Survival Engineering: How to Return to Safety When the Body Is Exhausted by Fear

By Sandra Rettab

Survival Engineering is not a book about positive thinking, nor an attempt to fix what is not broken.
It is a profound guide to understanding what happens to the body when it loses its sense of safety, and how fear turns into a chronic nervous state that silently controls our lives.
Author Sandra Rettab takes you on a scientific yet deeply human journey to decode survival mode and explore the relationship between the nervous system, body memory, and the present moment. Through clear explanations and practical tools, the book helps you calm the body, rebuild inner safety, and shift from living in constant emergency mode to a life rooted in presence and conscious choice.
Sandra Rettab is an activist author and the writer of 27 books in self-development, psychology, and applied neuroscience. She has also delivered interviews and authored features on presence, identity, and subconscious reprogramming, becoming a trusted reference for those seeking freedom from chronic fear and anxiety.
This is not just a book to read.
It is a quiet return to safety-
and the beginning of a life built from within.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZTF52WC
• ISBN13: 9798195809942
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"