{"id":2,"date":"2008-07-10T19:16:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T02:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:49:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The Why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To save lives and change lives for the better<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To equip you with the tools, knowledge, resources, and inspiration to help you and those you love not just survive but thrive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To help individuals, families, and communities overcome mental and behavioral health challenges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The How:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">By leveraging <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">13 years professional experience in the field of mental and behavioral health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">13 years parenting experience (<a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?p=2161\">Why is this relevant?<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">14 years in <a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?page_id=963\">recovery from alcoholism and addiction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The What:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mental health and wellness education presentations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Recovery coaching for those in recovery or looking to be in recovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Family support consultation for those with loved ones in recovery or active addiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Coaching, guidance, and support for those facing mental or behavioral health challenges or looking to improve their lives in general<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Advocacy for policies, programs, and societal change that benefits individuals and communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Content (<a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/\">blogs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?page_id=1667\">videos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?page_id=1665\">podcast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/silverladder\/\">social media posts<\/a>) designed to educate, inspire, and reduce stigma surrounding the topic of mental health and wellness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The Who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot-1003x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot-1003x1024.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SWatson-Headshot.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Shane Watson is a public speaker, recovery coach, family support professional, and mental health educator who has spent 13 years working in the field of mental and behavioral health and wellness. He\u2019s performed <a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?p=1719\">over 600 speaking engagements at schools, corporations, community groups, and conferences throughout the U.S.<\/a>, and has done <a href=\"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/?p=1931\">more than 100 local and national media interviews including appearances on the Today Show, Good Day New York, PBS, and Kansas City Live<\/a>. Shane speaks on topics including addiction and recovery, suicide prevention and intervention, depression, healthy technology use, bullying, substance use prevention and more. As a professional, a parent, and an individual 14 years in recovery from addiction and alcoholism, he is passionate about using his experience to help others thrive and succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Questions? Concerns? Want to book a presentation?  Email: Contact @ Silverladder.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Why: To save lives and change lives for the better To equip you with the tools, knowledge, resources, and inspiration to help you and those you love not just survive but thrive To help &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176,"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverladder.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}