Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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The Quiet Way Dads Show Their Love Jun 11, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you during this Father’s Day week. With Father’s Day approaching, many of us are thinking about how we can show our dads we appreciate them, and we may also be thinking about the way they show us that they love us, which can be a little understated at times. Sometimes dads show they care in a more quiet way, not by saying “I love you” out loud.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – Fatherhood, Love and Destiny – A Filmmaker's Vision Becomes Reality in This Captivating Film for Father's Day Jun 08, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Tim Rouhana, a writer and director whose latest film is premiering in theaters across the country next Wednesday, June 13th, as the first in a series of Chicken Soup for the Soul special film events. Tim also happens to be the oldest of our four children, so this is a special event for the whole family.

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Love and Destiny – Meeting Mr. Right Again and Again and Again Jun 06, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two of my favorite stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. I’m amazed by how many stories we get from people who kept crossing paths with their future soul mates, over and over again, sometimes for decades, before finally meeting for real.

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When You Meet Your Soul Mate in Your Dreams – Destiny and Love Jun 04, 2018

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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 brand new book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love—which is filled with so much variety—because everyone has a different kind of story about how he or she found true love. That makes this book a lot of fun, and I’m looking forward to sharing some great stories with you over the next couple of months.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – Tips for Talking to People with Disabilities from the Author of "More the Same than Different" Jun 01, 2018

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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 going to introduce you to Lorraine Cannistra, who has cerebral palsy and writes about that for us often. She is a wheelchair ballroom dancer and has a new book out called More the Same than Different that helps us understand how to talk to people with disabilities, something that most of us can use some advice about.

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Stop Standing on the Sidelines – Get Back into Action Doing What You Love May 30, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today concludes my month-long review of our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Next week we’re going to start talking about The Miracle of Love, which will be a fun topic as we head into summer reading! But let me finish the empowered woman topic with two fabulous stories, about women who had let their fears keep them on the sidelines, not participating in life, until they overcame them.

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An Inside Look at a National Guard Soldier Deploying and Saying Goodbye to His Family May 28, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Memorial Day, so I want to share a story that really moved me, about Matthew Mawyer, an Army National Guard soldier who was serving in Kuwait when he wrote a story for a book we put out last May called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Military Families.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – Dancing without a Partner, Powering Through Dementia, with Alzheimer's Expert Deborah Shouse May 25, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday on the Chicken Soup for the Soul podcast. I’m continuing our review of our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman, which has created a lot of buzz and you can understand why, as it includes stories from women of all ages and all walks of life, discussing how they found their confidence, courage, and their true selves. Deborah Shouse, who is one of our regular writers, wrote a story for this book and we’re going to discuss that and then another topic where she is an expert, and that is tips for people who are caregivers for their family members who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

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Standing Up for What's Right – It's Never Too Early to Start May 23, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking about parents finding their empowerment and being role models for their children, and we’ve talked about women standing up for what’s right, no matter how scary it is. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from GIRLS who stood up for what was right—because you can’t start too early.

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Unplug and Spend Time with Real Living Breathing People May 21, 2018

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. It’s almost Memorial Day weekend. So I think we should think about getting unplugged and spending some quality time with the people we love. To help out, let us revisit a terrific book we made a couple of years ago called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less. This book had a big influence on me, in terms of getting me to simplify my calendar, and my closets.

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