Terror to Triumph

<p><em>‘People congratulated me when I left my abusive marriage but I didn’t feel like celebrating. I felt loss grief shame anger resentment regret uncertainty relief and excitement. How can one person feel so many emotions at once? Where could I go for help? Who would understand?’</em></p><p>From these questions the charity Broken to Brilliant was born where survivors help other survivors rebuild their lives using the power of story.</p><p>In <strong>Terror to Triumph</strong> twelve domestic violence survivors describe the terror they experienced and the additional challenges they encountered from a system that was supposed to help them.</p><p>Most importantly they tell of the practical steps they have taken – physically emotionally psychologically and spiritually – to journey from darkness to light and build new lives. They tell of continued recovery and how they have reclaimed self to reach a sense of triumph.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Broken to Brilliant</strong> is an Australian not-for-profit charity where domestic violence survivors mentor other survivors to re-establish successful lives.</p><p>When we saw the impact our first book <em>Broken to Brilliant</em> had on people’s lives – how the words breathed hope into people’s hearts how it gave them a spark that jump-started a new chapter in their lives and how the power of people’s stories created ripples of recovery and repair – we could not turn away and stop these ripples of healing. There had to be a second book.</p><p>We salute each of our authors for their courage and dedication and hope <strong>Terror to Triumph</strong> will bring change and possibility into your life too.</p>