The Choose Love Movement Archives with Scarlett Lewis
Before the Tragedy: Who’s Connecting the Dots?
10-29-26 Before the Tragedy: Who’s Connecting the Dots? One person notices a troubling change. Another hears a concerning comment. Someone else knows a child is struggling. How do we bring those pieces together—and act while there’s still time to help? In this...
You Were Hurt. What Will You Do With It? A Conversation with Dave Pelzer
10-22-26 You Were Hurt. What Will You Do With It? A Conversation with Dave Pelzer “I knew Dave’s story was extraordinary. What blew me away was how he chose to live afterward.” — Scarlett Lewis How does a child endure profound abuse and bullying without becoming...
What If the Pain You’re Carrying Is Actually Holding Your Power?
10-01-26 What If the Pain You’re Carrying Is Actually Holding Your Power? Sitting together on their dock in Maine, Scarlett Lewis and her mother, Maureen, explore the power of Heroic Choices and what it means to stop giving our power away to painful experiences. Our...
Transforming Teachers, Transforming Education with Rick Rood
09-24-26 Transforming Teachers, Transforming Education with Rick Rood Rick Rood has spent four decades working directly with children and education professionals in Out-of-School-Time programs. With degrees in School Age Care and Applied Mathematics, he brings both...
Shae Owens Knows the Meaningful Change in Schools
09-17-26 Shae Owens Knows the Meaningful Change in Schools Scarlett’s guest, Shae Owens, knows that meaningful change in schools doesn’t begin with a program, it begins with a relationship. Shae spent thirty years serving Texas public schools as an elementary teacher...
Are Fear-Based Approaches Making Our Schools Less Safe?
09-10-26 Are Fear-Based Approaches Making Our Schools Less Safe? What if some of the things we’re doing to make our schools safer are actually making them less safe? That’s the uncomfortable question at the heart of my conversation with school safety expert Dr. David...
We Can Do Hard Things
09-03-26 We Can Do Hard Things Scarlett Lewis and her mom, Maureen Lewis, sit at the end of a dock in beautiful Maine for a powerful conversation about ‘Doing the Hard Things’ and what it really means to face fear instead of running from it. They explore the power of...
What If Your Senses Could Help You Heal, Reset, and Respond Differently?
08-26-26 What If Your Senses Could Help You Heal, Reset, and Respond Differently? What if some of the most powerful tools for calming the nervous system and supporting healing are already with us every day—our senses? Scarlett Lewis welcomes Adora Winquist, known as...
June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month – What If Violence Could Be Prevented Before It Starts?
06-25-26 June is National Gun Violence Awareness Month - What If Violence Could Be Prevented Before It Starts? Scarlett Lewis’s guest is Gabrielle Diecidue, executive director of the Diecidue Family Foundation and founder of the National Violence Prevention Hotline...
The Future of School Is Here: Raising Creators in the Age of AI
06-18-26 The Future of School Is Here: Raising Creators in the Age of AI In this thought-provoking episode, Scarlett Lewis sits down with Andrew Freeman, founder of Coherence Education, an accredited online school for students ages 5–18 that is reimagining education...





