From My Mama's Kitchen® Talk Radio Show

Yoga in America is a $27 billion industry. There are more than 20 million practitioners. 83 percent of yogis are women and 17 percent are men. The top five reasons for starting yoga were: flexibility, general conditioning, stress relief, improve overall health and physical fitness. Tracy Weber is the owner and founder of the award-winning Whole Life Yoga located in Seattle, WA. She is a certified...

Are you looking for the tools, motivation and activity to conquer his yo-yo weight gain?  Are you secretly afraid you’ll be overweight forever? Asher Fox is a Subconscious Behaviorist, Cognitive Behavioral Coach, and Clinical Hypnotherapist. His number one Amazon and Kindle Bestselling book, Fat to Fearless: Enjoy Permanent Weight Loss and End Emotional Eating... For Good! reveals a unique approac...

Forgiving someone takes courage and love. Using the power of forgiveness can be a life changing experience. According to actor, Anthony Anderson, the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness, “You can always take the first step. You can always extend the olive branch whether you feel it’s your duty or not.” Anthony concludes his inspiring story by saying, “I learned that li...

Reverend Becca Stevens is one of the premiere preachers and speakers in the United States. She uses love as the most powerful force for social change. She is an Episcopal priest at St. Augustine’s at Vanderbilt University. Rev. Becca is the founder of Magdalene, residential communities of women who have survived prostitution, trafficking and addiction. In 2001, she founded Thistle Farms, which cur...

Wondering how to find a balance and benefit in your child’s use of social media, apps, and digital devices?  Dr. Jodi Gold is board certified in adult and pediatric psychiatry, with clinical expertise in child & adolescent pharmacology, reproductive psychiatry, parenting & divorce, psychotherapy of anxiety, mood disorders and the management of digital technology. She has spoken nationally...

Humanity is in a fast-forward stage of evolution. We saw this with the Bridge Generation. For the past several decades, children are born with various gifts and knowing. They were first introduced as Indigo Children, then referred to as Crystalline Children and later as Star Children. In a follow up to her international bestselling book, The Children of Now, Meg Blackburn Losey, Ph. D. revisits th...

According to film and television actress, comedian, producer, and activist, Fran Drescher, Let’s face it, bad things happen to good people... how we grow through it... is what makes the difference! Her forward for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Inner Strength, reminds everyone that adversities in life provide us with opportunities to become more refined versions of ourselves.    Join Amy New...

According to Unity Spiritual Leader, Temple Hayes, many people do not realize there are many layers of being asleep and dying while we are living. We are so caught up in the motions of living, eating, and working that we don't realize we stop pursuing our potential along the way.  We have become robotic! How do you know whether you've been dying a bit every day? One key way is to notice if you are...

According to the New York Times bestselling author, Gabrielle Bernstein, angels do exist. She immediately felt reconnected to her spiritual presence, when she started reading Chicken Soup for the Soul: Touched by an Angel. Whether you call them angels, guardians or guides, these “beings” touch our lives in a powerful way.  Join Amy Newmark, the publisher and editor-in-chief for Chicken Soup and me...

Have you ever wonder about the dawn of the Internet Age? Companies from Silicon Valley to London fighting to claim the billions to be made on the new information highway. Clare Price is a former business journalist, technology reporter, Internet industry analyst and a VP of marketing for several software startups. She saw the birth of the commercial Internet firsthand as a research director with t...

What do Simon Cowell, Warren Buffett, Brad Pitt, Colin Farrell, Serena Williams and World Cup soccer star Leighton Barnes all have in common? They incorporate rituals into their lives to help them to be at the top of their game. NY Times bestselling author of The Passion Test, Chris Attwood, says that rituals can enable anyone to attain the highest level of success in life. His new book, Your Hidd...

Kathleen Flinn is the author of the New York Times bestseller memoir, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry. Her second book, The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Women into Fearless Home Cooks was a named a 2012 Non-Fiction Book of the Year by the American Society of Journalists & Authors. Her latest book, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir o...

Are you stuck in a rut? Looking for purpose and meaning in your life? Ready for a new job, a new hobby or new relationships? Claire Cook, reinvention expert and USA Today bestselling author will be empowering you to take chances, follow your dreams and reboot your own life as you read the 101 inspiring stories by people, just like you, who did just that in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Reboot Your Li...

Would you like to learn how to become a captivating storyteller? Would you like to compose a story that engages the readers with attitude? Novelist, screenwriter, playwright, Thomas B. Sawyer, was Head Writer/Showrunner of the classic CBS series, Murder, She Wrote, for which he wrote 24 episodes. Edgar & Emmy-nominated, Thomas wrote, directed and produced the cult film comedy, Gosh Alice Goodb...

Thanks to their educational journey, thousands of people are walking around with the hidden belief nagging them saying, “You are not very smart.” How do you think that impacts their lives? Isn’t it possible that these people, brilliant in their own right, not knowing this, are living way below their potential? Renee Mollan-Masters’ book, You Are Smarter Than You Think, uses the latest in online te...

Alan Day took a risk to start the first government-sponsored wild horse sanctuary, which was located on 35,000 acres in the Sand Hills of South Dakota. After successfully lobbying Congress to approve the idea, Alan received 1500 wild horses in 1989 from the Bureau of Land Management. His deep connection with the animals in his care is clear from the outset, as is his maverick philosophy of horse-w...

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert writes in her foreword to Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Did What?: “I hope that you learn a little about love and the strange ways that animal (and humans) show it.”  In her forward to Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog Did What?: “I hope you read something that reminds you of your favorite dog and suddenly realize that the relationship w...

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping) is a powerful self-help treatment method within the field of Energy Psychology. Research has shown that emotional trauma contributes greatly to disease.  Dawson Church, PhD, Executive Director of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, has authored a new edition of the EFT Manual which makes EFT understandable to the many medical professionals...

Do you believe in the the power of prayers? Are you curious about how people around the world pray? Master Healer, Paramahansa Jagadish latest book, The Prayer Project, is a unique tool box of prayer which illuminates the power of prayer. You will learn how to spread the blessing of prayer and the impact prayer can have on you personally. The book also reveals a brief perspective of how the world’...

Peggy Hanson has lived more than twenty years in Yemen, Turkey, India, and Indonesia. She is an author and travel blogger who loves to share her international life with her readers. Growing up in a series of small towns in Colorado, the daughter of a mountain-climbing Congregational minister and teacher, probably helped mold her affinity to nomadism. An avid mystery fan, Peggy draws on her backgro...

Need help in finding a moment for yourself? Do you think having a "me time" is selfish? Looking for some creative ways on how to handle housework and juggling a career? Join Amy Newmark, the publisher of Chicken Soup, and me on Tuesday, July 22, 10-11 A.M. CT US, as we discuss Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Multitasking Mom’s Survival Guide. The book is a collection of inspiring and entertaining s...

Do you need help in gaining control over your overeating tendencies? Certified Master Coach and the founder of The Metabolic Reset Program, Joyce Lillis, will reveal strategies to help you learn how to negotiate and reason with your Inner Food Voice, about how much, what type, and the amount of food you are going to eat.   Join Joyce Lillis and me on Tuesday, July 15, 10-11 A.M. CT US, as we discu...

Laughter is Health. Stress management has never been this much fun! Research has shown that the health benefits of laughter are far-ranging. Laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, and even increase immunity.  Unfortunately, many people don’t get enough laugher in their lives. In fact, one study suggests that healthy children may laugh as much as 400 times per day, but adults tend...

Two months shy of her third birthday, Susan Goudy was sexually abused by a six-teen-year-old neighbor. The scars from childhood sexual abuse are invisible. Susan was very young when she was sexually abused and did not understand clearly what happened to her and therefore lived in fear for years without an understanding of why. Her poignant memoir reveals how our earliest experiences can influence...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs every 18.5 seconds in the U.S. Concussions are the most common. Chances are you have been touched in some way by this experience. TBIs occur due to accidents and sports, and are also common in returning soldiers.  Dr. Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, have carefully chosen stories that cover...