What a family, welcome to episode 236 of The Genius Live, let's go.

The genius live, let's go.

What's going on everybody? Welcome to a new episode of the show.

My name is Max Lugovira, filmmaker, health and science journalist, and New York Times best-selling author.

My new cookbook, Genius Kitchen, is out now grab it.

I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind our choices, including what we eat,

and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance, how we feel, and our health

span and risk for disease.

This podcast is all about how to live in that optimal state, which I call living like a genius.

Today, we diverge, yet again, from health science, and we cover matters of the heart.

This is a very important topic, and on today's episode of the show, I welcome Amy Chan.

Amy is brilliant, she's the founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific

and spiritual approach to healing the heart.

She's also the editor-in-chief of Heart Hacker's Club, an online magazine that focuses on

the psychology behind love, lust, and desire, and her book Breakup Bootcamp, The Science

of Rewiring Your Heart is available now.

On today's episode of the show, we are going to talk about the seven stages of a breakup,

strategies to get through it, and why it's important to give yourself time to heal your

heartbreak in the same way that you would a physical ailment.

We're going to talk about the on and off relationship, and how unpredictable rewards

really you in and keep you hooked.

We're going to discuss common cognitive distortions, how to identify them, and how to analyze

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