Chicken Soup For The Soul With Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from a couple of our recent books. I’m trying something new for the summer, and going to a three-day a week schedule instead of five days a week. So on Mondays I’ll be posting a podcast with a couple of my favorite stories for instant inspiration for you, and on Wednesdays I’ll be posting a podcast with a couple of my favorite stories from our latest books. Fridays will remain the same – the day we post a longer podcast when I talk to someone who I think you’ll find interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hi it's Amy Newmark and today I want to share a couple of stories that will help you with your positive thinking. One of these stories has changed the way I look for parking spaces, the other reminds me to count my blessings.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. Today we’re talking about a resolution that you should be making for the new year, and that is to make sure that you truly understand and act on the fact that you deserve to be treated right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today we’re talking about pets and the holidays. Because some of our best Christmas stories involve our pets, and the crazy and loving ways they participate in decorating, and giving, and eating, and all our other holiday activities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about how the holidays often bring out the very best in people, resulting in acts of kindness between strangers that truly make for a magical Christmas season. It’s a wonderful reminder, too, that if you’re feeling that itch—that desire to reach out and do something for someone—you should just go with it. Don’t be afraid to do it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple more Christmas stories for you from our new Christmas book about the wonder of Christmas. I’m giving you a tour of the book in the podcast this month, and over time you’ll hear about 20 stories from the book! Today I want to focus on Christmas miracles, because if you keep your eyes open during the holidays you’ll see little miracles happening all over the place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to continue my tour of our newest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m sharing about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about some great advice for maintaining and strengthening your friendships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday, the day when I introduce you to someone interesting in the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today we have a really fun guest—Courtney Conover, who has written something like a dozen Chicken Soup for the Soul stories. Today we’re going to focus on two of them, one that will inspire you to stop spending all that time and money straightening your hair, and another that will give you a great idea for Christmas gifts that will save time and money, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re going to talk about family and Christmas, and how wonderful it is when we’re flexible and open-minded and we create new family connections during the holidays. We have a number of stories in which this happens in our new bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Wonder of Christmas. I’m going to share a couple of my favorites with you today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I’m back with two more inspiring stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. Today we’re talking about good habits—ones you can develop that will actually make you an even nicer, better person than you already are. These are habits that will come naturally to you, so you won’t even have that little struggle when you’re deciding whether to do that “right thing” or not—it will just happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 David-Matthew Barnes, who’s going to explain how you can become more successful by treating your career like it’s an airport. You’ll understand why, when he explains how it works.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you as we enter the holiday season. Today we’re talking about compromise, just in time for that annual event: the negotiation over the Christmas tree. I’m going to share two stories today--about abandoning perfectionism, being flexible, and creating new traditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you and today we’re talking about achievement: how to get into the right mindset to achieve your goals without changing anything except your attitude—and then what to do if that achievement causes people to treat you differently, sometimes not in a good way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with an exciting new topic for today’s podcast. It’s Friend Friday, and today I’m pleased to introduce you to Dr. Randi Nelson, who has an MBA and a medical degree. We’re going to talk about how that happened and the story she wrote about it for our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some new favorites for you from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Book of Christmas Miracles. This is our book that is supporting the Marines’ Toys for Tots program, which makes Christmas miracles for millions of children. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories from the book about miraculous family reunions at Christmastime, because that’s what really matters during the holidays—getting together with family at Thanksgiving or Christmas, or if you’re lucky, and your kids aren’t far away or juggling in-laws and other obligations—then both holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s time for some Instant Inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. With the holidays approaching, I’m eager to share a bunch of great Thanksgiving and Christmas stories with you, and many of them are about giving… and receiving. Because one of the themes that I come across as an editor is what it’s like to be on the receiving end of that free turkey, or gifts of groceries left anonymously on a doorstep. Many of our writers tell us that during the ups and downs of their lives, they’ve sometimes been the people receiving those gifts. And they tell us how it feels, and how they came to grips with feeling grateful for the gifts and not embarrassed that they need the help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. I’m back today with Tony Romando, who heads up a company called Topix Media Lab that is very big in the world of bookazines. If you don’t know what a bookazine is, it’s that hybrid of a book and a magazine that you usually see near the magazine rack at a newsstand or a bookstore. It’s an interesting product, meant to come out in a very timely manner, like a magazine, but to be kept forever, like a book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration for you for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Because everyone does Thanksgiving differently. And sometimes we’re forced to compromise too, if we’re like many modern families, and we’re sharing the holidays with exes and in-laws or our kids live far away. So today I’m going to share two stories about two families that do Thanksgiving differently, and wonderfully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m going to share two more stories with you from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard. I’m planning to share about 20 stories from the book with you, in 10 separate podcasts, because this is a new topic and this book is absolutely filled with great advice that I want you to hear. Today, we’re going to talk about a couple of great ways to change your perspective and live life fully. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices