John-Michael Lander is a former Olympic diving contender and sexual abuse survivor.

As a 14-year-old Olympic-bound athlete, the adults entrusted in John-Michael’s training groomed and trafficked him into silence. Through writing, speaking, and consulting, he helps individuals and organizations identify the Predatory Grooming Trifecta©.

John-Michael is a certified Trainer and Life Coach for the Self-Talk Institute and helps people realize that by “Changing their Self-Talk, they can change their programming. Changing their programming, they can change their lives.”  How our choices affect, direct, program us, and influence everything we say and do.

He is the founder of An Athlete's Silence. He has previously been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, on CBC Canada Tonight with Ginella Massa, CityNews Winnipeg with Mark Neufeld, Safe Sports International, and The National Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit. He worked on the Athlete's Bill of Rights, and was a discussion panelist for Netflix film, Athlete A. He recently was interviewed for the George Clooney Production company for a documentary regarding the sex scandal of a doctor and a university. 

SOCIAL MEDIA and LINKS

Email: [email protected]

TedTalk: An Athlete's Silence | John-Michael Lander | TEDxDayton - YouTube

An Athlete’s Silence Website: anathletessilence.com

John-Michael's personal website: https://johnmichaellander.com/

Instragram: @johnmichaellander

Facebook: John-Michael Lander