From The Ashes

Featured on the Players Segment of Super Bowl XXXIV From The Ashes is the original and most comprehensive brain injury survivor's guide. Its appearance on Super Bowl marked the beginning of the NFL’s education of viewers to the dangers of concussion. From The Ashes was written by brain injury survivors for survivors, their families and professionals in the field. From The Ashes offers insights into brain injury and its effects on the self, families and others close to survivors of brain injury. Its’ easy to read text prepares readers to recognize and understand the life altering effects of brain injury. Drawing on factual information from numerous, authoritative sources From the Ashes empowers survivors to articulate and manage brain injury impairments.From The Ashes describes the brain and its functioning and the effects of injury on the brain and behavior. Its expansive glossary and helpful worksheets include discussion guides and self-assessment inventories. Interspersed in the text are tips on developing skills for living well despite brain injury. From The Ashes gives balance and perspective to the rocky course of recovery from brain injury. It addresses the pain of psychic trauma and spiritual debilitation that follows the loss of self after brain injury and offers suggestions for creating a new self and a fulfilling, productive lifestyle despite brain injury. From The Ashes reminds readers that despite the difficulties of the journey it is worth the effort because for those who apply themselves “the sky is the limit.” Read more