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My latest book

"This book should be the thought for the day every single day." Dr Julie Smith

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My latest book

"This book should be the thought for the day every single day." Dr Julie Smith

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Book cover of The Joy of Actually Giving a Fuck. Large light blue writing on a bright yellow background.
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16 Jul
Mindfulness Isn’t Enough: Here’s Why We Need Kindfulness
Image: iStock We've spent the last couple of decades falling in love with mindfulness. It's in our apps, our workplaces, our schools, even the US Army. And rightly so. It's...
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14 Jul
What your brain stops letting you see
Diagram showing action observation in the brain. Colourful image of neurons in the brain and a transparent robotic image of a person's head, where we can see the brain and wires inside. The image is brightly lit with blues, pinks, and purples.
09 Jul
Watch, Learn, Repeat: The Science of Action Observation
Close up of hands on top of one another. We see a father's palm, a mother's on top of it, then the palm of a young child, and a baby's palm on top.
01 Jul
Why Tiny Moments Become Life’s Biggest Memories
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24 Jun
The Closest Thing to Time Travel

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About Dr David R Hamilton

I'm a writer, columnist, speaker, and author of 12 books.

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“This book should be the thought for the day every single day.”

Dr. Julie Smith, Sunday Times Best-selling author of 'Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?'

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