The Ladder UPP will help you build your life the way it was intended, on a foundation of meaning and purpose. It has helped thousands of men and women broken by PTSD rebuild their lives, and thousands of others just looking to live with freedom and purpose. It can help you change yours. After all, we all get broken. PTSD is not a pathology, it is the crush of life's traumas breaking us. But life gives all of us hits, it can tear anyone down in many different ways. Most of us never reach the extreme of PTSD, but we know what it is like to muddle without purpose, to lose hope, to be afraid of living, to feel cornered by the labels others give us. But we are never just a label. And that is the cornerstone of The Ladder UPP. Whoever you are, and wherever you've been, you can build a new life fueled by passion and purpose. If you've almost given up and said, "I have no passion and purpose", it will help you find it.
The Ladder UPP has been used by counselors, in peer groups, individually and with family members. As one peer-to-peer counselor e-mailed to me recently, "It is simple. It works. I've seen it change lives."
It can change yours.
About the Author: "Meet the man they call an Angel." Jeannie Crofts, WISH-TV, Indianapolis Silouan Green is the country's preeminent speaker on PTSD and brokenness, creator of The Ladder UPP, writer, and musician.
Over the last 5 years alone, Silouan has looked into the eyes of thousands suffering from PTSD and brokenness. With over 200 speaking events under his belt in that time, there is no one more experienced and committed to lifting the veil of PTSD and helping those who have faced the monster like himself walk out of the darkness. It is a mission that began almost a decade ago.
A tragic jet crash while serving as a US Marine followed by a whole host of complications and medical conditions descended Silouan into the hell of post traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD), depression, suicidal impulses, long-term pain, and a completely shattered life. It was here, staring into the abyss, that he was given a choice, continue down the same devastating path, or live free. He chose to live free.
It began by buying a motorcycle and guitar after selling everything else he owned. As he learned to play the guitar and write songs he became more adept at riding the motorcycle and on the day he was disability discharged from the Marine Corps he took off on an epic two-year trek. He rode for over 30,000 miles and packed a lifetime of adventure into just 24 months.
He met his wife on that trip and she joined him for almost 8,000 miles of the journey! Camping on the rim on the Grand Canyon, pitching a tent in Yellowstone surrounded by Buffalo and Elk, they trailblazed over mountain passes and many more incredibly vistas. Since then, they've been married 15 years and have eight children whom they home school! The adventure continues as they raise their children with a spirit that life was meant to be lived with meaning and purpose, each day an opportunity for something amazing.
Silouan wrote his memoir Who Am I? and created the Ladder UPP life skills program to give people around the world hope and a plan to truly make the most of their life. Silouan has worked at Walter Reed, with the US Marines, the Army, the National Guard, Willow Creek Community Church and various other groups, organizations and mental health professionals. He speaks to first responders around the country for the world's #1 public training agency, PATC.
Visit silouan at www.silouan.com and on facebook.com/silouangreen & twitter.com/silouangreen.
