Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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: Believe in Miracles. I think today’s stories will give you goose bumps, as they deal with something so important, and so emotional… and that is a couple of long overdue reunions between mothers and children who were separated becau...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles—two stories of amazing, miraculous, hard-to-explain coincidences. These are just of two of the 101 stories in this new book that will open your eyes to the possibilities—the possibilities that sometimes amazing things occur even in our...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today your inspiration is from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. Today I’m sharing two stories about the uncanny ability of cats to act as natural therapists for their humans. They’re small animals, and often thought of as aloof, but when they want to, these little animals can be a huge help, of...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This new collection of stories offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing,...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how your dog can be the key to a better social life. This is one of the many themes from our bestselling book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. We always think that we rescued them, but in fact they usually rescue us, because of the way they ser...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Our guest today is Carol Andrews, who wrote a story about miraculous healing that appears in our new Believe in Miracles book. Carol is going to talk about that miracle, plus share her wisdom as an executive coach and TV personality. 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: Believe in Miracles. If you’ve lost something valuable, even if it’s been lost for years, these stories will give you hope that it might just turn up, the way it did for our writers. You won’t believe how it happened, but it did. S...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from our new bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles. We’re going to talk about miraculous life-saving coincidences and I think you’ll get goose bumps from these stories about two women who most certainly avoided death through the luckiest breaks, ones that almost didn’t happen. Learn mo...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of stories about how even the biggest, bravest dogs can be afraid of some things. And with the Fourth of July fireworks almost upon us, and all those summer thunderstorms, I thought it would be fun to see how other people’s dogs react. We have several funny stories about this in ou...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when th...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking with Rob & Cheryl Cuccio. Rob wrote a story about literally coming back from the dead for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles, so we’re going to talk about that—how he WAS dead… until his wife insisted the doctor go back and keep trying, and also about how Cheryl’s dad...

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: Believe in Miracles, because miracles happen every day to people from all walks of life, and today we’re talking about miracles involving money—because we’ve all had those times when we really needed some financial help. And someti...

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: Believe in Miracles. As the back cover says, this book is filled with “101 Stories about the Miracles that Are Just Waiting to Happen to All of Us,” with true stories of miraculous coincidences, answered prayers, mysterious healing...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Professor Michael Rousell, who has some great tips for us, many based on Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, for how you can create life-changing formative moments for yourself and for the other people 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 want to talk about your last holiday gift—the one that you may not have opened yet. This is the one that may make all the difference to you in the New Year—and that is the gift of forgiveness. You know I always said that our writers who were cancer survivors had some amazing insights—they had achieved the kind of clarity you get...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories that are great reminders that we all have an amazing amount of inner strength that we can call on when it’s needed. We’re constantly seeing stories from our writers about how they had no idea they had as much strength as they did, but they discovered this amazing reserve when they needed it. That enabled t...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I want to share a couple of fun stories from our new dog book, which is the bestselling dog book we’ve ever had. It’s all about Life Lessons from the Dog and we’ve been talking about rescued dogs who rescue us back, dogs that act as natural therapy dogs, and dogs that are our fierce protectors. Today I’m s...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. These stories will get you out there, running, walking, hiking—and feeling great about yourself. And as it turns out, runn...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we learn so much from our cats—they show us how to be better humans and they teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. And then there are the times when they just make us laugh, and it’s because o...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to financial expert Danetha Doe of our hit TV show, Going From Broke, which streams for free on Crackle and was produced by Ashton Kutcher, Matador Content and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and is hosted by Dan Rosensweig, the CEO of Chegg. The show streams for free on Crackle, which...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with inspiration for you from our 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 editor-in-chief, and I’ve come to understand that forgiveness is an essential key to happiness. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emoti...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to share two stories that will give you some great ideas for how you can tweak your attitude and truly make every day count. This is not hard. There are some really easy, quick things you can do. And they revolve around actively practicing gratitude and paying attention to what is good in your life. Learn more about your a...

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...