Who is Amy Spencer?

By day, I’m a journalist, relationship expert and sometime radio show host. I’ve written celebrity profiles, lifestyle features and relationship pieces for Glamour, Cosmopolitan, In Style, Real Simple, The New York Post, Match.com, Harper’s Bazaar, and many, many more. (You can find archives of my articles and other stuff I’ve done on my web site.) By night, I’m an avid viewer of Top Chef—make that all reality foodie competition shows—with an almost fanatical devotion to popcorn.

I spent the last decade single as all get-out, screwing up more seating charts than I care to admit. (“Sure, of course, I’ll sit with your grandmother and your teenage cousins.”) Then one day, I decided I was ready for a relationship. Most days I was happy, hopeful and absolutely owning my freedom. But I was also spending a few too many nights curled up on my couch alone wondering why—oh, why?—the whole world was paired up and I couldn’t seem to find a single cute and decent soul to love me.

Well, I finally found my answer—and the love of my life—using my homegrown secret of dating optimism. And now, because there are too many kick-ass people out there wondering what’s taking their love so dang long, too, I wanted to pass some of that positivity onto you!

My guide to finding your other half tells you how to do just that: Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match.

The positive approach worked so well in dating, I’ve since used it to become happier in my whole life. Which is how I came to create my next book, Bright Side Up: 100 Ways to Be Happier Right Now. Whether you’re stuck in traffic, on hold with tech support, dealing with heartbreak or just gained ten pounds, Bright Side Up can help you see the positive side of any situation. Which means you don’t need to re-invent your life to be happier, you just need to see what’s right in front of you from a new perspective. Do you realize what that means? Single or married, old or young, saving or struggling, you can live the good life with the very same life you have right now.

Read the books, take in the lessons, use them regularly. And for an even bigger change in your daily life, sign up for my Vitamin Optimism email: Every week, I send you a small practice in positivity to try when you need it, so you’ll feel more positive than you’ve ever been about the great love and life you’re meant to have! I kind of have a crush on my own emails, I love them so much. Give yourself the gift and get the email for yourself.

And if you have any questions or comments about your life or you have a popcorn recipe I should absolutely try, please email me. Use the button at the right that says “Email Amy” or hit me up at (ready for the hieroglyphics?) amy at amy spencer dot com. I won’t have time to respond to every email, but I’ll do the best I can. I’d love to hear from you!