. Faced with the toughest of conditions: bad weather; lack of food & being in the presence of predators, is the ultimate test of character & often the biggest challenge to overcome is in the head. In these situations, the human brain is simultaneously the greatest asset & biggest liability. Not everyone is suited to the great outdoors & when danger calls many aren`t as well-equipped to survive, no amount of top of the range kit will save you if you don`t have the right frame of mind. Here Megan Hine examines the human ability & instinct for survival, showing us how others have developed the attitudes & attributes to thrive in the most dangerous situations, & how those same attitudes & attributes help them confront problems & obstacles at work & at home. Being chased through the jungle by armed opium farm guards, abseiling past bears & lighting fires with tampons, Megan has seen & done it all. In Mind of a Survivor she takes you along for a series of life-&-death adventures & shows you what happens to people when they are pushed to their limits. Inspirational rather than instructional, Megan examines the human ability & instinct for survival sharing the life tools that she uses & showing how they can as easily be applied to more domestic everyday life
- from careers to relationships, from overcoming adversity to decision making. Filled with her own experiences, Mind of a Survivor is packed full of adventure & can help people survive in any situation & cope with whatever life throws at them.