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Kristin Tracy Porter, author and keynote speaker

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Kristin Tracy PorterKeynote speaker and author. Life changes everything, her story looks at what comes next.

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A brainstem stroke at age 22 changed everything.

She relearned how to walk and how to talk.

Then she ran one, a milestone that once felt out of reach.

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Keynotes

Three talks. One honest story.

Lived experience, not abstraction, for audiences navigating change, loss, and identity.

Rebuilding After Life Changes Everything

Kristin shares her experience navigating a life-altering event, redefining expectations, and finding a way forward when life takes an unexpected turn.

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Identity, Disability, and Redefining Success

Drawing from her experience after a brainstem stroke, Kristin explores how profound life changes can reshape identity, challenge expectations, and transform our understanding of success and what it means to live a meaningful life.

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Faith, Grief, and the Journey of Healing

Kristin shares perspectives from her journey through loss, faith, and personal transformation, exploring the complex process of healing and finding meaning after profound adversity.

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The book

After the Shatter

Reshaping the Face of Healing

Doctors gave her five minutes to live.

A memoir of a brainstem stroke at 22, relearning to walk and talk, and the long road through loss, love, and faith toward a life she never expected.

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Writer, author, and keynote speaker.

Her story is about stroke recovery, and so much more.

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