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David R. Hamilton        

Kindness Scientist & Best-Selling Author

David Hamilton has a PhD in organic chemistry and spent 4 years in the pharmaceutical industry, developing drugs for cardiovascular disease and cancer. Inspired by the placebo effect, he left the industry to write books and educate people in how they can harness their mind and emotions to improve their health. ‍

An advocate for kindness and for inspiring a kinder world, Hamilton is the author of 11 books, including, "The Little Book of Kindness", "How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body", "I Heart Me" and the Amazon bestseller, "The Five Side Effects of Kindness". His newest book, "Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices", was September 21, 2021. ‍

Hamilton is the "Kindness Tsar" for Psychologies Magazine and writes ’The Kindness Conversation’ and the ’Kindness Project’. Hamilton is featured in the award-winning documentary, HEAL. He appears regularly in the media and was recently featured on Channel 4’s live show, ’Sunday Brunch’, in the UK and ’CBS Sunday Morning’ in the USA.

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