Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows

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There’s some great things about this book. Every time Foxy goes into details about his experiences of war, his projects since, his struggle with PTSD and how he’s helping people through similar situations today, I was gripped. This is the fifth or so self help book that I have read over recent years so I like to think I have a good feel for what makes a good one.

Jason Fox - Penguin Books UK Jason Fox - Penguin Books UK

An interesting and plain spoken approach to mental health. Foregoes the clinical language and uses military metaphors to make it accessible to the average person.Through an easy-to-follow book, in Jason’s own narrative directed at the reader as well as re-capping very touching, & at times, tense anecdotes of his own life, Jason portrays how to build inner strength & thrive under pressure! Fox is most well known for his part in SAS: Who Dares Wins. L-R Jason Fox, Ant Middleton, Olly Ollerton and Mark Billingham (Photo: Channel 4) The early years Jason Fox spoke at our Company Conference. He was humble, yet inspiring, and managed to keep the audience’s attention throughout his whole talk. He stimulated more questions from the team than we have ever had before for a speaker. I would highly recommend him to businesses who want to inspire their team on teamwork, resilience and positive mental attitude” - Kay, Hasbro He was great! He made us laugh and had some good takeaways from a mental health perspective so messaging was spot on." - JP Morgan Fox is one of the original presenters and directing staff on SAS: Who Dares Wins, a reality television programme where contestants experience a gruelling training course loosely based on a condensed version of the special forces selection process. Fox stars alongside former special forces soldiers Ant Middleton, Matthew ‘Ollie’ Ollerton, Mark ‘Billy’ Billington, and Jay Morton. The programme first broadcast in 2015 is produced by Channel 4, and aired its fifth season in February 2020. In 2019 the first season of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins aired which also stars Fox.

Battle Scars: The extraordinary Sunday Times Bestseller

In 2017, Fox co-authored a book SAS: Who Dares Wins: Leadership Secrets from the Special Forces [7], with his fellow TV presenters and Special Forces soldiers Anthony Middleton, Matthew "Ollie" Ollerton and Colin Maclachlan. Initially, Jason supported production crews who were filming in hostile environments such as the jungle, the Arctic and the desert. Take control of your life, build resilience and learn to thrive in any situation with the powerful and inspiring new book from the number one bestselling author of Battle Scars. During my military career, I dealt regularly with fear, emotional breakdown, pain in hostile environments and the horrors of war. I summoned bravery during intense gun battles and, perhaps more courageously, raised my hand for help during my darkest moment - though it took a while. The psychological techniques I developed during my time as an elite operator still serve me today, in and out of danger.’ – Jason Fox I needed to contemplate that maybe the best thing was to kill myself. I changed my life hugely after that’

What has he appeared in since leaving the military service?

Move on from failure“Things go wrong all the time – you aren’t changing that. So embrace it. It’s a learning process. Use it as a tool to then go on and be better.” + Fear factor: ‘The moment that changed my life’ Fox, with his buddy of many years and co-star of SAS: Who Dares Wins Ollie Ollerton, co-founded Break Point – a corporate team building, training and events company. In 2019 Fox and Ollerton went on to launch a fitness and wellbeing app Battle Ready 360 – which focuses on personalised plans for individuals looking to balance mind, body and nutrition.