Chicken Soup For The Soul With Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today we’re talking about how you can learn how to live in the moment and use mindfulness to take life one day at a time, instead of worrying about whatever it is that you’re prone to worrying about. This is a very personal episode for me because I’m going to share the story that I wrote for our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy, and this story is about how I deal with being in remission and living with the fear of my cancer coming back. 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 my friend Mike Dow, America’s go-to therapist. We’ve written a great new Chicken Soup for the Soul book that does something different. It takes Chicken Soup for the Soul stories and combines them with Dr. Mike’s easy to understand explanations of cognitive behavioral therapy so that you can actually act as your own therapist and solve some of your problems yourself! 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 I’m returning to one of my favorite topics—how your subconscious knows things about you that you’re just too busy to realize. It’s only while you’re sleeping that your subconscious can say, “Hey, I have something to tell you.” And it does that through your dreams. So I’m going to share two really cool stories with you, stories in which dreams revealed important truths to two of our writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with some inspiration to help you conquer your fears—by exposing yourself to what you’re afraid of. Exposure therapy is a very effective form of behavioral therapy, and it’s one that you can do yourself, without even going to a therapist. Many of our writers seem to intuitively know how to do this for themselves, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you that show you how to do this yourself, no matter what it is that’s holding you back from fully enjoying your life. 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 talking to Deborah Norville, who is my coauthor on a new Chicken Soup for the Soul book coming out on September 24th called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive, Live Happy. Today we’re going to talk about how you can use positive thinking, mindfulness, gratitude, and a host of other strategies to create the best possible life for you and yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m sharing two stories from our latest bestselling cat book about Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this new collection because we do learn so many lessons from our cats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today your inspiration is from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. Today I’m sharing two stories about the uncanny ability of cats to act as natural therapists for their humans. They’re small animals, and often thought of as aloof, but when they want to, these little animals can be a huge help, often benefiting their humans even more than other humans can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I bring you inspiration from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This new collection of stories offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. 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 I want to share a couple of stories about how your dog can be the key to a better social life. This is one of the many themes from our bestselling book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Dog. We always think that we rescued them, but in fact they usually rescue us, because of the way they serve as role models for making us the best humans we can be. 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 be talking with Dr. Mike Dow, who I like to call America’s go-to therapist. Mike and I have made a completely new kind of Chicken Soup for the Soul book together, one that combines Chicken Soup for the Soul stories with Mike’s easy-to-implement tips that show you how you can solve many of your problems yourself, without using a therapist. 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. We’ve been talking in recent weeks about how you can use the power of saying yes to change your life. There’s another great way you can make positive change, and that is to actually pay attention to your dreams—the ones you have while you’re asleep. Why? Because that’s when your subconscious, which actually knows A LOT about you, has your full attention, because you’re not distracted by all the things that are around you while you’re awake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark. Today I’m going to talk about a little word that has a big impact—to change your life for the better. I’m really passionate about this topic—the positive effect of saying YES to new things and the potential to change your life. Yes is a word that I’ve made a policy of saying, and It has re-energized my life and made me much happier. 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 from our bestselling book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. Today I want to talk about messages from heaven and the remarkable experiences that two women had as they were mourning a lost family member. Whether you believe in angels and miracles, or just that good things can happen to good people, we have some very cool stories in this book, with 101 wow stories chosen from the thousands that were submitted. We make books like this because we hear from our writers all the time about the miracles that happen to them, and we get chills and shake our heads in wonder. 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 summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good. One of the themes in the book is how effective running is as a therapy. So many of our writers talk about how running… or hiking… or walking helped them overcome stress, or anxiety, or depression—even PTSD. And it works equally well for men or women. 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 from our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels All Around. This book offers glimpses into the lives of regular people who find themselves in extraordinary, unexplainable situations. From miraculous connections and answered prayers, to divine intervention and inexplicable healing, to angels and messages from heaven, these stories prove that miracles can happen, every day, to people from all walks of life. 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 talking to Michelle Barton, who is what is known as an ultrarunner. In regular English, that means she is crazy. She has competed in some of the toughest races on the planet, including races like the Badwater 135, which takes place in the middle of the summer in Death Valley and goes 135 miles.  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 summer and it’s time to get yourself on your feet and outside. If you’ve been thinking about getting into a regular routine of running or walking, I have the stories to motivate you today, from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good.  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 from one of our latest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons from the Cat. We created this book because we do learn so many lessons from our cats… They show us how to be better humans. They teach us about resilience and fortitude and loyalty. If we rescued them, they rescue us back. And then there are the times when we feel more like staff than owners, because everyone who lives with a cat knows who’s really in charge. And sometimes that means catering to the cat. 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 Randy Collins, who is pretty well known in the LA area for being on the USC lacrosse team… and being twice as old as his teammates. That’s a Division ONE team, by the way. Randy wrote about his journey from being an overweight Marine to being a USC lacrosse player and PhD candidate in his story in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices