Shutting Up Shame To Become Shatterproof with Lauren Sisler—ESPN College Football Sideline Reporter

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler joins Brian Tome on The Aggressive Life to share her powerful journey of resilience. Behind her trademark “sideline shimmy” is a story marked by devastating loss—losing both parents to opioid overdoses within hours of each other. Lauren shares how she learned to shut up shame and rediscover joy after a long healing journey, as well as the inside story behind her viral sideline dances, how college football is changing, and why she admires Coach Nick Saban. If you’ve wrestled with grief, struggled with shame, or wondered if you could find purpose on the other side of pain, Lauren’s story can be the aggressive push forward you need.

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0:00.0	And thanks, Lauren, for letting us see how to overcome some shame that a bunch of us deal with. So well done, good and faithful servant. And thanks for sharing your story and sharing your smile. And you haven't shared your shimmy yet today, but that's okay. I've got enough other places to see it. Only if you'll do it with me. Woo! I Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:23.6	Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:38.4	Fall is right around the corner or actually upon us, depending on where you live and what the temperature is.
0:45.4	I love fall.
0:46.4	I love fall because fall has my favorite sport.
0:50.3	Fall equals football to me.
0:53.3	I love it. More time spending watching TV than I normally may.
0:58.6	More time, well, not for me, but maybe for you. More money you're gambling on whatever
1:03.0	sites or fantasy or whatever it is. It's just, there's a love affair that we have with the game
1:09.2	of football, which I think is kind of cool.
1:13.8	Kind of is something that brings us together.
1:18.9	Well, if that is you, you may know my guest today.
1:26.8	You may have seen her and her trademark shimmy on the sideline with ESPN, Lauren Sistler.
1:29.8	She's got a book that's called Shatterproof,
1:35.5	How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction and found my sideline shimmy.
1:36.5	She's got some stuff to pour into us.
1:39.1	And, hey, let's talk to this woman today.
1:43.9	Her name is Lauren Sistler.
1:50.2	Brian, that might be the best introduction I've received in a very long time, if ever.
1:57.5	People don't have any fun anymore. Yes, people don't have have energy anymore you're giving up your time to come
2:02.7	a podcast least i can do is give you an energetic intro the energy you were popping off my friend
2:09.2	woo let's go hey i love it i'm glad that you're enthusiastic because it is fall um i live here in
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