Rachel Greenwald is one of the most successful matchmakers in the U.S., responsible for 857 marriages in the past 20 years. Rachel teaches relationship workshops at organizations like Google, Estée Lauder Companies, Morgan Stanley, YPO groups, Stanford University, Harvard Business School, and many others.
She's The New York Times bestselling author of Find a Husband After 35: Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School. She's been featured widely in the media as a relationship expert, including on The Today Show, CNN, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, NPR, and more. Her books have been translated into 18 languages worldwide, and have been optioned by Paramount Studios.
Rachel has a BA in Psychology from Wellesley College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in Denver with her husband of 30 years and together they have three grown children.
Amy Hawthorne, MS, LMFT, and Director of Mental Health & Wellness, specializes in getting to the root of issues quickly, helping guests to recognize the deeper “why” for current life circumstances, identifying and healing past traumas, and addressing maladaptive relationship patterns.
An independently licensed therapist in Arizona, Amy spent several years working for a world-renowned in-patient treatment center before she joined our Mind & Spirit team at Canyon Ranch. She has experience addressing issues including trauma, many forms of addiction, depression, and anxiety. She is also well-versed in stress management, interpersonal relationships, codependency, and healing shame.
Amy believes the only true path to long-lasting, meaningful change is through the cultivation of self-compassion and gaining personal insight and awareness. She helps guests achieve this transformation 5ere she worked with NASCAR pit crew members and the Charlotte soccer clubs to optimize health and performance.
Mike Siemens, MS, RCEP, and Director of Performance Science, works one-on-one with our guests, creating customized exercise programs for a wide variety of fitness levels and movement goals. He also hires, trains, and mentors our team of Exercise Physiologists, and develops programming for the department.
After nearly three decades with our Fitness & Movement team at Canyon Ranch, Mike continues to be energized by teaching people how exercise can improve the quality of their lives. He specializes in strength and aerobic conditioning, metabolic testing data, and custom exercise program design.
Adam Smith, MA and Senior Spiritual Wellness Provider, guides you in cultivating purpose, living with loss, emotional eating, and enjoying a more contemplative way of life. He uses evidence-based practices and continually witnesses how spiritual practices can deepen the meaning of your meals, strengthen the connection to your body and food, and help you communicate better.
Adam is well versed in integrative wellness, following Dr. Andrew Weil's teachings and collaborating with other departments in the Health & Performance division at Canyon Ranch. Adam’s favorite spiritual practices are moving while meditating: walking meditation, hiking in nature, mountain biking, riding his unicycle, and performing tricks on his Chinese yo-yo.
