Outcry Witness Unspoken Episode 4: 37 Stab Wounds. A Slit Throat. Colette Martin’s Survival.

Some stories stop you cold. Colette Martin’s is one of them.Nearly three decades ago, Colette survived an act of violence that most people cannot even comprehend. Stabbed 37 times and left for dead, survival itself became the first miracle. But what followed was something even more powerful: a decision to turn that survival into purpose.Today, Colette uses her voice to stand beside other survivors, helping women who are navigating trauma, fear, and the long road back to themselves. Messages arrive from across the world from women searching for hope, guidance, and proof that healing is possible. Colette shows them that life does not end with violence. In many ways, it can begin again.The work has not been easy. Trauma does not disappear overnight. The impact of violence echoes through years, relationships, and even physical health. But Colette’s story shows something essential that survivors often need to hear: there is still light after the darkest moments.Advocacy became part of that path forward. Colette helped push forward legislation in New Brunswick that gives people the right to ask about a partner’s potential history of domestic abuse. That effort, born from lived experience, has the power to help protect others before violence escalates.This conversation moves through the reality of trauma, the long process of healing, the strength it takes to keep speaking, and the purpose that can grow from surviving the unimaginable. It also explores faith, resilience, and the idea that survivors can become a light for others who are still searching for a way forward.The message at the center of this conversation is simple but powerful. Survivors deserve to be heard. Survivors deserve support. Survivors deserve hope.Watch now and hear why Colette’s voice matters.