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Channel 4, Sunday Brunch, August 13th 2017

Some #TuesdayThoughts from @DrDRHamilton who tells us exactly how being kind to other people can literally improve your health! pic.twitter.com/4ofZOjE5KB

— Sunday Brunch (@SundayBrunchC4) August 15, 2017

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To celebrate #WorldBookDay2021 the e-book version of this book is on sale at 71p (UK) and 99 cents around the world. It’s about different strategies to build self love / self esteem, self compassion and to help with self forgiveness.

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24 Feb

This Might Hurt primarily follows three of Dr Schubiner's patients, including this lady who had been looking for an answer to her chronic pain since she was 16 years old. https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/sirpa-screening
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23 Feb

Today Sir David Attenborough addresses the first ever @UN Security Council meeting on climate security to warn of the risks of climate change, and call for global #ClimateAction to drive the change needed to create a stable, healthy world. 🌏

#COP26 | #ItsPossible

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22 Feb

Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it.

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I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.

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Did you know that it’s #worldbookday today? To c Did you know that it’s #worldbookday today? To celebrate, my publisher @hayhouseuk have arranged for the e-book (Kindle) version of my book, ‘I Heart Me’ to be on sale for 71p in the UK and 99 cents around the world! Yes, 71p (£0.71) ... I had to check the email twice myself.😂 I think it’s going to be that price for the whole of March. It’s the book that teaches different techniques and strategies for self love, like the 3 stages of self love, use of visualisation, posture, self compassion, self forgiveness, and how to make practical, positive changes. ✨😊
I’m pleased to say that there’s a new way you I’m pleased to say that there’s a new way you can listen to my books on audio. Hay House recently launched their new ‘Hay House Unlimited Audio’ app. The link to the app is in my bio. I have audiobooks there of ‘How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body’, ‘I Heart Me’, ‘The Five Side Effects of Kindness’, plus my ‘Quantum Field Healing’ meditation. The app is free for 14 days, then it’s £9.99 a month, so you can take it for a spin, so to speak, and see if you think it’s worth it, keep it if you do or just cancel it if you don’t want it. All Wayne Dyer’s stuff is on there, books, old lectures, etc, plus Louise Hay’s, Joe Dispenza’s, Anita Moorjani’s, Kyle Gray’s, Robert Holden’s, and all other Hay House authors. I occasionally dip into a Louise Hay meditation or listen to Wayne. 🙂 Anyway, just thought I’d give the app a wee shout out.😊
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. I created th Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day. I created the above image a while ago. It took me over an hour using Powerpoint. lol. But it shows how contagious kindness is. When we think of random acts of kindness day, most of us might intentionally do one or two kind things, but we don’t see what happens next. Every act of kindness is like dropping a wee stone in a pond. It creates waves that move outwards in a circle, soon lifting lily pads all around the pond. The lily pads are lifted by the waves, but the waves were created by the stone. In the same way, each time you show even a little kindness, it generates a ripple effect. Kindness is circularly contagious, like the wave created by the stone. And research suggests that its R-number is somewhere between 4 and 5, which, like sars-CoV2, depends on where you live. But with such a high R number, it means that kindness is highly exponentially contagious. The diagram is based on some research at Harvard and Yale, combined with a few other pieces of research demonstrating the contagion effect, and I’ve shown an R-number of 5. It shows that the kindness wave goes outwards to at least ‘3 degrees of separation’. That’s what researchers call it. It means that when you’re kind to one person, what you don’t tend to see, mainly because you’re not following the person around all day, is that they will most likely be kind or kinder to 5 people over the next day or so because of how you made them feel. That’s one degree. But each of those 5 will likely be kind or kinder to 5 people. That’s now 25 people at 2 degrees. And each of those 25 will likely be kind or kinder to 5 people. That’s 125 people at 3 degrees of separation from you. You’ll probably never meet those 125 people, yet their day is a little sweeter because of that single thing you did for one person. This is how kindness works. That’s how much you can affect the world! You never need to feel small. You make a much bigger difference than you think. 💛🙏✨ . . . #bekind #kindnessquotes #rippleeffect #rakday #kindnessday
Did you know that it’s random acts of kindness w Did you know that it’s random acts of kindness week? Random acts of kindness ‘Day’ is on Wednesday (the 17th), but the whole week is celebrated as reminder to be kind. I thought I’d share the 5 side effects of kindness on Day 1. 1) Kindness is good for mental health 2) Kindness is good for the heart 3) Kindness slows ageing 4) Kindness improves relationships 5) Kindness is contagious Of course, we don’t do kindness to receive a benefit. These are simply natural side effects, things that happen alongside, as a result of, being kind. Nature’s catch 22 actually ensures that we don’t benefit when the goal is to benefit. The health benefits of kindness come due to how kindness FEELS and the then physiological (and psychological) effects of that. The warm feeling of connection, for example, produces kindness hormones, which act on the cardiovascular and immune system. And the only way to get the feeling is to MEAN what you do. So, technically speaking, the only way to actually gain from an act of kindness is to not try to gain from it. Bit of a paradox. The point is - be kind because it’s the right thing to do. If you know someone who is struggling, lend a hand, even a supportive word. Something seemingly small to you could be big for them. Practice patience and compassion, gentleness and forgiveness where you can. Listen to people. Give them your undivided attention. Smile at people as you pass them and privately think a kind thought about them or say a prayer for them. And I hope, sometime this week, that you also receive some kindness.🙏💛 . . . #kindnessweek2021 #rakweek2021 #bekind #kindness #kindnessweek #kindnessiscool
Did you know that today, 13th Feb, is Internationa Did you know that today, 13th Feb, is International Self Love Day? The idea is that since Valentine’s day on the 14th is about celebrating love for another, the day before is about loving yourself so that you have more love to give others. Self love isn’t a narcissistic, ‘Aren’t I wonderful’ kind of love, but a sense of self regard, self care, self compassion. It can mean different things to different people, and this often depends on the context of their life. For some, it is about self care - looking after your needs; for others it’s about self compassion - understanding and having compassion for yourself, knowing that it’s ok to not get it right sometimes, knowing it’s ok to fail or have a bad day, and even forgiving yourself. For others self love is about cultivating a sense of ‘I am enough’, an inner sense of their own worthiness and value. It can even be about a feeling that, ‘I’m ok ... just as I am. No matter what’s gone before, no matter what is now, and no matter what’s to come, I’m ok ... just as I am’. For some, self love is about saying no, or ‘no more’. I wrote ‘I Heart Me’ (shown in the photo), because I had very low self love at the time. Despite outward appearances at the time, I did not feel an inner sense of worthiness or value. The book was born out of my attempt to learn to love myself more. It was published on 13th Feb 2015. Neither myself nor @hayhouseuk knew it was International self love day. The pub date was an accident. It had been delayed because my dog, Oscar, had passed away and he had played such a key role in my life, and the book - arriving in my life 2 days before I began the book and passing away 2 days before I finished it - at the age of 2 years, 2 months. There’s a lot of 2s there! I feel he came into my life to help me to be who I needed to be. It’s now exactly 6 years since it was published and it’s reaching more people now than ever, which I’m so pleased about. Love yourself! Not instead of others, but as well as others! You deserve it. ❤️ . . . #selflove #selfcare #selfloveday #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself
I’m hosting an Instagram Live at 6pm (UK) time t I’m hosting an Instagram Live at 6pm (UK) time today with Dr Gemma Newman, aka @plantpowerdoctor Gemma is bestselling author of the awesome book, ‘The Plant Power Doctor: A simple prescription for a healthier you’. Gemma is a GP, but she also prescribes lifestyle and dietary advice for her patients. Tune in at 6pm and Gemma will also take some questions. 💫😊✨ . . . #lifestylemedicine #healthyliving #nutrition
I was asked for advice recently on what’s the be I was asked for advice recently on what’s the best way to write a book. I don’t think there’s a best way, only a way that works for you. I say this because the person who asked my advice had wanted to write for years but didn’t know the ‘correct’ way to do it. I certainly don’t have a ‘correct’ way. I’d describe my process as adaptive. For example, I wrote the bulk of my first book between midnight and 3am about 3 nights a week, not because it was the best time for me, but because it was the only time I could find to write, given other commitments I had at the time. I would light a candle, some incense, make some coffee, put soft music on, open my laptop and write. I tried the same thing with my second book, but it didn’t work. I didn’t have the same need to write through the night and kept falling asleep on my computer.😴It was then I discovered that I actually wrote better in the mornings (7.30am-12noon) while sitting in coffee shops. I’ve written most of my books in this way since. Yet, I’ve just finished my 11th book (the photo shows some of mine) and due to the pandemic I couldn’t visit coffee shops. I struggled at first to work at home because I’ve so enjoyed the atmosphere (and nice coffee ☕️) for years. But I soon adapted and my new book is my highest quality writing so far. I think the common thread for me has been desire to communicate my ideas. I can do this regardless of the context. In terms of planning, some people meticulously plan the book - chapter by chapter - before they put pen to paper. I’ve never been able to do that. I sort of start in the middle, with the chapter / section I feel most inspired with at that time. Then I work outwards, always following what I feel most inspired by. Personally, if I plan too much, I end up doing nothing. I’m kind of an 80-20 person, I suppose. Anyway, I hope that helps anyone looking to write a book.💫😊 . . . #howtowriteabook #creativity #dowhatinspiresyou #inspiration
Kindness is like magic. It changes one thing into Kindness is like magic. It changes one thing into another. Never underestimate the power of a kind word, or a gesture that shows you care, you’re listening, or you’re here if needed. A small thing for you might be a huge thing for someone else. One of the things I think we don’t realise is that most words and acts of kindness have unforeseen effects. Rarely are you able to witness how that little light you brought to someone’s day actually went on to brighten someone else’s day. That’s the ripple effect of kindness. Next time you help someone in any way, the chances are they will go onto help someone else that day, whether in a kind act, or by listening, being patient, showing compassion, in their words, or even in their prayers. But rest assured you have much more of an effect on society than you think. I believe that even our honest, heartfelt prayers are felt by people. It’s in our prayers that we can practice ‘kindfulness’, holding kind thoughts and sentiments for others, wishing them health and happiness. I believe a kind prayer will always be felt. It might not always produce the result that YOU want, but the sentiment will be felt on some level regardless. Sometimes, it’s not so much what you pray for that matters, but THAT you pray, especially if your focus is coloured with kindness. . . . #kindnessquotes #kindfulness #bekind #compassion #love #prayer
Take things one step at a time. We’re into 2021 Take things one step at a time. We’re into 2021 and many people feel they need to achieve something significant to compensate for last year. Big goals can sometimes feel overwhelming. No matter what your goal, you don’t need to achieve it all in one big jump. Try taking one step, even a tiny one. Then rest a bit and take another. You don’t always need to keep your mind on the final destination. Sometimes that helps, but sometimes it’s better if your focus is just on one step at a time. Soon, you’ll turn around and look back and see how far you’ve climbed. I get like this when I’m running. I compete against myself in that I always try to beat my best time. I live at the top of a very steep hill. If I’ve run, say 3-5k at pace, when I arrive at the bottom of the hill, I feel the stress immediately arise at the prospect of the hill, given that I’m already out of breath. How can I possibly keep the pace? If I look to the top of the hill, so high up, I feel like giving up. It’s too hard. But instead, I stare at my feet and the ground just in front of me. With my head down, I focus on taking one step at a time. That’s all. Just one step! Then another. It makes it sooooo much easier. These single steps quickly accumulate. After a bit, a quick head turn shows me I’m over half way and I almost can’t believe I’ve come so far. Again, head down, face the ground and before I know it, I’m at the top and feeling elated that I made it. It’s a good way to think about life. I know it’s good to set goals, but you don’t need to achieve it all right away. But if you just take one step, then another, you might actually surprise yourself with how much you achieve and how fast.✨🌈 #youcandoit #icandoit #selflove #bekindtoyourself #takeiteasy #onestepatatime
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