The Choose Love Movement with Scarlett Lewis

The Choose Love Movement Podcast with Scarlett Lewis

“Healthy Brains means a Healthy Humanity.”
Scarlett Lewis is joined by Dr. Kate Truitt, clinical psychologist, applied neuroscientist, and internationally recognized expert in the fields of stress, trauma, and resilience. She is the author of “Healing in Your Hands,” a newly released, groundbreaking book about trauma. Dr. Truitt has dedicated her life to advancing the treatment of trauma and stress-related disorders.
Dr. Truitt specializes in a powerful trauma technique called Havening. She discusses with Scarlett how Havening can help us self-regulate as parents and educators and face challenges from a stable state. Havening helps us calm our sympathetic nervous system and keep our ‘logic and reasoning’ part of our brain online, even during conflict. Kate talks about how to meet our children’s needs, as well as our own, in this era of violence and school shootings and how our brains are working FOR us, all of the time! What a relief to know that through Havening and self-compassion we can heal, feel good and get the be the best version of ourselves! Listen to this powerful podcast.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast

Stephanie Cinque, Director of the Resiliency Center in Newtown
Scarlett Lewis’ guest is Stephanie Cinque, Director of the Resiliency Center in Newtown
And former Sandy Hook resident. The Resiliency Center of Newtown offers trauma-informed services focused on long-term individual and community healing for children and adults impacted by the tragedy at Sandy Hook School on December 14, 2012. They discuss the essential services that worked best for healing trauma and what Stephanie learned directing this trauma healing center over the past 10 years including an update on Newtown’s progress and the impact that the Resiliency Center continues to have on the community and survivors of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Scarlett and Stephanie talk about the importance of having an entity such as the Resiliency Center and how our kids have survived the pandemic, managed mental health challenges, but don’t have the capacity to overcome adversity as they once did. They talk about the importance of to have the courage to face adversity that actually increases resilience, and manage the many challenges they are dealing with every day. 
Stephanie discusses the creation of a new app, ResilienceNet, that can simulate a resiliency center to help other community going through a hard time and assist community members in growing their resilience. There are four pillars: prevention, education, resilience and connection. This platform will provide a central location for all of these essential healing modalities that have emerged over the course of a decade as the most effective.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast

Dan Jewiss, Founder and President of The RAK Academy, School Safety
In this episode…Scarlett Lewis and Shannon Desilets, program director of the Choose Love Movement for the state of NH, speak with Dan Jewiss, founder and president of The RAK Academy, about school safety. Dan Jewiss is a retired Trooper and Detective of the Connecticut State Police. Dan and his co-instructors teach audiences easy to understand strategies to save lives in Active Killer incidents.  The RAK Academy’s primary audiences are 1st Responders, School Personnel, Houses of Worship Communities and Businesses. 
Scarlett and Dan talk about the outdated concept of lockdowns and Dan offers tips and hints on the best way to keep our kids safe.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast

Amy Downs, author of Hope is a Verb: My Journey of Impossible Transformation
Scarlett Lewis speaks with Amy Downs, author of Hope is a Verb: My Journey of Impossible Transformation. Amy was one of the last survivors to be pulled from the rubble of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in which a total of 168 people were killed including 18 of her 33 co-workers. When Amy's building exploded, she fell 3 stories and was buried alive for 6 hours. Amy's book talks about how she was a victim but she was able to transform her life with hope. Amy says, "Hope is the jetfuel that propels you to the moon. You have the ability to change your future." Amy says that a new person emerges after a tragedy and she embraces and loves the person she is now. She encourages everyone to reassess and see what you can do to move forward instead of sitting back to blame yourself or others in difficult times especially when you feel like a victim. The person you are after a tragedy can be a better version of the person you were before the tragedy which is called post-traumatic growth. Scarlett and Amy discuss how we all have the power to move forward which will bring hope alive in our spirit and then allow us to help others dealing with pain. Listen to this inspiring podcast today.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast

Aaron Stark, a Mental Health Advocate
In this episode, Scarlett Lewis speaks with Aaron Stark, a mental health advocate who planned but did not follow through with a school shooting in 1996. Aaron’s TED Talk, ‘I Was Almost A School Shooter,’ has over fifteen million views. In this episode, Aaron gives valuable insight on the pain that turns children into cold blooded killers. He talks with Scarlett about his childhood, being homeless, how he was bullied and then became a bully himself. He said he was expressing his pain and hurt outwardly. Aaron said, “When you have nothing to lose, you can do anything and that is a terrifying thought.” Aaron was able to turn his life around when he finally felt seen and supported.
Aaron talks about shooters wanting to be seen and how they are in a tremendous amount of pain which leads to these actions. Scarlett and Aaron discuss how to prevent school shootings and the importance of, "giving love to those you feel deserve it the least." Listen to this powerful podcast and how you can ' Choose Love'  and become part of the solution.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast with Scarlett Lewis

Melanie Hempe, founder of ScreenStrong
Scarlett Lewis speaks with Melanie Hempe, founder of ScreenStrong. Melanie shares the journey of her son’s screen addiction to video games and why she started this foundation to empower parents to delay toxic technology. She educates parents on helping kids to break bad screen habits and how to reclaim your kids from screens. Parents need to know which screens are okay for kids and which are toxic. ScreenStrong coaching is backed by evidence-based science. Melanie said, “Because of development and because of the way brain works, screen addiction is the most trying parental issue in our culture. And it affects everything.” Listen to this podcast to find out how to save our kids from screen addiction and get ScreenStrong in your children’s schools.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

The Choose Love Movement Podcast

10 Years and Beyond
Scarlett Lewis reflects on the past ten years of the Choose Love Movement which was started to honor her son, Jesse. Jesse was murdered in the Sandy Hook tragedy. Since that day, Scarlett has dedicated her life to keeping our kids safe in schools and advocating for their health and wellbeing. Listen to the key points Scarlett has learned during the last decade spent researching ways to be part of the solution. Now in over 11,000 schools, homes and communities in 120 countries there will be many more adventures in the next 10 years. Listen to this podcast to learn why it’s important that everyone comes together to be part of the solution and choose love today and every day.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

Choose Love Movement Podcast with Scarlett Lewis

Bullying is not Acts of Cruelty; it's the Omission of Kindness with Jodee Blanco
"Bullying is not acts of cruelty; it's the omission of kindness." That is a powerful statement from Jodee Blanco, activist, widely respected expert on bullying and author of the New York Times Bestseller Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story.
Scarlett Lewis and Jodee have an eye-opening conversation on the subject of bullying.  As the first survivor of school bullying to look back on those experiences as an adult, Jodee shares her feelings as a victim and how she turned her pain into purpose. As she explains how bullying has been misunderstood and mishandled by so many, she addresses relevant topics such as the invisible student, the need for tolerance and forgiveness in schools, compassionate forms of discipline, how parents need to adjust their approach to bullying, and offers a child's perspective of both a victim and bully, and so much more. We invite you to listen to this inspiring podcast.
Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/