Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Randy Collins, who is pretty well known in the LA area for being on the USC lacrosse team… and being twice as old as his teammates. That’s a Division ONE team, by the way. Randy wrote about his journey from being an overweight Marine to being a USC lacrosse player and PhD candidate in his story in Chicken Soup for...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you—and this could change your social life. When we asked people to send us stories about how they used the power of yes to change their lives, we never imagined how many stories we would get about how people forced themselves to step outside their comfort zones and made a whole bunch of new friends as a result. It’s adv...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of new Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that will help you learn how to embrace change and avoid getting stuck in a rut. Because life is about using the power of yes to keep growing and changing and doing new things. There are some very simple ways that you can start the process of re-energizing your life. You don’t have to travel the world or jump out of an ai...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today we’re going to talk about reinventing yourself, which is a big theme in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. I’m excited to introduce you to John Davis Walker, who had reinvented himself more than once. You’ve actually seen him many times in films and TV shows. Today we’re going to talk about his journey from the merchant ma...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about trying the things that your spouse likes, those things you’re sure you’ll hate. It worked for two couples we know. And it added a wonderful new dimension to their marriages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark. Today I’m going to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things, and things you’re afraid of, and things that you’re sure you’ll hate—because stepping outside your comfort zone truly is a great way to re-energize your life and make your world broader again. The word Yes is a small word but it has a big impact, and we have 101 stories about how life chang...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Georgia Shaffer, who is one of my favorite Chicken Soup for the Soul writers and someone who really changed my life. Georgia Shaffer is an author, professional speaker, a Christian life coach, and a licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania.  Learn more abo...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Kind (of) America. This book just came out in 2017 and we heard lovely stories from people that they’re actually crying – with happiness – because the stories in the book reassure them – that America is still the country that we think it is, despite what we’re hearing and seeing in the news ab...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s the beginning of a new week and the perfect time to address whatever has been bothering you. For many of us, that’s our inability to get enough sleep, whether it’s because we’re too busy, or because we toss and turn due to stress. 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 Joan Lunden. Joan Lunden has been a trusted voice in American homes for more than 30 years. For nearly two decades, Joan greeted viewers each morning on Good Morning America. She has reported from 26 countries, covered 5 presidents, 5 Olympics, and kept Amer...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Really Did That? The book came last year and made it to the bestseller list. It’s filled with stories that will make you want to jump in the car and drive to the nearest shelter and adopt a dog—which is part of our mission at Chicken Soup for the Soul, to get you to think about the shelte...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today, I want to talk about a disease that affects almost every family at some point—Alzheimer’s or one of the other kinds of dementia. They all basically manifest the same way, no matter what they’re called. At some point, those “senior moments” become more sinister and often people will even go to the doctors the...

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 Susan Panzica, who is really a wonderful person and you’re going to find out why today. Susan is a a former government employee in the U.S. Customs Service who now works in her husband’s chiropractic office. She is the mother of two grown children,  and she is a writer. But wh...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m here to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things. We have a book about this coming out in August, but today I’m going to share a couple of stories from two of our past books. This first story had a huge impact on me, and what I love about it is that it involves a change you can make in your life JUST BY DECIDING. It’s that simple. Learn...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I want to talk about why you should step outside your comfort zone and add some simple luxuries to your life. These are easy, inexpensive ways to treat yourself better and to make your life more fun, and exciting, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Melissa Wootan, who is one of most prolific writers, with more than 21 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories about an easy way that you can dramatically change your life—by using the power of gratitude. This has been a big topic for us ever since we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude, which I coauthored with Deborah Norville. We made the book because gratitude is a topic that our contributors have always written about and because it’...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and some great advice about how you can use the power of forgiveness to open up your future. I’m going to share a couple of very powerful stories that will make you rethink those resentments you’re holding onto. I think today’s podcast could be life changing for you, and I don’t say that lightly. I say it because I’v...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Julie Hornok, who had been published in five Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Julie and I are going to talk about two main topics today: 1) her Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, and particularly her experience with raising a child on the autism spectrum, and then 2) a quick introduction to how we can use yoga to f...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re going to talk about women who fell in love, and stayed in love, with men who helped them through tough times. I’m going to share two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love, which has so much variety! It’s been really fun sharing all these love stories with y...

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 Miracle of Love—and we’re going to talk about an important topic—how to keep that love fresh as the years go on. 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, which means we get to talk to someone very special from the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today it’s Dean Karnazes, who coauthored Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners with me, and also has a story in our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choi...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. In honor of the Fourth of July, I thought we'd revisit an episode that originally posted on the the 15th anniversary of 9/11. This episode is a focused of the goodness in people, as I remember traveling to San Francisco a couple of months later after the attacks and having my cabdriver refuse my fare when he heard...

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. We're celebrating the Fourth of July this week, so I thought we'd revisit a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 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 Jaymin Patel, who is a well-known motivational speaker who also wrote his own Bollywood love story for us, about how he defied his parents’ expectations that he would marry a nice Indian girl from their old neighborhood, and instead married the American girl he fell in love w...