Amy C

Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to healing the heart. Marie Claire calls her "A relationship expert whose work is like that of a scientific Carrie Bradshaw" and her company has been featured across national media including Good Morning America, Vogue, Glamour, Nightline along with the front page of The New York Times. Her book, Breakup Bootcamp - The Science of Rewiring Your Heart, published by Harper Collins, will be released Fall 2020.

     

252 stories by Amy C

Catch of the Week: Echo Quan

It’s important to know the difference between what you want and what you need. You can compromise on a...

Apr 5 · 1 min read >

Catch of the Week: Morten Hansen

If you want to text, call or see the person, just do it. The games are a waste of...

Apr 5 · 1 min read >

Don’t Waste Your Headspace on Unavailable Men

The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.

Apr 3 · 3 min read >

Catch of the Week: Christie Lohr

When it doesn’t work out with someone, stop yourself from going, ‘what’s wrong with me?

Apr 1 · 1 min read >

Your Essence

People will always flock to you because of all the good qualities you present – your success, your popularity,...

Mar 18 · 22 sec read >

Change the Story

You cannot change the events of your history, but you can choose to change the story you have attached...

Mar 10 · 1 min read >

Catch of the Week: Rattan Bagga

Be patient for love. Be open to love. Be crazy in love.

Mar 10 · 1 min read >

Here’s to Love

My fellow dreamers, remember that you will meet many people in your lifetime that you can create love with....

Mar 3 · 1 min read >

Catch of the Week – Jennifer Solomon

Be open to new experiences and be open to meeting people that are not necessarily your “type”.

Mar 1 · 1 min read >

YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honors individuals and organizations whose activities contribute to the well-being of the community. 2013 marked...

Feb 28 · 31 sec read >

5 Lessons for Happiness

You will have your heart broken. The one person you thought would never hurt you will disappoint you. You...

Feb 25 · 2 min read >

Do It For the Story

ake chances. Focus on the opportunities that comes from risk rather than dwell on the "what if" of things...

Feb 21 · 22 sec read >

Another Year of Lessons Learned

I think we go through cycles of change – when the complete unexpected throws you off your equilibrium –giving...

Feb 19 · 3 min read >

Gettting Over an Ex

My ‘Ask Amy’ Column as seen in the 24 Hours Newspaper. Dear Amy I don’t know how to get...

Feb 15 · 1 min read >

Fairchild Television Interview

Interviewed in Fairchild Television for a documentary exploring career-driven women delaying starting families to focus on their work. Watch...

Jan 29 · 8 sec read >

A Love Note

Call me crazy. Call me a dreamer. But I believe in creating a love so powerful it can change...

Jan 15 · 53 sec read >

Girls Become Women

The media does a grand job of reinforcing this culture and perception of “lack of”, and if you throw...

Jan 13 · 2 min read >

Huffington Post Live

Interviewed at the Huffington Post headquarters in New York on a panel discussing if a new drug can keep...

Jan 2 · 5 sec read >

Miss 604: Featured Blogger

Interviewed on Miss 604’s website as a featured blogger. Read the interview here.

Dec 29 · 2 sec read >

2013 – A Year to Change Your Karma

2012 has been a year of change – a year to recalibrate. To shed the old, explore the new,...

Dec 26 · 2 min read >

Friends With Benefits Enough?

My ‘Ask Amy’ column as seen on the 24 Hours Newspaper. Dear Amy, I am 30 and I am...

Dec 20 · 1 min read >

A Letter to the Other Woman

Were we born monogamous creatures? No. However, we (many in society) have chosen to commit to monogamy. And the...

Dec 14 · 2 min read >

The Dating Game

Being back in the dating scene again in recent months, I’ve been reminded of the delicate dance that occurs...

Dec 7 · 2 min read >

Gold Digging Doesn’t Pay Off

I’ve heard people joke about Vancouver having a significant amount of gold diggers. For those of you who are...

Nov 30 · 1 min read >

Is There Such a Thing as Casual Cocaine Use?

"What is especially deadly about cocaine is that there is no correlation between how many times you’ve used cocaine...

Nov 16 · 1 min read >

5 Normalizations of Society that Need a Reality Check

Ignorance is not bliss. Do you choose to use the status-quo as your compass, or, your values, morals and...

Nov 10 · 4 min read >

A World of Strangers Weep for You – RIP Amanda Todd

Yesterday, a Port-Coquitlam teenager, Amanda Todd, committed suicide after suffering countless attacks of bullying. The girl had created a...

Oct 12 · 1 min read >

Processing the Pain of Infidelity

This time last year, I was in Paris with the man I thought I’d spend the rest of my...

Sep 24 · 7 min read >

Processing Pain

I’m starting to understand and appreciate that situations, such as breakups, loss, etc – can act like catalysts. Painful...

Aug 20 · 1 min read >

5 Things to Honor in Friendship

There is an unspoken code amongst friends – one that is based on a set of shared values. Throughout...

Aug 13 · 3 min read >

Opening Up My Heart Again

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Sometimes that reason comes in the...

Jul 30 · 1 min read >

5 Don’ts I Would Tell My Younger Self

If I could tell my younger self, and even the woman today who often forgets, I would tell her,...

Jul 24 · 4 min read >

Dealing with Anger After a Breakup

In my reaction to dehumanize the object of my anger, I have forgotten compassion. Compassion for him, and compassion...

Jul 4 · 1 min read >

Rewriting the Script

While I cannot change my childhood, my upbringing and my history, I can change my reaction to it. The...

Jun 11 · 1 min read >

Is a relationship salvageable after cheating?

Cheating doesn’t just happen by accident. Instead, it is really the end result of a series of seemingly harmless...

Jun 10 · 1 min read >

You Are Beautiful

Don't let the story in your head about who you should be take away from the perfect, amazing person...

May 30 · 1 min read >