Jessica Buchanan is this week’s guest on an epic episode of The Mettle of Honor Podcast. Jessica Buchanan: Teacher, Author, Humanitarian, Speaker, Survivor On October 25, 2011, while on a routine field mission in Somalia, Jessica was abducted at gunpoint and held for ransom by a group of Somali land pirates for 93 days. Forced to live outdoors in deplorable conditions, starved, and terrorized by more than two dozen gangsters, Jessica’s health steadily deteriorated until, by order of President Barack Obama, she was rescued by the elite SEAL Team 6 on January 25, 2012. Jessica’s ordeal is detailed in her New York Times bestselling book, “Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six.” ​Jessica co-hosts the popular women’s conversational podcast, “We Should Talk About That.” Jessica is a highly sought after inspirational speaker and her TEDx Pearl Street talk, ‘Change is Your Proof of Life’ has been the foundation for which she travels the world, inspiring audiences to access their resilience by identifying their own autonomy and chance in the middle of their own life-changing event. Jessica’s ordeal is detailed in her New York Times bestselling book, “Impossible Odds: The Kidnapping of Jessica Buchanan and Her Dramatic Rescue by SEAL Team Six.” “Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming our Voice” is collection of memoirs from Jessica and 21 other amazing women who have experienced hardship and are journeying from the desert of survival, back to finding themselves. It will be published on Wednesday, 25 January 2023. To purchase her book, go to Amazon using this link to order it.  Jessica Buchanan's Website www.jessbuchanan.com Marcus Lutrell's "Team Never Quit" podcast episode with Jessica. Navy Seal Foundation https://www.navysealfoundation.org/ #YouveGotMettle | #storytelling | #navyseal | #DesertsToMountainTop | #ImpossibleOdds | #jessicabuchanan In Somalia, Surviving A Kidnapping Against 'Impossible Odds'; NPR STAFF Heard on Morning Edition; May 14, 20133:28 AM ET; https://www.npr.org/2013/05/14/183624076/in-somalia-surviving-a-kidnapping-against-impossible-odds --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mettle-of-honor/message