57 - School shootings & Choosing Love | Scarlett Lewis

Scarlett Lewis is the mother of Jesse Lewis who was killed in his first grade classroom during the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 along with 19 classmates and 6 teachers and administrators in one of the worst school shootings in US history. She founded of The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Foundation in honor of Jesse and to spread a message he left on their kitchen chalkboard shortly before he died, Nurturing Healing Love, the formula for choosing love, and to promote social and emotional education in schools as well as a consistent message of compassion in our communities. On this episode I had the pleasure of embracing her passion and drive to find a solution from what took her son. Scarlett speaks powerfully and offer an opportunity to hear from a mother who had to deal with the consequences of horrific events first hand. Please visit her website to see the work her foundation is doing and spread the word. Watch Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/G5LQqUZBQK8 Follow @DEADTalkspodcast on Instagram.  Subscribe to DEAD Talks on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify & more.  www.deadtalks.net DEAD Talks with David Ferrugio engages death a little bit differently. Each new guest shares their experience with grieving or perspective on death in a way that shatters the “don’t talk about death” taboo. Grief doesn't end, it evolves. Having lost his father on September 11th when he was 12 he learned the importance of discussion and sharing other people's stories. Grief, loss, death, mourning, trauma or whatever it may be, DEAD Talks Podcast hopes to make it a little easier to talk about. You may cry; but, you also may laugh.