Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with a little Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration for you, and today I’m wrapping up our tour of our latest bestselling book of dog stories, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs. There truly is something magical about dogs—their natural joy, resilience, and protectiveness are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and a lot of intelligence. They 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. The magic of dogs has been in full force during this COVID-19 pandemic, as they have risen to the occasion and helped their homebound human families. 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 brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. This is such a fun collection of stories but filled with deeper meaning too—like today’s stories, which delve into the real meaning of Christmas and community and doing for others and all the non-materialistic fun stuff that comes along with the holidays. I know it’s still early in the season, but this will get you in the spirit for decorating in a few weeks when Thanksgiving is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul inspiration, and today I want to talk about dogs and destiny, because sometimes a dog is absolutely destined to be yours. We all know about the magic of adopting dogs from shelters, or when dogs just appear at your home… and make themselves at home. It’s always such a great fit. We have lots of stories along these lines in our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, but today I’m going to share two with you that I found particularly magical. 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 want to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams. This is our third book about dreams and how you can use them as a kind of GPS for navigating your life. I’m constantly amazed at just how useful dreams are. They can reveal so much about what our subconscious is trying to tell us, things that we’re too busy to listen to during our waking hours. When you do listen, it can be life changing. And that’s what happened to the two writers who share their stories with us today—stories about how listening to dreams they had in their sleep directed them to realizing their dreams in their waking hours—in one case a new career, and in another case, a new house. 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 brand-new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Is in the Air. I know it seems early to be talking about Christmas! But the book went on sale last week, believe it or not. So I waited a whole week to start talking about it! And I’m going to ease you into the holiday season by focusing on something you’re going to like—with two stories that illustrate the natural generosity of children at Christmastime. 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 Dr. Mark Goulston, a psychiatrist who is also a business advisor, consultant, coach, speaker, and author. He also hosts a mental health podcast and is quoted frequently in major media, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsweek, Time, CNN, and the TODAY show. 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 those magical beings, dogs. Don’t you sometimes wish that everyone could be as pure of heart as a dog, as willing to help, as caring and intuitive? That’s why our latest book filled with dog stories is called Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, and today I’m going to share two stories that just might make you see a dog as your role model. 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’ve got stories for you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats. There’s truly something magical about cats, isn’t there? Their elegance, confidence, resilience, and independence are so often combined with affection, intuition, courage, and just plain smarts.  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. Our guest today is Kristin Sunanta Walker, the founder and CEO of the only podcast network that we know of that focuses solely on mental health, with more than 90 podcasts hosted there. Like the authors in Chicken Soup for the Soul books, each podcaster has a story and they not only bravely share their mental health struggles, they each create a loving and safe space for others to do so as well. It is the ultimate pay it forward. 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 want to share a couple of stories about dreams—and how you’d better listen when a dream is trying to tell you something… because dreams can act as an important GPS for navigating your life. Sometimes, it’s just your subconscious getting your attention while you’re sleeping. It tells you things you already know… but are too busy to focus on during your waking hours. And then sometimes there are those dreams that are pretty hard to explain because they impart wisdom to us in a mysterious way that even I can’t explain away using all my practical reasoning. 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’ve got more wisdom for improving your life… and it’s courtesy of the dog. I think we all can learn a thing or two from our dogs, because they show us how to live in the moment, forgive instantly, and wake up to every new day expecting that good things will happen. And who else gets so excited about every single meal? Our dogs know how to live. And one of the things they can re-teach us is how to play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re talking about dogs and the way that so many of them love to have a purpose. When they can’t do their jobs they get antsy, and their humans need to find them something new to do, a new way to contribute. We have lots of stories about working dog in our latest dog book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs, and I’m going to share two of them today—about dogs who were so committed to doing good that their humans had to make sure they could keep going to work every day. 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: The Magic of Cats. We make our books about cats to be entertaining, not really as self-help books, even though that’s the category that we fall into with most of our work. But there are so many lessons to be learned from these cat stories despite that. Cats show us how to get the most out of every day, how to live in the moment, how to shed the resentments of the past… and often, particularly because of the number of rescues we feature in our books, cats are examples of how to use the power of fortitude and forgiveness and resilience. 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 want to share a couple of love stories – about love that was first discovered in a dream and then materialized later—in real life. Our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Listen to Your Dreams is filled with stories like these, ones that show how your dreams can be powerful tools for redirecting your life, changing your relationships, and making you a happier person. When you’re asleep and you can actually listen to your subconscious it’s amazing how much inner guidance and insight you can find. It can be empowering, enlightening, and life-changing. 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: The Magic of Cats. Today I’m going to share two stories about cats that are so chill and zen and gentle that they wouldn’t hurt a fly, or a mouse. These are not your typical cat tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices