The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Addiction & Recovery

Addiction & Recovery with Donna Marston
Scarlett’s guest is Donna Marston, author of "Healing Without Shame Journal", "Just for Today", "Peeling The Onion" and "Sharing Without Shame". Scarlett and Donna discuss their personal experiences with addiction and recovery, with Donna sharing her role as a certified recovery support worker and her involvement in various organizations related to addiction and recovery. They also discussed the challenges of parenting a child with addiction, the importance of self-care and seeking help for oneself, and the complexities of family relationships and forgiveness. They discuss the need for alternative approaches to drug education, the importance of authenticity and self-awareness in conversations, and advice for parents struggling with children who have addiction issues.
Donna Marston is a Certified Recovery Support Worker, author, and parent support coach specializing in supporting families impacted by addiction. She is the founder of Sharing With Out Shame, an organization dedicated to empowering parents and family members by providing workshops, support groups, and coaching to help them navigate their loved one’s addiction with unconditional love, courage and clarity.
Through her lived experience as a mother who walked the difficult path of loving a child in active addiction, Donna has developed compassionate, practical approaches to help families reclaim their lives, set healthy boundaries, and shift their mindsets. She is the author of Peeling The Onion, Just For Today, Sharing Without Shame, and Healing Without Shame Journal, offering insight and guidance to those on the journey of acceptance and healing.
www.sharingwithoutshame.com
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: The Neurovation Center

The Neurovation Center with founder Jeffrey J. Schutz
Scarlett’s guest is Jeffrey J. Schutz, Founder and Executive Director of The Neurovation Center in Newtown, CT. The Neurovation Center was started by Jeff to “change the way we do mental health.” Scarlett and Jeff discuss the limitations of diagnosing mental health issues, the benefits of neurofeedback therapy, and the potential of neurofeedback in addressing anxiety and depression. Scarlett and Jeff agree that It’s important for us to use our suffering as an opportunity for growth and learning. 
Jeff is the Founder and Executive Director of The Neurovation Center. He has pioneered integrative techniques for assessing and integrating neuroanalysis and neurofeedback into mental healthcare. Jeff is also the CEO of NeuroInnovation Consulting Services, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology, doing research on the integration of neurofeedback into mental healthcare.
Jeff’s goal is to bring about change – real, deep and meaningful. Fun and engaging, he finds a way to get to the heart of relational problems and then “unstuckify” the nasty patterns of reactivity, resentment and poor communication that seem to grow faster than weeds in any relationship. https://www.theneurovationcenter.com
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Well-being of our Children

Safety and Well-being of our Children and Educators with Dr. Ryan Carlson
The most important thing is the safety and well-being of our children and educators. In this podcast, Dr. Ryan Carlson talks about a revolutionary system for identifying and managing aggressive behavior called critical aggression prevention system or CAPS. He discusses why CAPS is better than the current systems in place such as ‘see something say something’, conflict resolution, active shooter drills and others because it is important to identify and manage aggressive behavior before it escalates into an issue. Utilizing Dr. Carlson‘s military background, the program seeks to engage, diffuse and redirect, aggressive behavior through developing and ongoing relationship, relationships, and trust. In its early phases, behavior issues can be seen as opportunities for connection. This is an engaging and productive conversation about an issue that continues to plague not only our schools, but every aspect of our lives. We know that hurt people hurt people, and there is a way to be part of the solution.  https://www.aggressionmanagement.com/
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Importance of Play

The Importance of Play
In this episode, Scarlett talks with Jonathon Gay, executive director of the New England division of Playworks.
"Play is a basic human need. Kids who play are resilient, empathetic, and active. Through play, kids learn to make friends, solve problems, and believe in themselves. Even in hard times."
⁠Playworks⁠, a nonprofit organization that helps kids be active and build valuable life skills through play, is a new partner
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis:

Born This Way Foundation #ChannelKindness
Scarlett talked with Lady Gaga's mom, Cynthia Germanotta - co-founder of the Born This Way Foundation and World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health - about tips for coping during crisis situations and the work they are doing to create a kinder, braver world. We have been in partnership with Lady Gaga and Cynthia on several projects, including being a chapter in Gaga's new book ⁠Channel Kindness⁠.
The tips and tools provided in this episode are even more prevalent now. Please visit these websites for more information, resources, or to share your stories:
⁠https://bornthisway.foundation/⁠
⁠https://www.channelkindness.org/⁠
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Peaceful Parents

"Peaceful Parents" with David Romanelli
Scarlett has partnered with David Romanelli to create a program called "Peaceful Parents" aimed at bringing more peace into the lives of parents. The program includes advice from various experts in short, digestible segments over 21 days. The program was inspired by the US Surgeon General's advisory on the mental health and well-being of parents, which revealed that 33% of parents are experiencing high levels of stress and 48% feel overwhelmed most days. The program is designed to help parents move beyond stress and fear and choose love. For more information: https://peacefulparents.life/
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Choosing Love

Choosing Love - The Smart Choice
This episode was recorded on Juneteenth (short for June 19th) which is also known as Freedom Day and has been celebrated for the last 155 years marking the end of slavery in the US. Scarlett talked with her friend and former colleague, Donald Smart about his work with the Stratford Police in building meaningful relationships with the community and training police officers as well as the public on de-escalation techniques. 
Don is a managing director in his law firm, The Smart Law Firm. He has worked in banking and investment banking, on and off Wall Street. He has TRIPLE major degrees from Harvard including Harvard College, Business and Law school.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: The Gift of Forgiveness

The Gift of Forgiveness
In this episode, Scarlett talks with ⁠Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt⁠, NY Times bestselling author of ⁠The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable⁠, as they both share their personal forgiveness journeys and what they learned about the importance of the topic. With this conversation, Scarlett and Katherine hope to inspire individuals to explore what forgiveness means to them. To learn how you can make forgiveness YOUR superpower, visit: ⁠www.ChooseLoveMovement.org⁠.
As well as being a friend to the Choose Love Movement, Katherine is a New York Times best-selling author, animal advocate, daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, sister, wife to Chris Pratt, step-mom, and expectant mother. 
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Allostatic Load

Scarlett and Gia Lacqua talk about Allostatic Load
Gia is a widely-regarded trauma-informed empowerment coach, international motivational speaker, women's leadership expert, children's book author, board officer, podcast host, and girl-mom. She empowers high-achieving women to break free from the relentless “never enough” cycle and redefine success on their own terms. Through her signature framework, Radical Prioritization, Gia guides women toward authentic alignment, helping them focus on what truly matters to create impactful, fulfilling lives. Gia is a catalyst for change, inspiring women to redefine what it means to lead, live, and thrive.
Scarlett and Gia talked about allostatic load which is when we build up stress chemicals in the nervous system and get stuck in freeze, fight or flight. They also discussed the top regret of people who are dying, which is ‘I wasn't my authentic self.’ In Gia's research 69% of people said they felt like they were never enough and 75% of people went through life by grinning and bearing it! With over 70% of Americans lacking self-esteem, and our innate negative bias that has our brains buying the fear that is sold through media and messaging, no wonder we're feeling anxious and overwhelmed! Gia offers some tips and hints on how we honor ourselves and gain perspective and prioritize. https://gialacqua.com/
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis: Transforming Trauma

Transforming Trauma with Dr. James Gordon
Scarlett’s guest is Dr. James Gordon, author of the book Transforming Trauma. Scarlett and Dr. Gordon discuss transformative trauma and how people don’t realize that trauma helps us to learn and grow. Dr. Gordon’s says, “Suffering  is the soil in which wisdom and compassion grow; it is the school from which we graduate, committed to healing others’ hurt.” 
Dr. James S. Gordon is the Founder and CEO of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. A Harvard-educated psychiatrist, Dr. Gordon founded the Center for Mind Body Medicine in 1991 to make self-awareness, self-care, and group support central to all healthcare and education systems. Dr. Gordon leads a global faculty who have spread its therapeutic and educational programs to hundreds of thousands of traumatized and stressed people confronting the challenges of anxiety, depression, and chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Dr. Gordon believes that, regardless of age or education level, everyone has a great and largely untapped capacity to help and heal ourselves and one another.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/