Introduction

Amy Newmark has read 30,000 personal stories about happiness in her job as editor in chief of the Chick and Soup for the Soul series. She had nearly 200 of the books she's published touching on happiness right behind her when I had this conversation with her over Zoom. Cal Fussman: You gotta figure after reading all those stories she would have figured out some patterns and you know what she has. Amy Newmore: Cancer really gives you a lot of clarity because it helps you to just pair things down and find some essential truths in your life.