Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul

by Jack Canfield (Editor), Mark Victor Hansen (Editor), Jennifer Read Hawthorne (Editor)

We can all remember a time when we were young and under-the-weather, and Mom soothed and nurtured us back to health with her magical chicken soup elixir. Now we can revisit those cherished moments with a delightful batch of stories for and about mothers. Celebrity contributions include Barbara Bush, Reba McEntire, Erma Bombeck, and Montel Williams.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Short Stories, Inspirational, Parenting, Christian, Family

354 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.

Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.

In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.

Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.

Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.

Reviews

[Leceyanti Aripurnomo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice stories. Some are amazing stories, especially in the "Miracles" chapter.

I'm a new mother of a 4 months old daughter. Like many babies, it took a lot of energy to take care of my baby. There are many times when I felt very tired and thus not in the mood to play with my baby. When I read this book (and currently still reading it) the stories really touched me. It made me want to make my own special stories with my baby. The most important thing that I learned from this book is "to enjoy every minute together with my baby", because she won't be a baby for long. Soon she'll learn to walk, talk, and in the blink of an eye she'll have her own friends and activities and probably not interested in me anymore. So now while I can and while she still loooovvees my hugs and kisses, I'll shower her with the best hugs and kisses that I have. Because I'm a mother and I love my baby with all my heart and soul!

[Alyssa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being agnostic, I enjoy these chicken soup books to a limited extent, a lot of the spiritual language frustrates me and gets in between me and the story, which I never enjoy. All in all, however, this book is thoroughly enjoyable and a very good read.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids got this for me for Christmas (after seeing it on the movie Christmas with the Kranks) haha. I loved reading one or two stories right before bed. Some pretty spectacular stories and heart warming. (The “letting go” section was my least favorite. It just made me feel sad.) Overall, very inspiring to enjoy the current stage of motherhood wherever you are at and be a good mom.

[Stacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I needed a quick read for Kindle's nonfiction challenge (JUST FYI THIS DIDN'T COUNT AFTER ALL)... so I got this book because I'M a mother I thought it would be stories from mothers about being mothers.. but it's more about people writing about THEIR mothers and I don't have a mother so this was a tiny bit triggering to read and it certainly didn't rekindle the spirit of ME as a mother. And yeah it didn't meet my challenge and I paid $10 for this so I'm mad LOL

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been hanging around my bedstead. I picked up one night and the stories are pretty good. Some are a little sappy but most are well written. I kept reading a few a night because they relaxed me as all the stories, though some tales of hard times, were positive. There are a few stories I marked because they had an interesting view on life.

[Sooraya Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book touched me so much. Each tale equally beautiful, I can’t even pick a favorite.
I love you mom!

[Duaa Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

◀️ عن الكتاب:
كتاب "شوربة الدجاج لروح الأمهات" هو عبارة عن مجموعة من القصص المؤثرة التي تتناول تجارب الأمومة بكل جوانبها. يقدم الكتاب قراءاته مجموعة متنوعة من الحكايات التي تتراوح بين الفرح والحزن، والإنجازات والتحديات التي تواجه الأمهات في حياتهن اليومية.

◀️ لماذا هذا الاسم ؟
يعود أصل التسمية إلى فكرة أن مرق الدجاج هو غذاء مريح ومغذي، تمامًا كما توفر هذه القصص الراحة والدعم العاطفي للقراء

◀️ تقييمي
5/5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

◀️ رأيي في الكتاب
عندما كنت أصغر سنا كنت أحب قراءة سلسلة كتب شوربة الدجاج للروح؛ حيث تتنوع هذه السلسلة بالمواضيع والقصص.
في هذه السلسلة ما يقارب المائة قصة منها على لسان الأمهات أو الأبناء أو الجدات.
كل قصة تحكي شعور ما لطيف؛ كمية هائلة من المشاعر المؤثرة والطيبة.
عندما وصلت لآخر قصة شعرت أنني لا أريد الإنتهاء من القصص مطلقا.
أحببت شعور العاطفة الذي يجمع ما بين الأم وأبناءها؛ ثم جعلني الموضوع أتساءل فجاة هل تختلف مشاعر الأمومة طبقا للبيئة والمجتمع ؟ هل يبالغ أحدهم بالشعور بالأمومة في حين لا يبالي أحدهم كثيرا بهذه الرابطة القدسية؟
في ديننا الإسلامي الكثير من الآيات والأحاديث التي تعظم من دور الأم ومكانتها بغض النظر عن كونها أم طيبة أو لا .. فقد جاء في قوله عز وجل :
"إِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۖ وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا ۖ"
بما معناها أنه حتى لو كانا يجاهدان ويصران على أن تزلم نفسك بالشرك؛ بالرغم من ذلك صاحبهم معروفا وارفق بهم.

◀️ اقتباسات :
✨️ Only a voice crying, "Why don't you grow up?" and the silence echoing, "I did."

✨️ The more you try to take
it back, to try to keep control of the baby, of the tests, the worse your inability to change anything is going to tear at you."

✨️ You say at least once a day, "I'm not cut out for this job," but you know you wouldn't trade it for any- thing

✨️ Failure is delay but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.

◀️ أسلوب الكتابة
سلس وسهل جدا .. أتمنى لو كانت مثل هذه الكتب تدرس في معاهد اللغة الانجليزية

◀️ معلومات أساسية عن الكتاب
العنوان: Chicken soup for the moher's souls
المؤلف:جاك كانفيلد، مارك فيكتور هانسن وجينيفر ريد هوثورن
دار النشر: Backlist, LLC - a unit of Chicken Soup of the Soul Publishing LLC
سنة النشر: 1997
اللغة: انجليزي
عدد الصفحات: ٣٥٤
نوع الكتاب: قصص قصيرة عاطفية وتحفيزية

◀️ تعريف عن الكاتب :
جاك كانفيلد هو المؤلف المشارك لسلسلة Chicken Soup for the Soul®، والتي تتضمن أربعين كتابًا من أكثر الكتب مبيعًا في نيويورك تايمز، وشارك في تأليف كتاب مبادئ النجاح: كيف تنتقل من حيث أنت إلى حيث تريد أن تكون. وهو رائد في مجال التحول الشخصي وذروة الأداء ويشغل حاليًا منصب الرئيس التنفيذي لمجموعة كانفيلد للتدريب ومؤسس ورئيس مجلس إدارة مؤسسة احترام الذات. وهو مدرب مؤسسي مشهور عالميًا ومتحدث رئيسي، ويعيش في سانتا باربرا، كاليفورنيا.

◀️ مدة القراءة:
٨ أيام

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inside the 300+ pages are heart-warming stories about the precious relationship between a mother and child. So many wonderful motherly shared memories will encourage you to keep-a-going if you are a new mother. Being a mother and grandmother, as you read through the powerful stories I think you will find great inspiration for mentoring a mother who is overwhelmed and struggling with her new responsibilities. One of my favorite comic illustrations from the book reads: "Remember! Hugs and kisses come before 'What did you bring us, Grandma?" I especially love Reba's story about her mother and grandmother's encouragement. I think you will, too. I like this one. Good for gift-giving.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a mother to a young daughter, and as a daughter who has lost her mother at a young age (27) I feel like this book resonates with me so well. So many uplifting and inspiring stories that just warm tour heart and make you laugh, make you cry, reflect, and be glad of the times you have shared with your child as well as your mother, or figures in your life that are of a motherly type influence. The Chicken Soup series have helped me in so many ways - teenage years and angst, couples, animals.. there literally is a book for everything. :)

[Brenda Lei · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book made me cry. So much. I'm not sure if I liked the emotional nature of it or if it was too over the top. Either way, I do indeed believe the mother soul in me appreciated the book and is grateful for having read it. Being that it was originally published in 1997, the age of these stories of motherhood is greatly felt. These mamas were raising their babies in very different times. It was refreshing to step back in time and feel the simple, fierce rhythm of motherhood these authors explore.

[Pachyderm Bookworm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Believe it or not, I gave this book to my mother for Mother's Day one year when it was paired with Canfield's original volume which started this series, viz; none other than his "CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL."

Are people continuing to read this swill now in the 2020's or have all of us collective become more or less jaded to read anything outside current TikTok trends off of a Twitter or Youtube newsfeed?

[vaaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

kumpulan cerita cerita singkat soal perjuangan ibu yang hebat banget. ibu, rasanya bakal kasih semua hal yang dia punya untuk anaknya, ga akan pernah tega kalau anaknya terluka sedikitpun. ibu itu barisan pertama yang bakal ngelindungin dan ngedukung kita. baca ini aku jadi merasa sadar kalo, waaah aku tuh punya sosok ibu yang kuat dan hebat.

[Laraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. This book was a gift from one of my sons for Mother's Day a few years ago and I finally got around to reading it. Heartfelt stories about Mom's and motherhood were easy to read, all heartfelt and enjoyable. Recommended for any Moms or Grandmas.

[Gina Andrews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of the Chicken Soup series, this one features uplifting stories mainly how mothers have helped their children. Other stories are written by the mothers, how they have learned from their children.

[Deb Bachman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series. The short stories in this edition had me laughing, crying, celebrating, awestruck, and so much more. It was a great read for this mother's soul.

[Nanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful stories to read when you have a few minutes. Perfect book to have in bathroom, or by
your favorite chair. I love reading them both places. This book will make you laugh, cry and smile.
Even if your not a mother you will enjoy the stories.

[Trina · Rating 5 out of 5]

keep tissues near by as you read

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hate the "Chicken Soup" books. They all make me cry. :..(

[Barbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many of the stories made me cry either in sadness or tears of happiness, so very touching.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this in hopes of recharging my depleted mom of three energy. I was expecting to connect a lot more, but I found the religious aspect to be slightly deterring.

[Anne Marie Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heart-warming book for a Mother's soul.

[Alina Cretu · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Nikki Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always a beautiful read when you pick up a chicken soup book.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was fun reading this book. I enjoyed every single story.

[BARBARA A MITTLESTEAD]

MANY TOUCHING STORIES

[Jane Mary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cheesy but occasionally touching

[Kathleen Dillingham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it very heart warming and emotional.

[Claudia Del · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book as a present for my first Mother’s Day. Many years later I still go back and reread some of the stories. Some of the stories are incredible and touching.

[Rebecca Einbeck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good heart felt stories. I've always enjoyed the chicken soup books

[MANJINDER KHAROD · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the chicken soup books!