Synopsis
The best of Chicken Soup for the Soul...in a podcast!
Episodes
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Free Yourself with Self-Forgiveness
25/12/2023 Duration: 11minHey, 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When Christmas Disasters Turn into Favorite Memories
22/12/2023 Duration: 09minHey, 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Five ways to find the blessings in the holiday season
20/12/2023 Duration: 11minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas, stories that illustrate Five ways to find the blessings in the holiday season. You’re probably feeling that holiday spirit now because it’s almost Christmas, so I hope you enjoy these stories. I want to start with a story about a Christmas miracle, from Wendy Keppley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Remembering Those Who Serve During the Holidays
18/12/2023 Duration: 08minHey, 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 holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. Today I want to feature our military and remember those who serve during the holidays, including their families who are soldiering on without them at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When Death Is Not So Grave
15/12/2023 Duration: 07minHey, 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, about when death is not so grave. And by that, I mean we’re going to look at a couple of cases where the bereaved employed their senses of humor even as they were dealing with all the normal mourning that we go through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas
13/12/2023 Duration: 09minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about the holidays, with two stories from our new bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. These stories are about Christmas AND Hanukkah, and how plenty of people manage to celebrate both every year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Natural Generosity of Kids at Christmastime
11/12/2023 Duration: 08minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about Christmas. Now you may think it’s all gotten too commercial and it’s all about getting gifts, but that’s not what see at Chicken Soup for the Soul. We see a focus on families getting together, and people enjoying the giving way more than the receiving, and people looking out for others in their communities. And that extends all the way down to the kids, who demonstrate all the attributes you’d want to see as far as generosity and compassion are concerned. So today I’m going to share a couple of stories about the natural generosity of kids at Christmastime, from our bestselling Christmas book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Christmas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A Couple of Great Family Bonding Ideas
08/12/2023 Duration: 08minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. The holidays—Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, etc. are a great time for family bonding and that’s what today’s stories are about—a couple of great ideas for how to do that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Can You Really Be Too Tacky at Christmastime?
06/12/2023 Duration: 10minHey, 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 new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. I don’t know about you, but when it comes to the holidays I’m a lot more accepting of cutesiness, and shininess, and a lot of decorating approaches that I wouldn’t accept at any other time of year. And that’s why today’s stories are about the theme “Can You Really Be Too Tacky at Christmastime?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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A Little Motherly Scheming
04/12/2023 Duration: 08minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share two stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. There’s something about the holiday season that sends parents into overdrive, with all the planning and moving parts, and strategizing about gifts and hoping that children who are grown and gone will still come home for the holidays. And that often involves a little motherly scheming, which is what our two stories are about today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How Pets Do Christmas
01/12/2023 Duration: 09minHey, 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 new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. We get a lot of stories from people about how their pets do Christmas. You know if you have a dog or a cat you’re probably adding a gift for your four legged friend to your holiday shopping list, because everyone in the family gets to enjoy the holidays. And cats and dogs really do love the decorations, the special foods, and the gifts they receive. And Christmas trees – they really do love Christmas trees, sometimes TOO much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bestselling Novelist Brad Meltzer Discusses His Work, Book Banning, and Children's Books Among Other Things
29/11/2023 Duration: 31minHey everyone, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we have a special guest, New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer. Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lightning Rod,The Escape Artist, and eleven other bestselling thrillers. He also writes non-fiction books like The Nazi Conspiracy, about a secret plot to kill FDR, Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of WWII – and the Ordinary People Change the World kids book series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Comfort from Beyond During the Holidays
27/11/2023 Duration: 09minHey, 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 new holiday book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time for Christmas. Of course, the holidays are the time of year when we feel the loss of loved ones pretty hard, thinking back to the last holidays we spent with them and the traditions they were part of. Jamie Cahill gave us a story about this, regarding her grandmother, who loved Christmas and shared many traditions with her grandchildren and then her great-grandchildren, Jamie’s three kids. The kids would snuggle in their great-grandmother’s lap as she read them the same Christmas stories she had read to Jamie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Six Ways to Find the Humor in Everyday Life
24/11/2023 Duration: 12minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a few stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Well That Was Funny. If laughter is the best medicine, this book is your prescription. I’ve been sharing stories from the book for the last couple of months, and today will be the last episode about this book, so we’re going out with a bang, with six stories today, about six ways to find the humor in everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Five Pieces of Life-Changing Advice that Are Sure to Resonate with You
22/11/2023 Duration: 09minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share several stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Advice that Changed My Life. You know I’ve been talking about this book for the last couple of months as I’m really excited about the great advice it contains. I’ve already implemented some of that advice myself, and today I want to share five pieces of life changing advice that are sure to resonate with you, taken from five stories in the collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Technology Snafus
20/11/2023 Duration: 07minHey, 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: Well THAT Was Funny. We’ve gathered some great storytellers in this book, to document the mishaps and misadventures of everyday life. One of the topics that came up a lot in the stories was technology, and specifically technology snafus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Five Ways That Angels and Miracles Manifested in the Lives of Our Contributors When They Were Least Expected
17/11/2023 Duration: 13minHey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share five fun stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous—about Five ways that angels and miracles manifested in the lives of our contributors when they were least expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Perfect Gift from the Heart
15/11/2023 Duration: 07minHey, 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: Time for Christmas. Thanksgiving is almost here, and then it will be time to get serious about those Hanukkah and Christmas lists, but it doesn’t have to be stressful. People will really know if you are giving from your heart, and that’s what matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Amazing Christmas Miracles
13/11/2023 Duration: 11minHey, 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: Time for Christmas. Today’s stories are about the most amazing Christmas miracles; I was really pleased to get these stories for our book. You’re about to see why! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How to Keep the Love Alive
10/11/2023 Duration: 08minHey, 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: All You Need Is Love. We have a lot of stories about FINDING love in the book, but what about later? How do you keep the love alive? That’s the topic of the stories I’m sharing with you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices