Amy Chan doesn’t just write about love—she rewrites the way we approach it. For nearly two decades, she’s been a trusted voice in modern relationships, evolving from a dating columnist into one of today’s leading experts in dating psychology, emotional healing, and partnership.
In 2016, Amy founded Renew Breakup Bootcamp, the world’s first science-based heartbreak retreat, blending psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral re-patterning to help people heal from heartbreak. As her work deepened, she began to notice a consistent pattern: people would do the healing work, feel grounded again, and then ask the same question—“I’m over my ex… now what? How do I date without repeating the same patterns?”
What became clear was that healing alone wasn’t enough. People also needed skills for dating—how to discern, regulate emotions in real time, communicate needs, and choose partners differently. That insight led to the expansion of her work into Dating Bootcamp, where Amy helps people apply emotional healing to the actual process of dating and building partnership. Her work now spans the full relationship arc, from heartbreak and recovery to dating with intention and creating secure, healthy relationships.
Amy is the author of Breakup Bootcamp: The Science of Rewiring Your Heart, which was featured in The New York Times and optioned by a major streaming network, and UNSINGLE: How to Date Smarter and Create Love That Lasts, a science-backed guide to dating with clarity and intention.
Dubbed “a scientific Carrie Bradshaw” by The Observer, Amy teaches at Esalen Institute and Omega Institute, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The New Yorker, The Guardian, USA Today, and more. Known for her grounded, evidence-based approach, she translates complex emotional and psychological concepts into practical tools people can actually use in their love lives.
“A relationship expert whose work is like that of a scientific Carrie Bradshaw” – The Observer
Featured on the Front Page of The New York Times
Amy has been featured in major media outlets around the world, including the front page of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times (International), as well as the front page of the Sunday Style section of the New York Times. She’s appeared on national television with segments in Good Morning America, Nightline, Doctors TV, and internationally on Teleumundo, The London Times, CTV and ABC News. Her thought leadership and company has been featured on The Guardian, CNN, Glamour, FORTUNE, NY Magazine, LA Times, Refinery 29, Cosmopolitan, and more.
Amy has been interviewed in over 100 podcasts, including NPR, The World’s First Podcast w/ Erin and Sara Foster, The Genius Life w/ Max Lugavere and Girls Gotta Eat.
Want to work with me directly? I’m opening a limited number of spots for one-on-one mentorship, where we can work together in a more personalized way. Read more about my mentorship program here.
I specialize in relationships—from healing heartbreak to navigating dating and building healthy, lasting partnerships. My work has helped thousands of people create healthier love. The intention of our time together is to help minimize the gap between where you are now and where you want to be.
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UNSINGLE – How to Date Smarter and Create Love That Lasts
A revolutionary dating framework that identifies what’s keeping you stuck—and gives you the exact tools to create the relationship you want.
UNSINGLE empowers you to transform your love life using a structured, science-backed approach that targets the real reason you’re stuck: outdated patterns, blindspots, and beliefs that quietly sabotage healthy connection.
At the core is the Dating Funnel—a proven framework that breaks dating into five clear stages: meeting potential matches, building chemistry, choosing the right person, committing, and sustaining intimacy. You’ll pinpoint exactly where you’re getting stuck and get research-backed tools to shift your patterns—and your outcomes.
Unlike traditional dating advice, UNSINGLE doesn’t treat love like a game of luck. It treats it like a system—a system you can learn, apply, and master. Whether you’re tired of casual situationships, stuck in repetitive dynamics, or questioning if you’re “too much” or “not enough,” this book offers a liberating perspective: you’re not broken—you just need better tools. Through authentic storytelling, professional insights, and actionable strategies, UNSINGLE equips you to create not just any relationship, but one that’s deeply aligned with who you are and built to endure.
Breakup Bootcamp – The science of rewiring your heart
A self-affirming, holistic guide for everyone—single or married, divorced or dating—to transforming heartbreak into healing by the founder of the innovative and revolutionary Renew Breakup Bootcamp
In Breakup Bootcamp, Amy Chan directs her experience as a relationship columnist and as the creator of Renew Breakup Bootcamp into a practical, thoughtful guide to turning broken hearts into an opportunity to break out of complacency and destructive habits. Dubbed “the Chief Heart Hacker,” Amy Chan grounds her practical advice and tried and tested methods rooted in cutting-edge psychology and research, helping first her bootcamp attendees and now her readers most effectively heal and reclaim their self-love.
Breakup Bootcamp comes at the perfect time, when many are feeling the intensity of being in or out of a relationship, lonely or suffocated, and flirting with old toxic relationships they’ve outgrown. Relatable, life-changing, and backed by sound scientific research, Breakup Bootcamp can help anyone turn their greatest heartbreak into a powerful tool for growth.