Lauren Sisler
Rebound from Tragedy with Courage and Resilience
Topic Categories:
- Emmy Award-Winning ESPN & SEC Sportscaster
- Addiction Prevention Advocate
Awards:
- NSMA Alabama Sportscaster of the Year, National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, 2018
- Southeast Emmy Award for Best Sports Interview/Discussion, One-on-One: Charles Barkley Interviews Nick Saban, 2017
- NSMA Alabama Sportscaster of the Year, National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, 2016
- Alabama Associated Press Best Sports Anchor, 2015
- Alabama Associated Press Best Sports Anchor, 2014
- ABBY Award for Best Sports Anchor, Alabama Broadcasters Association, 2013
- National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Awards, 2006
Lauren Sisler is a multi national award-winning sports broadcaster who joined ESPN and SEC Network in 2016 as a sideline reporter for both college football and gymnastics. In addition, she serves as a sports reporter and host at AL.com where she covers a multitude of teams and sports in the state of Alabama. In June of 2017, she was awarded a regional Emmy for producing an interview between Charles Barkley and Nick Saban that garnered more than 11 million views across various social media and digital platforms.
Previously, she worked at the Birmingham CBS affiliate WIAT42, where she accrued four prestigious awards including the National Sports Media Association’s Alabama Sportscaster of the Year in 2016. In consecutive years, 2014 and 2015, she was named Best Sports Anchor by the Alabama Associated Press and in 2013, she won an ABBY for Sports Anchor of the Year.
In 2003 as a freshman at Rutgers University, tragedy struck Lauren’s world when she unexpectedly lost both of her parents to their concealed battle with addiction. Through her grief and despair, Lauren found the courage to continue moving forward and find success.
Lauren now shares her story across the country in hopes of spreading awareness about the dangers of addiction and the devastation it can cause for those who abuse substances, their loved ones, and the community. She brings hope and a sense of empowerment to audiences big and small.
Life rarely goes according to script, and our success is often defined by our defeats.
As a freshman at Rutgers University, Lauren unexpectedly lost both of her parents within hours of each other to their concealed battle with prescription drug addiction. In the aftermath, she was forced to navigate the world unknown and make some tough choices that are bound to every chapter of her story.
Whether you are a team leader, a company owner, or taking the next step in your career, you can use the power of your story to rebound from tragedy with courage and resilience.
“Sports is my passion, but my purpose is to share what I learned from my parents’ story – and how I learned to fall in love with my own.”
In her keynote, Lauren will guide you on an emotional journey through her personal story woven together with compelling stories from the sidelines. The audience will be:
- Empowered to embrace their own story and find value in life’s challenges as a means of strength and catalyst for growth
- Inspired to be resilient during times of change
- Encouraged to maintain a sense of humor through some of life’s embarrassing moments
- Motivated to take chances and walk through doors they never dreamed possible
As a freshman at Rutgers University, Lauren Sisler unexpectedly lost both of her parents within hours of each other to their concealed battle with prescription drug addiction. She had a choice to make: hide the story and suffer alone, or use her struggles to help someone walk out of the shadows.
It was only when Lauren started working as a reporter for ESPN more than a decade after the death of both her parents that she started to truly undo the shackles of shame.
“My job is to find the truth in athletes’ stories and report on how their personal lives shaped who they are on the field. And yet, I couldn’t tell the truth about my own story because of the shame I inherited.”
“Once I started the painful process of opening up, I discovered that there are silver linings in the trauma I experienced from my parents’ addiction. It has shaped me into who I am; it has given me a different lens.”
Through her addiction advocacy work, Lauren seeks to help break the stigma and eliminate the shame associated with substance abuse and mental health disorders.
In her keynote, Lauren will take you behind the scenes of her extraordinary journey and how tragedy ignited purpose and gratitude in her life. The audience will be:
- Empowered to shatter the stigma they might feel surrounding the obstacles they are confronted with
- Inspired to embrace their own story with great courage and fortitude
- Led to discover the powerful and often life-changing impact their story can have on the lives of others
- Encouraged to be resilient and build confidence during times of uncertainty
- Motivated to view life through a lens of purpose and gratitude and live like champions
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