From Heartbreak to Hope

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With wry honesty, Marilyn Colter tells the story of her husband's brain injury in this hour-long CD and how it affected her family. She then shares the four strategies that helped her defeat grief and depression.

"I found the loaded gun under my 14-year-old son's bed while folding laundry. We had a rule: no loaded guns in the house. He said it was different now-because he'd have to use the gun some day to save his sister and me from his brain-injured dad. It was only one of many nightmarish moments we experienced while dealing with brain injury in our family. But we learned to make the nightmares go away, and other families can do the same."
—speaker Marilyn Colter

While listening to this CD you will learn:

• Why grieving is so difficult in a brain injury family
• How to deal with disruptions in family dynamics and roles
• Why letting go is so hard but so necessary
• How to sustain a belief that life will get better
• How to leave the Dark Days of brain injury behind

Her speech offers caregivers a pathway to a better life, and those medical professionals who work with brain injury families a better understanding of what life is like for the rest of the family.

Listen to an exclusive excerpt from "From Heartbreak to Hope"

Excerpt - MP3 Format

Read what others say about "From Heartbreak to Hope"

"If there's someone who understands how devastating a brain injury in the family can be, it's Marilyn Colter. She has spent more than 20 years advocating for brain injury families through her book, Missing Pieces: Mending the Head Injury Family, her work with disability commissions and other organizations, and now with her spoken words. Marilyn's been to the depths. I watched her family struggle with, and triumph over, the dark times of living with brain injury in the family. From Heartbreak to Hope is her story—both the hard times, and the good times. The four, time-proven coping strategies she shares with her audience are the stepping blocks to a better life full of hope and light. She doesn't pull her punches in this honest re-telling—but the compassion she shows for both her family and her brain-injured husband, Dale, will lift your heart and give you hope."
—nurse and author LeAnn Thieman, co-author of 10 Chicken Soup for the Soul books including Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul

"You have saved my life, Marilyn! For over 40 years, since my brother's accident, every decision I made in my life was colored by brain injury. I was always trying to fix it. You've given me the ability to let go and get on with my own life. Thank you so much."
—brain injury family member and retired nurse Rebecca Bizzell, Colorado

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