Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark: Recent Episodes
Author, editor and publisher Amy Newmark shares inspirational stories from the iconic book series.
Start your days with inspiration and motivation from the best of Chicken Soup for the Soul and editor-in-chief Amy Newmark. There's nothing like learning from the personal, revealing stories of other people. Amy shares her favorite stories and the wisdom, advice, and easy-to-implement tips that thousands of people have shared in 25 years of Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Tips and advice on Mondays and Wednesdays, and interviews with fascinating writers and influencers on Friend Fridays. It's Chicken Soup for the Soul to go!
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone, stories about why you should step out of your comfort zone and reach out and connect with people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. We’re going to talk about why you should just say yes to new things, to scary things, to things that will help broaden your world… because we all have a tendency to hunker down in our comfort zones and let our worlds get smaller. And that’s not a good way to live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, Jane Wolfe, who is a person who epitomizes the art of overcoming challenges and who gives back to her community in a big way while she’s doing it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. Whether it’s something little—like trying a new food—or something big—like flying to a faraway country—we feel empowered, energized and proud when we do something that challenges us. That’s why this topic is so important to me as editor-in-chief. Long before I was part of Chicken Soup for the Soul my favorite quote was by John Shedd and it goes like this: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m pleased to have Sophfronia Scott back on the podcast. Sophfronia is a long-time Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor and a long-time successful author of articles and books. She grew up in Lorain, Ohio, a hometown she shares with author Toni Morrison. Her father was a Mississippi-born steelworker who never learned how to read and her mother was a stay-at-home mom who always made sure there were books in the house. She holds a BA in English from Harvard and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. We put together this collection of stories because we believe so strongly that stepping outside your comfort zone is life-changing… and life-affirming. You feel so empowered and energized when you do something new, or something scary, or you reach out and make a new connection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share some stories with you from our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. What do we learn from our cats? Everything. Here are five lessons that the contributors to our latest cat book picked up from their feline friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. I am really excited about this book. It is filled with stories in which just a few magical words solved a big problem, reoriented someone’s focus, or changed the trajectory of someone’s life. We got these stories because we asked the public to send us stories about some fabulous piece of advice that changed their lives. And today’s stories are about something that we all need to be reminded of, and that is that you have permission to say NO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. Today’s advice is about how to make decisions without stress, and I think the wisdom in these stories applies to all of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. We learn so much from our feline friends, and along the way they keep us company, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. And we all know that sometimes cats just happen to us. They are not welcomed but then they become part of the family. Or they just show up, hang around, and eventually are accepted. Cats are sometimes just plain meant to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. It only takes a few magical words to solve a big problem, reorient your focus, or change the trajectory of your life. So we asked the public to send us stories about some fabulous piece of advice that changed their lives. And now we have some great tips and wisdom to share with you, including today’s stories that contain advice about how to navigate grief. I lost my father a few months ago so I read these stories with great interest, and I can tell you that they really help! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. I know I’m talking about this book a lot, but I really love it. It contains such great, actionable advice, and it is wisdom that can apply to all of us. Today’s stories, for example, are ostensibly about parenting advice, but these wise tips for better, lower-stress parenting apply to all the relationships and interactions in our lives. The first one, for example, is called “Pick Your Battles,” and it’s by our own senior editor, Barbara LoMonaco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. You may feel that life is passing you by, and you may be right… if you’re not making a policy of saying yes to new things. You do have “agency” though: You CAN take control of how you react to challenges and how you regard yourself. And sometimes that means stepping outside your comfort zone and reinventing yourself, which is the subject of the stories I am sharing with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Laura Owens, who I met when I appeared on her podcast. Going into podcasting was a natural progression for Laura, whose father was a National Radio Hall of Famer, and whose mother is an award winning journalist. In fact, Laura and her mother Jan are cohosts of their self-help podcast, “Nobody Told Me.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. Getting out of your comfort zone is one of my favorite ways to change how you feel about yourself—because you’ll feel empowered and energized when you try something new. And you’ll seem different to the outside world as well; you’ll be looked at as a person who is always up for fun, up for a challenge, ready to participate in something new and different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. What do we learn from our cats? Everything. Our cats make us better people. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And sometimes they teach us about miracles too, and how a cat can go missing for months and still make it home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. It only takes a few magical words to solve a big problem, reorient your focus, or change the trajectory of your life. So we asked the public to send us stories about the one piece of advice that reoriented them, solved a problem, or changed the trajectory of their lives. And now we have some great advice to share with you, including today’s stories that are about how you can just get it done. I really love the advice in these stories and I plan to use it in my own life. Listen now and see what you think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. So, I love this book. It contains such great, actionable advice, and it’s wisdom that can apply to all of us. Today’s stories, for example, are about how to keep the romance alive, and in a broader sense contain great advice for maintaining any relationship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, Tony D’Urso, who has the number one podcast on VoiceAmerica, with more than 40 million downloads. Tony focuses on what he calls elite entrepreneurs, but what he’s really all about is the power of believing in your dreams and making them happen. And that’s what he did, growing up in a poor Italian immigrant family, delivering newspapers when he was a mere child, paying all his expenses on his own to spare his parents from having to support him, and then putting himself through college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. Today’s stories are about five different ways that our writers found their way to the miracle of love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest who I’ve admired ever since I met him for breakfast in Los Angeles four years ago. I’m still trying to get him to do a Chicken Soup for the Soul book with us, but in the meantime he keeps publishing one bestseller after another, and at the same time serving as the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, which serves approximately 2700 families at three campuses. Newsweek magazine twice named him one of the ten most influential rabbis in America, but his reach extends way outside his community. His five books explore the transformative nature of suffering and grief, how to live a prosperous life without losing your soul, and in his newest book—twelve essential questions to tell a life story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest who has made a big splash in the publishing industry, Zibby Owens. Zibby is an author, publisher, podcaster, bookstore owner, wife and mother of four kids ages 8 to 15. And it all happened kind of by accident, although you don’t become an overnight success story like Zibby Owens without a lot of hard work and intuition and great people skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. The miracle of love can happen when you least expect it—in new relationships and in old ones—at any age and any stage of life. And sometimes, it happens when a friend turns into more than a friend, even if you’re resisting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest who you all know, Joan Lunden. She has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 40 years. One of the most visible women in America, Lunden has graced the covers of more than 60 magazines and book covers. For nearly two decades, she greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America, making her the longest running female host ever on early morning television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog. So, what do we learn from our dogs? Everything. Our dogs make us better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our protectors, our role models, and our best friends. And sometimes they are a bit of a miracle, as you’ll hear in today’s stories – stories about truly miraculous coincidences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog. We learn so much from our canine companions, and along the way they keep us company, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. They can also live lives of great purpose, and today I’m going to share two stories about dogs that figured out their own purpose—how to serve their humans in very special ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog. We learn so much from our canine companions, don’t we? And along the way they keep us company, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. Today’s stories are about how it’s never too late for love, no matter what your age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest. Dr. Mark Goulston, who is a psychiatrist, executive coach and consultant to major organizations. He is the inventor and developer of the process called Surgical Empathy whereby using targeted and focused empathy, one is able to break through to people and free them from internal emotional and psychological blocks that can impair their functioning, well-being and satisfaction in life. Mark is also the author or coauthor of nine books, including Just Listed and Get Out of Your Own Way. He is also the host of the “My Wakeup Call” podcast and cohost of “Hurt Less, Live More with JJ and Dr. Mark” on UK Health Radio. Mark was a UCLA professor of psychiatry for over 25 years, and a former FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer. He’s based in Los Angeles but his impact is worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, Pat Farnack, who you definitely know if you live in the New York area as she was a host on WCBS NewsRadio 88 for something like 20 years. Pat has been in broadcasting since her college days when she would hang out at the local radio station, hoping for a gig. When the afternoon drivetime host quit, she was hired and the rest is history. She worked at various Pennsylvania radio stations and also in San Francisco. But I think what she’s best known for is those year on the air in New York, on WCBS, which has a very wide reach in the northeast United States. Pat retired after 47 years in radio, but she’s still on the air as it turns out, with her Health and Well Being Report that runs on WCBS and is also available as a podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, Deborah Norville, who you all know from her many decades on national television. A two-time Emmy Award winner Deborah Norville is Anchor of Inside Edition, the country’s top-rated and most honored syndicated newsmagazine. Ratings jumped 15% the week Norville joined the program and have remained high ever since. Throughout her tenure, the show has consistently ranked in the top ten television shows in first-run syndication. Inside Edition reaches a daily audience of just under five million viewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. The miracle of love can happen when you least expect it—in new relationships and in old ones—at any age and any stage of life. And once you’ve found it, you want to keep it going, staying as fresh and magical as it was in the beginning, so that you can truly remain “happily ever after.” That’s why I’m sharing two stories with you today about how you should keep dating your spouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, Jack Canfield, cofounder of Chicken Soup for the Soul, coauthor of the first 150 or so Chicken Soup for the Soul titles, and a multiple New York Times bestselling author of so many other books, including The Success Principles, The Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win, The Key to Living the Law of Attraction, Living the Success Principles, Coaching for Breakthrough Success, and more. Jack is a highly influential motivational speaker and success coach. He has a Master's degree in Psychological Education from Harvard and he’s used that knowledge to train more than 2900 Canfield Success Principles Trainers in 107 countries. He’s been the featured guest on more than 1,000 TV and radio shows and he has 2.5 million subscribers and followers on social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a few stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family. These stories are all about the way we appreciate our wacky, lovable relatives, no matter how bizarrely they behave at times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And today’s stories are very different, as they’re about when couples are at their best when they’re divorced… and what their families think about that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And today we’re going to talk about something that a lot of families talk about, and that is what I will rudely call “stupid dad tricks.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. We have a lot of stories about FINDING love in the book, but what about later? How do you keep the love alive? That’s the topic of the stories I’m sharing with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. Love can happen to anyone at any time, and the stories in this book— of dating and romance, second chances, love rekindled, and happiness at any age—will put a smile on your face. And today’s stories, about listening to your dreams, will wow you as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share several stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. You know I’ve been talking about this book for the last couple of months as I’m really excited about the great advice it contains. I’ve already implemented some of that advice myself, and today I want to share five pieces of life changing advice that are sure to resonate with you, taken from five stories in the collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And today we’re going to talk about something that always provides lots of funny stories, and that’s marriage and when marriage is your happily ever laughter.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about Christmas trees… and how they can symbolize so much more than the obvious. I’m going to share two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful, Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And I’m sure you think your own family has its own share of wacky, but wonderful, relatives. So today’s stories are about kids, and some very funny embarrassing moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share six stories from our book about clever, curious, caring cats and talk about the effects cats have on our lives. Because they do have an impact. Somehow, they brighten our days, act as our therapists, and become our best friends—without saying a word. They’re surprisingly clever, comically curious, and truly caring, too. They show us how to live in the moment, find our inner strength, and be the best versions of our human selves. If we rescued them, from a shelter or our back yards, they rescue us back. And their playfulness and antics make us smile, even on our darkest days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. Even though the book has Christmas in the title, it really encompasses all the fun winter holidays, from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Christmas to New Year’s. And of course we have plenty of writers and readers who do some combination of Hanukkah and Christmas, so I thought I’d share two stories about that with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show how you can use humor to reposition even the most dreadful of times in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Susan Heim, who is an author, editor, and library marketer specializing in parenting, Christian and women’s issues. She is a longtime editor for Chicken Soup for the Soul and has authored several parenting and Chicken Soup for the Soul books, including the Devotional Stories series. Her articles have appeared in many magazines and websites. Susan is the mother of 4 sons, including a set of twins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. We have lots of Thanksgiving stories in this book, and I’m going to share a couple with you today—stories that will help you find your own thankfulness in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud and they’ll focus you on your own wacky, but wonderful, relatives and all your own family stories. So today’s stories are about a couple of families sitting around doing tastings—in one case they’re tasting hot peppers, and in the other they’re tasting pickles. And the pickle story happens to be about my own family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. This book contains true stories of answered prayers, angels, breathtaking coincidences, miraculous healing, and messages from heaven and they show us that miracles are all around us if we open our eyes. Miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences and unexplainable, but welcome, surprises happen every day for people from all walks of life. Today’s stories are about two mothers whose prayers for their children seemed to make a very big difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about Christmas and how you can hit the streets and share that Christmas joy, with two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. Sometimes that means just plain following a charitable impulse that comes over you, as happened with the two contributors whose stories we’re featuring today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Wonderful Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And I’m sure you think your own family has its own share of wacky, but wonderful, relatives. So today’s stories are about moms—and how moms always know best. And we’re going to start with a story that made me laugh out loud from Joshua Mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five ways you can lead a happy life of kindness, compassion and paying it forward, with five stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. You know there’s a lot of conversation these days about getting back to kindness in our society. Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only beneficial for the recipient of the good deed, but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier. So, here are five ways you can make kindness part of how you live your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. I’ve already talked about the power of gratitude to change your life on this podcast, and today I want to talk about the power of forgiveness, because I believe that without learning how to use forgiveness you can’t be truly happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is a collection of hilarious stories that are bringing sunshine into our readers’ days and we’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback from them. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends and even pets. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today, with a couple of doggone funny stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from a really fun book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. The stories in this book are about all kinds of miracles and unexplainable situations, and today I want to share two amazing stories about relationships that are mysteriously but quite obviously meant to be—one a romance, and one a relationship between two families that spans decades and continents and just keeps reappearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about the holidays, and how moms know best when it comes to getting everyone together. Because that can be a challenge. Grown kids have their own spouses and family obligations and not everyone can figure out how to be together for Thanksgiving or Hanukkah or Christmas. I know it’s very tough in my own family, with four grown children and multiple parents, especially after divorces. So today I’m going to share two stories that I love from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas about a couple of clever moms who figured out how to get all the kids together for the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. These true stories of answered prayers, angels, breathtaking coincidences, miraculous healing, and messages from heaven show us that miracles are all around us if we open our eyes. Miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences and unexplainable, but welcome, surprises happen every day for people from all walks of life. Today we’re going to talk about lost and found miracles, because sometimes you just can’t explain how someone could get so lucky and find a lost object under the most surprising circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Chris Woolsey, who is the senior director of communications at Crackle Plus and Redbox, which are parts of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. Today we’re going to talk about how to watch TV shows and movies for free on Chicken Soup for the Soul’s many streaming services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start with you Five Ways to Harness the Power of Gratitude to Improve Your Life. These are all drawn from the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude, a book that we think is so important because counting your blessings is probably the most important key to happiness. It helps us focus on what we have instead of what we lack. So here are five stories that will help you develop your own gratitude practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. I know it’s only October, but I’m already making my Christmas plans and starting to amass a collection of gifts for our extended family. So I thought today I’d talk about Christmas cards since those are things that we tend to do a little ahead of the season. Plus why not jumpstart your holiday spirit. Thanksgiving isn’t that far off now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a passion project for me and the synthesis of everything I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this new collection, with ten chapters of ten stories each that cover what I see as the ten keys to happiness. You can read these stories and pick up some great ideas for your own life. And what’s cool is that you can make a big change in your life by just adopting what you’ve learned in one story. You don’t have to do more than that to feel the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. This book has been a big hit for us. People are craving these feel-good stories about people being NICE to each other. And what I thought was cool about today’s stories is that they’re about kids performing acts of kindness, solely because they want to, and not because they were told to or it would look good on their college applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a product of my 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, during which time I’ve read tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from thousands of people. It’s been a deep dive into what makes people tick. I’m a pretty analytical person, so I’ve been noticing certain recurring themes in all those stories. And that’s how I’ve come up with what I believe are the ten most important keys to happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude, stories about how if you look for the silver lining, you’ll find it. That’s the attitude I try to cultivate: Whenever something bad is happening to me I start looking for the silver lining. That’s not to say that the silver lining will necessarily offset the entire bad thing, but at least it’s a spot of good in the middle of the bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable, stories about people who express their faith that God will provide and then experience miracles in which their prayers are answered. What I’ve learned from working on these books is that these true stories of answered prayers, angels, breathtaking coincidences, miraculous healing, and messages from heaven show us that miracles are all around us if we open our eyes to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m continuing to share stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. You know, we get thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that focus on happiness—how to find it and how to keep it. Here are six ways you can find your happiness, from six of the 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. These stories are about amazing coincidences, ones that were like messages from heaven for our contributors as they provided a connection with a family member who had passed away. I don’t know how to explain how these things could have happened. But you listen and see what you think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, JaNay Brown-Wood, who is the author of four new books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series for Babies and Kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about how the kindness of strangers can turn around a bad day and make into a memorably good one. I’ll be sharing two stories from our new bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. I think the lesson I take away from this collection of stories is that if you have an impulse to do something unexpected for a stranger you should just go with it and not overthink it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our latest humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the the funniest stories revolve around words, like those times when what you say is not what you mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories about positive thinking and authenticity and self-confidence from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years of editing and reading tens of thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories—stories that talk about what worked and what didn’t work in people’s lives. Some of the stories share such simple easy-to-implement life-changing advice. And today I’m going to tell you two of those stories, ones that will help you focus on whether you are living as your authentic self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. These true stories of answered prayers, angels, breathtaking coincidences, miraculous healing, and messages from heaven show us that miracles are all around us if we open our eyes. Miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences and unexplainable, but welcome, surprises happen every day for people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about gratitude and how saying thank you can change your life, with two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack, so I wanted to share these with you as potential role models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories about positive thinking from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. People have asked why I made this book, and my answer is that after 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul I’ve been exposed to the personal, revealing stories of tens of thousands of people and I’ve learned from them what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. One of the keys to happiness that has emerged from this is the need to make yourself a priority for at least a little bit of each day. That necessary “me time” could be half an hour a day for exercising, or reading, or meditating, or just sitting and watching the squirrels in the back yard. And if you can’t find that time in every day then make sure you find a block of time each week to make yourself a priority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. Gratitude is an important tool in your happiness toolkit, and the nice thing about it is that you can learn how to use its power even if it doesn’t come to you naturally. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories in which our writers had their attitudes of gratitude put in place after hearing some wise words from a stranger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! If you’re like me you’ve undoubtedly had more than one misadventure with today’s modern devices, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today—when technology goes wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters, which has been a big bestseller for us. These stories are about role models of kindness, people who went out of their way to be kind and compassionate and helpful. Not only did their actions make the recipients feel great, but they also showed them how they could pay it forward and do the same for other people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the funniest stories are the ones about mistaken identity, which is what we’re talking about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have two special guests for Friend Friday, Dr. Brooke Schneider and Dr. Nicole Lewis. We’re going to talk about the negative and unhelpful things that we say by accident when we’re actually trying to help someone. I talked about one of these things, toxic positivity, with Brooke and Nicole on their Women Strong podcast and realized this would be a great topic for all our Chicken Soup for the Soul listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this collection, and today I’m going to talk about the importance of getting outside in nature. I think the number of stories that we receive about the benefits of being outside has gone up—probably because the pandemic has caused people to focus more on what they can do safely and what they can do while at home—and they’ve rediscovered the outdoors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m continuing to share stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories about positive thinking from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years of editing and reading tens of thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories—stories that talk about what worked and what didn’t work in people’s lives. Some of the stories share such simple easy-to-implement life-changing advice. And today I’m going to tell you two of those stories, ones about how pursuing your passion, even if unconventional, can lead to a much happier life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers. I’ve already talked about the power of gratitude and the power of forgiveness to change your life on this podcast, as well as volunteering, having less stuff, making me time, and stepping outside your comfort zone. Today I want to talk about another one of my ten keys to happiness, and that is to Be Yourself—be more of you instead of trying to be like someone else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about random acts of kindness and how they can be SO worth the effort. I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. This book has been a big hit for us. People are craving these feel-good stories about people being NICE to each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. Everyone grieves differently, and there are many methods to make the process “productive” for you as you work through the loss, and eventually find some modicum of healing. You may not believe it, but you’re stronger than you think. You have inner reserves of strength, positive thinking, and creativity that are just waiting for you to call on them. In today’s episode I want to share five ways to make the grieving process more productive for you, with advice drawn from five stories in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And the funniest stories are the ones our writers tell about their own mishaps and misadventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. These 101 inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And they’ll also help you understand how to help someone who is going through the grieving process, or how to accept help yourself from the people around you. And that help can come in the form of a few key words, wise words that shift your perspective and make the all the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about when the kind words of a stranger make all the difference, as related in two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. You know how you sometimes think about saying something encouraging or supportive to a stranger but then you stop yourself because you think you might be interfering? Or your advice might not be wanted? Well, these stories make it clear that it’s okay to lean in and say those kind words and help that stranger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This bestselling collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. Our writers share stories about mysterious guardians and helpers who touch their lives and today I want to share with you six stories of angels and miracles from the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a passion project for me and the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this new collection, and today I want to talk about facing your fears as a way of changing your life for the better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. One of those keys to happiness is stepping outside your comfort zone, something that will make you feel more empowered and energetic and reinvigorated. You could do something really big and scary, like moving to a foreign country, or doing a daredevil sport of some kind, or you could do something smaller, like wearing brighter clothing… or in the case of Ava Pennington, painting her walls with color. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this new collection, and today I’m going to talk about the importance of making “me time” for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. There’s a conversation going on these days about kindness, and civility, and remembering that we’re all in this together. So we decided to put together a collection of stories that will make you feel great—stories about people performing random acts of kindness, taking an extra minute to do something nice, spending an extra dollar to help someone, and really being part of a community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. This book has been doing very well at Walmart and other book sellers, so I know there’s a real demand for what it offers. And today I’m going to share a couple of stories about one of the themes in the book, and that is how to make your absent loved ones part of your family gatherings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. There’s a conversation going on these days about kindness, and civility, and remembering that we’re all in this together. So we decided to put together a collection of stories that will make you feel great—stories about people performing random acts of kindness, taking an extra minute to do something nice, spending an extra dollar to help someone, and really being part of a community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories about positive thinking from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years of editing and reading tens of thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories—stories that talk about what worked and what didn’t work in people’s lives. Some of the stories share such simple easy-to-implement life-changing advice. And today I’m going to tell you two of those stories and I’m positive that these two stories will help you to have an even more positive life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Are current events stressing you out? You’ve heard of a juice cleanse, right? How about doing a laughter cleanse? Our suggestion: Hide under the covers, turn off the news, and read Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! The stories will remind you that humanity is still capable of seeing humor in everyday life and that we should all keep laughing at ourselves, even in the face of disaster. Here are some examples of the ways the contributors to that book found humor in their daily lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. I’ve already talked about the power of gratitude and the power of forgiveness to change your life on this podcast, and today I want to talk about another key to happiness, and that is the freedom of having less stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. These 101 inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And they’ll also help you understand how to help someone who is going through the grieving process, or how to accept help yourself from the people around you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. I found the stories in it very relatable and helpful as I process my own losses and grieving, and I highly recommend it for you or for someone you know who is dealing with loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. And today’s stories are about a couple of miracles that will give you goosebumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is a collection of hilarious stories that are bringing sunshine into our readers’ days and we’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback from them. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And today we’re going to talk about some very funny senior moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a passion project for me and the synthesis of everything I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this new collection, with ten chapters of ten stories each that cover what I see as the ten keys to happiness. You can read these stories and pick up some great ideas for your own life. And what’s cool is that you can make a big change in your life by just adopting what you’ve learned in one story. You don’t have to do more than that to feel the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our latest humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—and another bestseller for us, just like our previous humor books. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the funniest stories involve self-deprecating humor, when our writers tell us about their hilarious mistakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today: joy. And how it can coexist with sorrow when you’re grieving. That’s something that people don’t necessarily get—that it’s okay to smile and laugh and find the good in part of your day even as you’re distraught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising events, and what feel like miracles. I’ve been sharing stories from the book to give you a sense of the wide variety of experiences that our writers have had, including two stories today about miraculous saves with no explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. I found the stories in it very relatable and helpful as I process my own losses and grieving, and I highly recommend it for you or for someone you know who is dealing with loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five ways you can lead a happy life of kindness, compassion and paying it forward, with five stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. You know there’s a lot of conversation these days about getting back to kindness in our society. Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only beneficial for the recipient of the good deed, but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier. So, here are five ways you can make kindness part of how you live your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. I’ve already talked about the power of gratitude to change your life on this podcast, and today I want to talk about the power of forgiveness, because I believe that without learning how to use forgiveness you can’t be truly happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is a collection of hilarious stories that are bringing sunshine into our readers’ days and we’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback from them. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends and even pets. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today, with a couple of doggone funny stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a passion project for me and the synthesis of everything I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this new collection, with ten chapters of ten stories each that cover what I see as the ten keys to happiness. You can read these stories and pick up some great ideas for your own life. And what’s cool is that you can make a big change in your life by just adopting what you’ve learned in one story. You don’t have to do more than that to feel the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. This book has been a big hit for us. People are craving these feel-good stories about people being NICE to each other. And what I thought was cool about today’s stories is that they’re about kids performing acts of kindness, solely because they want to, and not because they were told to or it would look good on their college applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is a product of my 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, during which time I’ve read tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from thousands of people. It’s been a deep dive into what makes people tick. I’m a pretty analytical person, so I’ve been noticing certain recurring themes in all those stories. And that’s how I’ve come up with what I believe are the ten most important keys to happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, JaNay Brown-Wood, who is the author of four new books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series for Babies and Kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about how the kindness of strangers can turn around a bad day and make into a memorably good one. I’ll be sharing two stories from our new bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. I think the lesson I take away from this collection of stories is that if you have an impulse to do something unexpected for a stranger you should just go with it and not overthink it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our latest humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the the funniest stories revolve around words, like those times when what you say is not what you mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Shannon Anderson, someone I’ve been meaning to have on the podcast for years. And finally, we’re doing it! Shannon, welcome to the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. And today’s stories are about a couple of miracles that will give you goosebumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. The true personal stories of angels, miracles, divine intervention, answered prayers and faith in action that we include in this new collection will give you goose bumps. And today’s stories are no exception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! If you’re like me you’ve undoubtedly had more than one misadventure with today’s modern devices, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today—when technology goes wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters, which has been a big bestseller for us. These stories are about role models of kindness, people who went out of their way to be kind and compassionate and helpful. Not only did their actions make the recipients feel great, but they also showed them how they could pay it forward and do the same for other people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the funniest stories are the ones about mistaken identity, which is what we’re talking about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Laura Robinson, a long-time friend to me and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. You just can’t explain away some of the things that happen in these stories, including our first story today, from Joshua Mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. These books about angels and miracles are always popular with our readers and we do get some amazing stories for them, ones that will wow you even if you are not a particularly spiritual person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about random acts of kindness and how they can be SO worth the effort. I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. This book has been a big hit for us. People are craving these feel-good stories about people being NICE to each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. Everyone grieves differently, and there are many methods to make the process “productive” for you as you work through the loss, and eventually find some modicum of healing. You may not believe it, but you’re stronger than you think. You have inner reserves of strength, positive thinking, and creativity that are just waiting for you to call on them. In today’s episode I want to share five ways to make the grieving process more productive for you, with advice drawn from five stories in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And the funniest stories are the ones our writers tell about their own mishaps and misadventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how dogs can unite a family. That shared love for a dog can bond a family that needs a little help in that area, or just continue to keep the bonds strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I’ve been talking about these stories for the last couple of months now, and this will be the last podcast episode that shares with you these stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. Today I want to talk about five role models for weathering tough times—all drawn from stories in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. One of the topics we cover in the book is redemption—and how it’s possible to come back from a big mistake or self-destructive behavior and become a new better version of yourself. In a dramatic example of that, let me share John Apel’s story with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Ric Keller, four term Congressman, attorney, and now… a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. These 101 inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And they’ll give you some great ideas for your own healing, or an idea you can pass along to someone you know. Today’s great advice from this book concerns how you can stay close to your loved one as you mourn, by working on a joint project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And the funniest stories are the ones about the writers’ own mishaps and most embarrassing moments, which is what we’re going to talk about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. One of those challenges is losing someone you love, and today’s stories are from a widower and a widow who share with us how they found an activity after death that made them feel a lot closer to their late spouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show the power of sharing food to bring people together, and maybe will even give you an idea for how you can share some holiday cheer with friends or neighbors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today I’m going to do our last episode about our new dog book, My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog. There truly is something magical about dogs—their natural joy, resilience, and protectiveness are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and just plain smarts. And that’s why we keep putting out collections of dog stories. Dogs keep us company, act as our therapists, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. Our dogs make us better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our protectors, our role models, and our best friends. Here are six truths about the effects dogs have on our lives, taken from six of the 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. These 101 inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And they’ll also help you understand how to help someone who is going through the grieving process, or how to accept help yourself from the people around you. And that help can come in the form of a few key words, wise words that shift your perspective and make the all the difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about when the kind words of a stranger make all the difference, as related in two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. You know how you sometimes think about saying something encouraging or supportive to a stranger but then you stop yourself because you think you might be interfering? Or your advice might not be wanted? Well, these stories make it clear that it’s okay to lean in and say those kind words and help that stranger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This bestselling collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. Our writers share stories about mysterious guardians and helpers who touch their lives and today I want to share with you six stories of angels and miracles from the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share six stories from our book about clever, curious, caring cats and talk about the effects cats have on our lives. Because they do have an impact. Somehow, they brighten our days, act as our therapists, and become our best friends—without saying a word. They’re surprisingly clever, comically curious, and truly caring, too. They show us how to live in the moment, find our inner strength, and be the best versions of our human selves. If we rescued them, from a shelter or our back yards, they rescue us back. And their playfulness and antics make us smile, even on our darkest days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. Even though the book has Christmas in the title, it really encompasses all the fun winter holidays, from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Christmas to New Year’s. And of course we have plenty of writers and readers who do some combination of Hanukkah and Christmas, so I thought I’d share two stories about that with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show how you can use humor to reposition even the most dreadful of times in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. There’s a conversation going on these days about kindness, and civility, and remembering that we’re all in this together. So we decided to put together a collection of stories that will make you feel great—stories about people performing random acts of kindness, taking an extra minute to do something nice, spending an extra dollar to help someone, and really being part of a community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. This book has been doing very well at Walmart and other book sellers, so I know there’s a real demand for what it offers. And today I’m going to share a couple of stories about one of the themes in the book, and that is how to make your absent loved ones part of your family gatherings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. There’s a conversation going on these days about kindness, and civility, and remembering that we’re all in this together. So we decided to put together a collection of stories that will make you feel great—stories about people performing random acts of kindness, taking an extra minute to do something nice, spending an extra dollar to help someone, and really being part of a community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Mae Frances Sarratt. Mae wrote a fascinating and historically significant story about her life for our summer bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So, I’ve been sharing some of the very funny stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This book is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, Holiday Hiccups, and Kids. And I put together today’s episode with six laugh-out-loud stories that I hope will bring some sunshine into your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection of stories contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And today I want to talk about one of the difficult choices that families make, which is whether to move their loved ones into a group home such as an assisted living apartment building or a memory care unit. We want to make sure that our listeners know this is a very viable option, and not something to feel guilty about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. These 101 inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And they’ll also help you understand how to help someone who is going through the grieving process, or how to accept help yourself from the people around you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. I found the stories in it very relatable and helpful as I process my own losses and grieving, and I highly recommend it for you or for someone you know who is dealing with loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. And today’s stories are about a couple of miracles that will give you goosebumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about those reluctant dog owners who end up head over heels in love with their pets… and then confess to their change of heart. And that’s good news for those of you who would like to bring a dog home but are facing resistance. Because there’s something so compelling about dogs that they always break down that resistance, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. There are so many aspects to eldercare, which something like 40 million Americans are involved in, and today I want to share five tips that will help you navigate the world of eldercare and dementia. These are tips gleaned from five of the stories in our book, and they are from people who have been there, done that and are sharing what they learned with you. When your family first faces the reality of a loved one with dementia, you embark on a journey you’ve never taken before, and that’s why it’s so helpful to get advice from people who have already been through it and want to help you avoid some of the mistakes and heartache they went through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And it’s time to launch our next pair of books about dogs and cats. These books are always a big hit, because stories about our favorite family members are so compelling, and entertaining. And often full of great lessons about resilience, living in the present moment, forgiveness, and showing affection. The title of our new cat book is Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat. We’ve got 101 stories and poems about just that—cats being curious and caring and surprisingly clever. And today I’m going to share two stories about cats with a purpose—a mission—and you’ll be amazed by what these two little pets did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of inspirational, compassionate, and empowering stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today: joy. And how it can coexist with sorrow when you’re grieving. That’s something that people don’t necessarily get—that it’s okay to smile and laugh and find the good in part of your day even as you’re distraught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising events, and what feel like miracles. I’ve been sharing stories from the book to give you a sense of the wide variety of experiences that our writers have had, including two stories today about miraculous saves with no explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing. This new collection of stories will help you cope with loss, regain your strength, and find joy in life again. I found the stories in it very relatable and helpful as I process my own losses and grieving, and I highly recommend it for you or for someone you know who is dealing with loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about dogs, and how even when they’re being very bad they are actually the best dogs in the world. I think you’ll agree when you hear about these canine masters of destruction which are so cute that you’ll wish you had one of these dogs tearing up things in your own house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about cats and how they are truly value-added family members. Our new cat book is called Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat and we’re going to focus on the caring part. Because cats do have an intuitive sense from what their human family members need from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how very human our dogs can seem at times. Our new collection of stories called Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog has that title because our dogs are like additional humans in our families. Their intuition, their individual likes and dislikes, their ability to make friends, their obvious feelings of joy, sorrow, boredom, curiosity, compassion, etc. make them unique characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Shannon Anderson, someone I’ve been meaning to have on the podcast for years. And finally, we’re doing it! Shannon, welcome to the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. And today’s stories are about a couple of miracles that will give you goosebumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. The true personal stories of angels, miracles, divine intervention, answered prayers and faith in action that we include in this new collection will give you goose bumps. And today’s stories are no exception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about therapy—cat therapy. Because there’s something about cats that is so therapeutic, and they can even be awfully good substitutes for human therapists! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about dogs and miracles and how dogs can miraculously become our lifesavers. I’m going to share two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog, stories that will make you appreciate the intuition and loyalty and courage of dogs even more than you already do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about cats and who’s really in charge when you have a cat. I think you know the answer. We’ve got 101 new stories and poems in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat, and if you’re a cat lover or you’re looking for a gift for one, we’ve got you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Laura Robinson, a long-time friend to me and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes to you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. This new collection of stories is filled with amazing coincidences, divine intervention, and all kinds of surprising, spiritual events. You just can’t explain away some of the things that happen in these stories, including our first story today, from Joshua Mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start sharing stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Angels. These books about angels and miracles are always popular with our readers and we do get some amazing stories for them, ones that will wow you even if you are not a particularly spiritual person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you, and today I’m sharing two stories about how volunteering can change everything for you. The biggest beneficiary of volunteer work is usually the person doing the work, not the one receiving the help. And I know that I’ve read in the past that doing volunteer work is often suggested by mental health professionals for their patients who are depressed or grieving or going through some other kind of difficulty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from a book that’s perfect for the new year: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. This may be the New Year’s resolution that you’re looking for; it works instantly and it’s easy. You just have to decide to put the past in the past, where it belongs, and move forward without that anger and resentment that you’ve been taking everywhere with you. You also may want to use the new year as an impetus to apologize; if you’ve been thinking about it, maybe this is the time to just do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how dogs can unite a family. That shared love for a dog can bond a family that needs a little help in that area, or just continue to keep the bonds strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I’ve been talking about these stories for the last couple of months now, and this will be the last podcast episode that shares with you these stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. Today I want to talk about five role models for weathering tough times—all drawn from stories in the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. One of the topics we cover in the book is redemption—and how it’s possible to come back from a big mistake or self-destructive behavior and become a new better version of yourself. In a dramatic example of that, let me share John Apel’s story with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Lisa Marshall, who has become a real expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia and especially early onset Alzheimer’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection of stories contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And today I want to talk about something that every family caregiver needs to work on, and that is self-care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Time for a little history… When Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul was published in 1997 it quickly became the go-to source of comfort and advice for a whole generation of teenagers, selling more than ten million copies around the world. That book has continued to support teenagers as they go through their adolescence and remains one of our most popular titles. Now we’ve revised and updated it with three dozen new stories added to the existing, classic stories from the first edition, including ones about being a teenager during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues. Stories that were out of date were removed, so that teenagers will not feel like they’re reading their parents’ Chicken Soup for the Soul instead of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. And it’s not just stories—we have a dozen powerful poems in this collection as well. Today we’re going to hear Stephanie Gates read her poem from the book. It’s called “I Am Not Safe” and this is something we need to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m going to share a couple of stories from our new humor collection–Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat—and to make it even more fun, these are holiday stories and I’m always up Christmas stories in the middle of the summer. So let’s start with a story by Janell Michael, who decided to create one of those meaningful, homemade gifts when her children were 19 and 17 and she was feeling overwhelmed by how soon they would truly be on their own. She wanted to do something for Christmas that would show them how much she loved them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia, which contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And it’s not all about dementia either. Today I’m sharing two stories about elderly family members who just needed a purpose and were completely re-energized when, by accident, that purpose came along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. One of those challenges is losing someone you love, and today’s stories are from a widower and a widow who share with us how they found an activity after death that made them feel a lot closer to their late spouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show the power of sharing food to bring people together, and maybe will even give you an idea for how you can share some holiday cheer with friends or neighbors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today I’m going to do our last episode about our new dog book, My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog. There truly is something magical about dogs—their natural joy, resilience, and protectiveness are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and just plain smarts. And that’s why we keep putting out collections of dog stories. Dogs keep us company, act as our therapists, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. Our dogs make us better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our protectors, our role models, and our best friends. Here are six truths about the effects dogs have on our lives, taken from six of the 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing stories from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. We make what we call a list of tips for each of our books, and our list of tips for this book include six stories that illustrate six ways to make the holidays even more special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas, stories about making do with less money than you may wish you had for the holidays. These two stories show that it just takes a little creativity to make the holidays special no matter what your budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This new collection of stories will wow you with stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. These revealing personal stories will help you handle whatever arises in your life, whether it’s financial challenges, health issues, relationship troubles, loss and grieving, natural disasters, or any of the other ways in which life sometimes goes off track. Today I want to share two stories from a couple of women who I really admire. These are women who took back control of their lives after some very bad treatment by the men who were part of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. It’s the thought that counts when it comes to Christmas gifts, and today we have two stories that I love about how someone really put some great thinking into finding the perfect gift for someone. Prepare to be inspired and perhaps come up with some good ideas of your own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about dogs, and how they are right in their with the rest of the family when it comes to grieving. Dogs are intuitive and they know when someone is hurting and exactly what to do about it. Plus they go through their own grieving process, as we see in today’s stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. One of those ways is by doing for others, because that always makes you feel better about your own situation. And today’s stories are about just that, and some wonderful random acts of kindness performed during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share six stories from our book about clever, curious, caring cats and talk about the effects cats have on our lives. Because they do have an impact. Somehow, they brighten our days, act as our therapists, and become our best friends—without saying a word. They’re surprisingly clever, comically curious, and truly caring, too. They show us how to live in the moment, find our inner strength, and be the best versions of our human selves. If we rescued them, from a shelter or our back yards, they rescue us back. And their playfulness and antics make us smile, even on our darkest days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. Even though the book has Christmas in the title, it really encompasses all the fun winter holidays, from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Christmas to New Year’s. And of course we have plenty of writers and readers who do some combination of Hanukkah and Christmas, so I thought I’d share two stories about that with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show how you can use humor to reposition even the most dreadful of times in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey it’s Amy Newmark with a special episode today featuring two fabulous poets from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. In addition to the 101 stories, we have 12 poems, and today you’re going to hear from two of the poets, who will perform their poems for you and talk about this new book and what it means to them to have this platform for sharing their experiences as Black women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share some great stories that will encourage you to be you, not some other person who you think you should be. I’m going to talk about six stories that will help you be true to yourself, from one of our new books--Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. Because, women—and men--are tired of being told who they should be. They’re starting to take back the power, figuring out who they want to be and how to get there. That’s why Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You was created, to be a source of affirmation and inspiration for people of all ages as they figure out how to be the best versions of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m starting a new topic today, with stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection really supports family caregivers, and we need lots of support, because it’s tough becoming the caregiver for an impaired spouse or parent. These stories will make you feel less alone and more empowered in your new role. I think one of most important things you can do if your family member has dementia is to learn to let go of your reality. You have to accept that your loved one has a new reality. There’s no point trying to correct an incorrect memory—you just go with it. Because what difference does it make anyway? Your role is to keep the conversation going, even if it’s not based on the true facts or history as you know them. And your role also is to live in the moment, learning how to sit back and enjoy the little things, which might just mean that you and your loved one spend half an hour discussing a tree that you’re looking at. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Kelly Wright, who is not only a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor but also a national award-winning journalist. He is seen nationally on the nightly news program, The World Tonight with Kelly and Nayyera, which airs on Black News Channel, BNC. He’s been a TV personality for decades, including on Fox News, and he’s also a recording artist and a motivational speaker. And boy does he have stories to tell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. So the holidays are rough if you’ve just experienced a loss, and we got a lot of stories with some great ideas for how you can help yourself or help someone else who’s facing the holiday season after the loss of a loved one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This new collection of stories will wow you with stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. These revealing personal stories will help you handle whatever arises in your life, whether it’s financial challenges, health issues, relationship troubles, loss and grieving, natural disasters, or any of the other ways in which life sometimes goes off track. And then of course there’s COVID, and we have plenty of stories about the special challenges that have arisen during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So you know that we’re always presenting you with role models for living a better life—people who exhibit the traits we all want to emulate—but what about role models who are not human? That is what we often find in our books about dogs and cats—that these pets can be amazing role models for loyalty, and creativity, and resilience, and positive thinking. So today I want to share two stories about cats who are role models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas, stories about how much fun it is to add new people to your holiday table, especially people who have nowhere to go during the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This new collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. It also contains a whole chapter of stories about the various ways that people have been coping with the pandemic, and today’s stories are about virtual travel and how you can create that getting away feeling while staying home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of stories about female empowerment, self-discovery, self-esteem, self-care, and also about women helping each other—to be the very best version of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re wrapping up our review of our big winter bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time. It seems like Me Time was a hot topic during the pandemic as people realized that self-care matters—work/life balance, finding that equilibrium in your life, that time to pursue your passions or hobbies or exercise or just close your eyes and think. Our book basically presented 101 different ways that our writers found their best form of Me Time, and today I’m going to share six of those with you—six ways to incorporate “me time” into your life. And if these don’t work for you, I’m sure they’ll get you thinking about your own best path to that critical time for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chicken Soup for the Soul’s powerful new book, "I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage, and Hope,” also contains 12 raw, personal poems that will open your eyes to the reality of the Black experience in America today. Please enjoy today’s episode in which two poets share their poems with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about the surprising loyalty of cats. Lots of people think cats are aloof and only care about their humans because they feed them. But we get lots of stories about cats exhibiting the same kind of loyalty that we expect from dogs. I’m going to share two of those stories with you today, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. We get a lot of stories about miracles at Thanksgiving and Christmastime—an unexpected gift that changes everything, money showing up just when it’s needed, random acts of kindness that give a family back their holiday… And today we’re going to hear about a couple of miracles that involve amazing coincidences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about dogs, and how they sometimes make great friends with animals outside in the yard—friendships their owners didn’t expect at all. We have lots of stories on this topic in our new collection of dog stories, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog. So I’m going to share a couple of cute ones with you today, starting with one by Lee Pollock. Lee tells us that his family had recently moved from a mobile home to an acreage about ten miles from Hysham, Montana. About the same time, they adopted a dog named Wally, a longhaired Dachshund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Monica Perez, who is the executive editor of Charlesbridge, a wonderful children’s publisher. And more importantly, she is the editor behind a new line of Chicken Soup for the Soul books for babies and little kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about cats who basically act like the very best healthcare aides. Because many cats do have an uncanny ability to know what their human charges need, and even when they are about to pass away. One such cat was described in a story by Anna Heaney in our most recent cat book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. I know it’s early, but since you’re going to start seeing Christmas stuff everywhere, you might as well get into the spirit of it. And what better way than with two stories about kids NOT being selfish, but instead focusing on giving to other kids so they’ll have a merrier Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of stories about female empowerment, self-discovery, self-esteem, and self- care, and that self-care is so important. It doesn’t take much to give yourself a little break—some self-care—and today we’re talking about going on excursions or even vacations all by yourself with no one to answer to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So have you ever talked to someone who makes their me time by getting up an hour earlier each day? It sounds counterintuitive, but people swear by it. They feel more energized and happier because they’ve carved out that special time for themselves every morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m sharing two stories from our new humor collection called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This is a compilation of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, and what I like to call Holiday Hiccups. Today’s stories are about marriage, or actually what happens on the way to marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about dogs, and how even when they’re being very bad they are actually the best dogs in the world. I think you’ll agree when you hear about these canine masters of destruction which are so cute that you’ll wish you had one of these dogs tearing up things in your own house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about cats and how they are truly value-added family members. Our new cat book is called Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat and we’re going to focus on the caring part. Because cats do have an intuitive sense from what their human family members need from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how very human our dogs can seem at times. Our new collection of stories called Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog has that title because our dogs are like additional humans in our families. Their intuition, their individual likes and dislikes, their ability to make friends, their obvious feelings of joy, sorrow, boredom, curiosity, compassion, etc. make them unique characters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about therapy—cat therapy. Because there’s something about cats that is so therapeutic, and they can even be awfully good substitutes for human therapists! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about dogs and miracles and how dogs can miraculously become our lifesavers. I’m going to share two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog, stories that will make you appreciate the intuition and loyalty and courage of dogs even more than you already do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about cats and who’s really in charge when you have a cat. I think you know the answer. We’ve got 101 new stories and poems in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat, and if you’re a cat lover or you’re looking for a gift for one, we’ve got you covered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about making sure that you choose people in your life who choose you back. How many times have you kept going in a relationship—whether it’s romantic or a friend or a family member—where the other person isn’t putting in the same effort? Today’s stories will give you the motivation to stand up for what you deserve—a relationship that’s based on mutual respect and effort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, which is all about self-care, and work life balance, and finding your own best kind of equilibrium and me time. One of the strongest themes that runs through this book is found in people realizing that they had been struggling with their schedules, juggling too many things, and they hadn’t thought to actually ask anyone for help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m introducing you to our new very funny book called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, and what I like to call Holiday Hiccups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about those reluctant dog owners who end up head over heels in love with their pets… and then confess to their change of heart. And that’s good news for those of you who would like to bring a dog home but are facing resistance. Because there’s something so compelling about dogs that they always break down that resistance, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. There are so many aspects to eldercare, which something like 40 million Americans are involved in, and today I want to share five tips that will help you navigate the world of eldercare and dementia. These are tips gleaned from five of the stories in our book, and they are from people who have been there, done that and are sharing what they learned with you. When your family first faces the reality of a loved one with dementia, you embark on a journey you’ve never taken before, and that’s why it’s so helpful to get advice from people who have already been through it and want to help you avoid some of the mistakes and heartache they went through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And it’s time to launch our next pair of books about dogs and cats. These books are always a big hit, because stories about our favorite family members are so compelling, and entertaining. And often full of great lessons about resilience, living in the present moment, forgiveness, and showing affection. The title of our new cat book is Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Clever, Curious, Caring Cat. We’ve got 101 stories and poems about just that—cats being curious and caring and surprisingly clever. And today I’m going to share two stories about cats with a purpose—a mission—and you’ll be amazed by what these two little pets did. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Ronald Milburn, who is not only a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor but also the human behind the TikTok sensation Robert T. Squirrel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia, which contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And it’s not all about dementia either. Family caregiving is a big deal with or without dementia. One of the biggest hurdles that some families face is how to allocate all the work that goes into helping an older family member. Some families handle it very well, and others, not so much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And it’s time to launch our next pair of books about dogs and cats. These books are always a big hit, because stories about our favorite family members are so compelling, and entertaining. And often full of great lessons about resilience, living in the present moment, forgiveness, and showing affection. The title of our new book is Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog. We’ve got 101 stories and poems about just that—dogs being hilarious, heroic and surprisingly human. And clever, too. So today I’m going to share two stories that show just how smart our dogs can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, which is all about self-care and work life balance and finding your own best kind of equilibrium and me time. I would say the biggest theme I saw in the book was the value of getting outdoors in nature, whether it meant engaging in vigorous exercise or sitting on a rocking chair on the back porch. Everyone seems to find peace and perspective in being outside, watching the other animals we share the planet with and realizing that life goes on around us no matter what we are going through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I want to talk about some of my own battles with male chauvinism. In a way, they’re kind of funny, at least I think so, because sometimes you have to have a sense of humor when you’re dealing with ingrained male ways of thinking. Now these things happened years ago, but they show where we’ve come from. And unfortunately, these attitudes are still prevalent and pervade the relationships that women have in business and their personal lives even today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m wrapping up our tour of our January bestseller about miracles and divine intervention. Whether you’re religious or not, sometimes things happen that are unexplainable, or fabulous coincidences, or mysteriously occur at exactly the right moment, and we find ourselves describing them as miracles. If you keep your eyes open, you notice them and appreciate them. And you come to expect that a miracle will come along once in a while when you need one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Lisa Marshall, who has become a real expert on Alzheimer’s and dementia and especially early onset Alzheimer’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection of stories contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And today I want to talk about something that every family caregiver needs to work on, and that is self-care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Time for a little history… When Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul was published in 1997 it quickly became the go-to source of comfort and advice for a whole generation of teenagers, selling more than ten million copies around the world. That book has continued to support teenagers as they go through their adolescence and remains one of our most popular titles. Now we’ve revised and updated it with three dozen new stories added to the existing, classic stories from the first edition, including ones about being a teenager during the pandemic, social media and technology, and many other modern-day issues. Stories that were out of date were removed, so that teenagers will not feel like they’re reading their parents’ Chicken Soup for the Soul instead of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today we have a special guest, Kristen Cusato, who has been on the podcast before, and today we’re going to talk about tips and advice for families dealing with dementia, something that affects tens of millions of family members in the US and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So you remember middle school, right? And the cafeteria? And the groups? And changing your friends? And how everything was changing and it was sometimes exciting but also—too often—painful? It’s funny how those experiences taught us a lot about how to conduct our lives going forward. And that’s why I loved putting together the new revised and updated edition of Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul—our 21st Anniversary Edition! The new collection has just come out and it’s filled with such wisdom—the stuff we learned in middle school that we need to refer back to now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. There are so many aspects to eldercare, which something like 40 million Americans are involved in, and today I want to talk about how you can make sure you hear all those family stories and honor your loved one’s memories, even as you are helping them with something very difficult like packing up their homes to move to a new living situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories about the importance of making “me time” for yourself, and how it can even be life-changing if you do that just once a week. What matters is having that special time to look forward to. You could view it as a life raft in your busy life, floating there and waiting for you to climb on for some downtime. I know we’re all told that we should build “me time” and self-care into every day, but sometimes you can’t pull that off. Here are two real-life examples of people who scheduled their me time for once a week and found that worked very well for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about how you can make life after 60 the BEST part of your life. We have a bestselling book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number and it’s filled with great advice for those of us over 60. Actually, it’s great advice for anyone of any age, so you don’t have to wait until you’re 60 to use some of these tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to talk about that little voice inside that sometimes warns you of danger. We often dismiss that foreboding feeling, thinking we’re just being silly, but after reading thousands of stories about this phenomenon I think it’s worth putting aside any embarrassment—any feeling of “Oh this is silly”—and instead, paying attention to those gut feelings. I’m going to share two examples with you today, from our latest book about miracles and divine intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how you can become more productive by building down time into every workday. Our special Friend Friday guest is my friend and newly minted Chicken Soup for the Soul author, Cosmo DeNicola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories about when getting that all important me time really means we time, because making sure you have we time with your spouse or your friends can be just as important as the traditional me time that we’re always trying to put aside for ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about the miracle of finding love, and I truly mean finding love in a miraculous, I-can’t-believe-that-happened way. Sometimes it seems like people were just meant to find each other, based on the amazing coincidences that bring them together. And that’s why these stories appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Mae Frances Sarratt. Mae wrote a fascinating and historically significant story about her life for our summer bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So, I’ve been sharing some of the very funny stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This book is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, Holiday Hiccups, and Kids. And I put together today’s episode with six laugh-out-loud stories that I hope will bring some sunshine into your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection of stories contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And today I want to talk about one of the difficult choices that families make, which is whether to move their loved ones into a group home such as an assisted living apartment building or a memory care unit. We want to make sure that our listeners know this is a very viable option, and not something to feel guilty about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re looking at the many benefits of volunteering, especially later in life. If you are enjoying your retirement years, or you know someone who’s retired but needs a little extra spark in their life, these stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number will inspire anyone to look at volunteering as a means to finding joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m going to share a piece of advice that seems to shock a lot of people—that you’re allowed to CHOOSE your friends, and if they’re no longer working for you—UNchoose them. Our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, covers the many ways that people reclaim a bit of their calendar for themselves, creating more balance in their lives. And one of the ways to reclaim that time and make more space for “me time” is by making sure that you’re only spending time with people who add VALUE to your life. That can mean assessing the time you spend with friends, and even relatives. Because you need to zealously look out for own emotional health and not let people sap away whatever energy you have. You want to save that energy for yourself and the people who are most important to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to talk about that miraculous thing that sometimes happens, which is a continuing connection with someone who has passed on. We see these stories all the time and they always amaze me. Sometimes you can come up with a scientific explanation for why they happen… and sometimes you can’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. And it’s not just stories—we have a dozen powerful poems in this collection as well. Today we’re going to hear Stephanie Gates read her poem from the book. It’s called “I Am Not Safe” and this is something we need to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m going to share a couple of stories from our new humor collection–Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat—and to make it even more fun, these are holiday stories and I’m always up Christmas stories in the middle of the summer. So let’s start with a story by Janell Michael, who decided to create one of those meaningful, homemade gifts when her children were 19 and 17 and she was feeling overwhelmed by how soon they would truly be on their own. She wanted to do something for Christmas that would show them how much she loved them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia, which contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And it’s not all about dementia either. Today I’m sharing two stories about elderly family members who just needed a purpose and were completely re-energized when, by accident, that purpose came along. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. You know, our book about how age is just a number has been a big hit, and it’s partly because it shows that it’s never too late to do most things, and that includes romance. It’s never too late to bring the romance back into a tried and true old relationship. So today I’m going to share two stories about how couples revived and maintained the spark in their decades-old marriages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today it’s from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time. This is a collection of stories about making that all important time for yourself, and personal care, and finding the right equilibrium and work/life balance. Me time is different for everyone. For some people it means an hour a day for exercising, for others it means reading or taking a class or meditating. For some people, it means seeing a friend and for others it means seeing nobody. And today, I’m going to talk about how you can figure out what kind of me time will work for you, and how sometimes that truth is staring you in the face and you don’t even realize it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’ve got two amazing stories to share with you today—two miraculous tales of family members separated for decades finding each other again. One involves sisters separated from their birth family by adoption, and another involves a daughter finding her father purely by happenstance, decades after the last time she saw him. And you won’t believe how it happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey it’s Amy Newmark with a special episode today featuring two fabulous poets from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope. In addition to the 101 stories, we have 12 poems, and today you’re going to hear from two of the poets, who will perform their poems for you and talk about this new book and what it means to them to have this platform for sharing their experiences as Black women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share some great stories that will encourage you to be you, not some other person who you think you should be. I’m going to talk about six stories that will help you be true to yourself, from one of our new books--Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. Because, women—and men--are tired of being told who they should be. They’re starting to take back the power, figuring out who they want to be and how to get there. That’s why Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You was created, to be a source of affirmation and inspiration for people of all ages as they figure out how to be the best versions of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m starting a new topic today, with stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia. This new collection really supports family caregivers, and we need lots of support, because it’s tough becoming the caregiver for an impaired spouse or parent. These stories will make you feel less alone and more empowered in your new role. I think one of most important things you can do if your family member has dementia is to learn to let go of your reality. You have to accept that your loved one has a new reality. There’s no point trying to correct an incorrect memory—you just go with it. Because what difference does it make anyway? Your role is to keep the conversation going, even if it’s not based on the true facts or history as you know them. And your role also is to live in the moment, learning how to sit back and enjoy the little things, which might just mean that you and your loved one spend half an hour discussing a tree that you’re looking at. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’ve got a fun new book to talk about today, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. This book is filled with stories about miraculous, amazing events and I want to share two of them with you today – two miraculous coincidences that tied together the generations in two families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about getting physical. And by that I mean getting fit, doing sports, and getting out there in nature. I’m sharing two stories from our new book about how age is just a number, and these stories that prove that it’s never too late to find your sport and get back in shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from this book that I find so fascinating, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. I really believe that you can use your dreams and premonitions as a kind of GPS for navigating your life and the stories in this book prove it. That inner voice is worth listening to, because it can make a big difference in your relationships, your career, your health, and your overall happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing a couple of very funny stories from our new humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This book is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, Holiday Hiccups, Kids, and two chapters on Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chicken Soup for the Soul’s powerful new book, "I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage, and Hope,” also contains 12 raw, personal poems that will open your eyes to the reality of the Black experience in America today. On today’s episode, you’ll hear about a pandemic garden’s bounty and a sister’s plea to view her brother as the gentle, sweet man he is, not as a threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of stories about female empowerment, self-discovery, self-esteem, self-care, and also about women helping each other—to be the very best version of themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re wrapping up our review of our big winter bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time. It seems like Me Time was a hot topic during the pandemic as people realized that self-care matters—work/life balance, finding that equilibrium in your life, that time to pursue your passions or hobbies or exercise or just close your eyes and think. Our book basically presented 101 different ways that our writers found their best form of Me Time, and today I’m going to share six of those with you—six ways to incorporate “me time” into your life. And if these don’t work for you, I’m sure they’ll get you thinking about your own best path to that critical time for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chicken Soup for the Soul’s powerful new book, "I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage, and Hope,” also contains 12 raw, personal poems that will open your eyes to the reality of the Black experience in America today. Please enjoy today’s episode in which two poets share their poems with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So, I’ve been sharing some of the very funny stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat with you on this podcast. This book is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, Holiday Hiccups, and Kids. Today I want to share a couple of stories that have me laughing out loud every time I read them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, the acclaimed novelist Breena Clarke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chicken Soup for the Soul’s powerful new book, "I’m Speaking Now; Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage, and Hope,” also contains 12 raw, personal poems that will open your eyes to the reality of the Black experience in America today. Please enjoy today’s episode in which two poets share their poems with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from this book that I find so fascinating, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. I really believe that you can use your dreams and premonitions as a kind of GPS for navigating your life and the stories in this book prove it. That inner voice is worth listening to, because it can make a big difference in your relationships, your career, your health, and your overall happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today we’re talking about hot flashes and hot cars, and how they totally go together. These stories are from our new book about how age is just a number, because you’re only as old as you act, right? Well, that’s how it works if you have the right attitude. And it helps to have a sense of humor, because things do change. There’s gravity, and smaller print, and tighter jars. But there’s also new freedom and a sense of liberation from a lot of things that you don’t have to do anymore. And that’s when you get to do new things, maybe things you’ve been dreaming of for a long time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. This is not a religious book—it’s a book for everyone, filled with stories that will give you goose bumps. Today’s are about two really weird coincidences that just go to show that it truly is a small world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever wake up knowing that you’ve just had an important dream, and then, bam, it’s gone? That’s a shame, because our dreams are a window into what our own brains are trying to tell us! The fact is that we’re too busy during the day to pay attention to that quiet voice inside that knows us so well—our subconscious. Sometimes, our truth is lurking in there, waiting for us to discover it at night through our dreams. Here are six ways you can use your dreams for personal transformation, based on the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of stories about female empowerment, self-discovery, self-esteem, and self- care, and that self-care is so important. It doesn’t take much to give yourself a little break—some self-care—and today we’re talking about going on excursions or even vacations all by yourself with no one to answer to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So have you ever talked to someone who makes their me time by getting up an hour earlier each day? It sounds counterintuitive, but people swear by it. They feel more energized and happier because they’ve carved out that special time for themselves every morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m sharing two stories from our new humor collection called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This is a compilation of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, and what I like to call Holiday Hiccups. Today’s stories are about marriage, or actually what happens on the way to marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about making sure that you choose people in your life who choose you back. How many times have you kept going in a relationship—whether it’s romantic or a friend or a family member—where the other person isn’t putting in the same effort? Today’s stories will give you the motivation to stand up for what you deserve—a relationship that’s based on mutual respect and effort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, which is all about self-care, and work life balance, and finding your own best kind of equilibrium and me time. One of the strongest themes that runs through this book is found in people realizing that they had been struggling with their schedules, juggling too many things, and they hadn’t thought to actually ask anyone for help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today is going to be fun because I’m introducing you to our new very funny book called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat. This is a collection of some of the funniest stories we’ve published in our 28-year history. We’ve got stories about Domestic Disasters, Marriage, Dogs and Cats Doing Crazy Things, Embarrassing Moments, Weird Family Members, Senior Moments, and what I like to call Holiday Hiccups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about moms, and how we just can’t stop ourselves from being moms, even for strangers, as we go about our daily lives. I’m going to share two heartwarming stories from our latest book for mothers and grandmothers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from a really fun new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This is our first humor collection, and even when I was reading a story for the third time during our editing process I was laughing out loud. Today I’m sharing two stories about classic embarrassing moments, ones that are sure to brighten your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’re talking about moms a lot as we head into Mother’s Day and today we’re focusing on moms who do volunteer work or give back in some way, and the impact that has on their kids. These are moms who quietly do their good deeds, sometimes with their children not even knowing about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about how to get back to authenticity in your life. Sometimes it just takes hearing a few well chosen words to get you back on track, and that was the case in our first story, by Trisha Faye, who tells us that a Facebook post changed her life through just seventeen words. Those seventeen words were all Trisha needed to reorient her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re taking about making sure that you get some “me time” onto your schedule. We all know that we need it, and that self-care is super important, but somehow we all put other things first. So how you do enable yourself to put aside that time that you need, that me time that helps you be the best version of you? Today, I’m going to share two stories that I think will help you develop your own strategy for taking control of your calendar and your to-do list so that you make sure you have the bits of relaxation and time off that you need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of stories about female empowerment, self-discovery, self-esteem, and, in some cases, breaking new ground and doing what were traditionally considered to be men’s professions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, which is all about self-care and work life balance and finding your own best kind of equilibrium and me time. I would say the biggest theme I saw in the book was the value of getting outdoors in nature, whether it meant engaging in vigorous exercise or sitting on a rocking chair on the back porch. Everyone seems to find peace and perspective in being outside, watching the other animals we share the planet with and realizing that life goes on around us no matter what we are going through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I want to talk about some of my own battles with male chauvinism. In a way, they’re kind of funny, at least I think so, because sometimes you have to have a sense of humor when you’re dealing with ingrained male ways of thinking. Now these things happened years ago, but they show where we’ve come from. And unfortunately, these attitudes are still prevalent and pervade the relationships that women have in business and their personal lives even today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m wrapping up our tour of our January bestseller about miracles and divine intervention. Whether you’re religious or not, sometimes things happen that are unexplainable, or fabulous coincidences, or mysteriously occur at exactly the right moment, and we find ourselves describing them as miracles. If you keep your eyes open, you notice them and appreciate them. And you come to expect that a miracle will come along once in a while when you need one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about the magic of moms—how they give such great advice and always know what to do, even if we don’t necessarily admit that until we’re well past college age. We included a lot of stories about great advice from moms in our latest book and I want to share two of them with you today because they contain such wise words that we can all benefit from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest and greatest, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. We put this book together long before the coronavirus outbreak, and I’m recording this episode of the podcast in early March, so I have no idea what will be happening by the time you listen to this, starting in mid-April. All I can say is that this is our first humor collection, and I laughed out loud over and over again as I was editing this manuscript. So I hope today’s stories about a couple of funny incidents that happened at home will brighten your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m talking about miraculous moms, because we all know that moms are miracle workers, right? They sometimes astound their husbands and children with what they can accomplish. They are our role models and our cheerleaders, and they are constantly making the impossible happen for us. That doesn’t stop when they die. I remember how I got my hair cut the day before my mother’s funeral because I heard her voice in my head saying, “Amy, don’t you think your hair’s gotten a little long?” Well, that guidance continues, but often in way more important ways, like in today’s stories about moms who actually saved their daughter’s lives… from the grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re taking about creating your own space—your own sanctuary—in your home. This can be inside or outside, and it’s the place where you feel relaxed and special—a place for self-care and me time. It doesn’t have to be much either. Even though you’ve heard about man caves and she sheds, you can get by with a much smaller and simpler space… and still feel like it’s your perfect refuge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m introducing our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You. This is a collection of empowering stories for women, although I think the lessons in them are great for guys as well. Today’s stories are about women being comfortable being on their own, with some alone time. It’s part of the journey you’ll take in this book to find your own truth and how to feel comfortable just being you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about miracles, and the unexplainable, and love that doesn’t die even after someone’s gone. Sometimes the stories we publish seem pretty incredible, but I’m sharing them with you because they did happen to our writers and they can provide some hope of a continuing connection with someone you’ve lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories about the importance of making “me time” for yourself, and how it can even be life-changing if you do that just once a week. What matters is having that special time to look forward to. You could view it as a life raft in your busy life, floating there and waiting for you to climb on for some downtime. I know we’re all told that we should build “me time” and self-care into every day, but sometimes you can’t pull that off. Here are two real-life examples of people who scheduled their me time for once a week and found that worked very well for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about how you can make life after 60 the BEST part of your life. We have a bestselling book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number and it’s filled with great advice for those of us over 60. Actually, it’s great advice for anyone of any age, so you don’t have to wait until you’re 60 to use some of these tips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to talk about that little voice inside that sometimes warns you of danger. We often dismiss that foreboding feeling, thinking we’re just being silly, but after reading thousands of stories about this phenomenon I think it’s worth putting aside any embarrassment—any feeling of “Oh this is silly”—and instead, paying attention to those gut feelings. I’m going to share two examples with you today, from our latest book about miracles and divine intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. You may have seen him as an expert on The Doctors and the Dr. Oz show, and he also coauthored a Chicken Soup for the Soul book with me called Think, Act & Be Happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about one of my favorite topics, and that is how mothers are so often right even when their kids are skeptical. I think kids finally figure this out when they’re in their twenties—that mom is usually right. So we featured lots of stories about that in our new book for mothers and grandmothers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about mothers as role models, because when you’re in the trenches raising your kids—or even later, when they’re grown but you’re still trying to give them advice, which is sometimes unwanted—you wonder if you’re getting through. Did you make a difference? Did the kids even listen to you? Well, the answer is yes, as we saw in dozens of stories in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about how you can become more productive by building down time into every workday. Our special Friend Friday guest is my friend and newly minted Chicken Soup for the Soul author, Cosmo DeNicola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories about when getting that all important me time really means we time, because making sure you have we time with your spouse or your friends can be just as important as the traditional me time that we’re always trying to put aside for ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about the miracle of finding love, and I truly mean finding love in a miraculous, I-can’t-believe-that-happened way. Sometimes it seems like people were just meant to find each other, based on the amazing coincidences that bring them together. And that’s why these stories appear in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re looking at the many benefits of volunteering, especially later in life. If you are enjoying your retirement years, or you know someone who’s retired but needs a little extra spark in their life, these stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number will inspire anyone to look at volunteering as a means to finding joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m going to share a piece of advice that seems to shock a lot of people—that you’re allowed to CHOOSE your friends, and if they’re no longer working for you—UNchoose them. Our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time, covers the many ways that people reclaim a bit of their calendar for themselves, creating more balance in their lives. And one of the ways to reclaim that time and make more space for “me time” is by making sure that you’re only spending time with people who add VALUE to your life. That can mean assessing the time you spend with friends, and even relatives. Because you need to zealously look out for own emotional health and not let people sap away whatever energy you have. You want to save that energy for yourself and the people who are most important to you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to talk about that miraculous thing that sometimes happens, which is a continuing connection with someone who has passed on. We see these stories all the time and they always amaze me. Sometimes you can come up with a scientific explanation for why they happen… and sometimes you can’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today we’re talking about the magic of cats for their dog family members, not their human ones. Because even though we’ve all heard the stories about dogs and cats that don’t get along, we see lots of stories where cats take their intuition, their natural ability to be therapists, their kindness—and work their magic on the dogs they live with, much to everyone’s surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking a lot about dogs and cats on the podcast because we have new books out on those topics, but we also have a new book about dreams. So today will be a bit of a crossover episode, with stories about dreams that involve dogs and the magical way these dogs manifested to our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. If you have a dog you’ve probably been spending a lot more time together, and your appreciation for your dog’s loyalty and intuition has probably increased. We learn so much from our dogs, don’t we? If we rescued them, they rescue us back. They show us how to be better humans. And they teach us so much about resilience, and fortitude, and loyalty. And then sometimes they’re so surprisingly smart, which is what I’m going to talk about today in two stories from our new collection of dog stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. You know, our book about how age is just a number has been a big hit, and it’s partly because it shows that it’s never too late to do most things, and that includes romance. It’s never too late to bring the romance back into a tried and true old relationship. So today I’m going to share two stories about how couples revived and maintained the spark in their decades-old marriages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today it’s from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time. This is a collection of stories about making that all important time for yourself, and personal care, and finding the right equilibrium and work/life balance. Me time is different for everyone. For some people it means an hour a day for exercising, for others it means reading or taking a class or meditating. For some people, it means seeing a friend and for others it means seeing nobody. And today, I’m going to talk about how you can figure out what kind of me time will work for you, and how sometimes that truth is staring you in the face and you don’t even realize it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’ve got two amazing stories to share with you today—two miraculous tales of family members separated for decades finding each other again. One involves sisters separated from their birth family by adoption, and another involves a daughter finding her father purely by happenstance, decades after the last time she saw him. And you won’t believe how it happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a special Friend Friday episode today. You’re going to meet Zibby Owens, who has become one of the most well-known book reviewers in the country over the last couple of years. You may have seen her recommending books on Good Morning America, or you may have listened to or watched her on her award-winning podcast, Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. She’s been called New York City’s most powerful “book-fluencer” and she seems to get an interview with every bestselling author these days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m introducing our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time. This is a collection of stories about making that all important time for yourself, and personal care, and finding the right equilibrium and work/life balance. Me time is different for everyone. For some people it means an hour a day for exercising, for others it means reading or taking a class or meditating. For some people, it means seeing a friend and for others it means seeing nobody. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today—when “me time” really means being alone time. Alone on purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about horses—in a spiritual way. It’s interesting that almost every world religion has a special, more spiritual view of horses. There’s just something about them—their steadfast loyalty, their strength, their calm natures, and the way they bond with humans. So I was pleased to publish a couple of stories that involved horses in our new book about miracles and divine intervention, and these stories will give you chills—in a good way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about cats, particularly cats who are naughty and then act guilty about it. You might not think that pets feel guilty but they do. I remember when our son’s dog ate two pairs of my shoes—on successive days—he was whimpering and so upset with himself, but he just couldn’t help himself. But cats? They seem so self-assured. Do they really feel bad after they’re naughty? Well apparently sometimes they do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories about how all that love and support and comfort that you got from your loved ones who have passed can continue… in your dreams. Our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams is filled with stories that show how that bond and that connection can persist and continue to empower you as you go on with your life after losing someone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is the third book we’ve done on dreams and their power to help you improve your life. Because here’s what happens. During the day you’re busy and distracted and you can’t focus on your innermost thoughts and knowledge. But at night, while you’re sleeping, your subconscious can get your attention, and say, “hey, here’s what you need to think about or process or decide.” Today we’re going to talk about how you can actually repair a relationship by listening to your dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’ve got a fun new book to talk about today, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. This book is filled with stories about miraculous, amazing events and I want to share two of them with you today – two miraculous coincidences that tied together the generations in two families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re going to talk about getting physical. And by that I mean getting fit, doing sports, and getting out there in nature. I’m sharing two stories from our new book about how age is just a number, and these stories that prove that it’s never too late to find your sport and get back in shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from this book that I find so fascinating, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. I really believe that you can use your dreams and premonitions as a kind of GPS for navigating your life and the stories in this book prove it. That inner voice is worth listening to, because it can make a big difference in your relationships, your career, your health, and your overall happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today we’re talking about hot flashes and hot cars, and how they totally go together. These stories are from our new book about how age is just a number, because you’re only as old as you act, right? Well, that’s how it works if you have the right attitude. And it helps to have a sense of humor, because things do change. There’s gravity, and smaller print, and tighter jars. But there’s also new freedom and a sense of liberation from a lot of things that you don’t have to do anymore. And that’s when you get to do new things, maybe things you’ve been dreaming of for a long time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two more stories from our latest bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention. This is not a religious book—it’s a book for everyone, filled with stories that will give you goose bumps. Today’s are about two really weird coincidences that just go to show that it truly is a small world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever wake up knowing that you’ve just had an important dream, and then, bam, it’s gone? That’s a shame, because our dreams are a window into what our own brains are trying to tell us! The fact is that we’re too busy during the day to pay attention to that quiet voice inside that knows us so well—our subconscious. Sometimes, our truth is lurking in there, waiting for us to discover it at night through our dreams. Here are six ways you can use your dreams for personal transformation, based on the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about dogs and the way that so many of them love to have a purpose. When they can’t do their jobs they get antsy, and their humans need to find them something new to do, a new way to contribute. We have lots of stories about working dog in our latest dog book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, and I’m going to share two of them today—about dogs who were so committed to doing good that their humans had to make sure they could keep going to work every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. We make our books about cats to be entertaining, not really as self-help books, even though that’s the category that we fall into with most of our work. But there are so many lessons to be learned from these cat stories despite that. Cats show us how to get the most out of every day, how to live in the moment, how to shed the resentments of the past… and often, particularly because of the number of rescues we feature in our books, cats are examples of how to use the power of fortitude and forgiveness and resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of love stories – about love that was first discovered in a dream and then materialized later—in real life. Our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams is filled with stories like these, ones that show how your dreams can be powerful tools for redirecting your life, changing your relationships, and making you a happier person. When you’re asleep and you can actually listen to your subconscious it’s amazing how much inner guidance and insight you can find. It can be empowering, enlightening, and life-changing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you. I think this is the perfect time to share two stories about getting older and wiser and grayer and a bit more wrinkled. Because isn’t that our goal anyway? To get old enough to look in the mirror and see those gray hairs? Plus it’s New Year’s resolution time, and what’s better than a resolution to embrace those signs that you are indeed seasoned and worldly and full of valuable experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s time to introduce you to our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles & Divine Intervention, which has just gone on sale. I know the holidays are officially behind us, but I still love hearing a great Christmas story, and I’m going to share two holiday miracles with you that I think will brighten these cold days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to talk about the lessons we share with teens. We have a new book out called Think Positive for Teens, and in it we share stories that will help teens with self-esteem, making good choices, doing for others, and all the other good values that we want them to develop during these crucial years of growing up. I’m going to share a couple of great stories today from the book to give you a sense of what this new collection is all about. The first story is about developing self-confidence and the second is about helping people when they’re down, two great lessons for us all, not just for teenagers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re going to hear from Dr. Mark Goulston again , a psychiatrist who is also a business advisor, consultant, coach, speaker, and author. He also hosts a mental health podcast and is quoted frequently in major media, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, CNN, and the TODAY show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two stories that illustrate why you should never think it’s too late, or you’re too old, to follow your dreams. You can start a new career in your sixties, or renovate your home, or move across the country, or travel to that faraway place you’ve always wanted to see. We have so many stories about people doing just that in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number and I personally found them very inspiring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is our third book about dreams and premonitions and how you can use them as a kind of GPS for navigating your life. I’m constantly amazed at just how useful dreams—and premonitions--are. They can reveal so much about what our subconscious is trying to tell us, things that we’re too busy to listen to during our waking hours. When you do listen, it can be life changing. Or even life-saving, as it was for NancyLee Davis and Bonnie Collins Wood. Because sometimes whatever crisis occurs in your dreams or your premonitions prepares you for a real crisis that happens in your real life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you, and today I’m sharing two stories about how volunteering can change everything for you. The biggest beneficiary of volunteer work is usually the person doing the work, not the one receiving the help. And I know that I’ve read in the past that doing volunteer work is often suggested by mental health professionals for their patients who are depressed or grieving or going through some other kind of difficulty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from a book that’s perfect for the new year: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. This may be the New Year’s resolution that you’re looking for; it works instantly and it’s easy. You just have to decide to put the past in the past, where it belongs, and move forward without that anger and resentment that you’ve been taking everywhere with you. You also may want to use the new year as an impetus to apologize; if you’ve been thinking about it, maybe this is the time to just do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’ve got a new book to talk about today, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number. Life begins again at 60, right? Well, it does if you have the right attitude. And it helps to have a sense of humor, because things do change. There’s gravity, and smaller print, and tighter jars. But there’s also new freedom and a sense of liberation from a lot of things that you don’t have to do anymore. And then there are those funny moments, like when your husband uses the wrong word, or you’re totally confused by some new piece of technology, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and our last episode with stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. This is obviously going to be a weird Christmas, with families not getting together as usual, and imagine how much worse it would feel if you were new in town at Christmastime. That’s what we’re going to talk about today, with two stories about neighbors reaching out and welcoming new neighbors, which can definitely be done outside the front door, wearing masks, and still be effective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air, this time about the shenanigans that sometimes occur between parents and children during the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number…. Stories that you might find yourself thinking about after the holidays, because they’re about how great it is to get rid of STUFF. We all have too much of everything in our homes, and these items weigh us down physically and emotionally. Today’s stories will not only motivate you to declutter, but even give you some great ideas for HOW to do that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air, with five stories from the book for you today that illustrate how you can make the holidays your own—with your own personal touches. Your tree, for example. You can make a Christmas tree however you want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re talking to Danie Botha, a really fascinating guy who wrote a story for our new book about how age is just a number and introduced me to a totally new sport, land paddling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. I don’t know about you, but this year I’m planning to give some homemade gifts. It just seems appropriate since we’ve all been home for months, and in my case I’ve learned some new skills. So I loved these two stories in our new book about two women who discovered how much their families enjoyed receiving homemade gifts instead of ones bought at a store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about dreams and how, if you listen to them, they can cause big changes in your life—changes to your health or your love life or your career or your outlook—and also, changes in your relationships. Today we’re going to talk about two women whose dreams caused them to reach out to their neighbors, with life-changing consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. So the heat’s on now. It’s December and time to find the perfect gifts, and Santa’s on the lookout too, so I thought I’d share a couple of stories about the most perfect gifts from Santa as perceived by the kids who got them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our brand new book that just came out a week ago – Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number. So you know that term Older and wiser? We made a very successful book with that title years ago, and even though everyone is always joking about senior moments and acting like people over 60 are losing their minds, there really IS something wiser about people as they get older. We just have that life experience and we’ve been there, done that, and I think we get more efficient, too. So today I’m sharing two stories that prove the adage is correct. Older IS wiser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing stories that we included in our new book for preteens, but which are really life lessons that we need to be reminded of, because these are the truths of our lives at any age. One story is about bullying, and the other is about how those popular kids might not be any different from the rest of us. Overall, the lesson is that you never really know what’s going on in someone’s life, much as you think you do based on outward appearances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Melanie Chartoff, who you all probably know from her voice-over work in Rugrats, and her appearances on Seinfeld, and Newhart and dozens of other televisions shows and films. In addition to being a well known actor she is also an author and has been published in McSweeney's, Funny Times and, now, for third time, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and it’s already Thanksgiving time, so we are full speed ahead into the holidays. So you know how the holidays can bring all kinds of family issues to the surface? That can be awful, but the holidays can also be a time to use that together time, and the shared traditions, and the general feeling of holiday spirit to make positive changes in families. So today I’m sharing two stories that show how you can actually use the holiday time and all that togetherness to make positive changes, instead of thinking you have to wait until the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about teenagers and adolescence and all the things that kids go through. I’m going to share six stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Teens, with some life lessons that apply to all of us adults, too. Whatever we teach our teens, after all, applies to the rest of our lives, too. So these tips are reminders for us about being true to ourselves, speaking up when we see something’s wrong, counting our blessings and some other great advice that we tell teens and need to hear ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. This is such a fun collection of stories but filled with deeper meaning too—like today’s stories, which show us what really matters at Christmastime when you dig down deep, and it’s not toys or the latest video game or money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my favorite stories, from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number. I love these stories because they’re about one of the most important things I think you can do when you get older, in order to keep feeling younger, and that is to try new things and confront your fears. When you step outside your comfort zone and challenge yourself with new sports or traveling, or even something easier like new foods, you’ll find that you view yourself differently, as someone who is adventurous and spontaneous, and you’ll start trying even more new things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to introduce you to a new book. I know that many of you remember Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul, which came out about 20 years ago and helped millions of kids get through those preteen years when so much is starting to change for them. So we decided to put together a new book for preteens, one with different stories and with some fun quizzes and inspirational quotes mixed in. We designed it like a magazine inside so it would be more fun for the kids, and we made it smaller than our normal books so it doesn’t seem as daunting a reading experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. The whole holiday thing is a loaded topic, what with the pandemic leading to unemployment and failed businesses and so much grieving, but then there are the children and the fact that families want to make the holidays as joyous and special as possible for them. That’s why we’re sharing royalties from our Christmas book with Toys for Tots, and today I’m going to share two stories with you from moms who received some needed help in the past at Christmastime. They talk about that and how they’re paying it forward now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’ve got a new book to talk about today, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Age Is Just a Number. Life begins again at 60, right? Well, it does if you have the right attitude. You can downsize and enjoy the freedom of less stuff, you can start a new business or volunteer or change jobs, you can pursue the passions and sports you’ve always wanted to, you can try new things—which is one of my favorite ways to keep yourself feeling youthful and dynamic. And you can find love—for the first time, for the fourth time, whatever it is, our book has plenty of stories that prove that you’re never too old to find love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. I really believe that you can use your dreams as a kind of GPS for navigating your life. They’re worth listening to, because they can make a big difference in your relationships, your career, your health, and your overall happiness. And sometimes our dreams act like an early warning system, too. Maybe they’re not really warning us, but because we’ve dreamed about a potential accident or natural disaster in advance, we’re prepared for it when it actually happens. That’s what happened to Debbie Sistare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Our guest today is Rod Lurie, the director of this summer’s #1 pay per view movie, The Outpost. Rod Lurie is a West Point graduate and former Air Defense Artillery officer in the US Army. After his time in service he worked as an entertainment reporter and film critic. He then transitioned into film making by writing and directing his first feature film Deterrence, which is a political thriller. Rod also directed The Contender, The Last Castle, Nothing but the Truth, and Straw Dogs. Most recently, he directed The Outpost, the story of the 53 U.S. soldiers who battled a force of roughly 400 enemy insurgents in north-eastern Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. You know how some people think that cats are aloof or just take care of themselves? Well the stories in this book prove otherwise. They show how cats are our confidants, our true friends, our role models for how to live in the moment, and sometimes even our heroes. Like when they intuitively know how to be the best healthcare providers ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. We called the book The Magic of Dogs because our dogs really do bring magic into our lives. If we rescued them, they always rescue us back. They are our confidants, loyal friends, heroic defenders, and our role models for living in the moment. And sometimes they are completely surprising too, as in the two stories I’m sharing today, in which dogs truly pulled off miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Joy Jones, an author in many formats—for kids, teens, adults, and plays—a motivational speaker, and the founder of DC Retro Jumpers, which is a multigenerational double Dutch team in Washington, DC. In 2018, DC Retro Jumpers served as cultural ambassadors to Russia. Joy also has a new book out for middle grade readers, about family bonding and getting fit together through Double Dutch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m wrapping up our tour of our latest bestselling book of dog stories, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. There truly is something magical about dogs—their natural joy, resilience, and protectiveness are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and a lot of intelligence. They keep us company, act as our therapists, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. Our dogs make us better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our protectors, our role models, and our best friends. The magic of dogs has been in full force during this COVID-19 pandemic, as they have risen to the occasion and helped their homebound human families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. This is such a fun collection of stories but filled with deeper meaning too—like today’s stories, which delve into the real meaning of Christmas and community and doing for others and all the non-materialistic fun stuff that comes along with the holidays. I know it’s still early in the season, but this will get you in the spirit for decorating in a few weeks when Thanksgiving is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration, and today I want to talk about dogs and destiny, because sometimes a dog is absolutely destined to be yours. We all know about the magic of adopting dogs from shelters, or when dogs just appear at your home… and make themselves at home. It’s always such a great fit. We have lots of stories along these lines in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, but today I’m going to share two with you that I found particularly magical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is our third book about dreams and how you can use them as a kind of GPS for navigating your life. I’m constantly amazed at just how useful dreams are. They can reveal so much about what our subconscious is trying to tell us, things that we’re too busy to listen to during our waking hours. When you do listen, it can be life changing. And that’s what happened to the two writers who share their stories with us today—stories about how listening to dreams they had in their sleep directed them to realizing their dreams in their waking hours—in one case a new career, and in another case, a new house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. I know it seems early to be talking about Christmas! But the book went on sale last week, believe it or not. So I waited a whole week to start talking about it! And I’m going to ease you into the holiday season by focusing on something you’re going to like—with two stories that illustrate the natural generosity of children at Christmastime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Dr. Mark Goulston, a psychiatrist who is also a business advisor, consultant, coach, speaker, and author. He also hosts a mental health podcast and is quoted frequently in major media, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, CNN, and the TODAY show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about those magical beings, dogs. Don’t you sometimes wish that everyone could be as pure of heart as a dog, as willing to help, as caring and intuitive? That’s why our latest book filled with dog stories is called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, and today I’m going to share two stories that just might make you see a dog as your role model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’ve got stories for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. There’s truly something magical about cats, isn’t there? Their elegance, confidence, resilience, and independence are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and just plain smarts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Our guest today is Kristin Sunanta Walker, the founder and CEO of the only podcast network that we know of that focuses solely on mental health, with more than 90 podcasts hosted there. Like the authors in Chicken Soup for the Soul books, each podcaster has a story and they not only bravely share their mental health struggles, they each create a loving and safe space for others to do so as well. It is the ultimate pay it forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories about dreams—and how you’d better listen when a dream is trying to tell you something… because dreams can act as an important GPS for navigating your life. Sometimes, it’s just your subconscious getting your attention while you’re sleeping. It tells you things you already know… but are too busy to focus on during your waking hours. And then sometimes there are those dreams that are pretty hard to explain because they impart wisdom to us in a mysterious way that even I can’t explain away using all my practical reasoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’ve got more wisdom for improving your life… and it’s courtesy of the dog. I think we all can learn a thing or two from our dogs, because they show us how to live in the moment, forgive instantly, and wake up to every new day expecting that good things will happen. And who else gets so excited about every single meal? Our dogs know how to live. And one of the things they can re-teach us is how to play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about dogs and the way that so many of them love to have a purpose. When they can’t do their jobs they get antsy, and their humans need to find them something new to do, a new way to contribute. We have lots of stories about working dog in our latest dog book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, and I’m going to share two of them today—about dogs who were so committed to doing good that their humans had to make sure they could keep going to work every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. We make our books about cats to be entertaining, not really as self-help books, even though that’s the category that we fall into with most of our work. But there are so many lessons to be learned from these cat stories despite that. Cats show us how to get the most out of every day, how to live in the moment, how to shed the resentments of the past… and often, particularly because of the number of rescues we feature in our books, cats are examples of how to use the power of fortitude and forgiveness and resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of love stories – about love that was first discovered in a dream and then materialized later—in real life. Our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams is filled with stories like these, ones that show how your dreams can be powerful tools for redirecting your life, changing your relationships, and making you a happier person. When you’re asleep and you can actually listen to your subconscious it’s amazing how much inner guidance and insight you can find. It can be empowering, enlightening, and life-changing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today I’m going to share two stories about cats that are so chill and zen and gentle that they wouldn’t hurt a fly, or a mouse. These are not your typical cat tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to talk about dogs and destiny, because sometimes a dog is absolutely destined to be yours. We all know about the magic of adopting dogs from shelters, or when dogs just appear at your home… and make themselves at home. It’s always such a great fit. We have lots of stories along these lines in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, but today I’m going to share two with you that I found particularly startling and magical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’ve got stories for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. This new bestseller was put together because we get so many stories about the magic that cats bring to the lives of their humans. Cats show us how to be better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. They make us laugh, they keep us company, and they can help us heal or persevere or step outside our comfort zones. They are also great role models for resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And loyalty is what we’re talking about today: loyalty with a little surprise thrown in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today we’re talking about the magic of cats for their dog family members, not their human ones. Because even though we’ve all heard the stories about dogs and cats that don’t get along, we see lots of stories where cats take their intuition, their natural ability to be therapists, their kindness—and work their magic on the dogs they live with, much to everyone’s surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking a lot about dogs and cats on the podcast because we have new books out on those topics, but we also have a new book about dreams. So today will be a bit of a crossover episode, with stories about dreams that involve dogs and the magical way these dogs manifested to our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. If you have a dog you’ve probably been spending a lot more time together, and your appreciation for your dog’s loyalty and intuition has probably increased. We learn so much from our dogs, don’t we? If we rescued them, they rescue us back. They show us how to be better humans. And they teach us so much about resilience, and fortitude, and loyalty. And then sometimes they’re so surprisingly smart, which is what I’m going to talk about today in two stories from our new collection of dog stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re talking with LeAnn Thieman, who is the multitalented coauthor of 14 Chicken Soup for the Soul books, plus several more she’s written for health care providers. She is a nationally known speaker who inspires nurses and shows them how to take care of themselves through her SelfCare for HealthCare program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today we’re talking about cats that go missing and then miraculously return to their families, even months later and many miles away. That’s just one of the ways that cats add magic to the lives of their humans, because according to the writers of the 101 stories in this book, cats just plain make us better, happier people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our therapists, our role models, and our best friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about something that cat lovers know—that sometimes kittens just happen. You’re totally committed to NOT having a cat, and then, voila, a kitten or two appear, and the next thing you know you’re a cat person. The two stories I’m going to share today will especially give hope to all those people who love cats but are living with someone who does not. A lot of our writers would argue that people who don’t like cats have never really met a cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. I don’t know if you’ve been having more intense dreams during this pandemic, but I know I have. Every night is an adventure. I may be staying home during my waking life, but in my dreams I’m all over the place. Well, we were lucky enough to have time to include some stories about pandemic dreams in this new collection before it went to the printer. And you know how we always say that your dreams can reveal your truths to you? Those truths you are too busy to pay attention to during the day when you’re distracted and you can’t listen to your subconscious? Well, take that situation and compound it by the intensity of pandemic dreams and you get some pretty powerful dream guidance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. You know how we hear all the time about how we should live in the moment? We should shed past resentments, notice the good things around us right now, go outside and enjoy nature, and make every moment count, right? Sometimes it’s hard to focus on that, so today I’m sharing two stories about two people who learned how to live in the moment—from their dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today let’s talk about how tired we are of watching the news. We’re stressed out by current events, worrying about everything, and need at least a tiny break. So here goes a little break for you, four feel-good stories to brighten your day from our first ever humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing five stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. These are stories that illustrate how you can look for, and find, the miracles all around you. Everyone wants to believe that miracles can happen to them, and sometimes you just have to be watching and listening, whether it’s to your dreams, or to nature, or to that stranger you meet on the street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today is all about humor. Our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine, is full of hilarious stories and I’m going to share two of them with you today—two stories that made me laugh out loud when I was reading them for the first time, and reviewing them a second time, and even editing them a third time. You know a story’s good when it makes you laugh over and over again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about cats—a couple of real characters from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. These two cats really had their owners going—thinking that they had some kind of special intelligence and talent when they were really just doing whatever they wanted. It just proves that we are all a bit crazy when it comes to our pets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories from an exciting new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is our third book about dreams and how you can use them as a kind of GPS for navigating your life. I’m constantly amazed at just how useful dreams are. They can reveal so much about what our subconscious is trying to tell us, things that we’re too busy to listen to during our waking hours. When you do listen, it can be life changing. And that’s what happened to the two writers who share their stories with us today—stories about how listening to their dreams set them on paths to new, way-more-fulfilling careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to talk about dogs and adoption and particularly, the joys and benefits of adopting senior dogs. We work hard at Chicken Soup for the Soul to show our readers how magical senior dogs can be, so that when they go to shelters they give those older dogs a chance. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that I’m sure will make you consider the merits of adopting a senior dog the next time you’re looking for a new family member. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about cats, particularly cats who are naughty and then act guilty about it. You might not think that pets feel guilty but they do. I remember when our son’s dog ate two pairs of my shoes—on successive days—he was whimpering and so upset with himself, but he just couldn’t help himself. But cats? They seem so self-assured. Do they really feel bad after they’re naughty? Well apparently sometimes they do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories about how all that love and support and comfort that you got from your loved ones who have passed can continue… in your dreams. Our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams is filled with stories that show how that bond and that connection can persist and continue to empower you as you go on with your life after losing someone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is the third book we’ve done on dreams and their power to help you improve your life. Because here’s what happens. During the day you’re busy and distracted and you can’t focus on your innermost thoughts and knowledge. But at night, while you’re sleeping, your subconscious can get your attention, and say, “hey, here’s what you need to think about or process or decide.” Today we’re going to talk about how you can actually repair a relationship by listening to your dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. These two stories, about failures in communication, had me laughing hysterically while I worked on them for the book, so I wanted you to hear them, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Today’s stories are about kids and religious parents and grandparents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Today’s stories are about crazy things that happened with work colleagues or at work. Both of these stories made me laugh out loud while I was editing them, and I think they’ll brighten your day as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to share a couple of stories about the uncanny way that dogs act as natural therapists. They just intuitively know what to do to help people. This is one of the many themes from our hit book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs—which will probably make you want to go out and adopt a dog from your local shelter right away if you don’t already have one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. You know how some people think that cats are aloof or just take care of themselves? Well the stories in this book prove otherwise. They show how cats are our confidants, our true friends, our role models for how to live in the moment, and sometimes even our heroes. Like when they intuitively know how to be the best healthcare providers ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to share a couple of stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. We called the book The Magic of Dogs because our dogs really do bring magic into our lives. If we rescued them, they always rescue us back. They are our confidants, loyal friends, heroic defenders, and our role models for living in the moment. And sometimes they are completely surprising too, as in the two stories I’m sharing today, in which dogs truly pulled off miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest and greatest, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This humor collection has been a huge hit for us despite almost all the bookstores in the world being closed; I guess it’s just what we all need right now. Today’s very funny stories are about cases of mistaken identity, and I laughed out loud when I read them and selected them for this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from a really fun new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This is our first humor collection, and even when I was reading a story for the third time during our editing process I found myself laughing out loud, so I’m excited to share a couple of these stories with you today and they are hilarious—one about a cat, and one about a dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This book has been a huge hit for us but I must admit I was a little nervous about it. We sent it to the printer at the beginning of 2020, before the COVID-19 virus left China, and then I worried it would seem kind of tone deaf to have a book come out in mid-April that professed that laughter was the best medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today I’m going to share two stories about cats that are so chill and zen and gentle that they wouldn’t hurt a fly, or a mouse. These are not your typical cat tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to talk about dogs and destiny, because sometimes a dog is absolutely destined to be yours. We all know about the magic of adopting dogs from shelters, or when dogs just appear at your home… and make themselves at home. It’s always such a great fit. We have lots of stories along these lines in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, but today I’m going to share two with you that I found particularly startling and magical. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’ve got stories for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. This new bestseller was put together because we get so many stories about the magic that cats bring to the lives of their humans. Cats show us how to be better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. They make us laugh, they keep us company, and they can help us heal or persevere or step outside our comfort zones. They are also great role models for resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And loyalty is what we’re talking about today: loyalty with a little surprise thrown in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re talking with LeAnn Thieman, who is the multitalented coauthor of 14 Chicken Soup for the Soul books, plus several more she’s written for health care providers. She is a nationally known speaker who inspires nurses and shows them how to take care of themselves through her SelfCare for HealthCare program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I’m sharing stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. Today we’re talking about cats that go missing and then miraculously return to their families, even months later and many miles away. That’s just one of the ways that cats add magic to the lives of their humans, because according to the writers of the 101 stories in this book, cats just plain make us better, happier people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our therapists, our role models, and our best friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. We’re welcoming journalist and book author Jen Miller, whose work you may have read in the New York Times, as she writes their weekly running newsletter. Jen is going to tell us how she got started as a runner and how we can get ourselves out there to do the same, or if we’re already running or walking, how we can make it even better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. In fact these stories will work for your whole family and give you some ideas about how you can run with your children and use running as a way to improve family bonds AND keep the kids’ faces out of their screens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. There is such mutual admiration between grandchildren and grandparents, and grandparents may not even know how powerful they are as role models and confidants and purveyors of advice and wisdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today let’s talk about how tired we are of watching the news. We’re stressed out by current events, worrying about everything, and need at least a tiny break. So here goes a little break for you, four feel-good stories to brighten your day from our first ever humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing five stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. These are stories that illustrate how you can look for, and find, the miracles all around you. Everyone wants to believe that miracles can happen to them, and sometimes you just have to be watching and listening, whether it’s to your dreams, or to nature, or to that stranger you meet on the street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today is all about humor. Our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine, is full of hilarious stories and I’m going to share two of them with you today—two stories that made me laugh out loud when I was reading them for the first time, and reviewing them a second time, and even editing them a third time. You know a story’s good when it makes you laugh over and over again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re hearing from Joan Lunden, who has a new book out that combines humor with great advice. It’s called Why Did I Come Into This Room? And the subtitle is A Candid Conversation about Aging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, with today’s stories being about miraculous healing, the kind of cases that doctors call one in a million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, stories about miraculous connections that occurred that helped one woman find love and another find a branch of her family that she never knew existed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Mark & Maggie Damon, who were kind enough to share their amazing and miraculous love story in our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. We’re going to talk about that story, which I promise you will give you goose bumps, and also about Mark’s latest hit movie, Last Full Measure, which is that amazing movie that came out a couple of months ago about an unrecognized Vietnam War hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. I think today’s stories will give you goose bumps, as they deal with something so important, and so emotional… and that is a couple of long overdue reunions between mothers and children who were separated because of substance abuse issues. The first story I’m going to share with you contains the most amazing coincidence, one that connected a mother and daughter over thousands of miles and many decades without either of them even knowing that it was happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles—two stories of amazing, miraculous, hard-to-explain coincidences. These are just of two of the 101 stories in this new book that will open your eyes to the possibilities—the possibilities that sometimes amazing things occur even in our everyday lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. These two stories, about failures in communication, had me laughing hysterically while I worked on them for the book, so I wanted you to hear them, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our humor collection, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Today’s stories are about kids and religious parents and grandparents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. Today’s stories are about crazy things that happened with work colleagues or at work. Both of these stories made me laugh out loud while I was editing them, and I think they’ll brighten your day as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Our guest today is Carol Andrews, who wrote a story about miraculous healing that appears in our new Believe in Miracles book. Carol is going to talk about that miracle, plus share her wisdom as an executive coach and TV personality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. If you’ve lost something valuable, even if it’s been lost for years, these stories will give you hope that it might just turn up, the way it did for our writers. You won’t believe how it happened, but it did. So I’ll just dive in and start with a story by Andrea Lebedovych Bilaniuk in which she tells us about what happened to her father’s wedding band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. We’re going to talk about miraculous life-saving coincidences and I think you’ll get goose bumps from these stories about two women who most certainly avoided death through the luckiest breaks, ones that almost didn’t happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest and greatest, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This humor collection has been a huge hit for us despite almost all the bookstores in the world being closed; I guess it’s just what we all need right now. Today’s very funny stories are about cases of mistaken identity, and I laughed out loud when I read them and selected them for this book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from a really fun new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This is our first humor collection, and even when I was reading a story for the third time during our editing process I found myself laughing out loud, so I’m excited to share a couple of these stories with you today and they are hilarious—one about a cat, and one about a dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This book has been a huge hit for us but I must admit I was a little nervous about it. We sent it to the printer at the beginning of 2020, before the COVID-19 virus left China, and then I worried it would seem kind of tone deaf to have a book come out in mid-April that professed that laughter was the best medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking with Rob & Cheryl Cuccio. Rob wrote a story about literally coming back from the dead for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, so we’re going to talk about that—how he WAS dead… until his wife insisted the doctor go back and keep trying, and also about how Cheryl’s dad was murdered by her classmate back in high school, because he was sexually abusing Cheryl. Cheryl went to jail for that but I have a feeling she wouldn’t change what she did, because she had a little sister to protect as well as herself. We have a lot to cover and a lot to learn today from these this inspiring couple, who overcame tremendous challenges and are here to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, because miracles happen every day to people from all walks of life, and today we’re talking about miracles involving money—because we’ve all had those times when we really needed some financial help. And sometimes, miracles occur, like in the two stories I’m sharing with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. As the back cover says, this book is filled with “101 Stories about the Miracles that Are Just Waiting to Happen to All of Us,” with true stories of miraculous coincidences, answered prayers, mysterious healing, divine intervention, angels, and messages from heaven. Some of my favorite stories in the book are about when families adopt a baby that is so obviously meant to be theirs, often through really weird and fabulous circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk grandmothers, particularly those larger than life grandmas whose grandchildren can’t stop telling stories about them. In our new book for Mother’s Day and beyond, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms, we have plenty of these stories about eccentric, spunky grandmothers who really do teach their grandchildren a lot about how to live their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine—two hilarious stories about parenthood and embarrassing kids. This is our first collection of stories devoted to humor, and I couldn’t stop laughing as I edited the manuscript, even when I was reading the stories for the third time. We had no idea the coronavirus was coming when we put this collection together, and I hope it’s viewed in the spirit with which it was conceived, as a way to brighten your days. We certainly don’t take the “laughter is the best medicine” phrase as a serious one, and we don’t want to make light of what’s happening out there. In that vein, as I record this episode on March 3rd, we offer today’s stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about one of my favorite topics, and that is how much we learn from our mothers. Often they help us understand how to count our blessings, which sets us up for much better lives because you really do need to know how to use the power of gratitude if you want to be happy. I’m sharing two stories with you today in which girls learned a lot about gratitude from their moms, including at that the time of year when that is sometimes most relevant, Christmastime. Both these stories are from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you, and today I’m sharing two stories about how volunteering can change everything for you. The biggest beneficiary of volunteer work is usually the person doing the work, not the one receiving the help. And I know that I’ve read in the past that doing volunteer work is often suggested by mental health professionals for their patients who are depressed or grieving or going through some other kind of difficulty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from a book that’s perfect for the new year: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. This may be the New Year’s resolution that you’re looking for; it works instantly and it’s easy. You just have to decide to put the past in the past, where it belongs, and move forward without that anger and resentment that you’ve been taking everywhere with you. You also may want to use the new year as an impetus to apologize; if you’ve been thinking about it, maybe this is the time to just do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about moms, and how we just can’t stop ourselves from being moms, even for strangers, as we go about our daily lives. I’m going to share two heartwarming stories from our latest book for mothers and grandmothers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from a really fun new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. This is our first humor collection, and even when I was reading a story for the third time during our editing process I was laughing out loud. Today I’m sharing two stories about classic embarrassing moments, ones that are sure to brighten your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’re talking about moms a lot as we head into Mother’s Day and today we’re focusing on moms who do volunteer work or give back in some way, and the impact that has on their kids. These are moms who quietly do their good deeds, sometimes with their children not even knowing about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about the magic of moms—how they give such great advice and always know what to do, even if we don’t necessarily admit that until we’re well past college age. We included a lot of stories about great advice from moms in our latest book and I want to share two of them with you today because they contain such wise words that we can all benefit from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest and greatest, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter Is the Best Medicine. We put this book together long before the coronavirus outbreak, and I’m recording this episode of the podcast in early March, so I have no idea what will be happening by the time you listen to this, starting in mid-April. All I can say is that this is our first humor collection, and I laughed out loud over and over again as I was editing this manuscript. So I hope today’s stories about a couple of funny incidents that happened at home will brighten your day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m talking about miraculous moms, because we all know that moms are miracle workers, right? They sometimes astound their husbands and children with what they can accomplish. They are our role models and our cheerleaders, and they are constantly making the impossible happen for us. That doesn’t stop when they die. I remember how I got my hair cut the day before my mother’s funeral because I heard her voice in my head saying, “Amy, don’t you think your hair’s gotten a little long?” Well, that guidance continues, but often in way more important ways, like in today’s stories about moms who actually saved their daughter’s lives… from the grave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I want to talk about how stepping outside your comfort zone and trying something new, or something you’re sure you won’t like, or something you’re afraid of can transform your life. You’ll feel proud and excited when you do those new things, and your life will expand and seem to hold much greater potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your latest Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two cases of what we like to call Divine Coincidence, two miracles that will give you goose bumps from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. In this book, we have stories from people going through their ordinary, everyday lives, who suddenly find the find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I want to talk about one of the two key traits you need in order to be happy, and that is gratitude. What I love about gratitude is that you don’t have to be a naturally grateful person—this is a character trait that you can actually add on and it only takes a little practice to make it part of your life. There aren’t many character traits like that—that you can just add on or get better at, but this is one. And it’s so important, because if you’re not actively noticing all the good in your life, how can you be happy? And how much better would your life be if you were counting your blessings? You’d see the world as a rosier place, and your interactions with other people would be better too, because everyone responds better to a happy, upbeat person than an unhappy grump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Janet Rich, known as JR, who has an inspiring story in our new book about angels and miracles and an amazing coincidence. Her story is about a time when she was at a very low point in her life as a young adult and how she was led to a moment of synchronicity which put her on a life changing path to a fabulous career in the music industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about how you turn a cat hater into a cat lover, with two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And sometimes they even turn a “dog person” into a very appreciative “cat person.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about how you can learn how to live in the moment and use mindfulness to take life one day at a time, instead of worrying about whatever it is that you’re prone to worrying about. This is a very personal episode for me because I’m going to share the story that I wrote for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy, and this story is about how I deal with being in remission and living with the fear of my cancer coming back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. You may have seen him as an expert on The Doctors and the Dr. Oz show, and he also coauthored a Chicken Soup for the Soul book with me called Think, Act & Be Happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about one of my favorite topics, and that is how mothers are so often right even when their kids are skeptical. I think kids finally figure this out when they’re in their twenties—that mom is usually right. So we featured lots of stories about that in our new book for mothers and grandmothers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about mothers as role models, because when you’re in the trenches raising your kids—or even later, when they’re grown but you’re still trying to give them advice, which is sometimes unwanted—you wonder if you’re getting through. Did you make a difference? Did the kids even listen to you? Well, the answer is yes, as we saw in dozens of stories in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re hearing from Joan Lunden, who has a new book out that combines humor with great advice. It’s called Why Did I Come Into This Room? And the subtitle is A Candid Conversation about Aging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, with today’s stories being about miraculous healing, the kind of cases that doctors call one in a million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, stories about miraculous connections that occurred that helped one woman find love and another find a branch of her family that she never knew existed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Deborah Norville, who is my coauthor on a new Chicken Soup for the Soul book coming out on September 24th called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today we’re going to talk about how you can use positive thinking, mindfulness, gratitude, and a host of other strategies to create the best possible life for you and yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories from our latest bestselling cat book about Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this new collection because we do learn so many lessons from our cats… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Mark & Maggie Damon, who were kind enough to share their amazing and miraculous love story in our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. We’re going to talk about that story, which I promise you will give you goose bumps, and also about Mark’s latest hit movie, Last Full Measure, which is that amazing movie that came out a couple of months ago about an unrecognized Vietnam War hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. I think today’s stories will give you goose bumps, as they deal with something so important, and so emotional… and that is a couple of long overdue reunions between mothers and children who were separated because of substance abuse issues. The first story I’m going to share with you contains the most amazing coincidence, one that connected a mother and daughter over thousands of miles and many decades without either of them even knowing that it was happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles—two stories of amazing, miraculous, hard-to-explain coincidences. These are just of two of the 101 stories in this new book that will open your eyes to the possibilities—the possibilities that sometimes amazing things occur even in our everyday lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today your inspiration is from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. Today I’m sharing two stories about the uncanny ability of cats to act as natural therapists for their humans. They’re small animals, and often thought of as aloof, but when they want to, these little animals can be a huge help, often benefiting their humans even more than other humans can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This new collection of stories offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how your dog can be the key to a better social life. This is one of the many themes from our bestselling book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. We always think that we rescued them, but in fact they usually rescue us, because of the way they serve as role models for making us the best humans we can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Our guest today is Carol Andrews, who wrote a story about miraculous healing that appears in our new Believe in Miracles book. Carol is going to talk about that miracle, plus share her wisdom as an executive coach and TV personality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. If you’ve lost something valuable, even if it’s been lost for years, these stories will give you hope that it might just turn up, the way it did for our writers. You won’t believe how it happened, but it did. So I’ll just dive in and start with a story by Andrea Lebedovych Bilaniuk in which she tells us about what happened to her father’s wedding band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. We’re going to talk about miraculous life-saving coincidences and I think you’ll get goose bumps from these stories about two women who most certainly avoided death through the luckiest breaks, ones that almost didn’t happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how even the biggest, bravest dogs can be afraid of some things. And with the Fourth of July fireworks almost upon us, and all those summer thunderstorms, I thought it would be fun to see how other people’s dogs react. We have several funny stories about this in our new bestseller about the Life Lessons we learn from our Dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. They’re also so independent that they’ll often choose their humans, rather than the other way around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking with Rob & Cheryl Cuccio. Rob wrote a story about literally coming back from the dead for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, so we’re going to talk about that—how he WAS dead… until his wife insisted the doctor go back and keep trying, and also about how Cheryl’s dad was murdered by her classmate back in high school, because he was sexually abusing Cheryl. Cheryl went to jail for that but I have a feeling she wouldn’t change what she did, because she had a little sister to protect as well as herself. We have a lot to cover and a lot to learn today from these this inspiring couple, who overcame tremendous challenges and are here to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, because miracles happen every day to people from all walks of life, and today we’re talking about miracles involving money—because we’ve all had those times when we really needed some financial help. And sometimes, miracles occur, like in the two stories I’m sharing with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. As the back cover says, this book is filled with “101 Stories about the Miracles that Are Just Waiting to Happen to All of Us,” with true stories of miraculous coincidences, answered prayers, mysterious healing, divine intervention, angels, and messages from heaven. Some of my favorite stories in the book are about when families adopt a baby that is so obviously meant to be theirs, often through really weird and fabulous circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Professor Michael Rousell, who has some great tips for us, many based on Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, for how you can create life-changing formative moments for yourself and for the other people in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today I want to talk about your last holiday gift—the one that you may not have opened yet. This is the one that may make all the difference to you in the New Year—and that is the gift of forgiveness. You know I always said that our writers who were cancer survivors had some amazing insights—they had achieved the kind of clarity you get when you have to focus on what’s essential—and so I wasn’t surprised when I finished my cancer treatment nine months ago and I had some insights of my own. One of them was about removing toxic thinking and emotions, and how we can do that. And that’s why I put our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix, on our schedule. It came out half a year later and it was a big bestseller for us coming into the Christmas season and continues to be a big hit in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories that are great reminders that we all have an amazing amount of inner strength that we can call on when it’s needed. We’re constantly seeing stories from our writers about how they had no idea they had as much strength as they did, but they discovered this amazing reserve when they needed it. That enabled them to power through even in the worst of circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of fun stories from our new dog book, which is the bestselling dog book we’ve ever had. It’s all about Life Lessons from the Dog and we’ve been talking about rescued dogs who rescue us back, dogs that act as natural therapy dogs, and dogs that are our fierce protectors. Today I’m sharing two stories about smart dogs, or at least dogs that appear smart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. These stories will get you out there, running, walking, hiking—and feeling great about yourself. And as it turns out, running or walking together is great for a relationship, too, as you’ll hear in today’s stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. They’re also so independent that they’ll often choose their humans, rather than the other way around. And sometimes the way they come into our families is just plain magical, as in the two stories I’m going to share today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to financial expert Danetha Doe of our hit TV show, Going From Broke, which streams for free on Crackle and was produced by Ashton Kutcher, Matador Content and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and is hosted by Dan Rosensweig, the CEO of Chegg. The show streams for free on Crackle, which is available online at Crackle.com and on all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku, iOS, and Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with inspiration for you from our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been editor-in-chief, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. And that pain and resentment can last even longer than the person we’re upset with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to share two stories that will give you some great ideas for how you can tweak your attitude and truly make every day count. This is not hard. There are some really easy, quick things you can do. And they revolve around actively practicing gratitude and paying attention to what is good in your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you, and today I’m sharing two stories about how volunteering can change everything for you. The biggest beneficiary of volunteer work is usually the person doing the work, not the one receiving the help. And I know that I’ve read in the past that doing volunteer work is often suggested by mental health professionals for their patients who are depressed or grieving or going through some other kind of difficulty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from a book that’s perfect for the new year: Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. This may be the New Year’s resolution that you’re looking for; it works instantly and it’s easy. You just have to decide to put the past in the past, where it belongs, and move forward without that anger and resentment that you’ve been taking everywhere with you. You also may want to use the new year as an impetus to apologize; if you’ve been thinking about it, maybe this is the time to just do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday and that means I get to introduce you to someone fascinating from the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today that is Jennifer Quasha, who has been a freelance writer and editor for almost twenty years. She has published more than forty books in the trade and school and library markets, including co-authoring four dog and cat titles for Chicken Soup for the Soul. She has also had 24 stories on a wide variety of topics published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone. I love this book for this time of year, because it’s the time that we make a fresh start, try new things, resolve to do things differently. And often, our resolutions have to do with relationships and making human connections… and what could be more meaningful than making a connection with a parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. You may have already made your New Year’s resolution, but if you haven’t, or if you’re looking for a better, more achievable one, I’ve got an idea for you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. Today we’re talking about a resolution that you should be making for the new year, and that is to make sure that you truly understand and act on the fact that you deserve to be treated right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re talking about pets and the holidays. Because some of our best Christmas stories involve our pets, and the crazy and loving ways they participate in decorating, and giving, and eating, and all our other holiday activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about marriage—or any long-term relationships—and how to keep them fresh and loving and healthy. There are some simple little tweaks you can make to your perspective that will instantly work, and with all the little stressors that can arise during the holidays, I thought this would be a good topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about what happens when you’re not with your normal family members for Christmas—and how you can create a wonderful family holiday anyway. Family is a feeling, not just a narrowly defined thing, so I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas in which our writers learned how to fill their holidays with that family feeling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you and this is my 600th episode. Today I want to share two stories from our huge bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. You may have seen my coauthor Deborah Norville talking about it on various national news and talk shows. Today’s stories are about rebooting your life—how it’s never too late and how it can be the best thing that ever happened to you… even if you’re starting over because you’ve lost everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about forgiveness, which I believe is essential to being happy. If you’re carrying around resentment and disappointment and anger because of things that have happened to you, you’re carrying quite a heavy burden. And the person you’re hurting is you, not the person or people who hurt you. It might sound impossible, but you really can use the power of forgiveness to free yourself. And it’s something you can accomplish instantly, just by deciding that you’re going to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you holiday inspiration from our book Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. Today we’re going to talk about homemade gifts and I’ll share a couple of great ideas from our writers, who used homemade gifts to create holiday traditions and values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. And interestingly, self-forgiveness is just as important as forgiving other people. So I’m going to share two stories today that will show you how you can find your way to self-forgiveness, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our book Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. This new collection of stories will help you get into the holiday spirit, and also remind you that sometimes the best Christmases of all are the ones where everything seems to go wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Linda Newton, who is one of our regular contributors and always wows me with the advice and observations in her stories. Today we’re going to talk about forgiveness and how it has played a very constructive role in Linda’s life and her work as a counselor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to talk about mindfulness, and living in the moment, and trying new things. I’ve got two stories to share with you that will give you some great ideas for how you can tweak your attitude and truly make every day count. This is not hard. There are some really easy, quick things you can do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. If you have large families, and lots of obligations, you know what it’s like to juggle everyone, share days, and keep everyone happy during the holidays. It’s stressful and it can make the holidays feel more like work than play. But you CAN get creative, and work around all those scheduling issues and make new traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about how the holidays often bring out the very best in people, resulting in acts of kindness between strangers that truly make for a magical Christmas season. It’s a wonderful reminder, too, that if you’re feeling that itch—that desire to reach out and do something for someone—you should just go with it. Don’t be afraid to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple more Christmas stories for you from our new Christmas book about the wonder of Christmas. I’m giving you a tour of the book in the podcast this month, and over time you’ll hear about 20 stories from the book! Today I want to focus on Christmas miracles, because if you keep your eyes open during the holidays you’ll see little miracles happening all over the place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m sharing about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about some great advice for maintaining and strengthening your friendships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about how to make the perfect Christmas—by accepting imperfection and learning how to enjoy the holidays instead of stressing over every little detail. I’ve always loved that quote about how it matters more who is sitting AROUND the table than what is ON the table, and that applies to all the different aspects of the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about forgiveness, which I believe is essential to being happy. If you’re carrying around all those resentments and disappointments and anger it can be quite a heavy load. One of the ways to free yourself is to make sure that you understand all the facts before you get angry, and I’m going to share two stories about that from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. If you’re like me you like being in control, but today I’m going to share a couple of stories about how sometimes giving up control and accepting a different perspective can vastly improve your life. And by the way these stories are from real Type-A people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. This new collection of stories will help you jumpstart your holiday spirit, and today’s stories will also give you a sense of how much more joyful the holidays can be if you go for less instead of more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Forgiveness Fix. We made this new book because I’ve read tens of thousands of personal, revealing stories from our writers during the twelve years I’ve been doing this job, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I want to talk about finding joy even when things are going wrong, because we all know there’s a fine line between tragedy and comedy and there’s nothing better than collapsing with laughter instead of collapsing into despair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to David-Matthew Barnes,who’s going to explain how you can become more successful by treating your career like it’s an airport. You’ll understand why, when he explains how it works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re talking about compromise, just in time for that annual event: the negotiation over the Christmas tree. I’m going to share two stories today--about abandoning perfectionism, being flexible, and creating new traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about achievement: how to get into the right mindset to achieve your goals without changing anything except your attitude—and then what to do if that achievement causes people to treat you differently, sometimes not in a good way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to William Dameron, the bestselling author of a new book about forgiveness, living a lie, and finding a new life. He also has the dubious distinction of unknowingly having his photo used in hundreds of cat fishing schemes. We’re going to talk about the power of forgiveness to change your life and also about how William became a bestselling author while still maintaining his full-time, non-writing, job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your latest Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two miracles that came out of nowhere just when they were needed, from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. In this book, we have stories from people going through their ordinary, everyday lives who suddenly find the find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories show that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. This is such a fun collection of stories, but filled with deeper meaning too—like today’s stories which delve into the real meaning of Christmas and how people rise to the occasion and help each other out at Christmastime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I’m sharing two really simple tips that you can use to create a happier life—one tip that you can do by yourself in one day, and one that you can do as a group activity, maybe at Thanksgiving or Christmas or any other gathering where people are willing to be a little more introspective. What I love about the tips that I picked up from this book is that they are so easy to implement, and so obviously effective. And that’s why we made this book—to be entertaining and inspirational and eminently useful, all at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, today from our brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. This is such a fun collection of stories, but filled with deeper meaning too, like today’s stories, which delve into the real meaning of Christmas and gratitude and counting our blessings, which is worth thinking about as we head into Thanksgiving as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you, and today I’m sharing two stories about how you can truly talk yourself into having a more positive attitude. The amazing thing is that even if you just pretend to be a more positive person, everyone will react to you differently and then before you know it, it will be true. This is proven over and over again in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. It’s so simple to implement these practices and they are so effective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and solve some of your problems yourself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re going to talk about Thanksgiving and how you can get your gratitude on in time for all those get-togethers with family and friends. I read a study that said there are two keys to happiness: getting enough sleep and having gratitude—that is seeing the good in your life and being able to count your blessings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you. Today I’m going to talk about something that we can all use around Thanksgiving and Hanukkah and Christmas… and that is forgiveness. If you’re looking ahead to all those holiday get-togethers and wondering how you’re going to handle that sibling who you’re not getting along with, or that friend who’s been badmouthing you behind your back, today’s podcast is for you! Because I’m going to share two really wonderful stories about forgiveness, and people working everything out— just in time for the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I want to talk about how stepping outside your comfort zone and trying something new, or something you’re sure you won’t like, or something you’re afraid of can transform your life. You’ll feel proud and excited when you do those new things, and your life will expand and seem to hold much greater potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your latest Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two cases of what we like to call Divine Coincidence, two miracles that will give you goose bumps from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. In this book, we have stories from people going through their ordinary, everyday lives, who suddenly find the find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today I want to talk about one of the two key traits you need in order to be happy, and that is gratitude. What I love about gratitude is that you don’t have to be a naturally grateful person—this is a character trait that you can actually add on and it only takes a little practice to make it part of your life. There aren’t many character traits like that—that you can just add on or get better at, but this is one. And it’s so important, because if you’re not actively noticing all the good in your life, how can you be happy? And how much better would your life be if you were counting your blessings? You’d see the world as a rosier place, and your interactions with other people would be better too, because everyone responds better to a happy, upbeat person than an unhappy grump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Janet Rich, known as JR, who has an inspiring story in our new book about angels and miracles and an amazing coincidence. Her story is about a time when she was at a very low point in her life as a young adult and how she was led to a moment of synchronicity which put her on a life changing path to a fabulous career in the music industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about how you turn a cat hater into a cat lover, with two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And sometimes they even turn a “dog person” into a very appreciative “cat person.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about how you can learn how to live in the moment and use mindfulness to take life one day at a time, instead of worrying about whatever it is that you’re prone to worrying about. This is a very personal episode for me because I’m going to share the story that I wrote for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy, and this story is about how I deal with being in remission and living with the fear of my cancer coming back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and solve some of your problems yourself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you—and today I’m returning to one of my favorite topics—how your subconscious knows things about you that you’re just too busy to realize. It’s only while you’re sleeping that your subconscious can say, “Hey, I have something to tell you.” And it does that through your dreams. So I’m going to share two really cool stories with you, stories in which dreams revealed important truths to two of our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some inspiration to help you conquer your fears—by exposing yourself to what you’re afraid of. Exposure therapy is a very effective form of behavioral therapy, and it’s one that you can do yourself, without even going to a therapist. Many of our writers seem to intuitively know how to do this for themselves, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you that show you how to do this yourself, no matter what it is that’s holding you back from fully enjoying your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Deborah Norville, who is my coauthor on a new Chicken Soup for the Soul book coming out on September 24th called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today we’re going to talk about how you can use positive thinking, mindfulness, gratitude, and a host of other strategies to create the best possible life for you and yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories from our latest bestselling cat book about Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this new collection because we do learn so many lessons from our cats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today your inspiration is from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. Today I’m sharing two stories about the uncanny ability of cats to act as natural therapists for their humans. They’re small animals, and often thought of as aloof, but when they want to, these little animals can be a huge help, often benefiting their humans even more than other humans can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This new collection of stories offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how your dog can be the key to a better social life. This is one of the many themes from our bestselling book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. We always think that we rescued them, but in fact they usually rescue us, because of the way they serve as role models for making us the best humans we can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. Mike and I have made a completely new kind of Chicken Soup for the Soul book together, one that combines Chicken Soup for the Soul stories with Mike’s easy-to-implement tips that show you how you can solve many of your problems yourself, without using a therapist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking in recent weeks about how you can use the power of saying yes to change your life. There’s another great way you can make positive change, and that is to actually pay attention to your dreams—the ones you have while you’re asleep. Why? Because that’s when your subconscious, which actually knows A LOT about you, has your full attention, because you’re not distracted by all the things that are around you while you’re awake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark. Today I’m going to talk about a little word that has a big impact—to change your life for the better. I’m really passionate about this topic—the positive effect of saying YES to new things and the potential to change your life. Yes is a word that I’ve made a policy of saying, and It has re-energized my life and made me much happier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. Today I want to talk about messages from heaven and the remarkable experiences that two women had as they were mourning a lost family member. Whether you believe in angels and miracles, or just that good things can happen to good people, we have some very cool stories in this book, with 101 wow stories chosen from the thousands that were submitted. We make books like this because we hear from our writers all the time about the miracles that happen to them, and we get chills and shake our heads in wonder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. One of the themes in the book is how effective running is as a therapy. So many of our writers talk about how running… or hiking… or walking helped them overcome stress, or anxiety, or depression—even PTSD. And it works equally well for men or women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Michelle Barton, who is what is known as an ultrarunner. In regular English, that means she is crazy. She has competed in some of the toughest races on the planet, including races like the Badwater 135, which takes place in the middle of the summer in Death Valley and goes 135 miles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we do learn so many lessons from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when we feel more like staff than owners, because everyone who lives with a cat knows who’s really in charge. And sometimes that means catering to the cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Randy Collins, who is pretty well known in the LA area for being on the USC lacrosse team… and being twice as old as his teammates. That’s a Division ONE team, by the way. Randy wrote about his journey from being an overweight Marine to being a USC lacrosse player and PhD candidate in his story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you—and this could change your social life. When we asked people to send us stories about how they used the power of yes to change their lives, we never imagined how many stories we would get about how people forced themselves to step outside their comfort zones and made a whole bunch of new friends as a result. It’s advice that a lot of us can use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of new Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that will help you learn how to embrace change and avoid getting stuck in a rut. Because life is about using the power of yes to keep growing and changing and doing new things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of fun stories from our new dog book, which is the bestselling dog book we’ve ever had. It’s all about Life Lessons from the Dog and we’ve been talking about rescued dogs who rescue us back, dogs that act as natural therapy dogs, and dogs that are our fierce protectors. Today I’m sharing two stories about smart dogs, or at least dogs that appear smart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. These stories will get you out there, running, walking, hiking—and feeling great about yourself. And as it turns out, running or walking together is great for a relationship, too, as you’ll hear in today’s stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. They’re also so independent that they’ll often choose their humans, rather than the other way around. And sometimes the way they come into our families is just plain magical, as in the two stories I’m going to share today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today we’re welcoming Sara Etgen-Baker, who lost 170 pounds through running and then was honored to be one of torchbearers who carried the Olympic flame to the Salt Lake City Olympics. It’s a story of fortitude, passion, and a lot of luck, too. You’ll be amazed at the miraculous way in which everything came together for her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about the uncanny way that dogs act as natural therapists. They just intuitively know what to do to help a human who needs help. This is one of the many themes Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog, which will probably make you want to go out and adopt a dog from your local shelter right away if you don’t already have one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. I think all the grandparents listening KNOW they have a lot of child-raising wisdom to share with their grown children—who are parents of their own kids now—but grandparents also know that advice is not always welcomed. So in the first story I’m going to share with you today, a young mother admits that her dad actually did get it right! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Susan Panzica, who is really a wonderful person and you’re going to find out why today. Susan is a a former government employee in the U.S. Customs Service who now works in her husband’s chiropractic office. She is the mother of two grown children, and she is a writer. But what is most fascinating about her is that she is a modern day abolitionist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m here to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things. We have a book about this coming out in August, but today I’m going to share a couple of stories from two of our past books. This first story had a huge impact on me, and what I love about it is that it involves a change you can make in your life JUST BY DECIDING. It’s that simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about why you should step outside your comfort zone and add some simple luxuries to your life. These are easy, inexpensive ways to treat yourself better and to make your life more fun, and exciting, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Dimity McDowell, one of the two amazing women behind the organization for runners called Another Mother Runner. Today we’re going to talk about how to get yourself motivated to get out there, and also how running can be the basis for your social life and the community you build for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we do learn so much from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how smart they are—surprisingly smart most of the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. It was my coauthor Dean Karnazes who suggested the title Running for Good, and we’re not just talking about how running is good for your fitness, or how you can run to raise money for good causes, but also because running is good for your emotionally. I want to share two stories today from people who used running and hiking to manage their stress, and how it worked in quite a dramatic way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. We’re welcoming journalist and book author Jen Miller, whose work you may have read in the New York Times, as she writes their weekly running newsletter. Jen is going to tell us how she got started as a runner and how we can get ourselves out there to do the same, or if we’re already running or walking, how we can make it even better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. In fact these stories will work for your whole family and give you some ideas about how you can run with your children and use running as a way to improve family bonds AND keep the kids’ faces out of their screens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. There is such mutual admiration between grandchildren and grandparents, and grandparents may not even know how powerful they are as role models and confidants and purveyors of advice and wisdom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s the 16th anniversary of 9/11 and we need to stop and think today. One of the things that I’m noticing is the difference in our unity now versus then. Do you remember what it was like right after 9/11? How we were so united, nationwide? We were one, noticing what was the same about us, not what was different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories to get you in the holiday spirit for the Fourth of July this week. These are two patriotic, emotional stories that both make me tear up. They are a great reminder of the true spirit of America and the fact that we all love our country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. the Fourth of July is coming up, and since we have our new book out now, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America, which is full of patriotic stories, I’m going to share a couple of inspiring ones about the red, white and blue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Thoughtful Thursday, and today I want to share my own story from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Wow Wednesday, and I’m going to share a story that wowed me from our brand new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. Today’s story comes from a brand new book. In fact, today, June 7th is the day the book goes on sale. It’s called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how even the biggest, bravest dogs can be afraid of some things. And with the Fourth of July fireworks almost upon us, and all those summer thunderstorms, I thought it would be fun to see how other people’s dogs react. We have several funny stories about this in our new bestseller about the Life Lessons we learn from our Dogs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. They’re also so independent that they’ll often choose their humans, rather than the other way around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Brian Reynolds, a world record-holding double amputee runner. And yes Brian has broken the world record time for marathon and half marathon for double amputees in the past two years, but there’s more to his story than that. This is a story of resilience and fortitude and persistence and optimism that started at age 4. Brian tells this story in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good, and today he’s going to share more, including his tips for all of us on getting out there on a regular basis and running or walking our way to fitness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how even the gentlest, most laidback dogs can rise to the occasion and act as fierce protectors for their families. We often think that we saved their lives, and that we care for them, but we get so many stories from people about how their dogs changed everything for them, in one critical moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Joi Gordon, who is the CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide. Dress for Success is a wonderful nonprofit that helps women to support themselves and their families, and that’s why we are supporting them with royalties from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. So Love at First Sight is one of those movie or summer reading topics that we all enjoy, but does it really happen? Well, we have so many stories about love at first sight in our new book that we made a whole chapter for them, and I’m going to share a couple of them with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you during this Father’s Day week. With Father’s Day approaching, many of us are thinking about how we can show our dads we appreciate them, and we may also be thinking about the way they show us that they love us, which can be a little understated at times. Sometimes dads show they care in a more quiet way, not by saying “I love you” out loud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. We’re welcoming world renowned runner, author, and philanthropist Dean Karnazes back to the podcast. Today we’re talking about how you can get yourself out there – whether it’s running or walking. Dean’s going to share some motivation and tips with you and discuss what crazy running feats he’s undertaking these days. We’ll also discuss the new book that Dean just made with Chicken Soup for the Soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. One of the themes that I love in this book is the independence of cats, and how determined they are to decide where they’re going to live. In fact, in some cases the cats really do seem to believe that their houses belong to them, and that the humans who live there are just tenants who are free to go or stay—it’s no matter to the cat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how even the most unappealing-at-first-glance dogs actually turn out to be gentle, beautiful pets. All it takes is getting to know them. This is one of the many themes in our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog, which will probably make you want to go out and adopt a dog from your local shelter right away if you don’t already have one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Army Ranger Andrew Yacovone, a soldier who became a country music performer, got to open for country star Craig Morgan and then cowrote a song with Craig Morgan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. There is such mutual admiration between grandchildren and grandparents, and grandparents may not even know how powerful they are as role models. Grandchildren often heed the advice of their grandparents more than their parents, and they often think their grandparents are a lot cooler than their parents too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us so about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules because they’re so cute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday and we’re going to continue our tour of the empowered women in our latest book. Today we’re going to talk to Jenny Pavlovic, a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor who I was always accustomed to thinking of as a big dog rescue person, until I read her story that we published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman and realized that she has a PhD in biomedical engineering and is a big deal engineer who started out in what was very much a male field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with two more inspirational stories for you from our new book, one that’s creating quite a buzz--Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. I love this book, because even if you’re already feeling pretty confident and courageous and happy with how you’re running your life, you can probably use even more of that feeling. There’s nothing like 101 stories from women supporting each other, sharing their most personal revealing stories and their best advice and wisdom with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul, to help you get ready for summer, which means getting into that bathing suit… and liking it! Body image is a big problem for many of us, and I include myself, and it stinks when we let that interfere with us participating in fun activities with our families and friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. I’m sharing a couple dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from a really fun book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. I’ll be sharing 15 stories from the book with you on the podcast, all about grandmothers and grandfathers—and so many of these stories are really magical. Like today’s stories about grandparents who report about what happened when the grandchildren moved in with them—which always sounds like it will be a great way to really get to know the grandchildren but is also very very tiring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best. I’ve shared a dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, so you can go back and listen to the ones you missed if you want to hear all of them. Today’s stories are about how strong mothers are, because they always rise to the occasion and impress their kids with how they power through the bad things that life throws at them and their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how dogs can act as your personal trainer—and frequently do! Our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog, contains many stories about how having a dog has improved someone’s health and fitness—both physically and mentally. It’s amazing how many people have their lives transformed through having a dog—because the dog gets them walking or running, gets them eating healthier food, and teaches them how to enjoy the little things and put all the ups and downs of life in perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. I’ll be sharing 15 stories from the book with you on the podcast, all about grandmothers and grandfathers, and so many of these stories are really magical. Like today’s stories about grandparents who accepted that their grandchildren were different and made them feel loved, and supported, and understood even while other people thought there was something wrong with them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. And today that inspiration is coming from Mom – from two moms in fact, who gave their daughters some great childcare tips when they really needed them, namely when the kids were driving them crazy. We’re about halfway through our review of stories from our bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best so if you want to hear more stories like these, listen to future episodes of the podcast as well, and also go back and listen to some of the past episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today we’re going to talk to Ruth Spiro, a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor who’s attracted quite a bit of attention for her line of baby books about science, weighty subjects like quantum physics and thermodynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. We have a lot of stories in the book about eccentric, wacky grandmothers but all of the stories are filled with admiration for these spunky women, who really do teach their grandchildren a lot about how to live their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about mothers as role models, because when you’re in the trenches raising your kids, or even later, when they’re grown but you’re still trying to give them advice, which is sometimes unwanted, you wonder if you’re getting through. Did you make a difference? Did the kids even listen to you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. I’ll be sharing 15 stories from the book with you on the podcast, all about grandmothers and grandfathers, so keep listening if you want to hear all of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. I’m sharing a couple dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that demonstrate that moms really do know best from our new book for mothers and grandmothers. We made this book to show mothers that their kids really have been listening all along, and that all those lessons they’ve been imparting really are getting inside the heads of the children and grandchildren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today I want to share a couple of really moving stories about dogs—their loyalty and their faith in their human families. We’ve just put out our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog, and I’m so excited about the stories in this book that I’m actually planning to share more than 20 stories from the book with you over the next few months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. We learn so much from our dogs. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. They show us how to be better humans. And they teach us so much about resilience, and fortitude, and loyalty. But then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because of how they finagle more food or extra privileges or how they get away with breaking our rules, because they’re so cute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. And today that inspiration is coming from Mom – from two moms in fact, who instilled life lessons in their children about compassion and giving back—and showing up. These two stories had a big impact on our editorial team, and even though we’ve all read tens of thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, these made us better people. So here we go, with a sneak preview of what you can expect to find in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to one of our storywriters, Amy Chesler, who has had quite an interesting life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. Mother’s Day is a month and a half away, but the way the retailers work, they start putting up their Mother’s Day displays in late March, so we always get our Mother’s Day gift books out in mid-March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about the gift of time, which is something that our kids REALLY want, as we see over and over again in Chicken Soup for the Soul stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Suzette Martinez Standring, a national newspaper columnist who we’re lucky enough to have as one of our writers as well. We’re going to talk about millennials, and pregnancy, and having that first grandchild. Because millennials definitely do it differently than we middle aged parents did—they have elaborate pregnancy annoucnements, gender reveal parties, and even make announcements when they’re just trying to get pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandparents. I’ll be sharing 15 stories from the book with you on the podcast, all about grandmothers and grandfathers, and so many of these stories are really magical. Like today’s stories about two grandfathers who created magical adventures for their grandchildren. These are the kinds of stories that stick with you long after you’ve heard them, and we can all relate to that special bond that kids have with their grandparents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best. I’m sharing a dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. If you’re a mom you’ll appreciate that once the kids are grown they really do indicate that they’ve been listening all along! And today’s two stories illustrate just that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. We’re welcoming back the NY Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, whose latest bestseller is his first non fiction book for adults. It’s called The First Conspiracy and it’s about a secret plot to kill George Washington. We’re going to talk about the book today, and also about how Brad manages to put out bestseller after bestseller. The discipline required to be a consistently productive author is always inspiring, since it’s just you and that blank screen when you’re a writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today I want to talk about spring-cleaning, which is right around the corner. I am guilty of holding onto way too much stuff, so I went back and read our book about The Joy of Less and now I have new resolve to get rid of half my possessions. Today I’m going to share two stories that worked for me three years ago when I took at least ten carloads of clothing and other items to the church thrift shop. I think these stories are going to help me do the same thing again this spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that will show you why it’s important to treat yourself once in a while and why taking care of yourself should be on your daily to-do list. And in both of these stories, it was someone’s mom who made that point. These stories come from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best. Because she does know best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to one of our storywriters, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, who has a story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive about how she completely rebooted her life and changed careers in a dramatic way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our brand new book that just came out yesterday – Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. I love these stories because they’re about family members coming together – as friends – even after divorces. This happens more often than you would think, and I know it’s the case in my own family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that show that even the shyest people can find a way to overcome their shyness. Here’s how these two shy people found their self-confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Eva LaRue, who is a fairly new member of the Chicken Soup for the Soul family as the host of Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Animal Tales television show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. This is the book I’ve been sharing with you over the past couple of months—two dozen stories in all on this podcast. Because this book is a huge bestseller for us and there’s a reason for that—because we all hope and dream that when we lose someone there’s still some kind of connection. These stories are about amazing coincidences, dreams, and other events that make you wonder—when someone dies, does the connection really have to end? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today I want to revisit a very important life tip, and that is how to use the power of forgiveness. This is one of the most effective ways I know to improve your life because forgiveness lets you put the past in the past where it belongs. We’re actually putting together a new book called The Forgiveness Fix, which will come out in late 2019, but in the meantime I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness, which was a bestseller for us when it came out a few years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. With spring and summer feeling like they’re just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to talk to Holly Baker today, as she can tell us about some wonderful vacation locations to try this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. I’m sharing a couple dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. Today I want to share a couple of stories about amazing, miraculous coincidences… because miracles do happen and we love publishing these stories that give everyone hope that they’ll experience their own miracle one day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. I’m sharing a couple dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. I think you’ll be amazed, inspired, and comforted by them, because what they show is that when we lose people we love, our connections with them don’t have to end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m bringing back one of our most popular guests – Kelly Sullivan Walden – America’s dream expert. Kelly and I have made two books together—Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, and more recently Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our brand new book that just came out yesterday – Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that show that if we expect greatness from people they really WILL rise to the occasion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m pleased to bring back Dr. Mike Dow for his fourth appearance on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. What I love about Mike is his practical approach to psychology, and the advice that he gives us that is very do-able. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and we’re continuing with our week of love stories today, with two stories about the miracle of finding love – through what seems a lot like divine intervention. These two stories come from our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and More. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Valentine’s Day is around the corner and I want to share two of my absolute favorite love stories with you today, and then we’re going to continue talking about love the rest of the week! Both of these stories come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love, a book that I loved making so much that I was disappointed when we finished the manuscript, because I was enjoying the stories so much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m joined by my friend and coauthor Dr. Mike Dow. Mike is America’s go-to therapist and the brains behind our bestselling book, Think, Act & Be Happy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. I’m sharing a couple dozen different stories from the book with you on the podcast, some in the coming weeks, and some in episodes that have already aired, so you can go back and listen to those, too, if you want to hear all of them. I think you’ll be amazed, inspired, and comforted by them, because what they show is that when we lose people we love, our connections with them don’t have to end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. Today I’m going to share one of those ideas that is so easy to implement and so obvious, and yet so worth repeating! Every so often, I just have to share a couple of these stories… about the power of smiling to change everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. Today we’re going to talk about dreams. I don’t know about you but I’ve had dreams in which I was talking to my grandmother or my mother and they seem so alive in those dreams. Well, today’s stories are about those kinds of dreams and life changing impact they can have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. Today’s stories will give you chills, and definitely make you believe that mothers can continue to protect us even after they have passed on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more great tips from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. That’s the book that has been on the self-help bestseller list every week since we published it in early November. I’m sharing 20 stories from the book on this podcast, on a wide variety of topics. Today I’ll share two stories that will give you great ideas for how to raise secure but adventurous children and grandchildren. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m bringing back one of our most popular guests – Kelly Sullivan Walden – American’s dream expert. Kelly and I have made two books together—Chicken Soup for the Soul Dreams and Premonitions, and more recently Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of easy tips for you that I think will give you a little more of what everyone wants, and that is TIME. I’m sure you say it all the time: “I wish there was more time in a day.” Well, I’ve been listening to our writers and I’ve picked up a couple of easy-to-implement tips – life hacks – that will truly make you feel like you have more time in your days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about New Year’s and how we all get pretty introspective at this time of year. One of the themes that I see over and over again from our writers is their thoughts about their JOBS and whether they should keep doing them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Connie Kaseweter Pullen, who has had a number of really weird and magical spiritual experiences that she has described in our books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring and surprising stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. These stories will make you wonder—and if you’ve ever worried about what happens to our loved ones when they die, these stories will give you comfort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m sharing about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about a couple of short, simple phrases that changed everything for two people who really needed to hear them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Cj Cole, who’s publishing her second story with us. This one appears in our brand new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles and her prior story appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple more awe-inspiring stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. Today I’m going to share two stories from a hospice nurse who has seen some amazing patients die and then come back… because they need to do one more thing before they go. Linda Kinnamon is the author of these two stories. She worked for decades as a registered nurse, including in hospitals and in hospice care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today I’m introducing you to our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Messages from Heaven and Other Miracles. I’m going to share 18 different stories from the book with you over the next couple of months, and I think you’ll be amazed, inspired, and comforted by them, because what they prove is that when we lose people we love, our connections with them don’t have to end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hi it's Amy Newmark with any Friend Friday edition of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Podcast. I want to introduce you to Andrew Kaufman. Andrew has written several bestselling novels, while at the same time fighting a life-threatening illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers. It’s amazing to me how many of the stories in this book contain life lessons that transcend the classroom. Today I want to share two stories that drive home the message that you really need to hold back and wait before you jump to conclusions, especially negative ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. One of the things that fascinates me is the number of people who write stories for us about Chucking It All and Starting Over, with New Homes, New Jobs and eventually… New Happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to James Scott Bell, the well known novelist who also has several books to help writers become better at their craft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from a couple of our recent books. I’m trying something new for the summer, and going to a three-day a week schedule instead of five days a week. So on Mondays I’ll be posting a podcast with a couple of my favorite stories for instant inspiration for you, and on Wednesdays I’ll be posting a podcast with a couple of my favorite stories from our latest books. Fridays will remain the same – the day we post a longer podcast when I talk to someone who I think you’ll find interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hi it's Amy Newmark and today I want to share a couple of stories that will help you with your positive thinking. One of these stories has changed the way I look for parking spaces, the other reminds me to count my blessings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. Today we’re talking about a resolution that you should be making for the new year, and that is to make sure that you truly understand and act on the fact that you deserve to be treated right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re talking about pets and the holidays. Because some of our best Christmas stories involve our pets, and the crazy and loving ways they participate in decorating, and giving, and eating, and all our other holiday activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about marriage—or any long-term relationships—and how to keep them fresh and loving and healthy. There are some simple little tweaks you can make to your perspective that will instantly work, and with all the little stressors that can arise during the holidays, I thought this would be a good topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about how the holidays often bring out the very best in people, resulting in acts of kindness between strangers that truly make for a magical Christmas season. It’s a wonderful reminder, too, that if you’re feeling that itch—that desire to reach out and do something for someone—you should just go with it. Don’t be afraid to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple more Christmas stories for you from our new Christmas book about the wonder of Christmas. I’m giving you a tour of the book in the podcast this month, and over time you’ll hear about 20 stories from the book! Today I want to focus on Christmas miracles, because if you keep your eyes open during the holidays you’ll see little miracles happening all over the place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m sharing about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about some great advice for maintaining and strengthening your friendships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday, the day when I introduce you to someone interesting in the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today we have a really fun guest—Courtney Conover, who has written something like a dozen Chicken Soup for the Soul stories. Today we’re going to focus on two of them, one that will inspire you to stop spending all that time and money straightening your hair, and another that will give you a great idea for Christmas gifts that will save time and money, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re going to talk about family and Christmas, and how wonderful it is when we’re flexible and open-minded and we create new family connections during the holidays. We have a number of stories in which this happens in our new bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Wonder of Christmas. I’m going to share a couple of my favorites with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. Today we’re talking about good habits—ones you can develop that will actually make you an even nicer, better person than you already are. These are habits that will come naturally to you, so you won’t even have that little struggle when you’re deciding whether to do that “right thing” or not—it will just happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to David-Matthew Barnes, who’s going to explain how you can become more successful by treating your career like it’s an airport. You’ll understand why, when he explains how it works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re talking about compromise, just in time for that annual event: the negotiation over the Christmas tree. I’m going to share two stories today--about abandoning perfectionism, being flexible, and creating new traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about achievement: how to get into the right mindset to achieve your goals without changing anything except your attitude—and then what to do if that achievement causes people to treat you differently, sometimes not in a good way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with an exciting new topic for today’s podcast. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Dr. Randi Nelson, who has an MBA and a medical degree. We’re going to talk about how that happened and the story she wrote about it for our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Christmas Miracles. This is our book that is supporting the Marines’ Toys for Tots program, which makes Christmas miracles for millions of children. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from the book about miraculous family reunions at Christmastime, because that’s what really matters during the holidays—getting together with family at Thanksgiving or Christmas, or if you’re lucky, and your kids aren’t far away or juggling in-laws and other obligations—then both holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s time for some Instant Inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. With the holidays approaching, I’m eager to share a bunch of great Thanksgiving and Christmas stories with you, and many of them are about giving… and receiving. Because one of the themes that I come across as an editor is what it’s like to be on the receiving end of that free turkey, or gifts of groceries left anonymously on a doorstep. Many of our writers tell us that during the ups and downs of their lives, they’ve sometimes been the people receiving those gifts. And they tell us how it feels, and how they came to grips with feeling grateful for the gifts and not embarrassed that they need the help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with Tony Romando, who heads up a company called Topix Media Lab that is very big in the world of bookazines. If you don’t know what a bookazine is, it’s that hybrid of a book and a magazine that you usually see near the magazine rack at a newsstand or a bookstore. It’s an interesting product, meant to come out in a very timely manner, like a magazine, but to be kept forever, like a book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Because everyone does Thanksgiving differently. And sometimes we’re forced to compromise too, if we’re like many modern families, and we’re sharing the holidays with exes and in-laws or our kids live far away. So today I’m going to share two stories about two families that do Thanksgiving differently, and wonderfully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two more stories with you from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m planning to share about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about a couple of great ways to change your perspective and live life fully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Judy Goss is joining us today. She just put on a three-day extravaganza in Atlanta, the What Women Want conference. I was privileged to deliver the opening keynote at that conference and then another little presentation on the last day before I headed to the airport. We’re going to discuss what we learned at that conference especially in the context of this week’s elections, when so many women across the country won Congressional seats at the federal level and other elected positions at the state level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re going to talk about what happens when you take a risk on someone—like a weird neighbor—and it pays off in a big way. How many times have you been a little reluctant to engage with a person who’s a little different, or who you’ve heard something bad about, and then you’ve done it anyway and you’ve been really glad that you did? That person ends up being an important part of your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new inspiration for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. We made this book because we kept getting stories about how someone’s life was changed by a few wise words, from a friend or a family member, or even a stranger. We decided to ask the public to share that advice and the epiphanies they had. We asked everyone to send in the best advice they ever heard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with an exciting new topic for today’s podcast. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to bring back my good friend Kelly Sullivan Walden, one of the world’s leading experts on dreams and premonitions, and just plain weird stuff that happens. We put 101 stories about all these things – dreams, premonitions, and weirdly fabulous coincidences in our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. I am very excited about today’s podcast because I have two great stories for you about the power of your mind to find things that you thought were lost. One of the things that I’ve learned from our two Chicken Soup for the Soul books about dreams is how much knowledge we have in our brains that we just don’t access during our waking hours. But when we’re asleep… well that’s when the magic happens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hello, I'm Amy Newmark here today with two stories on the importance of knowing all your facts before you react. These stories come from our book "Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today we’re talking to Megan Murphy, who accidentally started a huge movement that has spread across the whole country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today we’re talking about the joy of giving—and learning to ask for help—and Canadians, who are famous for being nice. They are so famous for being nice that we compiled 101 stories about Canadian Acts of Kindness into a new book and we’re donating a portion of the profits to United Way Centraide Canada. One of the themes that emerged in this book is that you shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help, because people WANT to help, they’re just afraid to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, followed closely by Hanukkah, and then Christmas. So here at Chicken Soup for the Soul we’re already focusing on all the great stories we have about the joy of giving, and the sense of community that emerges around the holidays. We had so many stories submitted for our newest holiday book that were about neighbors getting together to help each other, or even perfect strangers reaching out to help each other! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and solve some of your problems yourself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re going to talk about Thanksgiving and how you can get your gratitude on in time for all those get-togethers with family and friends. I read a study that said there are two keys to happiness: getting enough sleep and having gratitude—that is seeing the good in your life and being able to count your blessings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to talk about something that we can all use around Thanksgiving and Hanukkah and Christmas… and that is forgiveness. If you’re looking ahead to all those holiday get-togethers and wondering how you’re going to handle that sibling who you’re not getting along with, or that friend who’s been badmouthing you behind your back, today’s podcast is for you! Because I’m going to share two really wonderful stories about forgiveness, and people working everything out— just in time for the holidays. Both of today’s stories come from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Wonder of Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Julie Hornok, who is a regular writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul and also the mother of a teenager on the autism spectrum. Julie discovered her love for writing when her daughter, Lizzie, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. At that point, she jumped into researching and implementing a home-therapy program. This led to a video blog that Julie made to help other parents of kids on the autism spectrum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Here’s an interesting fact: Barnes & Noble said a couple of months ago that sales of books related to "finding happiness" had climbed 83 percent from a year ago. Well, today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from one of our bestselling books, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness. These stories will give you a couple of quick and easy ways to do just that—find your happiness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re going to talk about stress, because vacations are over and we’re back to work and school, and all that stress may be starting up again. We put out a great book called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Goodbye to Stress, and it really helped me put all the stressful things in my own life into perspective, so I want to share a couple of helpful stories from it with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday today on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. I met a really fascinating guy a few weeks ago when I was in Chicago, or as they say out there, when I was in the Chicagoland area. And today I want to introduce you to John Elliott, who wrote an amazing, perplexing story for our 2016 book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and Miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. You may know that we get thousands of submissions for each of our books, and there are only 101 slots, so it allows us to publish truly fabulous stories. We also are sometimes inundated with hundreds of stories on a particular subtopic, and in the case of our new book about dreams and the unexplainable, one of the subtopics that was super popular was love stories – stories about people finding their soul mates in some crazy ways, through a dream, through a premonition, or through a startling coincidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. I want to share a couple of stories from our newest bestselling dog and cat books today, stories that are particularly relevant because they’re about rescues – cats and dogs rescued after hurricanes and floods, who turn around and rescue their humans right back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and solve some of your problems yourself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m returning to one of my favorite topics—how your subconscious knows things about you that you’re just too busy to realize. It’s only while you’re sleeping that your subconscious can say, “Hey, I have something to tell you.” And it does that through your dreams. So I’m going to share two really cool stories with you, stories in which dreams revealed important truths to two of our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some inspiration to help you conquer your fears—by exposing yourself to what you’re afraid of. Exposure therapy is a very effective form of behavioral therapy, and it’s one that you can do yourself, without even going to a therapist. Many of our writers seem to intuitively know how to do this for themselves, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you that show you how to do this yourself, no matter what it is that’s holding you back from fully enjoying your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. Mike and I have made a completely new kind of Chicken Soup for the Soul book together, one that combines Chicken Soup for the Soul stories with Mike’s easy-to-implement tips that show you how you can solve many of your problems yourself, without using a therapist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We’ve been talking in recent weeks about how you can use the power of saying yes to change your life. There’s another great way you can make positive change, and that is to actually pay attention to your dreams—the ones you have while you’re asleep. Why? Because that’s when your subconscious, which actually knows A LOT about you, has your full attention, because you’re not distracted by all the things that are around you while you’re awake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to talk about a little word that has a big impact—to change your life for the better. I’m really passionate about this topic—the positive effect of saying YES to new things and the potential to change your life. Yes is a word that I’ve made a policy of saying, and It has re-energized my life and made me much happier. So today I’m going to share two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes, to inspire YOU to make a policy of saying yes to new things, to adventure, and to positive change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Paten Hughes, a talented actress and producer who has a wonderful new webseries that I really enjoyed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our latest book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!—about a very common problem: fears and phobias that are holding you back from fully participating in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re going to talk about reinventing yourself – by saying yes to change and saying no to fear of that change. This is a theme we see a lot in the stories we get – people reinventing themselves – and it was a big part of our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I want to introduce you to Mary Shores, who has a new book out called Conscious Communications. Recognized as a leader of innovative thought, Mary has spent over a decade teaching businesses and individuals how to inspire others, create new ways of thinking, identify and achieve their goals, and take action to create truly meaningful results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. One of the topics we’ve always been passionate about at Chicken Soup for the Soul is immigration and the energy and can-do attitude that immigrants bring to America when they join us here. So I want to share a couple of stories with you today about our new citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s the nearing the anniversary of 9/11 and we need to stop and think today. One of the things that I’m noticing is the difference in our unity now versus then. Do you remember what it was like right after 9/11? How we were so united, nationwide? We were one, noticing what was the same about us, not what was different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Ann Clark Van Hine. Ann lost her husband in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and with the anniversary of the attacks coming up in a few weeks, I wanted to honor the thousands of dead and tens of thousands of surviving family members by talking to Ann today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. I am very excited about today’s podcast because I have two great stories for you about religious tolerance in America, which is one of the things that has historically been a cornerstone of our great nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s almost Labor Day, and it really feels like the start of a new year, right? Even if you don’t have kids in school, and your life doesn’t revolve around the school year, there’s something about Labor Day that makes it feel like a time when we can start fresh. I know that I’m filled with ideas for how I want to do things better now and I don’t want to wait until January 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Randy Collins, who is pretty well known in the LA area for being on the USC lacrosse team… and being twice as old as his teammates. That’s a Division ONE team, by the way. Randy wrote about his journey from being an overweight Marine to being a USC lacrosse player and PhD candidate in his story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you—and this could change your social life. When we asked people to send us stories about how they used the power of yes to change their lives, we never imagined how many stories we would get about how people forced themselves to step outside their comfort zones and made a whole bunch of new friends as a result. It’s advice that a lot of us can use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of new Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that will help you learn how to embrace change and avoid getting stuck in a rut. Because life is about using the power of yes to keep growing and changing and doing new things. There are some very simple ways that you can start the process of re-energizing your life. You don’t have to travel the world or jump out of an airplane or change careers. You can do something as simple as learning how to use a new app on your phone. Because falling behind on technology is one of the first steps on the slippery path to acting older and not participating as much in the world around us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today we’re going to talk about reinventing yourself, which is a big theme in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. I’m excited to introduce you to John Davis Walker, who had reinvented himself more than once. You’ve actually seen him many times in films and TV shows. Today we’re going to talk about his journey from the merchant marines to ship captain to Hollywood producer to successful actor, which he wrote about in our book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about trying the things that your spouse likes, those things you’re sure you’ll hate. It worked for two couples we know. And it added a wonderful new dimension to their marriages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark. Today I’m going to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things, and things you’re afraid of, and things that you’re sure you’ll hate—because stepping outside your comfort zone truly is a great way to re-energize your life and make your world broader again. The word Yes is a small word but it has a big impact, and we have 101 stories about how life changing it is in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. I’m going to share some of these stories with you over the next couple of weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Georgia Shaffer, who is one of my favorite Chicken Soup for the Soul writers and someone who really changed my life. Georgia Shaffer is an author, professional speaker, a Christian life coach, and a licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. This book just came out in 2017 and we heard lovely stories from people that they’re actually crying – with happiness – because the stories in the book reassure them – that America is still the country that we think it is, despite what we’re hearing and seeing in the news about a tiny minority of people who are acting like jerks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s the beginning of a new week and the perfect time to address whatever has been bothering you. For many of us, that’s our inability to get enough sleep, whether it’s because we’re too busy, or because we toss and turn due to stress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I want to introduce you to Joan Lunden. Joan Lunden has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 30 years. For nearly two decades, Joan greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America. She has reported from 26 countries, covered 5 presidents, 5 Olympics, and kept Americans up to date on how to care for their homes, their health, and their families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That? The book came last year and made it to the bestseller list. It’s filled with stories that will make you want to jump in the car and drive to the nearest shelter and adopt a dog—which is part of our mission at Chicken Soup for the Soul, to get you to think about the shelter first when you’re looking for a pet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today, I want to talk about a disease that affects almost every family at some point—Alzheimer’s or one of the other kinds of dementia. They all basically manifest the same way, no matter what they’re called. At some point, those “senior moments” become more sinister and often people will even go to the doctors themselves to find out what’s going on. I’ve always been fascinated by what it’s like to get the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s—to know what’s coming. And when we made our hugely successful book about Living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias four years ago, we had a whole chapter in the book with stories from the patients themselves and many other stories from their family members talking about those early days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Susan Panzica, who is really a wonderful person and you’re going to find out why today. Susan is a a former government employee in the U.S. Customs Service who now works in her husband’s chiropractic office. She is the mother of two grown children, and she is a writer. But what is most fascinating about her is that she is a modern day abolitionist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m here to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things. We have a book about this coming out in August, but today I’m going to share a couple of stories from two of our past books. This first story had a huge impact on me, and what I love about it is that it involves a change you can make in your life JUST BY DECIDING. It’s that simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about why you should step outside your comfort zone and add some simple luxuries to your life. These are easy, inexpensive ways to treat yourself better and to make your life more fun, and exciting, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Melissa Wootan, who is one of most prolific writers, with more than 21 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories about an easy way that you can dramatically change your life—by using the power of gratitude. This has been a big topic for us ever since we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude, which I coauthored with Deborah Norville. We made the book because gratitude is a topic that our contributors have always written about and because it’s one of the essentials that you need for a happy life. If you’re not actively noting the blessings in your life, not actively looking for silver linings, and not allowing yourself to be pleased by the people and things in your life, you are not going to be a happy person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and some great advice about how you can use the power of forgiveness to open up your future. I’m going to share a couple of very powerful stories that will make you rethink those resentments you’re holding onto. I think today’s podcast could be life changing for you, and I don’t say that lightly. I say it because I’ve seen the power of forgiveness to change everything for so many of our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Julie Hornok, who had been published in five Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Julie and I are going to talk about two main topics today: 1) her Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, and particularly her experience with raising a child on the autism spectrum, and then 2) a quick introduction to how we can use yoga to find our inner calm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re going to talk about women who fell in love, and stayed in love, with men who helped them through tough times. I’m going to share two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love, which has so much variety! It’s been really fun sharing all these love stories with you over the past month, and this is the last time for a while, as we’re going to move on to other topics now for a few weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our latest book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love—and we’re going to talk about an important topic—how to keep that love fresh as the years go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, which means we get to talk to someone very special from the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today it’s Dean Karnazes, who coauthored Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners with me, and also has a story in our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. In honor of the Fourth of July, I thought we'd revisit an episode that originally posted on the the 15th anniversary of 9/11. This episode is a focused of the goodness in people, as I remember traveling to San Francisco a couple of months later after the attacks and having my cabdriver refuse my fare when he heard I was from a suburb of New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. We're celebrating the Fourth of July this week, so I thought we'd revisit a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Jaymin Patel, who is a well-known motivational speaker who also wrote his own Bollywood love story for us, about how he defied his parents’ expectations that he would marry a nice Indian girl from their old neighborhood, and instead married the American girl he fell in love with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories to get you in the holiday spirit for the Fourth of July next week. These are two patriotic, emotional stories that both make me tear up. They are a great reminder of the true spirit of America and the fact that we all love our country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about love and hope and the fact that we are amazed by how many stories we get from people who discovered that the person who was “just a friend” was really their soul mate. I’m going to share two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love, that might open your own eyes or be worth passing on to someone who just isn’t seeing what is right in front of him or her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to welcome back Kelly Sullivan Walden, who has made two books with us – the first was Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions in 2015, and the second was Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable, which we published last year. Kelly has also written plenty of stories for us, not just in the dreams books but on other topics as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I want to share a couple of stories that may help you get your mind into getting back outdoors to get some exercise. It is summer after all, and there’s nothing like exercising outdoors – being able to move so freely versus working out in a gym or inside your home where it just feels different. I remember after I had back surgery, even though it was November, my doctor told me to start walking outdoors because it was better for my body to move freely outside than to feel somewhat constrained indoors. And I realized he was right. You do move your whole body more freely when you walk or run or do sports outdoors. You feel like you’re able to occupy more space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our new book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. You know we always talk about stepping outside your comfort zone, being spontaneous, and saying yes to new things, because it broadens your life and makes you happier, and that certainly holds true for finding love as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Joi Gordon, who is the CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide. Dress for Success is a wonderful nonprofit that helps women to support themselves and their families, and that’s why we are supporting them with royalties from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. So Love at First Sight is one of those movie or summer reading topics that we all enjoy, but does it really happen? Well, we have so many stories about love at first sight in our new book that we made a whole chapter for them, and I’m going to share a couple of them with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you during this Father’s Day week. With Father’s Day approaching, many of us are thinking about how we can show our dads we appreciate them, and we may also be thinking about the way they show us that they love us, which can be a little understated at times. Sometimes dads show they care in a more quiet way, not by saying “I love you” out loud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Tim Rouhana, a writer and director whose latest film is premiering in theaters across the country next Wednesday, June 13th, as the first in a series of Chicken Soup for the Soul special film events. Tim also happens to be the oldest of our four children, so this is a special event for the whole family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my favorite stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. I’m amazed by how many stories we get from people who kept crossing paths with their future soul mates, over and over again, sometimes for decades, before finally meeting for real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our brand new book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love—which is filled with so much variety—because everyone has a different kind of story about how he or she found true love. That makes this book a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to sharing some great stories with you over the next couple of months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Lorraine Cannistra, who has cerebral palsy and writes about that for us often. She is a wheelchair ballroom dancer and has a new book out called More the Same than Different that helps us understand how to talk to people with disabilities, something that most of us can use some advice about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today concludes my month-long review of our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Next week we’re going to start talking about The Miracle of Love, which will be a fun topic as we head into summer reading! But let me finish the empowered woman topic with two fabulous stories, about women who had let their fears keep them on the sidelines, not participating in life, until they overcame them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Memorial Day, so I want to share a story that really moved me, about Matthew Mawyer, an Army National Guard soldier who was serving in Kuwait when he wrote a story for a book we put out last May called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Military Families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. I’m continuing our review of our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman, which has created a lot of buzz and you can understand why, as it includes stories from women of all ages and all walks of life, discussing how they found their confidence, courage, and their true selves. Deborah Shouse, who is one of our regular writers, wrote a story for this book and we’re going to discuss that and then another topic where she is an expert, and that is tips for people who are caregivers for their family members who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking about parents finding their empowerment and being role models for their children, and we’ve talked about women standing up for what’s right, no matter how scary it is. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from GIRLS who stood up for what was right—because you can’t start too early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s almost Memorial Day weekend. So I think we should think about getting unplugged and spending some quality time with the people we love. To help out, let us revisit a terrific book we made a couple of years ago called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less. This book had a big influence on me, in terms of getting me to simplify my calendar, and my closets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday and we’re going to continue our tour of the empowered women in our latest book. Today we’re going to talk to Jenny Pavlovic, a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor who I was always accustomed to thinking of as a big dog rescue person, until I read her story that we published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman and realized that she has a PhD in biomedical engineering and is a big deal engineer who started out in what was very much a male field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with two more inspirational stories for you from our new book, one that’s creating quite a buzz--Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. I love this book, because even if you’re already feeling pretty confident and courageous and happy with how you’re running your life, you can probably use even more of that feeling. There’s nothing like 101 stories from women supporting each other, sharing their most personal revealing stories and their best advice and wisdom with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul, to help you get ready for summer, which means getting into that bathing suit… and liking it! Body image is a big problem for many of us, and I include myself, and it stinks when we let that interfere with us participating in fun activities with our families and friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Elynne Chaplik Aleskow, who has had some very interesting life experiences, and always seems to be adding more to her list to write about for us. We’re going to talk to her today about how she was the first female TV station manager in Chicago, in a male world, and how she created a TV station from scratch. She wrote about this, and more, in our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. Today we’re going to talk about moms who stood up for what was right and taught their children a lesson that would never leave them. Because even when the kids don’t admit it, they’re listening and following the lead of their mothers, who may be their most important role models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I want to talk about stepping outside your comfort zone and how good it makes you feel, whether it’s something little, like changing what you’re wearing or something big, like doing something terrifying. I’m going to share two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman, which will give you some ideas about how to spice up your own life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m excited to introduce you to Lesley Jane Seymore, who is an award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of YM, Redbook, Marie Claire and MORE magazines. Her most recent endeavor is the founding of CoveyClub, an online/offline platform for women who are 40 or more. Lesley wrote one of the 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman, our new book that is attracting so much attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our new book for Mother’s Day – Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. I love these stories because they show us that it’s never too late to say thank you to our mothers. They really do appreciate it and welcome it at any time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our brand new book -- Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. I know we’ve all heard about the #metoo movement and we’ve heard the stories from celebrities about sexual harassment and discrimination. But of course this happens to men and women from all walks of life, and while it’s only one of the many themes we explore in our new book, it’s one of the most important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We have a new book coming out on May 1st, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman and I’m excited to give you a sneak preview of it today with one of our storywriters, Mirna Valerio, who was just announced as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and is certainly breaking stereotypes as to what a runner looks like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. These stories are about family feuds—ridiculous, silly family feuds that go on for decades and that make no sense—and cause some pretty strange behavior. If you have a family member who might need a nudge to give up some longstanding battle, these stories might be the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about a unique idea for birthdays. Why? Because I have one coming up tomorrow. And it’s not a big one—that was last year—but still… sometimes it’s good to take the focus off getting older and find a new way to celebrate the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It's Friend Friday and today we’re going to talk to Ruth Spiro, a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor who’s attracted quite a bit of attention for her line of baby books about science, weighty subjects like quantum physics and thermodynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. We have a lot of stories in the book about eccentric, wacky grandmothers but all of the stories are filled with admiration for these spunky women, who really do teach their grandchildren a lot about how to live their lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I want to talk about mothers as role models, because when you’re in the trenches raising your kids, or even later, when they’re grown but you’re still trying to give them advice, which is sometimes unwanted, you wonder if you’re getting through. Did you make a difference? Did the kids even listen to you? The answer is, yes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to one of our storywriters, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, who has a story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive about how she completely rebooted her life and changed careers in a dramatic way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our brand new book that just came out yesterday – Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. I love these stories because they’re about family members coming together – as friends – even after divorces. This happens more often than you would think, and I know it’s the case in my own family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that show that even the shyest people can find a way to overcome their shyness. Here’s how these two shy people found their self-confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m excited to introduce you to our guest, the actress, singer, and writer, Melanie Chartoff. Melanie is a new member of the Chicken Soup for the Soul family, having written a story for a new book we have coming out on Tuesday, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family. This is not really about crazy – it’s about those wacky, lovable family members that we all have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of my new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. These stories are reassuring in that they show that kids really do notice what their mothers do for them and for others. Sometimes, when you’re in the trenches raising kids, you’re not sure they’re paying attention or appreciating everything that you do. But in these stories, teenage girls—yes, teenage girls—do notice and admire their moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I want to talk about spring cleaning and how GREAT it feels to have LESS stuff. We put out a book about this a couple of years ago. It’s called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less and I found it highly motivational in getting me to focus on how much better I would feel with less clothing and less stuff in general. I’ve reduced the amount of clothing and footwear I have by almost half as a result and I still think I have too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to one of our storywriters, Amy Chesler, who has had quite an interesting life. Amy Chesler is an award-winning blogger and content creator from Los Angeles, CA. She is a proud six-time contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series as well as the author of an illustrated tale for all ages entitled A Man and His Books. When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, creating stained glass, cooking, and watching movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. Mother’s Day is a month and a half away, but the way the retailers work, they start putting up their Mother’s Day displays in late March, so we always get our Mother’s Day gift books out in mid-March. That’s okay though because you can’t thank mothers and grandmothers enough for all that they do. So I’ll be sharing stories with you for several weeks now as we head into Mother’s Day, and we do happen to have a lot of amazing stories in this new book about amazing moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I want to talk about the gift of time, which is something that our kids REALLY want, as we see over and over again in Chicken Soup for the Soul stories. With Easter coming at the end of the week, I thought I’d share a couple of stories that might give you ideas for creating unique gifts this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m bringing back one of our most popular guests – Kelly Sullivan Walden – America’s dream expert. Kelly and I have made two books together—Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions, and more recently Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to share two of my new favorite stories with you, from our brand new book that just came out yesterday – Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom. These stories will make you think mothers and grandmothers have some kind of magical power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to share a couple of stories that show that if we expect greatness from people they really WILL rise to the occasion. Putting on rose-colored glasses doesn’t just make things look rosy, sometimes it changes them for real! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we are replaying a terrific interview with the bestselling author James Scott Bell, who has some wonderful writing tips for you. I’ll see you Monday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today’s podcast is one of my old favorites, about perfect strangers getting together to do something kind, as a group. These are great stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I’m off this week because we’re in a big crunch getting books to the printer. Today’s re-run episode is about assuming the best will happen, which is a great strategy for viewing your day in a more positive light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It’s Friday and this is when we’re joined by one of my friends. Today my special guest is Natasha Stoynoff, who collaborated with me on a bestselling book that we published a year ago called "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope & Miracles." Natasha Stoynoff began her career as a teenaged entertainment sleuth in her hometown of Toronto, nabbing interviews and photos of elusive celebrities like Bruce Springsteen, Marlon Brando, and Madonna for the local dailies. After earning a B.A. in English and Psychology at York University and studying Journalism, she worked as a two-way news reporter/photographer at the Toronto Star and created her own Showbiz column, “Celebrity Bytes,” at the Toronto Sun. Currently the author of ten books (with more in the works) including two New York Times bestsellers, Natasha lives in New York City where she is writing a screenplay that involves a lot of hope and a few good miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it's Amy Newmark with some new favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Our latest book is out, and it’s filled with stories about miracles and really weird coincidences. Today I’m going to share two of them. Whether you think they’re miracles or just incredibly well timed coincidences, they are great stories that I was thrilled to publish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m going to share a couple of stories about rescued dogs and how they turned around and rescued their humans. We’re very passionate at Chicken Soup for the Soul about doing our part to help the millions of cats and dogs in the U.S. and Canada that are abandoned—and are living in shelters or outside—waiting for new homes. We feature stories about rescued dogs and cats in our books, we feature rescues on our TV show "Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Hidden Heroes," and we do a lot of work in partnership with American Humane, the oldest animal welfare organization in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we’re welcoming a new member of the Chicken Soup for the Soul family, Cathy Bissell, whose work on behalf of abandoned pets is featured on our Saturday morning television show, "Hidden Heroes." Cathy was indeed a hidden hero and today we’re going to shed some light on the important work that her foundation, the Bissell Pet Foundation, does to help dogs and cats and other pets that need to be rescued, rehabilitated, and then re-homed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I want to talk about the power of our dreams, and how they can help us diagnose our own health issues or those of people we’re close to. I’m always amazed by how many stories we get about this, and we’ve published dozens of them in our books about dreams and our books about miracles. These stories appear in our new book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and More." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we are back with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul, offering some quick and easy ways to figure out what you want to do with your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. With spring and summer feeling like they’re just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to talk to Holly Baker today, as she can tell us about some wonderful vacation locations to try this year. Holly Baker lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her husband Sean and daughter Wren, and their 3 dogs! She has a passion for renovating short term vacation homes crosses the country from New Orleans to Palm Springs and north of the border. She’s a fabulous designer and real estate investor. And she is the host of our new hit show on A&E, which is called "Vacation Rental Potential." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories that prove that it’s actually wise to listen to that little voice in your head. You might just end up saving someone’s life. Today I’m going to share two stories from "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and More" that I thought were wonderful examples of why we should follow our gut feelings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I want to talk about dementia today, and how it affects almost all of us in our families at some point. It kind of snuck up on our family and became very real after our mother died a year ago and we started to take care of our father. And I was so grateful to have been exposed to all the Chicken Soup for the Soul stories on this topic because they helped me so much to be prepared, and to have a better idea of how to react. So I’m going to share two my favorite stories with you today, ones that helped me considerably in this new world of caring for an elderly parent. Both of these stories were published in "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today I’m pleased to bring back Dr. Mike Dow for his fourth appearance on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. What I love about Mike is his practical approach to psychology, and the advice that he gives us that is very do-able. Dr. Mike Dow, Psy.D, is a highly sought-after psychotherapist and the New York Times bestselling author of "The Brain Fog Fix" and "Diet Rehab." Throughout his career, he has hosted several hit television series, served as a go-to expert in relationships, brain health, addiction and mental illness, and can currently be heard weekly on Hay House Radio’s "The Dr. Mike Show." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices