Talk and Book launch by Dr David Hamilton
7.45pm – 9.30pm on Monday 14 October 2024
Cambridge Road Methodist Church
School Road,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham,
B13 9UE
How Kindness Can Cure Stress and Make You Happy
In this talk based on David’s brand new book, David will share the reasons why we should give a f*ck about each other and the wonders it can do for our mental and physical health.
You’ll learn how nature actually rewards kindness and how this can manifest healthily in the body.
David will also share fascinating new insights around the science of kindness, how it supports our mental health (it can make us happier, counter stress, depression, and anxiety), and even improve the health of our hearts and immune systems.
David will also discuss some of the more challenging questions around kindness, like what to do when someone isn’t being kind to you, how to prioritise your kindness when you have limited time or resources, and other similar conundrums.
Research has shown that kindfulness boosts happiness, relaxes the nervous system, reduces blood pressure and helps to relieve muscular pain. This talk will inspire us to see the best in each other, to value each other and to treat each other with respect. David will guide us to empathize with people’s challenges, to walk a mile or two in their shoes and to do what we can to help.
In this talk, you will discover how practising the art of kindfulness can support your mental and physical health, assist with memory and concentration and help you find the true happiness, joy and contentment we all crave.
David Hamilton has a PhD in organic chemistry and spent 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry, developing drugs for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Inspired by the placebo effect, he left the industry to write books and educate people on how they can harness their mind and emotions to improve their health.
He is now the author of 12 books, including, ‘The Little Book of Kindness’, ‘How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body’, ‘I Heart Me’, the Amazon bestseller, ‘The Five Side Effects of Kindness’ and ‘How Woo-Woo Works’. David is a regular podcast guest, BBC radio guest, and has appeared on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch Live, talking about the health benefits of kindness. He’s also an honorary scientific advisor for the charity, ’52 Lives’, which helps people through acts of kindness, and an advisor the science board of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS).
His new book The Joy of Actually Giving a F*ck: How Kindness Can Cure Stress and Make You Happy will be available at the talk for David to sign.
www.drdavidhamilton.com