The Psychology Podcast

Amy Chan || Breakup Bootcamp

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Jun 28, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Breakup Triggered Deep Personal Reboot

  • Amy Chan describes her breakup after cohabiting and discovering infidelity that led to deep depression and suicidal thoughts.
  • She used that pain as a catalyst to examine her identity and patterns, which eventually sparked her Breakup Bootcamp work.
INSIGHT

Breakups Reveal Root Patterns

  • Chan calls a breakup a band-aid being ripped off that exposes unresolved wounds and repeating patterns from early life.
  • She urges using breakups as a shakeup and scientific opportunity to uncover and change recurring relationship patterns.
INSIGHT

Broken Chemistry Compass Explains Attraction

  • Chan coins 'broken chemistry compass' to describe an internal GPS that steers people toward familiar but unhealthy partners.
  • Familiarity, not love, often drives attraction when early models of love were chaotic or unavailable.
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