THE MINDSET to PLAN for PEACE, But PREPARE FOR WAR: Psychological Survival: Preparing, Enduring, and Healing the Mind in Times of Conflict

By Charles DesJardins P.h.D.

The Mindset to Plan for Peace, but Prepare for War
Psychological Survival: Preparing, Enduring, and Healing the Mind in Times of Conflict

War is not only fought with weapons and armies. It is fought within the human mind. Fear, grief, denial, trauma, silence, and guilt become as real as hunger and cold. Yet within the same mind also live resilience, courage, endurance, and hope.

This book explores the inner battlefield - how individuals, families, and communities can prepare their minds before war, endure its crushing weight, and begin to heal afterward. Drawing on psychology, history, philosophy, and survivor testimony, it offers both understanding and practices: reflections on fear and resilience, case studies from past conflicts, and practical tools to strengthen the mind against crisis.

Inside you will discover:

How to prepare the mind for fear and uncertainty before conflict begins.

Coping strategies for enduring siege, displacement, and isolation.

Insights on silence, guilt, grief, and forgiveness - and how to work through them.

Exercises in resilience, meditations for calm, and journaling prompts for healing.

Historical lessons and seeds of prevention to pass forward to future generations.

Written in a solemn but practical tone, The Mindset to Plan for Peace, but Prepare for War is both a survival manual for the wounded mind and a reflection on what it means to live through crisis. It balances history, psychology, and philosophy with direct guidance - helping readers face the present with clarity, and shape the future with responsibility.

This volume is a companion to The Beating of War Drums Trilogy (The Flame, The Seed, The Thread), expanding the survival theme from body → mind → community → prevention. While the trilogy looks outward at war, endurance, and responsibility, this book looks inward - to the battlefield of thought, belief, and healing.

Practical. Reflective. Hopeful. This is a book for anyone who understands that preparation is not only about supplies and shelters - but about the resilience of the mind itself.

"Because the war within is as real as the war without."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSDPYTCM
• ISBN13: 9798265656186
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"