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  • A Random Meeting, a Miraculous Family Reunion

    A Random Meeting, a Miraculous Family Reunion
    2025/05/21
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it’s Wow Wednesday. I have two really amazing stories to share with you today, ones that continue to be top of mind for me even though I’ve published more than 17,000 stories during my tenure as editor-in-chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul. These are stories about Americans finding long lost relatives through the strangest circumstances via conversations with random people thousands of miles from home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    12 分
  • When a Dog Person Becomes a Cat Person

    When a Dog Person Becomes a Cat Person
    2025/05/19
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m pleased to share new stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Cat, which is our latest best-selling book of cat stories. We were overwhelmed with submissions for this book over the past two years, because it seems like every cat owner has a story about how their cat improved their life, made them a better person, taught them how to live in the moment, and other good things like that. But first, of course, you have to get a cat, and for people who considered themselves to be “dog people” that’s a big first step. So today, I’m sharing a couple of stories about just that, starting with one by Victoria Lorrekovich-Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 分
  • A Dog's Purpose

    A Dog's Purpose
    2025/05/16
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m continuing to share some of the truly entertaining stories from our latest book called What I Learned from My Dog. So one of the themes in this book is how dogs thrive when they have a purpose, a job of some sorts, and that’s what we’re talking about today, with a dog that goes to court every day, and another dog that delivers the mail. They could have led lives of leisure, but they had other ideas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 分
  • Why You Should Listen to Your Dreams

    Why You Should Listen to Your Dreams
    2025/05/14
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it’s Wow Wednesday. We had Wow Wednesdays on the podcast years ago and I don’t know why I stopped, because the stories are really good. After all, we chose them from thousands of submissions for the books they were in. Today I’m sharing a couple of my favorite stories about dreams, ones that were so worth listening to. It’s amazing how often we see stories like this, about dreams that are life-changing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 分
  • My Dog the Social Director

    My Dog the Social Director
    2025/05/12
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m pleased to share new stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from My Dog, which is the best-selling book of dog stories that we published last month. I learned a lot from these stories, including that dogs truly make us better versions of ourselves--and they also help us come out of our shells by introducing us to new people. They actually improve our lives, expanding our circle of friends and acting as our social directors. Sometimes, they dramatically change someone’s life, as was the case for Anne Taylor, who talked about this in her story called “Unleashing Confidence.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 分
  • Forgiveness Is Incredibly Liberating

    Forgiveness Is Incredibly Liberating
    2025/05/09
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you one of my most popular pieces on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly in two publications which feature interesting stories and great writing. This story appeared in a publication called The Narrative Arc, and it’s called “Forgiveness is Incredibly Liberating,” with the subtitle How you can change your life in one second, just by deciding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    10 分
  • Reach Out and Expand Your Circle of Friends

    Reach Out and Expand Your Circle of Friends
    2025/05/07
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Have you ever wished you had more friends? Or you’ve moved and you don’t know anyone? I think we all come to that point in our lives. Friends move away, or we grow in different directions, or we start over in a new community, or we get divorced and discover that we just lost half our friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 分
  • Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone Right into the Air

    Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone Right into the Air
    2025/05/05
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? It definitely makes you feel like your world is getting smaller, and it’s one of the themes we see all the time in the stories we receive. People feel empowered and energized when they do something different, and especially when they do something scary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 分