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Faculty soccer followers have welcomed Birmingham’s personal Emmy Award-winning ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler into their properties weekly since 2016. For years, the favored journalist identified for asking insightful questions and her signature “Sideline Shimmy” viral dance movies, shielded a tragic secret. Her mom and father died inside hours of one another, victims of their hidden battle with prescription-drug dependancy. She’s now put the expertise and the truths she’s realized from it to paper in her new e book, Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Disgrace of Dropping My Mother and father to Opioid Dependancy (and Discovered My Sideline Shimmy).
“It’s a deeply private and painful story, one I’ve shared for some time now in speeches throughout the nation, however the e book goes into depth I can’t get into on the stage,” Sisler says. “I’m excited to lastly have the ability to place the story, painful as it’s, into the arms of readers- as a result of I feel it has the facility to convey nice therapeutic to many, to assist them be taught to fall in love with their very own tales.”
As Sisler shared her story in speeches, she realized that folks typically had extra questions, and he or she wished to have the ability to give them one thing to take house and lean into. She went forwards and backwards on when to write down Shatterproof. “I acquired to the purpose the place I used to be able to uncover the entire story,” Sisler says, including that she discovered nice freedom in proudly owning and sharing her story. “I didn’t understand how a lot therapeutic this strategy of writing a e book would convey.”
Sisler’s prayer for anybody that reads Shatterproof is that “they discover energy and hope in their very own tales. I hope that by means of my journey, readers understand they aren’t alone of their struggles and that resilience is inside attain for us all. I pray they embrace their vulnerabilities, recognizing that our challenges don’t outline us however moderately form us into stronger, extra compassionate people,” Sislers says, including, “Might they be impressed to share their very own tales, utilizing their voices to spark affect and constructive change of their communities. Above all, I pray that every reader finds the braveness to fall in love with their story and know that each chapter is stitched collectively as God’s masterpiece.” Shatterproof releases on October 1, 2024. It’s accessible for preorder now at www.laurensisler.com. †
