Can we use #visualisation to make our muscles stronger? #FridayFitness

Can being #kind reduce blood pressure?

Amazing start to the #TakingGoodCare conference. 'The opposite of the experience of stress is the experience of kindness.' Fascinating learning about the physiological impact kindness has on our health Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) Wellbeing In Fife

Today (17th Feb) is #RandomActofKindnessDay

Here’s how helping others can support our mental health. #MentalHealthMatters #bekind

A lady shared her mum's words in a comment on one of my videos today (on TikTok): 'Never be too busy to be kind. You may be the only interaction that someone has had.'

Very true words. You never know what a person's life is like behind the scenes.

Never be too busy to be kind.

#kindness is one of the most contagious phenomena I’ve come across in science. Helping others because someone has helped us is part of human nature. The motivation to pay-it-forward is due to what social psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls, ‘elevation’.💛

Happy World #SelfLoveDay ! Before you lavish your sweetie on Valentine's Day tomorrow, take a bit of time you love on yourself today. Kindness scientist Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) explains how caring for ourselves allows us to show up more for others 💕

#SpeakersOfSubstance #SelfCare

Today (13th Feb) is World #selfloveday Be kind to yourself as well as others.💛 The idea is that when we learn to love ourselves too, we have more of ourselves available with which to love others.

Day 2 of #kindnessweek and the #7daykindnesschallenge . A few thoughts on how kindness supports mental health, as the giver and receiver.

Random Acts of Kindness week is 11-17th Feb. How about joining the #7daykindnesschallenge

Here’s 3 guidelines:

1) You have to do something different every day.
2) Stretch yourself out of your comfort zone at least once.
3) One of your acts of kindness must be anonymous.

This was incredible. Five years ago we were working with a few thousand children a year….I’m so proud of how much our school project has grown. This assembly was led by Greig Trout , featured science from Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) and concluded with a beautiful poem read by Donna Ashworth

Just starting listening to Why Woo Woo Works by Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) The only problem with that is now I need to buy the Kindle version because there's SO much I want to highlight and refer back to. SUCH a good book! My spiritual friends, get on this.

Looking forward to tonight’s Seed Talks event with Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) tonight talking about how the mind heals the body

Helping others takes us out of our heads. In the moment your attention shifts to the immediate needs of another person, it shifts away from your own worries and concerns.

Looking for a #mentalhealth boost? #Kindness scientist Dr David R Hamilton (he/him) shares fascinating insights about the power of play and spending time in nature for our overall wellbeing.

#SpeakersOfSubstance #WellnessWednesday

I love being out in #nature . It’s so #healthy : the fresh air, sunlight, but also the sights and sounds of nature.

Nature has a calming effect on the human nervous system and it’s a legacy of millions of years of our ancestors spending most of their time in natural surroundings.

Here’s a few words on #kindnesshormones

There’s a rightness to kindness. Deep down, being kind taps into something human. It’s a recognition that helping someone is the right thing to do, it’s what holds us all together. 😊
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#bekind #therightthingtodo #KindnessMatters

It’s really important that we practice some #selfkindness when we feel we need it.

One way is to find things that support your mental health and to do them on purpose. It’s the ‘on purpose’ bit that makes it self kindness.

You’re saying, “I matter.”😊
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#selfcare #selfesteem