A true story. A broken brain. An unbreakable will.
Surviving and reclaiming life after traumatic brain injury. A memoir by Kris Picker.
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They said if I recovered, I'd be severely brain injured.
Eighteen years later, I learned to surf.
The book
For everyone who looks fine on the outside but feels lost on the inside.
One moment changed everything. After The Impact is my honest account of a traumatic brain injury, the person I lost, and the long, unexpected road back to myself.
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The day everything changed
The impact, the hospital, and the strange quiet of not quite knowing who you are anymore.
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The invisible injury
What it's like when your scans say "healed" but your brain, your energy and your sense of self say otherwise.
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Confusion, fear and loneliness
The parts of recovery nobody warns you about, and the people who stayed when it got hard.
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Finding the ocean
More than 18 years after the accident, I paddled out for the very first time, in a yellow helmet, and found the place that feels most like me.
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Becoming me, again
Not the old me, a new one. Finding strength, hope, purpose and freedom on the other side.
The journey
The words that filled my head after, and the words that replaced them.
- Confusion
- Loss
- Anxiety
- Fear
- Forgotten
- Lonely
- Strength
- Hope
- Healing
- Purpose
- Freedom
- Me
Hi, I'm Kris
I survived a brain injury they said would leave me severely impaired.
Now I help other survivors reclaim who they are.
After my traumatic brain injury I was functional on the outside and completely lost on the inside. I didn't recognise my own mind. Getting my life back meant rebuilding my identity piece by piece. Many years later I found surfing, and the ocean has become my world.
Today I write, coach and speak so that no one else has to feel as alone in their recovery as I did. I'm also a gut health coach, so I bring the gut-brain connection into my work, because a brain injury doesn't only affect the brain.
- TBI survivor
- Author
- Identity coach
- Gut health coach
- Keynote speaker
- Surfer
Ways to work together
Wherever you are in your recovery,
there's a place to start.
Read the book
The full story, for survivors, families and anyone who's ever had to rebuild themselves from scratch.
Pre-launch detailsWork with me
One-on-one coaching for TBI survivors asking "Am I still me?" Gentle, practical, and paced for a healing brain.
Coaching optionsBook me to speak
Keynotes on resilience, identity and invisible injury for conferences, workplaces, hospitals and community events.
Speaking topicsFree for survivors
"Am I still me?"
The post-TBI identity recovery workbook
A guided workbook for survivors who are functional on the outside but lost on the inside. Six gentle modules. Do one a day, or one a week. There's no wrong pace.
- Name what changed, and what didn't
- Prompts you can fill in by hand or on screen
- Built for tired brains: short, clear, no jargon
- Yours to keep, no email needed
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