There is no roadmap for life after brain injury. But there is wisdom

Carole Starr’s life changed forever in 1999, when she sustained a brain injury in a car accident.  She was unable to continue her life as a teacher and amateur musician.  It took Carole many years to accept her brain injury and the new person she became.  She’s reinvented herself by focusing on what she can do.

Carole is now an inspiring national keynote speaker and the author of two books--To Root & To Rise: Accepting Brain Injury and Silver Learnings: Practical Wisdom for Living with Brain Injury.  

Carole is also a leader in both the Maine and national brain injury communities.  She facilitates the WINGS Brain Injury Support Group, mentors new support group leaders and serves on the BIAA-Maine Chapter Advisory Board.  She co-founded and facilitated the nationally recognized Maine survivor volunteer group Brain Injury Voices.  

Nationally, Carole is the co-creator and co-facilitator of the Get on Board program for brain injury survivors and co-chair of the Brain Injury Advisory Council of the Brain Injury Association of America.  She also co-lead the TBI Advisory and Leadership Group and served as a faculty member for the Person-Centered Brain Injury Learning Collaborative.

Silver Learnings: Practical Wisdom for Living with Brain Injury offers 25 powerful lessons from Carole Starr’s 25 years of living with brain injury.  It’s not a medical manual.  It’s not a memoir.  Silver Learnings is something different, a survivor’s guidebook filled with valuable insights, tested strategies, and gentle encouragement.  Carole writes with the tone of a wise friend, sharing hard-earned lessons to light a path for others.

Each chapter is short and easy to read.  The lessons stand alone and may be read in any order, so you can find the wisdom you need, when you need it most.  Themes include coping with brain injury, facing hard truths, developing helpful mindsets, accepting a new self, and learning to thrive.  

Every lesson includes reflection prompts, group discussion questions, and simple next steps—making this book a meaningful resource for brain injury survivors, support groups, caregivers, and professionals alike.

However brain injury has touched your life, these lessons offer strength, meaning, and hope to meet the challenges ahead.

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Ebook To Be Published in Late 2025