If you didn’t catch my live with relationship expert Amy Chan…um, what’s your excuse?
Luckily for you, we have the full interview here for you to watch and learn.
Well, maybe not FULL. Since this was my first Live collab, I didn’t push the Live button right away….but never fear! You only missed the first few minutes of me and Amy just chatting about both living in Vancouver and NYC, and how we share the same accountant (shout out to Angela!).
Anyway. Amy has been called the “scientific Carrie Bradshaw”. She’s has helped thousands of singles transform their love lives through her world-renowned Breakup Bootcamp and Dating Bootcamps.
Now she has a new book out, called UNSINGLE. It’s a fun, science-backed dating guide that interrupts the relationship patterns keeping love just out of reach―and empowers readers with the dating tools to build lasting, healthy connections.
She gifted me a copy, and it is a sharp, easy read that breaks dating down in a really digestible, data-backed way, with exercises and case studies throughout.
A couple of takeaways I needed: a slow burn is usually a better sign of compatibility and longevity, and small talk actually matters at the start (not my strength, but still). It is how you get to the deeper stuff. Which means no trauma dumping or five-year-plan questions on date one. Early dating is about discovery and figuring out if you actually like this person. I have been writing about this for years, so it was nice to see Amy and I are on the same page.
Our chat was fun! I talked about my own experiences and Amy did a mini-coaching session with me as she talked through her framework, The Dating Funnel, which she features in the book. She even points out a blind spot of mine!
I may have taken a few shots at Vancouver men (honestly, enough with the hiking), but this conversation gets into the real stuff, the patterns we repeat, the red flags we misread, and why dating right now feels so exhausting, and what to do about it.
Because, as Amy says, dating is not just luck. It is a skill.
And it’s something we can all learn!
Thanks for being here!
Love, Brie xoxo
