Scarlett welcomes Dr. Michael Carter, a board-certified physician with more than 35 years of experience across multiple disciplines. As a Functional and Integrative Medicine practitioner, he is one of only 300 experts focusing on identifying and addressing the root causes that interfere with the body’s natural ability to prevent and reverse disease. 

Blending natural supplementation, advanced technology, personalized nutrition, targeted therapies, and strategic exercise protocols, Dr. Carter supports detoxification, regeneration, hormonal balance, brain health, and long-term vitality.

Together, Scarlett and Dr. Carter share inspirational details of their own lives while exploring how Dr. Carter's work connects longevity, cognitive wellness, and whole-person healing while aligning medical science with the deeper goal of living a vibrant, purposeful, and meaningful life.

Takeaways: 

Debunking myths about aging

The connection between sleep and keeping our kids safe

The truth about cholesterol

How to internally slow down the aging process

Gratitude leads to happiness and a healthier life

Website: https://prodrome.com/pages/practitioners/michael-carter?srsltid=AfmBOorr6EDQG95Pqr1MR9uIIMQiaAIaoomWulwP-0lNkHbXw4XVnS41

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 which is a space between what happens and what we do next. That is when we can decide to 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. A real-life story that will change the way you think about “just one drink” and “it’ll be fine.” Learn how to use the Choice Moment to interrupt risky decisions before they become irreversible.

If you care about teens, safety, prevention, or turning tragedy into purpose, this episode is worth your time. Kelli is living proof that one person’s courage can create a ripple effect of protection, awareness, and life-saving change.

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In this episode, Scarlett speaks with Randy Brown, author of The Inside Story of Columbine: Lies, Coverups, Ballistics, Lessons, whose connection to the Columbine tragedy is deeply personal—his sons were at the school on April 20, 1999, and his family reported Eric Harris to authorities two years before the shooting. Randy shares decades of research and lived experience to challenge widely accepted narratives, examine systemic failures and coverups, and explore the deeper cultural roots of school violence. This important conversation invites listeners to keep an open heart and mind as we seek truth, honor victims, support survivors, and consider what it will truly take to prevent future tragedies.

To purchase Randy’s book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001K7YO9K

Scarlett’s guest is Mark Hulsewe—a filmmaker, speaker, and advocate who is working to change the way we think about bullying, violence, and school safety. Drawing from his own lived experience as a victim of bullying, Mark focuses on proactive, human-centered solutions. He speaks about leadership, empathy, and practical framework like the HERO Protocol, which aims to rewire how schools and communities respond to pain—before it turns into harm.

Mark is the creator of the short film In Plain Sight, which has been recognized at film festivals for its powerful storytelling and its unflinching look at the human cost of bullying. He is also a TEDx speaker, known for his talk “The Great Rescue: Ending School Shootings,” where he explores how violence is often the tragic downstream effect of unresolved pain, exclusion, and bullying—and how prevention is possible.

Scarlett’s guest is Jessica Dibb, author of Breathworks and Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications for Healing and Transformation. Scarlett and Jessica discuss the practice of breathing and its importance in the process of choosing love. When we consciously breathe, we can have a physiological experience of feeling love. Jessica offers compelling reasons to integrate the power of breathwork with psychotherapy and other healing and wellness practices. Each full breath we take has a beneficial impact and it only takes 7 minutes a day to practice breathwork. If we take that full breath consciously, with awareness, the benefits are exponentially increased. 

Conscious breathing is a powerful mechanism for transforming our physiological, emotional, and brain states, and is the fastest way to cultivate integrated presence. 

To purchase Jessica's book: https://a.co/d/2WVXl7G

A Conversation of Healing

In this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Scarlett’s guest is former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. They explore the root causes of our nation’s growing crisis of disconnection - and the courageous path toward a safer and more peaceful world. Drawing from his ‘Partner Prescription’, Dr. Murthy calls on Americans to ‘choose love over fear’ and to rebuild lives and communities grounded in connection, compassion, and purpose. 

Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States. As Vice Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,000 public health officers.

Dr. Murthy’s work has widened the lens through which we understand forces that shape our health and well-being. During his two terms as Surgeon General, his initiatives shaped national and international conversations, garnered global media coverage, and compelled change across business and non-profit organizations. He has drawn attention to critical, underappreciated health issues including the epidemic of loneliness, the impact of social media on youth mental health, parental mental health and well-being, the youth mental health crisis, and health worker burnout.

In 2020, Dr. Murthy published the New York Times best-seller Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. His 2025 “Parting Prescription to America” laid out a vision for rebuilding community as the key to health, happiness, and fulfillment.

Scarlett’s guest is Dr. Nina Cerfolio, a distinguished psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and humanitarian. Dr. Cerfolio has written extensively on the psychological roots of violence, including school shootings, and is recognized for her deep work on trauma, healing, and resilience. Her groundbreaking research offers vital insights into how untreated suffering, alienation, and disconnection can manifest in violent behavior—and more importantly, how empathy, community, and social-emotional growth can help us prevent tragedy and build peace.

Scarlett and Dr. Cerfolio discuss the epidemic of gun violence in our country, terrorism, and mass shootings, along with award-winning, cutting edge psychiatric research on domestic mass shooters and the high incidence of undiagnosed, untreated brain illness.

Visit Dr. Cerfolio’s website for more information: https://ninacerfoliomd.com/

Link to purchase Dr. Cerfolio’s book: "Psychoanalytic and Spiritual Perspectives on Terrorism: Desire for Destruction." . https://www.amazon.com/Psychoanalytic-Spiritual-Perspectives-Terrorism-Destruction/dp/103263345X

JoAnn Mitchell is an education reform leader and the Founder & CEO of Mission Achievement and Success (MAS) Charter Schools — an organization whose mission is to prepare underserved students to be successful in college and in life by providing a rigorous college preparatory program in a safe and engaging learning environment. Their results are unprecedented with a 100 percent graduation rate!  JoAnn possesses over 30 years of education leadership and education reform experience, including as a school founder, district administrator, school psychologist, and classroom teacher. She has a Masters, she was an Educational Specialist  in School Psychology and her Certificate of Advanced Study in School Administration.

Recognized by SUCCESS magazine as a 2022 Woman of Influence, JoAnn has been the focus of numerous news and feature articles for her pioneering efforts and extraordinary results. JoAnn was one of the very first early adopters of the Choose Love curriculum over 10 years ago, and has been Choosing Love in her school since the day we released the curriculum in 2014. They are now a certified Choose Love school which means they prioritize character and social emotional development.

Scarlett’s guest is James Kimmel, Jr., author of "The Science of Revenge." James has joined Choose Love as one of our newest advisors. His groundbreaking research has uncovered something that could revolutionize how we understand and address conflict in our schools and communities—that revenge operates as a powerful addiction in the human brain, one that most people don't even recognize they have.

This discovery has profound implications for educators, parents, and anyone working to create safer, more compassionate environments for children. James's work is helping us understand why traditional approaches to discipline and conflict resolution often fail, and more importantly, it's giving us new tools to break cycles of retaliation before they escalate.

As we integrate these insights into Choose Love programming, we're not just teaching students to manage their emotions—we're helping them understand and overcome one of the most destructive patterns in human behavior. James's research is showing us that when we address revenge addiction at its root, we can create lasting change that transforms not just individuals, but entire communities.

Learn why Roman’s program is more effective than the DARE program and how you can bring it to your school and community!

Scarlett’s guest is Roman Gabriel, president of the Sold Out Youth Foundation, which has a mission of equipping the next generation for success without drugs and alcohol. Roman shares his background as the son of an NFL quarterback and discusses his journey to become a successful speaker, author, and host. Scarlett and Roman discuss drug education programs in schools, particularly comparing Sold Out Youth Foundation's online approach with D.A.R.E. and highlighting their five-step curriculum and success in reaching students at critical ages

Here’s how this program changes lives:

• Focusing on character education programs and the importance of teaching life skills and character traits in schools, particularly in the context of the ongoing Fentanyl and Opioid crisis.
• Roman’s ground-breaking 365 Online interactive public, private, and home school programs using sports, entertainment, and education through school internet technology to deliver a 100% student alcohol /drug abstinence accountable pledge.
• Students learn life skills training, and overall student fitness, health, and wellness initiatives. 
• All interactive and available the way students like to be entertained and learn, through their phones visually. 




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