Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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Two Simple Ways to Keep Your Marriage Healthy Dec 23, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about marriage—or any long-term relationships—and how to keep them fresh and loving and healthy. There are some simple little tweaks you can make to your perspective that will instantly work, and with all the little stressors that can arise during the holidays, I thought this would be a good topic.

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Making New Families During the Holidays Dec 20, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about what happens when you’re not with your normal family members for Christmas—and how you can create a wonderful family holiday anyway. Family is a feeling, not just a narrowly defined thing, so I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas in which our writers learned how to fill their holidays with that family feeling.

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You Can Start Your Life Over at Any Time Dec 18, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with today’s Chicken Soup for the Soul for you and this is my 600th episode. Today I want to share two stories from our huge bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. You may have seen my coauthor Deborah Norville talking about it on various national news and talk shows. Today’s stories are about rebooting your life—how it’s never too late and how it can be the best thing that ever happened to you… even if you’re starting over because you’ve lost everything.

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Don’t Carry Your Resentments and Disappointments Around with You Dec 16, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about forgiveness, which I believe is essential to being happy. If you’re carrying around resentment and disappointment and anger because of things that have happened to you, you’re carrying quite a heavy burden. And the person you’re hurting is you, not the person or people who hurt you. It might sound impossible, but you really can use the power of forgiveness to free yourself. And it’s something you can accomplish instantly, just by deciding that you’re going to stop.

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Homemade Holidays – A Tradition Anyone Can Start Dec 13, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you holiday inspiration from our book Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. Today we’re going to talk about homemade gifts and I’ll share a couple of great ideas from our writers, who used homemade gifts to create holiday traditions and values.

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Free Yourself with Self-Forgiveness Dec 11, 2019

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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 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. Why is forgiveness so important? It’s because of the emotional weight we carry when we don’t forgive. And interestingly, self-forgiveness is just as important as forgiving other people. So I’m going to share two stories today that will show you how you can find your way to self-forgiveness, too.

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When Christmas Disasters Turn into Favorite Memories Dec 09, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our book Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas. This new collection of stories will help you get into the holiday spirit, and also remind you that sometimes the best Christmases of all are the ones where everything seems to go wrong.

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FRIEND FRIDAY - Counselor Linda Newton Explains How to Use the Power of Forgiveness to Make Your Holidays Happier Dec 06, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. Today I’m talking to Linda Newton, who is one of our regular contributors and always wows me with the advice and observations in her stories. Today we’re going to talk about forgiveness and how it has played a very constructive role in Linda’s life and her work as a counselor.

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How to Make Every Single Day Count Dec 04, 2019

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to talk about mindfulness, and living in the moment, and trying new things. I’ve got two stories to share with you 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.

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Sharing Holidays? Get Creative and Make Some New Traditions Dec 02, 2019

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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: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. If you have large families, and lots of obligations, you know what it’s like to juggle everyone, share days, and keep everyone happy during the holidays. It’s stressful and it can make the holidays feel more like work than play. But you CAN get creative, and work around all those scheduling issues and make new traditions.

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