Korrin Barrett lost her hands and legs after sepsis. Photo / Jodie Shanks
Korrin Barrett lost her hands and legs after sepsis. Photo / Jodie Shanks
Resilience expert Korrin Barrett will be guest speaker at a suicide prevention auction on Friday.
The Atrium at Tribune in Hastings’ Queen St will host the event, which has been organised by the Reid O’Leary Charitable Trust.
Barrett, a Kiwi quadruple amputee and motivational speaker, faced her greatest challenge in2012, yet from that trauma she realised she was built with a resilience she never knew she had.
She spent 233 days in hospital and countless more hours in rehab, but decided not to accept that losing her limbs meant giving up her busy, active lifestyle.
She has endured her fair share of loss, not only physically, but with the loss of her brother who took his own life in 2014.
Barrett now shares her story of survival with honesty, humour and heart and encourages others to live their lives unlimited.
The suicide of Hastings mechanic Reid O'Leary rocked the community in 2020.
“My favourite quotes are ‘if it doesn’t challenge you it doesn’t change you‘ and ‘you’re given three choices in life, give in, give up or give it all you’ve got’.”
The Reid O’Leary Charitable Trust was formed in 2021 in memory of Hastings mechanic Reid O’Leary who tragically took his own life shortly after his 21st birthday, in 2020.
