Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away, followed closely by Hanukkah, and then Christmas. So here at Chicken Soup for the Soul we’re already focusing on all the great stories we have about the joy of giving, and the sense of community that emerges around the holidays. We had so many stories submitted for our newest holiday book that were about neighbors getting together to help each other, or even...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and sol...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re going to talk about Thanksgiving and how you can get your gratitude on in time for all those get-togethers with family and friends. I read a study that said there are two keys to happiness: getting enough sleep and having gratitude—that is seeing the good in your life and being...

Today I’m going to talk about something that we can all use around Thanksgiving and Hanukkah and Christmas… and that is forgiveness. If you’re looking ahead to all those holiday get-togethers and wondering how you’re going to handle that sibling who you’re not getting along with, or that friend who’s been badmouthing you behind your back, today’s podcast is for you! Because I’m going to share two...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Julie Hornok, who is a regular writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul and also the mother of a teenager on the autism spectrum. Julie discovered her love for writing when her daughter, Lizzie, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two. At that point, she jumped into researchin...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Here’s an interesting fact: Barnes & Noble said a couple of months ago that sales of books related to "finding happiness" had climbed 83 percent from a year ago. Well, today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from one of our bestselling books, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness. These stori...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re going to talk about stress, because vacations are over and we’re back to work and school, and all that stress may be starting up again. We put out a great book called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Goodbye to Stress, and it really helped me put all the stressful things in my own life into perspective, so I want to share a couple of helpful stories from it with...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday today on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. I met a really fascinating guy a few weeks ago when I was in Chicago, or as they say out there, when I was in the Chicagoland area. And today I want to introduce you to John Elliott, who wrote an amazing, perplexing story for our 2016 book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and Miracles. Learn more about y...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable. You may know that we get thousands of submissions for each of our books, and there are only 101 slots, so it allows us to publish truly fabulous stories. We also are sometimes inundated with hundreds of stories on a particular subtopic, and in the case of our new book about...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. I want to share a couple of stories from our newest bestselling dog and cat books today, stories that are particularly relevant because they’re about rescues – cats and dogs rescued after hurricanes and floods, who turn around and rescue their humans right back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and sol...

Today I’m returning to one of my favorite topics—how your subconscious knows things about you that you’re just too busy to realize. It’s only while you’re sleeping that your subconscious can say, “Hey, I have something to tell you.” And it does that through your dreams. So I’m going to share two really cool stories with you, stories in which dreams revealed important truths to two of our writers....

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some inspiration to help you conquer your fears—by exposing yourself to what you’re afraid of. Exposure therapy is a very effective form of behavioral therapy, and it’s one that you can do yourself, without even going to a therapist. Many of our writers seem to intuitively know how to do this for themselves, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you that...

Today I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. Mike and I have made a completely new kind of Chicken Soup for the Soul book together, one that combines Chicken Soup for the Soul stories with Mike’s easy-to-implement tips that show you how you can solve many of your problems yourself, without using a therapist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

We’ve been talking in recent weeks about how you can use the power of saying yes to change your life. There’s another great way you can make positive change, and that is to actually pay attention to your dreams—the ones you have while you’re asleep. Why? Because that’s when your subconscious, which actually knows A LOT about you, has your full attention, because you’re not distracted by all the th...

Today I’m going to talk about a little word that has a big impact—to change your life for the better. I’m really passionate about this topic—the positive effect of saying YES to new things and the potential to change your life. Yes is a word that I’ve made a policy of saying, and It has re-energized my life and made me much happier. So today I’m going to share two stories from our latest book, Chi...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m going to introduce you to Paten Hughes, a talented actress and producer who has a wonderful new webseries that I really enjoyed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our latest book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!—about a very common problem: fears and phobias that are holding you back from fully participating in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re going to talk about reinventing yourself – by saying yes to change and saying no to fear of that change. This is a theme we see a lot in the stories we get – people reinventing themselves – and it was a big part of our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I want to introduce you to Mary Shores, who has a new book out called Conscious Communications. Recognized as a leader of innovative thought, Mary has spent over a decade teaching businesses and individuals how to inspire others, create new ways of thinking, identify and achieve their...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. One of the topics we’ve always been passionate about at Chicken Soup for the Soul is immigration and the energy and can-do attitude that immigrants bring to America when they join us here. So I want to share a couple of stories with you today about our new citizens. Learn mo...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s the nearing the anniversary of 9/11 and we need to stop and think today. One of the things that I’m noticing is the difference in our unity now versus then. Do you remember what it was like right after 9/11? How we were so united, nationwide? We were one, noticing what was the same about us, not what was diffe...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Ann Clark Van Hine. Ann lost her husband in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and with the anniversary of the attacks coming up in a few weeks, I wanted to honor the thousands of dead and tens of thousands of surviving family members by talking to Ann today. Learn more...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. I am very excited about today’s podcast because I have two great stories for you about religious tolerance in America, which is one of the things that has historically been a cornerstone of our great nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s almost Labor Day, and it really feels like the start of a new year, right? Even if you don’t have kids in school, and your life doesn’t revolve around the school year, there’s something about Labor Day that makes it feel like a time when we can start fresh. I know that I’m filled with ideas for how I want to d...