Episodes

  • When Grandma Makes Shopping Meaningful

    When Grandma Makes Shopping Meaningful
    Mar 30 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m excited about sharing stories with you from our new book about being a grandmother. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Being Grandma will make a great gift for Mother’s Day or any other occasion. It’s filled with stories written by grandmothers and also by grandchildren and grown children about the grandmothers in their lives. I’m biased because I have seven grandchildren but I think this book is AMAZING. Today I want to share a couple of stories that will actually be helpful to anyone who is involved with taking kids shopping for gifts or providing gifts to children, as there are some good ideas in these stories about how to make shopping a more meaningful experience for kids instead of just the same old “more more more I want” kind of thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    7 mins
  • Miracles and More from Chicken Soup for the Soul Writer Tess Clarkson

    Miracles and More from Chicken Soup for the Soul Writer Tess Clarkson
    Mar 27 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and it’s Friend Friday, which means I’m chatting with someone interesting from the Chicken Soup for the Soul world. Today I’d like to introduce you to Tess Clarkson, who has written two great stories for us, both about miraculous events. She also has such an interesting background that I wanted you to meet her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Deathbed Miracles

    Deathbed Miracles
    Mar 25 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it’s Wow Wednesday. I always try to share awe-inspiring or surprising stories with you on Wednesdays, so I went back to one of our older books and found a couple that I really love from one of our biggest bestsellers, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Touched by an Angel. They are both about what I call “deathbed miracles.” We do get a lot of stories about miraculous things that happen even during an awful time, the death of a family member. It’s nice to hear these stories that provided so much wonder and comfort to family members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Get Outside in Nature

    Get Outside in Nature
    Mar 23 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. I’m continuing to share stories with you from our new book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Self-Care Isn’t Selfish. We made this book because this is such an important truth for us all to embrace. I’m sure you’ve been through plenty of things where you have NOT put yourself first, where you didn’t even put yourself on your to-do list AT ALL. And that’s not good. It’s bad for you and it’s bad for all the people you take care of too. Because you’re no good to them if you’re frazzled and exhausted and starting to get resentful because your needs are not being addressed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • A New Perspective on Grieving

    A New Perspective on Grieving
    Mar 20 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I want to share a couple of stories with you that I found so helpful. These are about grieving, and how, instead of just focusing on what you’ve LOST, you can also focus on what you HAD and be grateful for having had that. These stories are from a powerful new collection of stories that we selected from our library, all about how you can tap into your inner strength. Because we all have these reserves inside us just waiting to be called upon when we need them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Two Stories about Amazing Coincidences from Our New Audiobook about Miracles, Angels, and Messages from Heaven

    Two Stories about Amazing Coincidences from Our New Audiobook about Miracles, Angels, and Messages from Heaven
    Mar 18 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m pleased to share another couple of stories with you from one of our new audiobooks. Today’s stories are about amazing coincidences and they’re from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven. We owe thanks to Simon & Schuster Audio for permission to play a couple of these stories from the audiobook of our Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven book, edited by me and the audiobook copyright 2026 and available now in all the places you go to listen to audiobooks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • When Wise Words from a Stranger Change Everything

    When Wise Words from a Stranger Change Everything
    Mar 16 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing some very wise advice from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tap into Your Inner Strength. This book contains 101 stories from our library about resilience during tough times. It always amazes me how much inner strength we have inside us, just waiting to be called upon. I’m sure you’ve been through things that were awful that you managed to weather and you looked back and wondered how you did it. When tough times happen, I think we’re all surprised by how strong and capable we can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Break the Yes Habit - When Less Is More on Your Calendar

    Break the Yes Habit - When Less Is More on Your Calendar
    Mar 13 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark and I want to share a couple of stories with you today from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life, stories that may help you develop a strategy for making your resolutions stick… or even better, give you better resolutions and goals. When we put together this new collection we chose the best advice and the most relatable stories we found among the thousands of submissions we received, and I think you’ll definitely find something that resonates with you. The stories in the book cover the most common resolutions, such as getting fit, losing weight, quitting smoking, and getting organized, but they also cover time management, improving relationships, engaging in self-care, and learning how to stress less. And no matter what your resolution, the tips from our writers will help you, finally, have success with your resolutions. Today I’m sharing a couple of stories from people who made their resolutions work by DOING LESS, by cleaning the unwanted stuff off their calendars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 mins