Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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 relation...

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 sign...

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...

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 sh...

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...

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...

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 subconscio...

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 importa...

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 patien...

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....

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 do...

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...

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...

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. Vi...

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...

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 c...

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 ch...

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 t...

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 i...

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,...

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...

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...

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 ch...