If you grew up in a dysfunctional, abusive, or addictive home, you are intimately familiar with violence, uncertainty, and suppressing your feelings. What you may not know, though, is how to create a sane, structured, and serene home for your own family when you never experienced these things yourself. Now you can.

Part courageous memoir, part influential how-to guide, The TurnAround Mom offers the tools you need to end the legacy of toxicity. With chilling vignettes from author Carey Sipp's own abusive past, plus the tips and techniques she used to turn her life--and thus the lives of her children--around, this stirring story will be the daily touchstone that you and your family deserve.

Carey Sipp is a parent-education advocate, an addiction and abuse survivor, and the mother of two children. Visit the author at turnaroundmom. com

Biography

Carey Sipp, the dynamic author of The TurnAround Mom, is an addiction and abuse survivor and parenting education advocate. She is a frequent speaker on the issues of breaking addiction cycles.
To stop the heartbreaking cycles of addiction and abuse destroying our families, she believes Americans must break our collective addiction to what she calls toxic intensity, "the mother of all addictions. "

A divorced single mom for 11 years, Carey was married in 2005 and now has three adult stepchildren in addition to her teenage son and daughter. Visit the author at turnaroundmom. com

If you've never worried a day in your life, this isn't the book for you. Everyone else pick up a copy—fast.

Whether you're a single and anxious to meet Mr. Right; a fast-tracker worried about a reorganization; a middle-ager pacing the floor over wrinkles and gray hair; a wife who obsesses over her husband's well-being, or a perfectionist petrified of failure, The Worrywart’s Prayer Book has an answer for you. Using anecdotal stories that mirror our own lives, Scripture, and personalized entreaties, this witty and poignant book demonstrates how the Bible, prayer, and faith in God's Will can help people of all ages learn to break the worry habit and enjoy a calmer, peaceful, God-trusting life.
A truly thought-provoking, funny and uplifting book for anyone who has ever agonized over:

• What People Say are What People Think.
• Ten Pounds of Flesh.
• Change.
• Other People's Lives.
• Terrorism.
• Being Alone.
• Material Possessions, Death, Money, Timing, Accepting Joy . . .
  and everything else.

Biography

Allia Zobel Nolan is an internationally - published author specializing in children's religious and trade books, and adult humor. She has over 2 1/2 million books in print. She presently works as Senior Editor, Relgious Books for Reader's Digest Children's Books. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, McCall's,The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Cork (Ireland) Examiner, among other places. She lives and worries with her husband, Desmond, and their three cats in Norwalk, Connecticut and Tipperary, Ireland.

Each of the 10 Commandments is perfectly formulated common sense that is totally relevant to current times, and popular author Bettie Youngs lifts the veil one by one to reveal the facts and purpose behind each principle. Most teens see the 10 Commandments as a bunch of old rules that no longer apply to them, but once the mystery is removed, it becomes clear that they are as meaningful today as ever before. Adept at making sense of issues at the heart of young adults, Youngs shows how each commandment is an integral part of the foundation for moral and spiritual conduct, as well as for peace and prosperity. This is a highly relevant book that will help teens live in peace, harmony and safety with each other and with God.

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Looks at how the ten commandments direct us to live in peace, harmony, and safety with each other.

Biography

Bettie B. Youngs, Ph. D. , Ed. D. , is the author of more than thirty books published in 31 languages. She is a former Teacher of the Year, university professor and a long-acknowledged expert on teens. Along with her daughter Jennifer, she authored the runaway bestselling Taste Berries for Teens series. Bettie has appeared frequently on CNN, NBC Nightly News and Oprah.

Many women today feel their life is constantly in fast-forward mode-juggling careers, family and personal time. The Power of Focus for Women offers practical solutions for the real day-to-day issues that confront women from all walks of life. Similar to the format of the original best-seller, these solutions are highlighted as ten specific focusing strategies. Each chapter includes inspirational success stories and offers easy-to-implement action steps that will help women make significant improvements in their lifestyles. Topics include:

• Reality versus Fantasy
• The 5 Deadly Burdens
• Shedding the Masks We Wear
• Setting New Boundaries
• Creating an Excellent Balance
• Knowing What You Want and Why
• The Challenge of Change

More than any other time in history, women around the world are now ready and waiting to create the life they REALLY deserve. This book shows them how!

Biography

Fran Hewitt is an internal workshop facilitator and a popular motivational speaker on issues of empowerment and personal and business success.

Les Hewitt, coauthor of the original Power of Focus, founded The Achievers Coaching Program in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which now includes 450 training programs operating in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Jack Canfield is a highly sought-after trainer whose clients have included AT&T;, Campbell's Soup, Johnson & Johnson and Virgin Records. In addition to the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Jack has coauthored several books including Dare to Win, The Aladdin Factor and The Power of Focus.

A step-by-step guide for the millions of baby boomers who want one simple practice for feeling and looking great—yoga!

One in five Americans is now moving toward the age bracket of "sixty and beyond," and while many are calling sixty the "new forty," this milestone is the perfect time to take stock in good health. One form of exercise that is proven to prevent or alleviate a host of physical and mental ailments for the last 5,000 years is yoga.

Now, under the guidance of a qualified and well-known Iyengar yoga teacher, who is also the author of The New Yoga for People Over 50, readers can reap the benefits of yoga with this gentle and clear guide written specifically with today’s baby boomers in mind. Filled with clear instructions, including the use of yoga props and modified poses, plus crisp follow-along photographs, The New Yoga for Healthy Aging takes readers step by step through the asanas (poses) that can prevent or lessen ailments such as osteoporosis, hip fractures, chronic pain, arthritis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. With heartfelt interviews and tips from some of America's most active yoga teachers and their older students—each sharing wisdom, insights and successes—readers will discover a source of inspiration that will help their practice evolve into more than just those moments they spend on the mat.

Biography

Suza Francina is a certified Iyengar Yoga instructor with over thirty years of experience. She is the author of several books and articles for AARP, Yoga Journal, LA Yoga, The Cleveland Clinic Arthritis Advisor, Prevention, Senior Life, and ELDR magazine. Her website is suzafrancina. com

Why We Do What We Don’t Want to Do--and How to Stop

Why Do I Keep Doing That? Why Do I Keep Doing That? explains why we all experience the “compulsion to repeat” and discover the most successful ways to stop doing what we don’t want to do . . . whether we drink it, smoke it, snort it, pop it, spend it, gamble it, eat it, work it, feel it, or have sex or a relationship with it.
As a recovering alcoholic, Dennis Wholey knows firsthand what it takes to break an addiction. In his New York Times bestseller The Courage to Change, Wholey brilliantly changed the way people viewed the negative pattern of substance addiction. Now, in this highly anticipated book, Why Do I Keep Doing That? Why Do I Keep Doing That?, Wholey expands the exploration of the compulsion to repeat by tackling other negative and self-defeating patterns of various types and degrees.

Habits are hard to break--especially destructive ones that bring about pain in our lives, create continuous problems or obstacles, keep us with people who are bad for us, and prevent us from reaching our full potential.

We all have our own answer and our own path to healing. Dennis Wholey helps you find yours. He shows us how to make these changes with expert insights from his team of behavioral experts along with personal stories of different negative behaviors and lifestyles, questionnaires, evaluations, and “personal inventories” that dig into your own life and background. Why Do I Keep Doing That? Why Do I Keep Doing That? shows you how to find the answers you seek, the support you deserve, and theunderstanding you must have to forge your way to a happier, more rewarding life--and a truer sense of who you are.

Publishers Weekly

Frustrated by his own self-defeating behavior and inspired by Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle, talk show host Wholey (PBS's This Is America) explains repetition compulsion—a tendency to repeat behavior that has already proved unhealthy—using interviews with mental health experts and the testimony of ordinary people who have conquered their problems. Dealing with pitfalls such as people pleasing, procrastination and rage, these regular people explain their specific problems, theorize about what drives their "compulsion to repeat" and offer their commonsense suggestions for change. The experts—including Peter Kramer (Listening to Prozac), Nathaniel Branden (Six Pillars of Self-Esteem), Harvard clinical psychiatry professor E. Virginia Demos and others—reinforce Freud's belief that such behavior is rooted in childhood experience. Wholey (The Miracle of Change) himself sticks to pep talks and questionnaires designed to illuminate the reader's problems. This encouraging guide offers the fundamental advice that one should seek professional help. Though readers stuck in negative patterns may recognize themselves in Wholey's case studies, those who have already graced a therapist's couch won't find any new insight here. (Mar.)

Biography

Dennis Wholey is the host of the weekly public affairs series This Is America on PBS, which is distributed to 400 cities in the United States, Canada, 160 foreign countries via PBS stations, the American Life TV Cable Network and Voice of America Television. Wholey is the author of The New York Times bestselling book The Courage to Change, and he has written several other popular books on personal growth and psychology.

An authentic, joyful life can be hard to find. Fortunately, Fran Harris has written the map—in 7 steps anyone can take.

Successful, self-actualized and blissful: how many of us can say that about ourselves?

Fran Harris sure can. She's a national television personality, WNBA Champion, international inspirational speaker, life coach and consultant to Fortune 500 companies. But ask her about her greatest accomplishment, and she's likely to smile and say, "That's easy: I found the REAL me. "

Because she believes we should all experience that journey, Fran's new book reveals her secrets for scrapping what we think we know about authenticity so that we can see and live up to our own potential. Her "7 Steps" are unconventional—and maybe controversial—but they work.

Dr. Harris teaches that we'll only find our real selves by shedding all the layers of institutionalized belief, dogma and practice that we pile on in life—eschewing ritualized adherence in favor of a deeper, more spiritual view of the world and ourselves. This, she contends, is what "God" wants for us. According to Harris, when we become unburdened by society's expectations, we are free to experience true joy, more capable of tapping into our own genius, and more likely to attract abundance and prosperity in all areas of our lives.

A life of passion and purpose is everyone's birthright. Get yours!

Biography

Fran Harris, Ph. D. , (New York, NY) is an ordained minister, life coach, business strategist, national television personality and international speaker whose messages have been heard in over thirty countries. She's appeared on numerous television shows including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CNN Headline News. She has also appeared on the Learning Channel and the TV Guide Channel. A former ESPN, Lifetime Television and FOX Sports announcer, Harris was a member of the Houston Comets' first WNBA Championship team in 1997. In 2005, she founded the 100 Women Entrepreneurs and Millionaires Challenge, an accelerated business and wealth-coaching program. She holds a Ph. D. in Business Administration.

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. But hispre-eminence is more than just extraordinary athletic ability: the lessons of his life-such as focus, passion, hard work, perseverance and accountability-have shaped him into one of the most revered celebrities of the 20th century.

In this inspiring book Pat Williams, motivational speaker and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic, reveals Jordan's method for living a life of greatness that we can all incorporate into our lives. Fascinating anecdotes and quotes from those who know Michael best provide a glimpse into a persona as sweeping and immense as any generation has ever witnessed. Peppered with examples from Williams's life and those of other star athletes and celebrities, this uplifting book shows that we are, indeed, all capable of fulfilling our full potential. Readers from all walks of life can appreciate and aspire to living life like a champion.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-This motivational book uses Michael Jordan as a prime example of how to achieve one's dream career goals whether they are in the sports arena or in other fields. Each chapter focuses on one ingredient in the recipe for success. The elements are identified as effective concentration, a joyful love for one's work, unrelenting practice of one's skills, persistent determination to achieve, acceptance of personal responsibility for one's own actions, treating others with warmth and respect, etc. There are copious anecdotes about how the basketball star has smoothly blended them all into his life, but there are also quotes from a variety of people, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Smren Kierkegaard, James Baldwin, Miles Davis, and Anthony Quinn. Jordan is portrayed as the most hardworking man in his field, and his persistence rather than his natural athletic talent is credited for his legendary achievements. MJ's fans will naturally enjoy reading about him, but even those who aren't basketball fanatics will be inspired by the principles promoted here.-Joyce Fay Fletcher, Rippon Middle School, Prince William County, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Biography

Pat Williams, one of the country's top motivational and inspirational speakers, is Senior Vice President of the Orlando Magic and has more than 39 years of professional sports experience. Before joining the Central Florida pro basketball effort in 1986, Williams spent 12 seasons as General Manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, taking them from a 34-48 record in 1974-75 to a World Championship title in 1983. Pat has written 19 books, including his version of the birth of the Orlando Magic, entitled Making Magic, and his autobiography, Ahead of the Game and A Lifetime of Success.

Michael Weinreb is former sports feature writer for the Akron Beacon Journal. He has won numerous state and national writing awards from the Associated Press sports editors.

Is it possible to be happy all the time? For most of us, happiness comes and goes. Life may bring pleasure one day-and pain the next.

But what if you could love your life no matter what the circumstances? It's possible-and Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live tells you how.

In this inspiring yet practical book, the authors share some of their most important lessons to help us adjust our attitudes, feel more balanced, and experience the serenity that comes from doing and being our best-no matter what the outcome. Powerful stories illustrate each lesson, with themes such as:

• feeling more at home in the world
• creating happiness from the inside out
• turning fear into courage
• transforming your life through real honesty
• letting go of judgments
• leading with the heart

There is a way to love your life-just by the way you live it. With Life Lessons for Loving the Way You Live as your guide, you have a blueprint for being in the world in a new way and experiencing more fulfillment than you ever imagined!

Biography

Motivational speaker Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With over 65 books to his credit, Canfield has taken the inspirational advice he delivered in his speeches and forged one of the most popular book series in print.

A treasured favorite among motivational and inspirational books, this classic work shows readers the awesome power contained in their thoughts and words.

Hope and Healing for Children
Hurt by Addiction in the Family

'I have spent my adult life in the company of children who have been my teachers. We got to know each other because someone in each child's life was addicted to alcohol or other drugs.
For thirty years I have had a front-row seat in group watching, learning, and helping these youngest victims of addicted families, children who live with a legacy that can break hearts and destroy souls--one they certainly did not choose. They arrive carrying secrets, confusion, and pain. But almost all find their voice. These children can and do heal. '
Understanding Addiction and Recovery Through a Child's Eyes shares the poignant and profound healing journeys of children who have found their voice and reclaimed their sense of self-worth. Each story reminds us that children have a unique way of viewing the world and shows how, with help, they can build upon strengths and deepen their resilience in spite of living in the shadow of addiction. In addition to the life-affirming stories, esteemed children's counselor Jerry Moe reveals how the healing process transcends the children and has a dramatic impact on the entire family system--especially their parents, giving them a new, deeper commitment to break the multigenerational legacy of addiction.

Biography

Jerry Moe (Palm Desert, CA) serves as the National Director of Children's Programs at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, and is an advisory board member of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. A lecturer and trainer, Moe founded the Children's Place Program in Redwood City, California.

Whether they are corporate professionals, budding entrepreneurs, or own a home business, most people are looking to achieve more in less time, while earning enough money to live comfortably. This book reveals the proven techniques thousands of people have used to attain all of the money they wanted while living healthy, happy and balanced lives. The Power of Focus is a practical, no-nonsense guide that shows readers how to reach their business, personal and financial goals without getting burned out in the process.

Canfield, Hansen, and Hewitt have taken the best ideas from their own successful careers (seventy-nine years of combined business expertise), and distilled them into ten powerful focusing principles. The result is a treasury of insights that is enjoyable to read and easy to understand. At the outset, the book identifies the three most important fundamentals for consistent success: developing unusual clarity; understanding that habits determine your future; and using a "no exceptions policy" approach to focus on what you want. Numerous anecdotes and inspiring stories help to reinforce each principle.

Biography

Motivational speaker Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With over 65 books to his credit, Canfield has taken the inspirational advice he delivered in his speeches and forged one of the most popular book series in print.

Second Edition

For nearly a decade, The Addictive Personality has helped people understand the process of addiction. Now, through this second edition, author Craig Nakken brings new depth and dimension to our understanding of how an individual becomes an addict. Going beyond the definition that limits dependency to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, Nakken uncovers the common denominator of all addiction and describes how the process is progressive.

Through research and practical experience, Nakken sheds new light on:

• Genetic factors tied to addiction
• Cultural influences on addictive behaviors
• The progressive nature of the disease
• Steps to a successful recovery

The author examines how addictions start, how society pushes people toward addiction, and what happens inside those who become addicted. This new edition will help anyone seeking a better understanding of the addictive process and its impact on our lives.

Craig Nakken, M. S. W. a certified chemical dependency practitioner, is a lecturer at the Rutgers School of Alcohol Studies and the Florida School of Addictions. A worker in the field of addictions for more than 25 years, Nakken has a private practice in St. Paul, Minnesota and lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to addiction studies.

Biography

Craig M. Nakken, MSW, CCDP, LCSW, LMFT, is an author, lecturer, trainer, and family therapist specializing in the treatment of addiction. With over twenty years of working experience in the areas of addiction and recovery, Nakken presently has a private therapy practice in St. Paul, Minnesota.

With The 7 Worst Things Parents Do, psychologists John and Linda Friel have written a practical book that digs into some of the worst mistakes that parents make, with suggestions on how parents can change immediately.

Biography

John Friel maintains an active training and speaking schedule in the addictions field, and is known for his practical, innovative, powerful and compassionate presentation and training style. Whether speaking to the general public or to professionals, he has the ability to handle difficult or painful material with a fine balance of competence, sensitivity, gentle humor and professionalism that has made him one of the top trainers in the country.

The Friels are known throughout the U. S. , Canada, England, and Ireland for their therapeutic and training expertise in the areas of family systems, survivors of unhealthy childhoods, depression, anxiety, addictions and personality disorders. They are founders and national directors of the ClearLife/Lifeworks Clinic, which is a special four-day therapy program to help people move beyond the painful patterns of childhood shortages. Their first two books, Adult Children: The Secrets of Dysfunciontal Families and An Adult Child's Guide to What's Normal, are now considered classics in the field and are widely read by both professionals and the general public. The Friels offer individual, couples and family therapy was well as conducting several weekly, ongoing men's and women's therapy groups.

In the decade since it was first published, the magic of Chicken Soup for the Soul has touched the hearts and minds of nearly 70 million readers from all walks of life with its stories of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. With its powerful message of hope and inspiration, the series that Newsweek called "a publishing phenomenon" has taught readers that dreams really do come true for those who dare to believe that any obstacle, no matter how daunting, can be overcome with persistence, patience and belief in oneself.

In this commemorative tenth anniversary edition, readers will find fifty of the best-loved stories from the series, those that exemplify the spirit of Chicken Soup and its ability to illuminate the path we all walk on. Included are poignant letters from readers whose lives were transformed by what they read and a special section written by coauthors, master motivators Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, on the special principles of living your dreams that everyone can follow.

This keepsake edition is a must-have for every reader who has ever opened his or her heart to the goodness and grace that is Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Biography

Motivational speaker Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With over 65 books to his credit, Canfield has taken the inspirational advice he delivered in his speeches and forged one of the most popular book series in print.

It’s Not You . . . It’s THEM!

Have you ever hung up with your boss and felt like you were nine years old again? Do you get a pang in the pit of your stomach when you see a certain “friend’s” number on your caller ID? Do you find yourself frequently apologizing to a family member even though you know you’ve done nothing wrong? If any of these scenarios sound familiar or you have ever felt bullied, manipulated, guilted, or threatened in a relationship, you could have a PDI!

PDI, or Personality Disordered Individual, is a psychiatric term used to identify those people with whom we must interact and who can make us feel miserable in the process. PDIs make “toxic” people look like Santa Clause and often have unique attitude problems and behaviors that we must deal with but do not enrich, improve, enhance, boost, encourage, motivate, or inspire us. Day in and day out, they make us miserable!

Stan Kapuchinski, M. D. , has encountered numerous PDIs and their victims in his private psychiatry practice for more than twenty-five years. In Say Goodbye to Your PDI, he sheds light on five types of personality disorders and teaches:

• How PDIs ensnare us into repeatedly dealing with them

• How to spot a PDI at work and in our personal lives

• Coping mechanisms to handle PDIs who we cannot eliminate from our lives

• Techniques and advice on how to get rid of a PDI for good

Say Goodbye to Your PDI will help you stop your misery and will help you deal more effectively with the users, themanipulators, the smooth talkers, and the guilt-trippers out there.

Stan Kapuchinski, M. D. , writes the widely read column “Ask Dr. K. ” A board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Kapuchinski has served as assistant processor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut and special psychiatric consultant in Queensland, Australia. His expertise on human relationships has made him a sought-after commentator for hundreds of television and radio outlets.

Biography

Stan Kapuchinski, M. D. , writes the widely read column 'Ask Dr. K. ' A board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Kapuchinski has served as assistant processor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut and special psychiatric consultant in Queensland, Australia. His expertise on human relationships has made him a sought-after commentator for hundreds of television and radio outlets.

More than any other sport, baseball has been identified with America—its values, dreams, lessons, and losses. Most of all, baseball is connected to the American childhood. In Before the Glory, the game’s living legends, maverick players, and stars of today tell the stories of their childhood and coming of age with the innocence and candor of youth. From Bill Mazeroski growing up in a shack without heating or electricity, to Ron LeFlore becoming addicted to drugs at the age of twelve, to David Wright winning a food-fight in the school cafeteria, Before the Glory is not simply baseball, it is life. It is poverty, segregation, innovation, integration, survival, war, peace, love, hate, villains, and heroes—all as seen through the eyes of everyday children who happened to have the desire and ability to rise to the top of America’s greatest sport. Hall of Famers, retired MLB players, and current stars, including David Wright, Justin Morneau, and Brian Roberts agreed to be interviewed especially for this book and share, in their own words, their perspectives on the challenges of childhood, family life, and reaching goals. This book is an inspiration to young and older fans alike. Foreword by Brooks Robinson. Includes an 8-page color insert.

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These days teachers are more likely to complain that books aimed at teens place glitz over substance, but this book could be a case where the complaint is reversed. The substance here is substantive and positive. The presentation is a bit blah. Text runs on, black page after black page, broken only by subheads. A color insert helps, as does a cover of sports snapshots, but hardly makes each separate baseball story more initially inviting. The premise is promising. Let readers learn more about baseball heroes, past and present, by reading about the challenges they've overcome and how they turned adversity to their advantage. The approach is interesting. Let ballplayers tell their childhood stories themselves, then have the stories of their later successes told third person by the authors (Before the Glory and The Glory). Segments vary in length, from two to ten pages or so, and there are frequent subheads to divide material into easier-to-access sizes. However, the first-person stories ramble a bit. It's nice that the big moral challenge/accomplishment angles aren't over hyped. But the format also lets focus diffuse a bit too much. The authors include players from the '40s to today—black, white, Hispanic—and the stories really are different and feel authentic. However, only three players are active now, so teen readers would probably need to be real fans of the game to dive into this book.

Biography

Billy Staples holds a bachelor of science degree in education from East Stroudsburg University. Billy has taught English in the public school system in Bethlehem, PA. He is a two-time Disney National Teacher of the Year nominee. He has been featured with one of his students in a five-part series on CNN.

Rich Herschlag is the author and coauthor of several books, including "Jack of All Trades", "The Interceptor", "Lay Low and Don't Make the Big Mistake", and "Women are from Manhattan, Men are from Brooklyn". He earned an engineering degree from Princeton University.

Chicken Soup hits the daily inspiration market with bite-sized stories to start every day of the year off right.

What woman doesn’t need a dose of inspiration? These one-page entries are not lessons like a typical affirmation book, but complete mini-stories that capture the magic and wonder of Chicken Soup.

The book features 365 stories, as well as affirmations, quotes, and inspirational messages, that will stay with you throughout the day and blank lines to fill in your own daily thoughts.

Biography

Motivational speaker Jack Canfield is the co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. With over 65 books to his credit, Canfield has taken the inspirational advice he delivered in his speeches and forged one of the most popular book series in print.