Better You, Backed by Science Archives - Page 11 of 18

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The Heart-Breath Connection: A Simple Way to Calm Your Nervous System

By Dr David R Hamilton | January 21, 2026

Heart Rhythm Meditation is a simple science-backed way to calm your nervous system, support your heart, and lift your emotional well-being.

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How to harness the power of the placebo

By Dr David R Hamilton | January 14, 2026

The placebo effect was once dismissed as the ‘natural course of the condition’. It meant that if a person’s condition improved when they took a placebo, it was just coincidence. We now understand things much better.

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Stress can help you grow – if you give your brain and body time to recover

By Dr David R Hamilton | January 6, 2026

You don’t get fitter during a workout. You get fitter afterwards, while you rest. As with exercise, same with life.

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The Science of Self-Affirmations (And Why They Actually Work)

By Dr David R Hamilton | December 31, 2025

The key difference with self-affirmations is that we focus on something we believe to be positive already about ourselves. The focus on it causes it to expand, and with it our sense of self expands too.