Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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