Episodes

  • A Cat with a Purpose

    A Cat with a Purpose
    Apr 17 2026
    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 spent two years collecting stories for this book and there is SO MUCH variety in terms of what people learned from their cats – about resilience, and forgiveness, and living in the moment, and just plain being clever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • WOW WEDNESDAY – When a Dream Shows You How to Be Happy Again

    WOW WEDNESDAY – When a Dream Shows You How to Be Happy Again
    Apr 15 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and it’s Wow Wednesday, when I share stories that are a bit surprising or miraculous or just plain weird. And I happen to love our stories about dreams and how they can rather magically change your life. Whether you think that dreams are divinely inspired or whether you think that dreams are a result of your subconscious telling you stuff that you kind of know already but were too distracted to pay attention to, we have hundreds of stories about dreams that were like GPS for the people who had them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    12 mins
  • Find Your Fitness

    Find Your Fitness
    Apr 13 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and we have a new book I’m very passionate about. It’s all about how Self-Care Isn’t Selfish. That’s because self-care is not optional. It’s a necessary, powerful commitment to making yourself a priority. And one of those priorities is your health. We all know that fitness is important, and what’s great about it is that you get to choose your own path to fitness. You don’t have to do what your friend is doing, or your spouse, there are a hundred different ways that you can pursue fitness in a way that works for you. All you have to do is pick your own way, and then put yourself on your to-do list. Fitness needs to come first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    9 mins
  • Hitting the Road with Grandchildren

    Hitting the Road with Grandchildren
    Apr 10 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and today we’re talking about traveling with grandchildren, from the mundane, like those emergency bathroom visits, to the sublime, which is basically everything else that happens when you travel with those amazing children. These stories are in our very cool new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Being Grandma, which is a fabulous gift for every grandmother out there, whether she’s brand new to the job or an old hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • WOW WEDNESDAY – When Grandmas Wow Their Families with Unexpected Gifts

    WOW WEDNESDAY – When Grandmas Wow Their Families with Unexpected Gifts
    Apr 8 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it’s Wow Wednesday, which is when I find awe-inspiring or surprising stories to share with you. Today I’ve got a couple of cool stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Being Grandma. These stories are written by grandmothers and by their very appreciative families… and our first one is something new for me, even though I’ve personally published more than 17,000 new stories during the last 18 years that I’ve been editor-in-chief here. Nancy Geiger tells us about her amazing mother, who was born in 1923 and lived through the Depression and then got married right before World War II and lived through all the hardships that Americans faced during that period. And her poor mom became a widow with infant twins right before the end of the war. She married again, had two more twins and another child, and was widowed again at age 60. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Learning to Put Yourself in Other People’s Shoes

    Learning to Put Yourself in Other People’s Shoes
    Apr 6 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m sharing a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tap into Your Inner Strength, stories that will give you a better understanding of the troubles other people have and help put our own in perspective. When tough times happen, I think we’re all surprised by how strong and capable we can be, but it’s also great to see how other people do it, and we feel so much less sorry for ourselves when we have role models—often, people who are going through much worse problems than we are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Navigating that New Grandmother / New Mother Minefield

    Navigating that New Grandmother / New Mother Minefield
    Apr 3 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m excited about sharing another couple of stories with you from our book for grandmothers. This is the best book ever for grandmas – and I should know, as I have seven grandchildren and they’re a huge part of my life. When you become a grandmother it’s so exciting, but also a bit like stepping into a minefield. You have your own expectations, but the new baby’s parents have expectations too, and theirs basically have to take precedence. They’re in charge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    11 mins
  • Two Stories about Amazing Miracles from Our New Audiobook about Hope, Faith & Miracles

    Two Stories about Amazing Miracles from Our New Audiobook about Hope, Faith & Miracles
    Apr 1 2026
    Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul and I’m pleased to add another element to our podcast – excerpts from our new audiobooks. We have a lot of audiobooks out there, and a lot more coming, and I thought you’d enjoy hearing some of the stories narrated by professional actors. So today, with permission of Simon & Schuster, I’m going to share a couple of stories from the Simon & Schuster audiobook version of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hope, Faith & Miracles, authored and edited by me! It’s copyright 2025 by Chicken Soup for the Soul, 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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    17 mins