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Chapter Twelve Mastering Extreme Resiliency Challenges

Survivors of extreme trauma are never the same again. Their lives have two parts: “before” and “after.” How their new life turns out for them depends on their resiliency.

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Skip Wilkins was a star athlete in high school. He set records in track and football and won many awards. During his senior year, he received letters from over twenty college coaches trying to recruit him.

Three days after Skip graduated from high school, he broke his neck while water skiing. As he lay in the water near the shore, he was conscious, but he couldn’t feel anything or move his body. He’d been injured ...

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