David R. Hamilton > Quotes

“Einstein said, “We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
― David Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“As airy-fairy as it sounds,we might find that on occasion, we could swap a couple of ibuprofen for a peace lily or a rubber plant.”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other AlternativePractices

“It is a neuropeptide called endorphin, a natural opiate that also gives you a high. This is why athletes can become addicted to exercise, because endorphins are produced during intense activity. The high produced can be comparable to that of other addictive opiates.”
― David R. Hamilton, It's the Thought That Counts: Why Mind Over Matter Really Works

“Attitude is everything, they say . . . and I believe this to be true. If we learn to see the positive side of things, then we’ll live longer, healthier, happier lives. A good way to do so is to stop complaining and start being grateful.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Meditation is an example of how a mystical practice becomes mainstream once the science is known and enough people are doing it.”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other AlternativePractices

“Many people with low self-worth will go to the ends of the Earth to find the insult behind the compliment.”
― David Hamilton, I Heart Me: The Science of Self-Love

“Paying more for a simple painkiller can produce a greater painkilling effect than a less expensive version, even though they might be the exact same drug, simply packaged and priced differently.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“In a review of the published literature on the role of empathy on patient satisfaction, adherence to treatment, and patient outcomes, researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands stated that ‘empathy in the patient-physician communication in general practice is of unquestionable importance.’20 They reported that empathy lowers anxiety and distress levels in patients and that it delivers significantly better clinical outcomes.”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other AlternativePractices

“Some people use daily affirmations to keep their minds positive. For example, a well-known affirmation created by French psychotherapist Emile Coué reads: “Every day in every way I am getting better and better.” Studies have revealed that such positive affirmations are enough to strengthen the immune system.”
― David Hamilton, It's the Thought That Counts: Why Mind Over Matter Really Works

“In the study, 12 people were asked to think “appreciation” and another 12 were asked to think “anger.” Meanwhile, scientists monitored their hearts. After performing computer analysis on the heartbeats, the scientists discovered that the hearts of the people thinking “appreciation” had been beating more smoothly and regularly — called “internal coherence” — than the hearts of the people who were thinking “anger.” And this type of coherence has a residual effect on the rest of the body.”
― David Hamilton, It's the Thought That Counts: Why Mind Over Matter Really Works

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in
every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty.’ WINSTON CHURCHILL”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“To a large extent, the brain doesn’t distinguish real from imaginary, and this underpins some aspects of the placebo effect. When you imagine that something is happening, it really is happening as far as your brain is concerned, and it releases the chemical substances necessary to confirm that what you’re imagining is indeed real.”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other AlternativePractices

“Thinking of people and things that annoy us, for example, might slow healing by suppressing the immune system, while thinking in such a way that makes us feel good or relaxed might enhance the immune system”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Paul McKenna ‘Ultimate Athlete’ self-hypnosis tape,”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other AlternativePractices

“We use our mind all the time to make us feel good or even to make us feel stressed, without realizing that the direction we point it in can have an effect.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“I often feel that life is full of promises.’ ‘I still have positive expectations concerning my future.’ ‘There are many moments of happiness in my life.’ ‘Happy laughter often occurs.’ ‘I still have many goals to strive for.’ ‘Most of the time I’m in good spirits.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Sometimes when an opportunity for compassion or kindness presents itself, we forget why we're supposed to judge or hate; we even forget our own suffering as something inside us rises to the surface and places someone's immediate needs above all else.”
― David R. Hamilton Ph.D.

“If a person in a negative train of thought suddenly shifts their body language or facial expressions to reflect a state of happiness or optimism (even if they are pretending), their mental and emotional state changes to reflect their new physical behaviour.”
― David Hamilton, The Power of Contagious Thinking

“When you believe something, chemicals are often produced in your brain that give you what you believe should happen.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Let It Out Some studies have shown that simply writing down how you feel can release the air from the stress balloon. In the 1980s, University of Texas psychologist James Pennebaker had half of the students in one of his classes write for 15 minutes on four consecutive days about their deepest thoughts and feelings about traumatic experiences in their lives. The other half of the students was asked to simply write about everyday things. At the end of the year, the two groups were compared and it was found that the students who’d written about their life experiences were the healthier of the two.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“A 2006 report described a study where children with ADHD were taught meditation (a form known as Transcendental Meditation). The scientists found that through the practice of sitting with their eyes closed and focusing on a particular word for 10 minutes twice a day, the children experienced about a 50 percent reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression; and many of them reported that they consistently felt calmer.”
― David Hamilton, It's the Thought That Counts: Why Mind Over Matter Really Works

“Part of being human is being entitled to be happy. We don’t need to earn the right, just as we don’t need to earn sunlight or oxygen. We’re also entitled to love and health. And we’re entitled to thrive. And when I say ‘entitled’, I mean that there are no questions about this, no arguments, no debates. It just is!”
― David Hamilton, I Heart Me: The Science of Self-Love

“Mirroring someone brings us emotionally closer to them in the sense that we like them more and they like us more. And as this occurs, emotional contagion takes place more efficiently.”
― David R. Hamilton, The Contagious Power of Thinking: How Your Thoughts Can Influence the World

“إن الحياة لا تخلو من التحديات، لأن التحديات طبيعية في التجربة الإنسانية”
― David R Hamilton