Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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Wise Words to Help You Power Through Adversity Mar 29, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. Gratitude is an important tool in your happiness toolkit, and the nice thing about it is that you can learn how to use its power even if it doesn’t come to you naturally. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories in which our writers had their attitudes of gratitude put in place after hearing some wise words from a stranger.

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How to Open Your Eyes to the Blessings in Your Life Mar 27, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to continue sharing stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This is a collection of stories that illustrate what I believe are the ten keys to happiness based on my reading of tens of thousands of personal revealing stories from our writers. One of those keys is counting your blessings, recognizing that what you have is abundant and is enough for you.

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Long-lost and Found Mar 24, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. What do we learn from our cats? Everything. Our cats make us better people. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And sometimes they teach us about miracles too, and how a cat can go missing for months and still make it home.

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How to Get It Done Mar 22, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. It only takes a few magical words to solve a big problem, reorient your focus, or change the trajectory of your life. So we asked the public to send us stories about the one piece of advice that reoriented them, solved a problem, or changed the trajectory of their lives. And now we have some great advice to share with you, including today’s stories that are about how you can just get it done. I really love the advice in these stories and I plan to use it in my own life. Listen now and see what you think.

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Keep the Romance Alive Mar 20, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. So, I love this book. It contains such great, actionable advice, and it’s wisdom that can apply to all of us. Today’s stories, for example, are about how to keep the romance alive, and in a broader sense contain great advice for maintaining any relationship.

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Mistaken Identity Mar 17, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. Today we’re talking about mistaken identity… and cats. Because sometimes we humans can’t see what is completely obvious to a cat, as pointed out first today in a story by Linda Sabourin.

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Five Ways to Learn Life Lessons from Your Dog Mar 15, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share share five stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog. These stories illustrate five ways you can learn lessons from your own dog and also give you a look inside our latest dog bestseller in case you’re thinking about getting it for yourself or as a gift for someone.

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When the Poor Cat Is the Entertainment Mar 13, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Cat. What do we learn from our cats? Everything. Our cats make us better people. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. If we need to heal, they help us do that. And sometimes they are just pure entertainment, making us laugh at their antics and predicaments. Predicaments are what we’re talking about today, and somehow they are even funnier when they happen to cats because cats are generally so composed and basically so superior, especially versus those silly dogs.

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Toxic Positivity and Other No-No's: What Are You Doing Wrong by Accident? Mar 10, 2023

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Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have two special guests for Friend Friday, Dr. Brooke Schneider and Dr. Nicole Lewis. We’re going to talk about the negative and unhelpful things that we say by accident when we’re actually trying to help someone. I talked about one of these things, toxic positivity, with Brooke and Nicole on their Women Strong podcast and realized this would be a great topic for all our Chicken Soup for the Soul listeners.

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Get Outside in Nature to De-stress and Put Things in Perspective Mar 08, 2023

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul, reading tens of thousands of stories from people who bare their souls and talk about what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. I’m excited to share some great examples of what DOES work in this collection, and today I’m going to talk about the importance of getting outside in nature. I think the number of stories that we receive about the benefits of being outside has gone up—probably because the pandemic has caused people to focus more on what they can do safely and what they can do while at home—and they’ve rediscovered the outdoors.

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