Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia, which contains the emotional support and practical tips that you need as you navigate the world of eldercare, especially when Alzheimer’s or other dementias are part of it. You’ll feel less alone and more empowered in your new role after you read these stories. And it’s not all about dementia either. Today I’m sharing two stories about elderly family members who just needed a purpose and were completely re-energized when, by accident, that purpose came along.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. One of those challenges is losing someone you love, and today’s stories are from a widower and a widow who share with us how they found an activity after death that made them feel a lot closer to their late spouse.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. I really love the two stories I’m going to share with you today because they show the power of sharing food to bring people together, and maybe will even give you an idea for how you can share some holiday cheer with friends or neighbors.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. And today I’m going to do our last episode about our new dog book, My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog. There truly is something magical about dogs—their natural joy, resilience, and protectiveness are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and just plain smarts. And that’s why we keep putting out collections of dog stories. Dogs keep us company, act as our therapists, provide unconditional love, and share in the ups and downs of our lives. Our dogs make us better people. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. If we’re sad, they comfort us. If we need to have more fun, they show us how. They are our protectors, our role models, and our best friends. Here are six truths about the effects dogs have on our lives, taken from six of the 101 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing stories from our latest bestseller, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. We make what we call a list of tips for each of our books, and our list of tips for this book include six stories that illustrate six ways to make the holidays even more special.

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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: The Blessings of Christmas, stories about making do with less money than you may wish you had for the holidays. These two stories show that it just takes a little creativity to make the holidays special no matter what your budget.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today’s inspiration and advice comes from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This new collection of stories will wow you with stories of resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. These revealing personal stories will help you handle whatever arises in your life, whether it’s financial challenges, health issues, relationship troubles, loss and grieving, natural disasters, or any of the other ways in which life sometimes goes off track. Today I want to share two stories from a couple of women who I really admire. These are women who took back control of their lives after some very bad treatment by the men who were part of them.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration and today I’m sharing two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Blessings of Christmas. It’s the thought that counts when it comes to Christmas gifts, and today we have two stories that I love about how someone really put some great thinking into finding the perfect gift for someone. Prepare to be inspired and perhaps come up with some good ideas of your own.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about dogs, and how they are right in their with the rest of the family when it comes to grieving. Dogs are intuitive and they know when someone is hurting and exactly what to do about it. Plus they go through their own grieving process, as we see in today’s stories.

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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today’s inspiration and advice come from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times Won't Last But Tough People Will. This collection of empowering stories is about resilience, positive thinking, and overcoming obstacles. It will provide you with some role models and some great advice for navigating your own way through life’s challenges. One of those ways is by doing for others, because that always makes you feel better about your own situation. And today’s stories are about just that, and some wonderful random acts of kindness performed during the pandemic.

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