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Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body and Soul: Motivation and Inspiration for Living and Loving a Healthy Lifestyle
This book is not a replacement for yoga or The Zone; it is a companion – a reminder that hard work and determination really do pay off, and that our bodies are gifts to be cared for and treasured through exercise and healthy living.
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400 pages, Paperback
First published December 30, 2003
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About the author
Jack Canfield
1,286 books1,749 followersJack 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.
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.
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May 8, 2016
This was a wonderful read. It isn't something you can read very quickly as its short stories and its filled with motivation, inspiring stories of love, perseverance, lives that are changed by accidents and how God comes and restores their lives and makes things right according to his will and glory. Its a heart warming book about challenges, obsticles, tragidies but also how God's love and how being positive and the right mindset also can help us be the best people we can be. I loved these stories in school and although I'm more for thrillers, detective, and romance, these short stories put together by the author was really beautiful. I'll definitely read more of these books over time. I definitely recommend this to people who want to be touched and for those who love seeing how people's lives can change through God and miraculous circumstances and also how powerful love is.
March 5, 2017
Loved this book.
Full of so many inspiring stories, that make you realise how lucky you are to have the body you have, even if it is a few pounds heavier than you'd like.
I have recently recovered from a brain injury incurred 18 months ago, and the experience has made me really appreciate my generally good health, I no longer take it for granted.
Many of the stories were so relevant to me, that I was on the verge of tears many times, which was a little embarrassing, since I listened to the audio book while I was power walking in the mornings.
Listened for second time and enjoyed the book again.
Full of so many inspiring stories, that make you realise how lucky you are to have the body you have, even if it is a few pounds heavier than you'd like.
I have recently recovered from a brain injury incurred 18 months ago, and the experience has made me really appreciate my generally good health, I no longer take it for granted.
Many of the stories were so relevant to me, that I was on the verge of tears many times, which was a little embarrassing, since I listened to the audio book while I was power walking in the mornings.
Listened for second time and enjoyed the book again.
June 7, 2014
It did inspire me at first, when the beginning of the book is about people who overcame diseases and obesity and also did something admirable such as running marathon, etc.
But the more I read, the more I feel this book is just telling cliche stories- for example: telling story about the attitude of a grandmother toward life with no specific or very little action to prove it, therefore I stopped after hit page 200.
But the more I read, the more I feel this book is just telling cliche stories- for example: telling story about the attitude of a grandmother toward life with no specific or very little action to prove it, therefore I stopped after hit page 200.
July 25, 2013
Typical of the Chicken Soup series, with bite-size stories that motivate and warm. Well worth a read, and a return read, if you enjoy feel good stories with a focus on living your life with health and happiness.
December 21, 2010
i like the Arabic addition more
December 15, 2010
I'm just not a fan of the whole Chicken Soup thing, I guess. I don't really see what anyone likes about them.
January 23, 2015
Such a great up lifting book. It is peaceful to read two stories before going to bed.
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