Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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 som...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 an...

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 sou...

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 the...

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...

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 unexp...

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 t...

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. Vi...

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 choi...

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 podcastcho...

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...

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 s...

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 Jos...

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...

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...

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...

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 frien...