Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

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Hit the Streets and Share That Christmas Joy Nov 09, 2022

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about Christmas and how you can hit the streets and share that Christmas joy, with two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. Sometimes that means just plain following a charitable impulse that comes over you, as happened with the two contributors whose stories we’re featuring today.

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Mom Always Knows Best Nov 07, 2022

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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: My Wonderful Wacky Family. These hilarious stories about other people’s relatives will make you laugh out loud. And I’m sure you think your own family has its own share of wacky, but wonderful, relatives. So today’s stories are about moms—and how moms always know best. And we’re going to start with a story that made me laugh out loud from Joshua Mark.

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Five Ways to Lead a Happy Life of Kindness, Compassion, and Paying it Forward Nov 04, 2022

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five ways you can lead a happy life of kindness, compassion and paying it forward, with five stories from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters. You know there’s a lot of conversation these days about getting back to kindness in our society. Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only beneficial for the recipient of the good deed, but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier. So, here are five ways you can make kindness part of how you live your life.

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How to Free Yourself to Move Forward with the Power of Forgiveness Nov 02, 2022

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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 our newest book, 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. I’ve already talked about the power of gratitude to change your life on this podcast, and today I want to talk about the power of forgiveness, because I believe that without learning how to use forgiveness you can’t be truly happy.

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Doggone Funny Stories from Our New Humor Book Oct 31, 2022

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is a collection of hilarious stories that are bringing sunshine into our readers’ days and we’ve gotten a lot of very positive feedback from them. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends and even pets. And that’s what we’re going to talk about today, with a couple of doggone funny stories.

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When Relationships Are Meant to Be Oct 28, 2022

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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 a really fun book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. The stories in this book are about all kinds of miracles and unexplainable situations, and today I want to share two amazing stories about relationships that are mysteriously but quite obviously meant to be—one a romance, and one a relationship between two families that spans decades and continents and just keeps reappearing.

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Moms Know Best When It Comes to Getting Everyone Together Oct 26, 2022

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about the holidays, and how moms know best when it comes to getting everyone together. Because that can be a challenge. Grown kids have their own spouses and family obligations and not everyone can figure out how to be together for Thanksgiving or Hanukkah or Christmas. I know it’s very tough in my own family, with four grown children and multiple parents, especially after divorces. So today I’m going to share two stories that I love from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas about a couple of clever moms who figured out how to get all the kids together for the holidays.

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Miracles of Lost and Found Oct 24, 2022

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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 our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable. These true stories of answered prayers, angels, breathtaking coincidences, miraculous healing, and messages from heaven show us that miracles are all around us if we open our eyes. Miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences and unexplainable, but welcome, surprises happen every day for people from all walks of life. Today we’re going to talk about lost and found miracles, because sometimes you just can’t explain how someone could get so lucky and find a lost object under the most surprising circumstances.

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How to Watch TV Shows and Movies for Free on Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Many Streaming Services Oct 21, 2022

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Hey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest for Friend Friday, Chris Woolsey, who is the senior director of communications at Crackle Plus and Redbox, which are parts of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. Today we’re going to talk about how to watch TV shows and movies for free on Chicken Soup for the Soul’s many streaming services.

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Five Ways to Harness the Power of Gratitude to Improve Your Life Oct 19, 2022

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to start with you Five Ways to Harness the Power of Gratitude to Improve Your Life. These are all drawn from the stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude, a book that we think is so important because counting your blessings is probably the most important key to happiness. It helps us focus on what we have instead of what we lack. So here are five stories that will help you develop your own gratitude practice.

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