Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories about positive thinking from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. People have asked why I made this book, and my answer is that after 14 years as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul I’ve been exposed to the personal, revealing stories of tens of thousands of people and I’ve learned from them what works and what doesn’t work in their lives. One of the keys to happiness that has emerged from this is the need to make yourself a priority for at least a little bit of each day. That necessary “me time” could be half an hour a day for exercising, or reading, or meditating, or just sitting and watching the squirrels in the back yard. And if you can’t find that time in every day then make sure you find a block of time each week to make yourself a priority. 

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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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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.

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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: Too Funny! If you’re like me you’ve undoubtedly had more than one misadventure with today’s modern devices, and that’s what we’re going to talk about today—when technology goes wrong.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing two stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Kindness Matters, which has been a big bestseller for us. These stories are about role models of kindness, people who went out of their way to be kind and compassionate and helpful. Not only did their actions make the recipients feel great, but they also showed them how they could pay it forward and do the same for other people.

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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 our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! This is our third collection of funny stories—we’ve done one each spring since the pandemic started and they’ve been very popular. No one is safe in these true stories— from spouses to parents to children to colleagues to friends. And some of the funniest stories are the ones about mistaken identity, which is what we’re talking about today.

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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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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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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m continuing to share stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by actively counting their blessings and focusing on what they have instead of what they lack.

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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 about positive thinking from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Your 10 Keys to Happiness. This book is the synthesis of what I’ve learned in 14 years of editing and reading tens of thousands of Chicken Soup for the Soul stories—stories that talk about what worked and what didn’t work in people’s lives. Some of the stories share such simple easy-to-implement life-changing advice. And today I’m going to tell you two of those stories, ones about how pursuing your passion, even if unconventional, can lead to a much happier life.

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