Heart Hacking: The Science of Healing a Broken Heart with Amy Chan on The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie, Esq. #153

In this episode Susan Guthrie speaks with the creator of The Heart Hackers Club, Amy Chan, about the science and psychology of a broken heart and how to heal faster with some simple exercises and information. She's not called the Chief Heart Hacker for nothing!  Amy Chan is a nationally renowned expert on the science of healing broken hearts and just released her instant best-seller, Breakup Bootcamp: The Science of Rewiring Your Heart.  We have all been there after a break up.  That seemingly never-ending time of emotional pain and loss where we feel that we will never recover.  Well guess what?  There are psychological and biological reasons that we feel that way and Amy knows them all and shares them with us.  Not only that, Amy has her tried and true exercises for helping you to recover more easily and faster as you hack your brain and help to rewire those circuits of pain.   In this episode you will learn: Why losing a significant other can feel like a physical pain. Why you need to feel the feels in order to recover from the heartbreak. The reasons why your ex is like a "drug dealer." How "thinking traps" and cognitive distortions" keeps us lost in loss. Why "bash the ex" sessions with friends and family can be counter-productive. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, Amy shares three of her signature exercises to help you work through the pain, rewire your brain and emerge healthy, happy and ready for love again.  In the audio podcast Amy will walk you through how to "Reframe Your Story" in order to separate fact from fiction.  Then, in a special extended version of the YouTube video of the show, Amy takes you through her "Pie Exercise" and the "Stop Sign Exercise."  These exercises are your path to recovery so don't miss them.  You can access the YouTube video version here:  https://youtu.be/n7uNWQmfYi4 Just last week, Amy debuted her book, Breakup Bootcamp: The Science of Rewiring Your Heart on Good Morning America.  Be sure to check out her interview here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USVezvcQ1YU Get your copy here:  https://amzn.to/2VMUDaF or at bookshop.org. More Information about This Week's Special Guest:  Amy Chan is the Founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to healing the heart. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Heart Hackers Club - an online magazine that focuses on the psychology behind love, lust and desire. The Observer 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 and the front page of The New York Times. Her book, Breakup Bootcamp - The Science of Rewiring Your Heart, published by Harper Collins, was released on December 1, 2020. Follow Amy on social media:   Instagram Handle: www.instagram.com/missamychan / www.instagram.com/renewyourheart LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missamychan/ Twitter Handle: www.twitter.com/missamychan  Facebook: www.facebook.com/renewyourheart ********************** SUSAN GUTHRIE, ESQ., the creator and host of The Divorce and Beyond Podcast, is nationally recognized as one of the top family law and divorce mediation attorneys in the country.  She is one of the Co-Chair's of the American Bar Association's DR Section Mediation Committee and is the Founder of Divorce in a Better Way which provides a curated selection of resources and information for those facing divorce and other life changes.  Susan has created a website of curated resources for those facing divorce.  Find out more at www.divorceinabetterway.com. ***************************************************************************** ********************************************* THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR! DTOUR.LIFE  dtour.life is an easy to navigate system that finally brings much needed technology to an inefficient system. Spouses and family law professionals can now collect the endless data, manage th