How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body Quotes

“Einstein said, “We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
― David Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Attitude is everything, they say . . . and I believe this to be true. If we learn to see the positive side of things, then we’ll live longer, healthier, happier lives. A good way to do so is to stop complaining and start being grateful.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Let It Out Some studies have shown that simply writing down how you feel can release the air from the stress balloon. In the 1980s, University of Texas psychologist James Pennebaker had half of the students in one of his classes write for 15 minutes on four consecutive days about their deepest thoughts and feelings about traumatic experiences in their lives. The other half of the students was asked to simply write about everyday things. At the end of the year, the two groups were compared and it was found that the students who’d written about their life experiences were the healthier of the two.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“I often feel that life is full of promises.’ ‘I still have positive expectations concerning my future.’ ‘There are many moments of happiness in my life.’ ‘Happy laughter often occurs.’ ‘I still have many goals to strive for.’ ‘Most of the time I’m in good spirits.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in
every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty.’ WINSTON CHURCHILL”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Thinking of people and things that annoy us, for example, might slow healing by suppressing the immune system, while thinking in such a way that makes us feel good or relaxed might enhance the immune system”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“We use our mind all the time to make us feel good or even to make us feel stressed, without realizing that the direction we point it in can have an effect.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“When you believe something, chemicals are often produced in your brain that give you what you believe should happen.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

“Paying more for a simple painkiller can produce a greater painkilling effect than a less expensive version, even though they might be the exact same drug, simply packaged and priced differently.”
― David R. Hamilton, How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body