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Sections called "Friendship", "Tough Stuff", "Follow Your Dreams" and more will help you to focus on what matters most to you, how to feel about your life, how to love yourself and others. With lots of space where you can write and where you can have friends and family share their feelings with you - it is also filled with great poems, thought provoking quotes, inspirational vignettes, and more. This Journal is sure to become one of your most valued keepsakes.
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling co-authors, are professional speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the personal and professional development of others. Jack, Mark and Kimberly have formed The Teen Letter Project, a foundation dedicated to encouraging troubled teens to reach out for help and guidance.
Kimberly Kirberger is president of Inspiration and Motivation for Teens, Inc. (I.A.M. for Teens) and speaks at high schools and to youth organizations. Jack, Mark and Kimberly have formed The Teen Letter Project, a foundation dedicated to encouraging troubled teens to reach out for help and guidance.
Jack Canfield had been traveling around delivering key note speeches and organizing workshops to help audiences build their self-esteem and maximize their potential when he had an in-flight brainstorm that changed his life. While flying home from a gig, Canfield realized that the very same advice he had been delivering during his in-person addresses could potentially form the basis of a book. Canfield used inspirational stories he'd gleaned over the years as the basis of his speeches, and he thought it would be a terrific idea to gather together 101 inspirational stories and anthologize them in a single volume. Upon returning home, Canfield approached friend and author Mark Victor Hansen about his concept. Hansen agreed it was a great idea, and the two men set about finding a publisher. Believe it or not, the mega-selling series was not an easy sell to publishers. "We were rejected by 123 publishers all told," Canfield told Shareguide.com. "The first time we went to New York, we visited with about a dozen publishers in a two day period with our agent, and nobody wanted it. They all said it was a stupid title, that nobody bought collections of short stories, that there was no edge -- no sex, no violence. Why would anyone read it?"
Canfield wisely practiced what he preached -- and persisted. Ultimately, he and Hansen sold the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book to a small press based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, called Health Communications. The rest, as they say, is history. There are currently 80 million copies of the Chicken Soup books in print, with subjects as varied as Chicken Soup For the Horse Lover's Soul and Chicken Soup For the Prisoner's Soul. Canfield and Hansen ranked as the top-selling authors of 1997 and are multiple New York Times bestsellers. Most important of all, the inspirational stories they have gathered in their many volumes have improved the lives of countless readers.
This year, expect to see Canfield's name gracing the covers of such titles as Chicken Soup For the Scrapbooker's Soul, Chicken Soup For the Mother and Son Soul, and Chicken Soup For the African American Woman's Soul. He and Hansen have also launched the all-new "Healthy Living" series and 8 titles in that series have already been released this year. There is also the fascinating You've GOT to Read This Book!, in which Canfield compiles personal accounts by 55 people each discussing a book that has changed his or her life. The most compelling of these may be the story of young entrepreneur Farrah Gray, who read Deepak Chopra's The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success at the age of 11 and made his first million dollars at the age of 14!
With no sign of slowing down, Canfield continues to be an inspiration to millions, who fortunately refused to give up when it seemed as though he would never even get his first book published. "Mark and I are big believers in perseverance," he said. "If you have a vision and a life purpose, and you believe in it, then you do not let external events tell you what is so. You follow your internal guidance and follow your bliss, as Joseph Campbell used to say."
Writing the first Chicken Soup book was a lot more daunting than Canfield expected. After the first three years of research, he and Mark Victor Hansen had only compiled 68 stories -- 33 tales shy of their goal of 101 stories.
Along with co-writing dozens of full-length books, Canfield also publishes a free biweekly newsletter called Success Strategies.
Some fun and fascinating outtakes from our interview with Canfield:
"My inspiration for writing comes from my passion for teaching others how to live more effective lives. I started out as a history teacher in an all-black inner city high school in Chicago, graduated to a teacher trainer, then psychotherapist, then trainer of therapists, then large group transformational trainer and then a writer and keynote speaker. All along the way, my desire was to make a difference, to help people live more fulfilling lives. That is what I still do today. Most people don't know this but I was not a good writer in college. I got a C in composition. Nobody would have ever believed I would grow up to be a bestselling author."
"I play guitar, and I am learning to play the piano. I love movies and some TV shows. My favorites are Six Feet Under, Grey's Anatomy, House and Lost. I love to play Scrabble, poker and backgammon with my in-laws, nieces and nephews. We really get into it. I love to travel. I have been to 25 countries and try to add two or three new ones every year."
Loving Yourself
It seems so much of my time and my energy have been focused on making or trying to make other people love me. The unspoken belief was that if I could make myself lovable to others I would feel loved.
Therefore, I spent much of my life trying to be more beautiful, skinnier, funnier, sweeter, and on and on. Every time I felt sad and not loved I would try to change something about myself, like, 'I won't talk so much,' or, 'I will be less needy.' Although both of these things would no doubt help, the point is, it isn't about what anyone else thinks of me. The truth is, I can only feel loved by others when I love myself. If I don't love myself, I will never feel loved.
Kimberly Kirberger
©2008. Kimberly Kirberger. All rights reserved. Reprinted from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street , Deerfield Beach , FL 33442.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, a beautifully designed, spiral bound journal with inspirational words.
you gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face.
So how do you get from here to there? Well, you first must believe you can let no one tell you differently - It's your life and it's in your hands.
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Posted March 17, 2009
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It is okay. It makes you really emotional. I stopped writing in it for like a month. It asks you about your personal life. It's like a diary, but you have to fill in the blanks. I would advise you to buy it if you have trouble sharing your feelings. Good luck
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Posted May 29, 2003
this book is awesome i mean besides the bible i dont know any other book.that beats it. it tells so many good life changing stories and they dont tell you what to do or how to do it .or how to live your life they just give you the stories and let you learn from their mistakes or just giving you advice.its a nust read for anyone whos curioud about anything.
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Posted January 3, 2001
this book is so cool! i think every teen should have one. instead of just blank pages it is filled with quotes and poems that give you advice and inspire you. you can pour out your soul in so many ways and it helps you become a better person than what you are. you should try this book out!
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Posted October 4, 2007
If you don't want to write pages and pages of your thoughts in a regular journal, this is a book for you. Here, you can find out who you truly are.
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Posted September 2, 2003
this book is awsome for teens who like to write but don't like to expresse themselfs to others this book is something that will alow your teen to tell about how they feel that day or what they want in their life
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Posted December 13, 2002
It helped get some of my emotional feelings out when I need to. I liked a lot. I have Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul 1-3, On Tough Stuff, and Teenage Relationships.
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Posted June 17, 2002
i love this journal it has made me think about things i have never thought about before. it also helps me 2 keep my selfesteam up. i love this book i write in it every day for hours at a time.
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Posted November 10, 2001
I think this book is GREAT it's the best books ever written.I love it keep do what you do best everybody likes it.
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Posted November 11, 2001
The fantastic book was too good for for 5 stars it sould have six to its name. reading chicken soup was one thing i will never forget it helped me see past my life into the rest of the worlds hurt and pain, love and lust and it really touched me.FANTASTIC!!
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Posted June 2, 2001
It helped me through some hard times and helped me understand some things. I recomend this book to anyone and everyone.
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Posted November 22, 2000
This book helped me get through a really hard time after I moved from California to Alaska. It helped me sort through my thoughts and understand what I was going through.
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Posted October 15, 2000
I love this journal/book. I love to fill things in and it was great how they had little poems, stories, quotes, etc. through out the book. I would definetly buy another one for each of my teenage years. Which I've already began to do.
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Posted July 31, 2000
I loved this book. It was great. It was the best journal I've had. It's a great help. I wish it would just go on and on. I always give it as a gift to my teenage friends and they love it. There is just so many things to do in this book. This is a must get!!!
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Posted June 7, 2000
This Journal is a really helpful thing. My Friend was suicidal and she got this book and once she wrote in it it made her feel better and know she's living a normal life.
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Posted May 14, 2000
This is a great way to right down your personal thoughts on your life.
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Posted March 10, 2000
This is a really good boko i can right down the way i feel when i read this book i knew i good say anything i like the questions they ask i hope they make another chicken soup fot the teenage journal again. this is a really good book
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Posted February 11, 2000
These is the best book that I have read in a long time. I've had alot of the same things happen to me or one of my close friends, like the stories in the book. I just wish everyone luck....
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Posted February 4, 2000
When I asked my parents for a journal, I didn't expect this book. Sure, I'm almost an adult, but 'Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal is a book that helps you pour out your feelings on paper, read about intimate events that you can relate to and laugh a minute about a silly mistake you might have made. It's awesome! As a true teenager myself, I definitely give it 2 THUMBS UP... even though I'm not Roger Ebert. So, laugh at the funny comics and cry as you remember the first time your heart was broken...
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Posted December 30, 1999
This is a great book that helps teen overcome their problems by writing what stuff about them they want to get rid of. It is like a teenage guide trough life. It is truley a wonderful book!
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Overview
Sections called "Friendship", "Tough Stuff", "Follow Your Dreams" and more will help you to focus on what matters most to you, how to feel about your life, how to love yourself and others. With lots of space where you can write and where you can have friends and family ...