"I am Enough" with Scott Fried: Lectures on Hope & Healing
Welcome to a collection of favorite lectures from Scott Fried, international award-winning speaker and author, who has dedicated over 30 years to spreading comforting messages of love, mental wellness, and healing.
We hope these lectures provide you with inspiration and valuable insights.
Episodes
10 episodes
The Night I Got Infected with HIV
Twenty years after my HIV diagnosis in 1987, I invited my friends and family to a major anniversary celebration in New York City. During that event, I shared the story of my HIV journey through storytelling and song.Now, decades later, r...
What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say (BIRVAM)
This episode is about a communication technique I developed called BIRVAM. It is a six-step process involving reflective listening and supportive responses, which is particularly effective when you want to be helpful but are unsure of what to s...
How to Talk to the Creature in Your Car
How can we maintain a meaningful presence for young people, even when we may not have the answers to their most challenging questions?Drawing on the tools outlined in my book, "How to Raise an Elegant Teen: The ABCs of Gen Z Parenting," ...
A Short History of the Civil Rights Movement
The lessons derived from the Civil Rights movement in the American south are highly relevant in context to today's political climate. Originally delivered at a Shabbat service in 2025, this talk outlines some of the movement's significant achie...
Wisdom of the Humble Traveler
This talk, originally entitled, "Things I Learn from People on Airplanes," explores the many different ways we can learn about the world from the places we visit to the people we meet along the way. It was recorded in the 2000s at t...
AIDS Update '25: The Latest Advancements in HIV/AIDS Prevention
This episode provides a concise overview of the latest advancements in HIV/AIDS prevention. I offer this info to help bridge the current educational gap in comprehensive sexual health education, from middle school through medical school....
The Qualities of Mercy
This talk, recorded in 2020 during a Zoom session at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, explores how we can extend mercy to others and grant ourselves permission to live without self-reproach. The inspiration came from a Penn State student...
I Want to be a Pretty Girl
This episode is my response to a question from a teenager with a broken heart. She asked me how to be more comfortable looking at herself in the mirror. "I want to be pretty," she stated, "and I want to like what I see." It was recorded a...