Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and we’re talking about dogs for a couple of weeks because we have a new, fabulous dog book out. It’s called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog and it’s about all that magic that we experience as dog family members. How do dogs do it anyway? The act as our therapists, they manage to brighten even the darkest days, they’re frequently...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and for the next couple of weeks we’re going to be talking about dogs. We have a fabulous new book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog. It’s all about the magic of sharing life with a dog. After all, they keep us company, provide so much unconditional love, share in the ups and downs of our lives, and definitely make every...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you one of my most popular pieces on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly in two publications which feature interesting stories an...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Have you ever surprised yourself by doing something because you’re on a mission and then later you just can’t believe that you pulled that off? Sometimes, we just fly right through our comfort zones because we’re so focused on what we’re trying to accomplish. It’s cool when that happens because I feel like it permanently changes you—you ne...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? I know I have to fight against that impulse all the time, that impulse to avoid new things even for simple reasons like I don’t know where to park at whatever place I’m thinking of going. It’s really easy to fall into a rut and accidentally let you...

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 addin...

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...

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. Do you ever think that maybe you should focus a little more on stepping outside your comfort zone and broadening your world? I think we all have the tendency to stop doing new things… because it’s easier. But then we’re surprised when we try doing something new, or going to a new place, or meeting a new person, and we really enjoy it. Sayi...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you my most popular piece on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly on two publications which feature interesting stories and great...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? I know I have to resist that all the time, even for simple reasons like I don’t know where to park at whatever place I’m thinking of going. It’s really easy to fall into a rut and accidentally let your world become smaller. Learn more about your ad...

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,...

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 stic...

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...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So let me ask you this: Are you stuck in a rut? Do you never try anything new? How does it make you feel? I know I talk about it all the time, but our writers send us thousands of stories every year about how energized and empowered they feel when they start saying Yes instead of No to new things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re going to talk about getting older and having a great attitude about it. In our first story, Geneva Coleman tells us that she was 55 years old when she decided to reinvent herself. The first thing that went was her hair dye. She went silver—on purpose. And she discovered how much healthier her hair was when she stopped dyein...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Are you competing to be the favorite grandparent? Grandparenting is so different these days—the unconditional love and mutual admiration between grandchildren and grandparents are still the same, but what’s different for many families is they are so spread out. Sometimes they live in different countries, or hundreds of miles apart, or the...

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/adchoi...

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...

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...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re going to talk about getting older, and having a great attitude about it. In our first story, we hear about what Miriam Van Scott calls The Bon Jovi Challenge. Why? Because not long after she turned forty her husband surprised her with tickets to a Bon Jovi concert. Miriam was excited to head off to New York to hear her old...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m talking about married couples—long-time married couples. You know, the ones who stop actually seeing each other, or who have fallen into some bad habits when it comes to how they treat each other. They’re just TOO comfortable. In their very long marriages and they’re not really trying anymore. Learn more about your ad choices...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re going to talk about getting older and having a great attitude about it. In our first story, which is called “Deconstructing My Birthday,” Peggy Purser Freeman tells us that she didn’t really want to do anything in particular for her birthday one year. Her husband kept asking what she wanted to do but nothing appealed to her...

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 feel...

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 mira...