Women, teenagers, pet lovers and even golfers have found a common cure for their emotional ails. And now college students are being prescribed the same miracle drug.

The bestselling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series has now been expanded to include the college market in the form of “Chicken Soup for the College Soul.”

Jack Canfield and company give advice inspired by real life experience which begins with “Getting In,” handles the ups and downs of “Love 101” and finally offers relief in the form of “Graduation.”

Keeping with tradition, “College Soul” provides inspiration for both laughter and tears, and the group of talented authors keeps the emotional roller-coaster on a smooth track from beginning to end.

No time is wasted in making the student laugh at his peers with the aptly titled, “Bloopers from College Admission Essays.”

From the student who proudly wrote, “I was abducted into the national honor society” to the big-hearted applicant who listed one activity as “Cook and serve homeless,” the only response to come to mind is “Doh!” A humorous commencement speech by popular comedian Dave Barry and well-placed cartoons also considerably lighten the “College Soul” spirit.

But what would a proper “Chicken Soup” book be without an equal amount of tear-jerking?

Don’t worry.

They didn’t let the weepers down. Any daddy’s girl can relate to the mixed feelings of independence and sadness felt on the first day away from her family.

But the transition experience is taken this time from the father’s point of view in the Joseph Danziger piece, “A Dad Says Good-Bye.” Don’t be surprised if the tears start to roll when Danziger writes, “The last few days, I touch her arm, her face — anything — knowing that when my wife and I return home she will not be with us and there will be nothing to touch.”

Not only do the authors of “Chicken Soup” contribute to the wellness of others in an emotional way, they also give financially. Part of the profits of each book in the series go to one or more designated charities.

Leave it to the makers of “Chicken Soup to provide a way to help others and yourself.

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Kelsey Foutch is a junior in journalism and mass communication from Waterloo