Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!: 101 Stories about Adventure, Change and Positive Thinking
432Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Yes!: 101 Stories about Adventure, Change and Positive Thinking
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Overview
Saying YES gives you power—the power to make your life more exciting and your world bigger. So, do things that challenge you. Face your fears. And don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself. You’ll be inspired to make your own to-do list when you read these stories from regular people who used the power of saying “yes” to improve their lives. Find the motivation you need in the entertaining, personal accounts in these 101 stories.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781611599787 |
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Publisher: | Chicken Soup for the Soul |
Publication date: | 08/14/2018 |
Pages: | 432 |
Sales rank: | 1,103,579 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Try New Things
1 A Year of New Things Victoria Otto Franzose 9
2 Extreme Cuisine Ann Morrow 12
3 I Wanna Rock and Roll All Nite Tamara Moran-Smith 16
4 From Opera to Hockey Eva Carter 20
5 13.1 Is My Lucky Number Mark Mason 23
6 Finding the Sweet Spot Kristen Mai Pham 27
7 Stretching Out in Retirement Priscilla Dann-Courtney 30
8 Taking Back My Life Leah Isbell 33
9 The Clydesdale Steve Hecht 37
2 Embrace Change
10 A Down Under Fairy Tale Shari Hall 43
11 Warm and Familiar Erin Hazlehurst 47
12 Into the Future Lori Chidori Phillips 50
13 Stepping Out of the Boat Sherry Poff 54
14 On the Wings of Change Sara Etgem-Baker 58
15 From Rock to Retail Nancy Johnson 61
16 A Blessing in Disguise Carolyn McLean 64
17 My True Hollywood Story John Davis Walker 68
18 Who's That Girl? Geneva France Coleman 72
19 Even Jellyfish Victoria Fedden 75
3 Put Yourself Out There
20 When Richard Met Cindy Richard Berg 83
21 Becoming the Glue Kate Lemtry 87
22 A Different Point of View Robyn R Ireland 90
23 Stepping Into the Comfort Zone Christy Heitger-Ewing 94
24 From Lonely to Loved Aviva Jacobs 98
25 The Wooden Bench Beverly LaHote Schwind 102
26 It All Started with an Open Door Nancy Beaufait 105
27 Subway Rules Ellie Braun-Holey 108
28 Frisbee in the Kalahari Dave Fox 112
4 Fake it Till You Make It
29 A Day at the Spa Connie Kaseweter Pullen 119
30 Sliding into Fun Marianne Fosnow 122
31 Imperfect Steps Mary C.M. Phillips 125
32 Finding My Inner Superhero Kristi Adams 128
33 Wrestling with Imposter Syndrome Beth Cato 132
34 The Girly Girls Try Something Different Ginny Huff Conahan 136
35 Stand and Deliver Andrea Atkins 139
36 What's the Story? Lisa Timpf 142
37 Horse Sense Kaye Curren 144
5 Do It Afraid
38 A Mountain of Doubt Jo-Anne Barton 151
39 The Hardest Mile of My Life Joyce Lombardi 155
40 The Courage to Sing Katie Drew 159
41 To Jump or Not to Jump Jennifer Crites 163
42 Along for the Ride Tammy Nicole Glover 166
43 Gliding On Linda Holland Ratkkopf 169
44 But You're a Teacher Gretchen Nilsen Lendrum 172
45 Coffee for Murderers Carolyn McGovern 176
46 Sunrise on the Mountain A.L. Tompkins 180
6 Believe in Yourself
47 The Bon Jovi Challenge Miriam Van Scott 187
48 A Trying Time Sue Doherty Gelber 190
49 The Pact Logan Eliasen 194
50 No One Could Know Patricia Voyce 197
51 My Year of "Why Not?" Elaine Liner 200
52 Keeping the Change Susan J Anderson 204
53 The Recital Hannah Faye Garson 207
54 The Camera Lens of a Marriage Jeanine L DeHoney 210
55 My Voice, My Choice Megan Pincus Kajitani 213
56 The Happy Golfer Nick Karnazes 216
7 Be Daring
57 An Introvert on the TODAY Show Roz Warren 223
58 A Cardinal Career Jon Peirce 227
59 The Jump David Michael Smith 231
60 The Sound of Life Angela Lebovic 235
61 Poolside or Cliffside? Hyla Sabesin Finn 238
62 No Regrets Anna S. Kendall 241
63 Trick Riding 101 Elite Braum-Haley 244
64 Good to Go Stan Holden 247
65 Just Breathe Gwen Cooper 250
8 Find the New You
66 Three Years Doug Sletten 257
67 Abolishing Solitary Confinement Alvena Stanfield 260
68 My Pre-Med-itated Career Gary Stein 263
69 Panic Grace Kuikman 268
70 C.R.A.F.T.S. David Hull 272
71 Reluctant Writer Paul Winick 276
72 Saying Yes to No James A. Gemmell 281
73 The Sweet Pain of Anticipation Rick Weber 284
74 Twice Their Age Randal A. Collins 288
9 Give of Yourself
75 Boldly Going David Hull 295
76 Pain Killer Annie Nason 298
77 Take Your Husband to Work Day Garrett Bauman 301
78 I Never Knew That Valorie Wells Fenton 305
79 Just Like Me Tracy Crump 309
80 An Unexpected Encounter Sharon Pearson 313
81 Part of the Family Cindy Jolley 316
82 No Longer the Retiring Type Bill Woolley 320
83 Learning to Ask Kristin Goff 324
10 Go for Adventure
84 My Geriatric Vacation Diane Stark 331
85 Game, Set, Cure Darin Cook 334
86 But I Can't Touch Bottom Geneva Cobb Iijima 337
87 Spiders or Mountains Kristi Adams 340
88 Travel Buddies Polly Hare Tafrate 344
89 Mic Drop Melanie Celeste 348
90 Six Years Before the Mast Sayzie Koldys 352
91 The Chapter Called France Deb Biechler 357
92 The Birthday Present Sheryl Maxey 360
11 Let Yourself Trust
93 Buy the Book Julia Rebecca Miron 367
94 The Distance Between Fear and 5'5" Kathy Bernier 370
95 Pedal Power Elana Rabinowitz 374
96 Empty No More Susan G. Mathis 377
97 A Teacher in Thailand Ruthanna Martin 380
98 Standing in the Doorway Laura Allnutt 384
99 I Could Never Do That BJ Jensen 388
100 Butterflies and Pterodactyls Linda Sabourin 392
101 Full Circle Julie de Belle 396
Meet Our Contributors 399
Meet Amy Newmark 415
Thank You 417
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 419