Taken hostage and negotiating her release: Dr Alia Bojilova

Within minutes of the compound windows breaking, Dr Alia Bojilova and her two UN colleagues, were staring down the barrels of multiple guns ... and into the faces of the Syrian Free Army. It was 2013, tensions in Syria were escalating - and the threat of execution felt very real, Bojilova said. But remarkably, within hours, the military observer had managed to negotiate their release - drawing on all her skills as a former SAS psychologist to do so. Bojilova subsequently studied reslience, gained a PhD and has taken everything she has lived and learned and written a book, 'The Resilience Toolkit: A proven four-step process to unlock your true potential'. She speaks to Susie.