Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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 it’s that time of year when we think about resolutions. Many of them involve giving up something, or doing something we don’t really want to do—eating less, exercising more, being more organized, decluttering. But how about a resolution to treat yourself better, to add a little joy into your daily life? There’s nothing wrong with adding 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 with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk about some of those resolutions this month. But there are lots of other possible resolutions that are life-changing, or at least life-improving. So, I’ve been proposing some of those to you as well during the past month. And today we’re going to talk about what you can do if you don’t actually know what you want to do with 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 this month we’re talking about resolutions. If you’ve already abandoned the one you made at the beginning of the year, and 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 with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and this month we’re talking about resolutions. Resolutions can be very discouraging, because they are hard to stick to, and we all want to be the best version of ourselves. We also want to make everything perfect—our homes, our entertaining, ourselves. So today I want to share two stories with you about why it doesn’t have to be perfect, stories that we published in our bestselling book of the last sixteen years, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and this month we’re talking about resolutions, and of course among the traditional ones are dieting and exercising. Now that it’s the middle of January you might have already become discouraged. So I thought I would share some tips from a few of our writers who found incremental, reasonable changes they could make that would actually stick—and help them eat less and exercise more. 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 talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk about some of those resolutions this month. But there are lots of other possible resolutions that are life-changing, or at least life-improving. So, I’m going to propose some of those to you as well this month. And today we’re going to talk about the power of saying yes to 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 this month we’re talking about resolutions, and not always the traditional ones like dieting and exercising. There are lots of other possible resolutions that are life-changing, or at least life-improving. So, I’m going to propose some of those to you as well this month. 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 talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk about some of those resolutions this month. But there are lots of other possible resolutions that are life-changing, or at least life-improving. So, I’m going to propose some of those to you as well this month. 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 talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk about some of those resolutions this month. But there are lots of other possible resolutions that are life-changing, or at least life-improving. So, I’m going to propose some of those to you as well this month. 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 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 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 with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas, stories that illustrate Five ways to find the blessings in the holiday season. You’re probably feeling that holiday spirit now because it’s almost Christmas, so I hope you enjoy these stories. I want to start with a story about a Christmas miracle, from Wendy Keppley. 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 holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. Today I want to feature our military and remember those who serve during the holidays, including their families who are soldiering on without them at 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: My Wonderful, Wacky Family, about when death is not so grave. And by that, I mean we’re going to look at a couple of cases where the bereaved employed their senses of humor even as they were dealing with all the normal mourning that we go through. 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, with two stories from our new bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. These stories are about Christmas AND Hanukkah, and how plenty of people manage to celebrate both every 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 Christmas. Now you may think it’s all gotten too commercial and it’s all about getting gifts, but that’s not what see at Chicken Soup for the Soul. We see a focus on families getting together, and people enjoying the giving way more than the receiving, and people looking out for others in their communities. And that extends all the way down to the kids, who demonstrate all the attributes you’d want to see as far as generosity and compassion are concerned. So today I’m going to share a couple of stories about the natural generosity of kids at Christmastime, from our bestselling Christmas book, 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 two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. The holidays—Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, etc. are a great time for family bonding and that’s what today’s stories are about—a couple of great ideas for how to do 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 new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. I don’t know about you, but when it comes to the holidays I’m a lot more accepting of cutesiness, and shininess, and a lot of decorating approaches that I wouldn’t accept at any other time of year. And that’s why today’s stories are about the theme “Can You Really Be Too Tacky at Christmastime?” 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 two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. There’s something about the holiday season that sends parents into overdrive, with all the planning and moving parts, and strategizing about gifts and hoping that children who are grown and gone will still come home for the holidays. And that often involves a little motherly scheming, which is what our two stories are 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 I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. We get a lot of stories from people about how their pets do Christmas. You know if you have a dog or a cat you’re probably adding a gift for your four legged friend to your holiday shopping list, because everyone in the family gets to enjoy the holidays. And cats and dogs really do love the decorations, the special foods, and the gifts they receive. And Christmas trees – they really do love Christmas trees, sometimes TOO much. 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, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer. Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Rod,The Escape Artist, and eleven other bestselling thrillers. He also writes non-fiction books like The Nazi Conspiracy, about a secret plot to kill FDR, Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of WWII – and the Ordinary People Change the World kids book series. 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 new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. Of course, the holidays are the time of year when we feel the loss of loved ones pretty hard, thinking back to the last holidays we spent with them and the traditions they were part of. Jamie Cahill gave us a story about this, regarding her grandmother, who loved Christmas and shared many traditions with her grandchildren and then her great-grandchildren, Jamie’s three kids. The kids would snuggle in their great-grandmother’s lap as she read them the same Christmas stories she had read to Jamie. 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: Well That Was Funny. If laughter is the best medicine, this book is your prescription. I’ve been sharing stories from the book for the last couple of months, and today will be the last episode about this book, so we’re going out with a bang, with six stories today, about six ways to find the humor in everyday 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 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: Well THAT Was Funny. We’ve gathered some great storytellers in this book, to document the mishaps and misadventures of everyday life. One of the topics that came up a lot in the stories was technology, and specifically technology snafus. 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 fun stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous—about Five ways that angels and miracles manifested in the lives of our contributors when they were least expected. 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: Time for Christmas. Thanksgiving is almost here, and then it will be time to get serious about those Hanukkah and Christmas lists, but it doesn’t have to be stressful. People will really know if you are giving from your heart, and that’s what matters. 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: Time for Christmas. Today’s stories are about the most amazing Christmas miracles; I was really pleased to get these stories for our book. You’re about to see why! 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 a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: All You Need Is Love. You know, 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. What I love is the stories about destiny, about loves that were meant to be. For example, Lori Chidori Phillips’ story, which is mind-blowing in so many ways. We first published her story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable because it is about dreams and it is truly unexplainable! 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 bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous. These stories of angels and miracles will strengthen your faith that good things do happen to good people! And sometimes these miracles are hard to explain away—it’s hard to find a so-called “rational” reason for why they happened. That’s the case with the stories I’m 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: Time for Christmas. The holidays are coming—Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s—and that means lots of gathering with family and friends. And sometimes there are issues outstanding, ones that were kind of ignored during the year but rear their ugly heads during the holidays. So it’s a great time to use the power of forgiveness to smooth the way through those get–togethers. 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 two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous. You know, we have a great time making our books about miracles and angels and messages from heaven because the stories are always so mind-blowing. And today’s stories are definitely in that category, making us say “How did that 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 going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. I know Christmas is still a couple of months off, but in the meantime we have Thanksgiving, and that usually means turkey, and that often means turkey disasters. So if you’ve ever had a turkey disaster of your own, or you fear that one is coming down the road for you, I have stories for 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 going to share two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous. Today’s stories are about miraculous saves, those times when someone or something came to the aid of a person in a way that just can’t be explained. 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: Time for Christmas. So I know it’s early to be talking about Christmas, but this book is out now because that’s when the retailers want to see Christmas books hit the shelves. The good thing is that we always put lots of Thanksgiving stories in our holiday books, so they start feeling relevant right away. And today, since it’s only October, we’re going to talk about GETTING READY for Thanksgiving, and how to get your gratitude tuned up for the upcoming 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: The Advice that Changed My Life. Today’s stories contain great advice that was meant for the workplace, although the advice really pertains to life in general. 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: Well That Was Funny. If laughter is the best medicine then this book is your prescription. We’ve gathered some great storytellers to document the mishaps and misadventures of everyday life and celebrate humanity’s ability to laugh at itself. Today’s stories are about wildlife, both the very large and the very small kind. 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: 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 about something that a lot of us need to learn, and that is that it is not selfish to take care of 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 share a couple of stories with you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous. These stories of angels and miracles will strengthen your faith that good things do happen to good people! And one of the ways that miracles occur for people is when they get a premonition or a gut feeling, and those feelings avert certain disaster. Sometimes you just have to listen to your gut feelings, as you’ll hear 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 I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous, which contains 101 stories about angels, miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences, and other events that will make you say “wow” when you read about them. Today we’re going to talk about miraculous bonds—stories that made me say “wow” when I read them and chose them for this new collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices