The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

James Harvey, Mayoral Candidate for Memphis, TN
Scarlett Lewis and her guest, James Harvey, mayoral candidate for Memphis, TN discuss the safety, health and well-being of our schools, homes and communities. They talk about the importance of taking responsibility for what is happening in our communities, the first step being to vote for leaders who have the courage to implement solid policies that will benefit all constituents. James is planning for a better Memphis including working with and supporting local civic leadership to improve the police force and reduce juvenile crime. He is one of the few that prioritizes our children’s safety, health and well-being and will make sure this is reflected in our schools, homes and communities. James believes in the importance of teaching our youth essential life skills that will help them to choose love over fear, create and maintain healthy connections and a deep sense of belonging that they can use to build a better tomorrow. Join Scarlett and James for this forward-thinking conversation on how we can all be part of the solution to make our communities safer for everyone. Check out James Harvey’s website for more information on his campaign, www.harvey4mayor.com,
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Kaatsu CEO, Steve Munatones
Kaatsu, Japanese: 加圧, is a device that improves circulation through a unique blood reduction practice
Join Scarlett as she speaks with Kaatsu CEO, Steve Munatones as they discuss the process, research and stories. Scarlett Lewis strives to bring the latest evidence based services to advance our childrens’ health and wellness. In this endeavor she tries different implements and methods to see if they work and then introduces them to the world through the Choose Love Movement. These are evidence based processes that help reduce anxiety and pain, facilitate great sleep, nurture wellbeing and heal and have included Tapping and Havening as well as others.
Steven Munatones is the CEO & co-founder of KAATSU.  The Harvard graduate worked in Japan in the 1980's and 1990's as the only American in a Hitachi R&D campus with 6,500+ Japanese.  He was mentored for 13 years by KAATSU inventor Dr. Sato and a team of cardiologists at The University of Tokyo Hospital as part of the 22nd Century Medical Project.  He was a NCAA Division I water polo player and swimmer, a Guinness World Record holder, and an inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Ice Swimming Hall of Fame.  He served as an NBC commentator at the  2008 Beijing Olympics and has written books on swimming and KAATSU.
KAATSU is a Japanese word which means "additional pressure", a concept invented by Dr. Yoshiaki Sato in 1966.  KAATSU ushered in the BFR (Blood Flow Restriction) market and remains its leader.  KAATSU protocols were invented in Japan; its products are engineered and designed in California. KAATSU is a state-of-the-art automated pressure system that safely optimizes blood circulation for health, fitness, rehabilitation, and recovery.  KAATSU equipment consists of a small smart compressor and pneumatic, stretchable bands which are placed around your arms or legs.  The bands inflate and deflate in a scientific sequence based on patented algorithms that boost circulation, improve hormonal balance, and develop muscle tone in a time-effective manner with a minimum of effort. KAATSU is the pioneer in the emerging Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) market.  
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Peggy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., author of Release: Create a Clutter Free and Soul Driven Life
"We are all hoarders." That statement was made by Peggy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., author of Release: Create a Clutter Free and Soul Driven Life. It applies to everyone, myself included. After reading her inspiring book, I started uncluttering my cabinets and it felt like a new beginning. Peggy explains that we can become imprisoned by our mental, emotional, energetic, relationship, and especially physical clutter so we need to continually evaluate our lives to declutter and cultivate a healthier way of living.
Peggy has worked in counseling and healing for over 25 years, counseling adolescents and adults with mental health and addiction issues in a variety of clinical settings, including private practice, wilderness therapy, psychiatric inpatient, and residential treatment. She expanded her clinical work to include holistic and mind-body approaches by training for several years in Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, as well as Intuition Medicine®, a practice of intuitive energy healing and has lived and worked at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York and was a consulting producer on Oprah Winfrey's Emmy-winning TV series Super Soul Sunday.
Peggy's book offers practical insights about decluttering to help people improve their lives by freeing them from clutter and living in alignment with their true soul nature. In this podcast, we have an insightful conversation about the difference between the ego and soul aspect that co-exist and what they represent; how we are in service to others; becoming present; how to experience and learn from loneliness; our need for socialization; how release affects our lives; love and spiritual aspects of life; and the different types of grief and trauma and how to move through it. This is such a deep discussion that delves deep into all aspects of our lives, including courage to release rather than hold on, to accept rather than resist, and to live with only things that help you share your love and connect with the world in your own unique ways.  Peggy reinforces that we need to be present to make choices and appreciate each other. Trust yourself, she says. "We're all in this together and my book is an invitation for us to help each other."
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Critical Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness
Scarlett Lewis’ guests for this podcast are Dr. Doug Waite, developmental pediatrician, Melissa Jacobus, mother of 2 children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and Jen Wisdahl, Chief Operating Officer of FASD United and mom to 3 with FASD. FASD is an umbrella term that encompasses a number of lifelong medical diagnoses that can occur with prenatal exposure to alcohol, even prior to recognition of pregnancy. Highly prevalent, occurring in up to 1 in 20 school aged children, but often unseen or unrecognized, Dr. Waite describes what fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are and how they can be diagnosed. Scarlett and her guests discuss the need for more awareness of FASD as well as the funding to provide training for the medical community. That training is the starting point for getting recognition of this disability. The FASD community and The Choose Love Movement can work together to offer kids the coping and social skills over and above what is taught in the homes and schools. 
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Brenda Zofrea, from LET'S B SAFE
Scarlett Lewis’ guest is Brenda Zofrea, from LET'S B SAFE which is research-based, non-fearful, easy-to-teach program to provide parents, teachers and children with the knowledge they need to help prevent the sexual abuse, abduction and sex trafficking of children. For over 20 years, educator and child safety expert, Brenda Zofrea, has been creating customized programs for prevention education that works.
Let’s B Safe gives children the knowledge to stop or prevent this from happening and Brenda explains how the fear-based ‘stranger danger’ that we have been teaching our children decreases their ability to ascertain real fear from not.  Brenda wants children to recognize strange behavior in anyone, not just strangers. Scarlett and Brenda discuss how we can be more thoughtful as parents about where we put our trust and teach our children that as well. This important podcast will teach you how to empower your children with the knowledge they need to be safe and create family safety rules. https://www.letsbsafe.com/
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Transformational Leadership with Dr. Peter VanAmburgh
Scarlett and Dr. Peter VanAmburgh discuss incorporating transformational leadership into all aspects of our lives including schools, homes, and communities. By being the first to 'step off' which is the origin of the concept, leaders can facilitate positive change, inspire, motivate and cultivate trust. They discuss how to facilitate change within an organization, positive attitudes and engagement. Using leadership theory and illustrative stories from Dr. VanAmburgh's military experience, the audience will understand how to incorporate Dr. VanAmburgh's philosophy of leadership: "A leader's role to help make other people successful." Words+Actions=Truth. Tremendous conversation and much needed to learn how to overcome resistance and transform culture.
Dr. Peter VanAmburgh started 1Mission Leadership when he retired from the U.S. Army as a Colonel after 28 years of demanding leadership assignments in Long Range Surveillance, Special Forces, and Intelligence units. He holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Argosy University, Master’s degrees from Kennesaw State University and the U.S. Army War College, and is a graduate of a host of military schools including Special Forces, Ranger, Jumpmaster, HALO, and the Counterintelligence Special Agent course. He has the benefit of possessing unique technical competencies as well as experience leading large organizations and highly skilled multinational teams in combat operations, humanitarian missions, and other activities in over 15 countries around the world. In addition to his military service, he also served as police officer for three years, worked in various industries for five years, and has over six years of teaching experience at undergraduate through doctoral level. His work bridges the strategic to the tactical, and his teaching is as valuable for senior executives as to their first line supervisors. He is a master at strategic planning, deciphering culture, and developing action plans that deliver results. He is also a lifelong learner who lives his favorite mantra, “If you are not getting better – you must be getting worse.” His passion is passing on the hard-learned lessons from the battlefield, boardroom, classroom, and the street, to the next generation of global leaders.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Julie Rumrill, author of the memoir, Finding Mary: A Journey of Reclamation
Scarlett’s guest is Julie Rumrill, author of the memoir, Finding Mary: A Journey of Reclamation. Julie’s pain from losing her two sisters has given her the courage to write about her family’s tragedies and to share her story with the world to help others. Scarlett and Julie discuss how tragedy and roadblocks are there for a reason and that is to help us grow despite our struggles. Julie’s memoir is a journey of self-discovery and how she encourages her other family members to do the same to process their grief.
Julie is a faculty member in the Department of Earth Science at Southern Connecticut State University and the Department of Math and Science at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut. In addition to her academic, fieldwork, and business experience, Julie is a certified yoga instructor and qualified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a scientifically-supported, mind-body medicine program, developed at UMASS Medical School.  
Please check out Julie’s upcoming writing retreat in Litchfield, CT this September 9 and 10, 2023: https://www.julierumrill.com/events-and-offerings.html. 
Listen to this inspiring podcast of Julie’s journey today.
To purchase Finding Mary:
From the New Jersey based publisher:
https://store.bookbaby.com/book/finding-mary
Booklovers Gourmet, Webster MA
https://bookloversgourmet.com/
Pourings and Passages, Danielson Ct
https://www.pouringsandpassages.com/
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Tom Smalley, Founder of Struggle Into Strength
Scarlett’s guest is Tom Smalley, the founder of Struggle Into Strength. He is a mental health advocate, performance coach and weightlifter. Tom shares a powerful story when he stood up to his college coach’s bullying behavior that made headlines in the national news. He forgave his coach and chose love over fear instead of anger and hatred which is what we teach at the Choose Love Movement. Tom and Scarlett discuss how we as a society can show that vulnerability can actually be our biggest strength. 
Scarlett and Tom discuss his diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and his struggle to overcome his adversity with proper treatment and medication. His mission statement is ‘striving to break the negative stigma around mental health by showing that internal struggle does not make you weak, and that our struggle can actually be turned into our greatest strength.’ 
Tom says he is not an activist, he is an advocate. He wants to educate others in a loving way instead of getting angry at those who don’t understand his OCD. Scarlett talks about how you reach and make a more meaningful connection with more people with love and it is something that connects us all. His mission is to get kids diagnosed sooner and get the treatment they need faster by getting more people trained to work with kids who suffer from OCD. 
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

Shari O’Loughlin (The Compassionate Friends)
I had the most wonderful conversation with Shari O’Loughlin, CEO of The Compassionate Friends and author of the fascinating book Life From the Ashes: Finding Signs of Hope After Loss. Shari talks honestly about her feelings upon losing her 14-year-old son, Connor, in an airplane crash and how she went on to live her life in mindfulness gratitude. We discuss the topics of guilt, forgiveness, hope, and healing, and the self care tool kit she created  to help her move forward after experiencing profound loss. Shari and I bonded over our shared experiences, how we appreciate precious moments in our daily lives, and the special signs our children leave us that give us much-needed comfort. https://www.compassionatefriends.org/
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The Choose Love Movement with Scarlette Lewis

ONE CommUNITY, Listen, Learn, Understand: Quentin Williams, Founder of Dedication to Community (D2C)
Quentin is a Former FBI agent, federal prosecutor and thought leader trying to connect those who today seem to be the most disconnected. Quentin is the founder of Dedication to Community (D2C). This organization is a national non-profit that educates and empowers communities through skill-building workshops and ongoing forums designed to improve understanding and foster relationships while pursuing healing, reconciliation and unity. Its experts work with government agencies and the private sector by training and advising on critical issues in public safety and law enforcement, as well as diversity, belonging and equity.
Scarlett and Quentin discuss how we are stronger together and that love is the ultimate connector of people. Quentin is a great example of someone that chooses love as a living by teaching others his recipe for reconciliation:
Listen (beautifully)
Learning (hearts open)
Understanding (empathy is born + action = compassion)
Acknowledgment (of mistakes so we can learn going forward)
Action (to form meaningful relationships)
Quentin believes that if you live these five ‘ingredients’, then the rest will come organically. Listen to this inspiring podcast as Scarlett and Quentin talk about connection.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/