Review of How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body by David Hamilton

Posted by David Lorimer on 6 February 2009 | 1 Comments

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With his background in the pharmaceutical industry where he worked as a biochemist, David Hamilton builds a bridge between mind and body in this well-informed book. The first part reviews scientific studies showing that the mind can heal the body in terms of positive thinking, belief, the placebo effect, visualisation and affirmation. The second part tells the stories of people who have successfully used their minds to heal themselves of cancer, heart conditions, pain, viruses and chronic fatigue. Each story is followed by a commentary saying why the technique seem to have worked in this particular case. An appendix gives suggestions for a wide range of conditions. The whole is a balanced blend of science and human experience. All his work is underpinned by a passionate belief in the power of love, which includes gratitude and
kindness. A wise doctor is said to told a younger colleague than the best medicine is love, and if it doesn't work, then the dose should be doubled.

Hay House Publishers 2008, 291 pp., £9.99, p/b.

Review by David Lorimer