Chicken Soup For The Soul With Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today, I want to talk about a disease that affects almost every family at some point—Alzheimer’s or one of the other kinds of dementia. They all basically manifest the same way, no matter what they’re called. At some point, those “senior moments” become more sinister and often people will even go to the doctors themselves to find out what’s going on. I’ve always been fascinated by what it’s like to get the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s—to know what’s coming. And when we made our hugely successful book about Living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias four years ago, we had a whole chapter in the book with stories from the patients themselves and many other stories from their family members talking about those early days. 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 Susan Panzica, who is really a wonderful person and you’re going to find out why today. Susan is a a former government employee in the U.S. Customs Service who now works in her husband’s chiropractic office. She is the mother of two grown children,  and she is a writer. But what is most fascinating about her is that she is a modern day abolitionist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I’m here to talk about the transformational power of saying yes to new things. We have a book about this coming out in August, but today I’m going to share a couple of stories from two of our past books. This first story had a huge impact on me, and what I love about it is that it involves a change you can make in your life JUST BY DECIDING. It’s that simple. 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 I want to talk about why you should step outside your comfort zone and add some simple luxuries to your life. These are easy, inexpensive ways to treat yourself better and to make your life more fun, and exciting, too.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Melissa Wootan, who is one of most prolific writers, with more than 21 stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories about an easy way that you can dramatically change your life—by using the power of gratitude. This has been a big topic for us ever since we published Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Gratitude, which I coauthored with Deborah Norville. We made the book because gratitude is a topic that our contributors have always written about and because it’s one of the essentials that you need for a happy life. If you’re not actively noting the blessings in your life, not actively looking for silver linings, and not allowing yourself to be pleased by the people and things in your life, you are not going to be a happy person. 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 some great advice about how you can use the power of forgiveness to open up your future. I’m going to share a couple of very powerful stories that will make you rethink those resentments you’re holding onto. I think today’s podcast could be life changing for you, and I don’t say that lightly. I say it because I’ve seen the power of forgiveness to change everything for so many of our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Julie Hornok, who had been published in five Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Julie and I are going to talk about two main topics today: 1) her Chicken Soup for the Soul stories, and particularly her experience with raising a child on the autism spectrum, and then 2) a quick introduction to how we can use yoga to find our inner calm. 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 women who fell in love, and stayed in love, with men who helped them through tough times. I’m going to share two stories from our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love, which has so much variety! It’s been really fun sharing all these love stories with you over the past month, and this is the last time for a while, as we’re going to move on to other topics now for a few weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our latest book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love—and we’re going to talk about an important topic—how to keep that love fresh as the years go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. It’s Friend Friday, which means we get to talk to someone very special from the Chicken Soup for the Soul family. Today it’s Dean Karnazes, who coauthored Chicken Soup for the Soul: Runners with me, and also has a story in our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. In honor of the Fourth of July, I thought we'd revisit an episode that originally posted on the the 15th anniversary of 9/11. This episode is a focused of the goodness in people, as I remember traveling to San Francisco a couple of months later after the attacks and having my cabdriver refuse my fare when he heard I was from a suburb of New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your daily dose of Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration. We're celebrating the Fourth of July this week, so I thought we'd revisit a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America. 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 Jaymin Patel, who is a well-known motivational speaker who also wrote his own Bollywood love story for us, about how he defied his parents’ expectations that he would marry a nice Indian girl from their old neighborhood, and instead married the American girl he fell in love with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a couple of stories to get you in the holiday spirit for the Fourth of July next week. These are two patriotic, emotional stories that both make me tear up. They are a great reminder of the true spirit of America and the fact that we all love our country. 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 I want to talk about love and hope and the fact that we are amazed by how many stories we get from people who discovered that the person who was “just a friend” was really their soul mate. I’m going to share two stories from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love, that might open your own eyes or be worth passing on to someone who just isn’t seeing what is right in front of him or her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to welcome back Kelly Sullivan Walden, who has made two books with us – the first was Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and Premonitions in 2015, and the second was Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dreams and the Unexplainable, which we published last year. Kelly has also written plenty of stories for us, not just in the dreams books but on other topics as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and today I want to share a couple of stories that may help you get your mind into getting back outdoors to get some exercise. It is summer after all, and there’s nothing like exercising outdoors – being able to move so freely versus working out in a gym or inside your home where it just feels different. I remember after I had back surgery, even though it was November, my doctor told me to start walking outdoors because it was better for my body to move freely outside than to feel somewhat constrained indoors. And I realized he was right. You do move your whole body more freely when you walk or run or do sports outdoors. You feel like you’re able to occupy more space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some instant inspiration from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from our new book—Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love. You know we always talk about stepping outside your comfort zone, being spontaneous, and saying yes to new things, because it broadens your life and makes you happier, and that certainly holds true for finding love as well.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and it’s Friend Friday. Today I’m excited to introduce you to Joi Gordon, who is the CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide. Dress for Success is a wonderful nonprofit that helps women to support themselves and their families, and that’s why we are supporting them with royalties from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices