Thursday 10am&10pmET

The Choose Love Movement

The Choose Love Movement is a nonprofit founded by Scarlett Lewis after her 6-year-old son, Jesse, was killed in the Sandy Hook, CT tragedy in 2012. Scarlett chose to address the root cause of so much of the suffering we see today in order to create a safer, more peaceful and loving world. Jesse left a message on their family’s kitchen chalkboard, ‘Norturing Helinn Love’ (Nurturing Healing Love.) This message translates into a powerful formula that enables us to Choose Love as a thoughtful response in every situation, circumstance and interaction. The Choose Love Movement is a place for all to come together to be part of the solution. The Choose Love Movement provides children and adults with the essential life skills that are a direct path to flourishing in every area of our lives and enable us to be the best version of ourselves. Our no cost online solutions offer a universal language, focus on love, connection and belonging, and are in all 50 states and 120 countries. You can learn more on our website: www.chooselovemovement.org

Scarlett Lewis’ Choose Love podcasts cover a wide range of subjects, with guests addressing all kinds of topic areas, including but not limited to post-traumatic growth; positive psychology; character development; social and emotional learning; forgiveness; finding courage through hardship; health and nutrition; brain health and development; navigating grief; and more. Often our guests are authors who have written insightful books.

Broadcasts Weekly Thursday 10am/10pmET

Scarlett’s Insights This Week

Thursday 10am/10pmET

Topic: One Night. One Decision. One Life Gone. (And the Message Every Teen Needs to Hear)

Scarlett’s guest is Kelli Sallee, a powerful and compassionate speaker who has spent more than a decade working with Drive Sober of Greater Lafayette, helping prevent impaired driving through education and honest conversations with students. Kelli’s work is deeply personal. She shares the story of her best friend, Tiffany “TK” Krammes, who was tragically killed by a drunk driver—an experience that forever changed Kelli’s life and became the reason she chose to turn pain into purpose.

Through storytelling and heartfelt dialogue, Kelli doesn’t speak to shock—she speaks to connection. Her message is unforgettable: “Don’t make short decisions that will have long-term consequences. Your choices matter.” That message aligns powerfully with what we teach at Choose Love: there is always a Choice Moment—a space between what happens and what we do next—where we can choose courage, responsibility, and love.

Kelli is living proof that one person’s voice, one brave conversation, and one loving intervention can change outcomes—and even save lives.

Learn more About Scarlett here: https://chooselovemovement.org/

Congratulations to Scarlett Lewis! Winner of the following awards:  2025 Woman of the Year Nonprofit Stevie Award for Women in Business, 2025 Koa Hammer Award, 2025 Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) Humanitarian Award, 2024 AARP Purpose Prize Fellowship, the 2023 Karen Armstrong Humanitarian Award, recognition in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2022 Bloomberg 50, and as a Forbes 50 Over 50 Impact Honoree.

It’s February, let’s celebrate 11th Annual Choose Love™ Awareness Month. This year’s theme, Be an Illuminator, brings the Choose Love Formula™ to life by teaching us how to truly see and be seen. “. Join us here https://chooselovemovement.org/choose-love-awareness-month/

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About Scarlett Lewis

Scarlett Lewis is the founder of the Choose Love Movement™, a non-profit that has positively influenced millions of children and educators in every state in the United States and over 135 countries. After the tragic loss of her son, Jesse, in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Scarlett created revolutionary, award-winning, proactive and preventative solutions that teach essential life skills to help individuals learn and grow from pain instead of being overcome by it — empowering people of all ages to thoughtfully Choose Love™ in any circumstance. Her programs are designed for all ages and stages of life. The movement’s reach extends beyond schools to homes, communities, foster care, at-risk youth, corrections, and more. Scarlett has received numerous honors, including the 2025 Woman of the Year Nonprofit Stevie Award for Women in Business, 2025 Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) Humanitarian Award, 2024 AARP Purpose Prize Fellowship, the 2023 Karen Armstrong Humanitarian Award, recognition in Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2022 Bloomberg 50, and as a Forbes 50 Over 50 Impact Honoree. She has been featured on national and local media outlets including The Oprah Podcast, NBC, CBS, Fox News, and CNN. Scarlett speaks worldwide, sharing a powerful message of courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion that is transforming lives across the globe. She is the author of Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey of Hope & Forgiveness and From Sandy Hook to the World: How the Choose Love Movement Transforms Lives, as well as several children’s books. If you are interested in having Scarlett speak at your school or in your community, please visit our website for a media kit:

Scarlett Media Kit Social media handles:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JLChooseLove
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chooselovemovement
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-jesse-lewis-choose-love-foundation
Scarlett Lewis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scarlett-lewis-7428a5b7/
X:  https://x.com/ChooseLoveM 
YouTube: @chooselovefoundation
Pinterest: @jlchooselove
Scarlett Lewis personal X @ScarlettMLewis
Tiktok: @chooselovemovement

About Jesse Lewis

Jesse McCord Lewis was an amazing child, full of light and love that was unmistakable in his presence. He brought joy to the world with his infectious and radiant smile. He was smart and compassionate beyond his years. Jesse died bravely on December 14th, 2012, trying to lead other children to safety during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. He ran into the hallway to help when he heard the shots. He shouted out to his classmates to run and was able to save 9 lives before losing his own. He was six years old. He left behind a message of “Nurturing Healing Love” on his family’s kitchen chalkboard. The message is phonetically spelled because Jesse was in first grade and just learning how to write. The profound message serves as comfort for his family and inspiration for the world to be better and love harder. He also left behind a sweet note to his older brother, reminding us all to “Have a lot of fun!”

About Choose Love School Programs

Our signature program, Choose Love For Schools™, is a no cost, next-generation Character Social and Emotional Development (CSED) for Pre-K through 12th grades. The Choose Love Formula is the central theme of the program with courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and compassion-in-action woven throughout. The program teaches educators and students how to Choose Love in any circumstance, and helps them become connected, resilient, and empowered individuals. These skills, tools and attitudes have been proven through decades of scientific research to be the best way to ensure a healthy, meaningful and purpose-filled life. Choose Love programs include Choose Love For Home™, Choose Love For Communities™, and Choose Love For Corrections™ which are all based on the foundations of Choose Love for Schools™. Choose Love Movement has grown organically, one person at a time, and now reaches over 11 million children and adults in over 135 countries worldwide. Please spread the word by sharing Choose Love in your home, your schools, and your community. Visit our website for more information: www.chooselovemovement.org. To donate to the Choose Love Movement, click here. Every dollar you give will go directly toward bringing Choose Love programs to more children, more classrooms, and more communities