Dr David Hamilton PHD

David has a first class honors degree in chemistry, specializing in biological and medicinal chemistry. After completing his PhD, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry – developing drugs for cardiovascular disease and cancer. During this time he also served as an athletics coach and manager of one of the UK’s largest athletics clubs, leading them to three successive UK finals. He was fascinated by the placebo effect, how people improve through believing they are receiving a drug, he began to study mind-body interactions in his spare time.
After 4 years David decided to leave the pharmaceutical industry because he wanted to write and speak about the mind, our abilities, and help people to believe in themselves more. And he also wanted to write and speak about kindness and spread the idea that a small group of people with compassion and kindness in their hearts can change the world.  He also co-founded the international relief charity Spirit Aid Foundation and served as a Director for 2 years.

While writing his first book, David taught chemistry and ecology (and one maths class) at James Watt College of Further and Higher Education and tutored chemistry at Glasgow University.

David is now a bestselling author of 7 books published by Hay House, and offers talks and workshops that use science to inspire, fusing science, the mind, and spiritual wisdom. He also writes a regular blog on his website as well as one for the Huffington Post.  David has been featured in numerous publications, including ELLE, RED Magazine, Psychologies, YOU Magazine, Good Housekeeping (both UK & US), and several newspapers.

David speaks speak about the impact of the mind on the body, the effect of compassion and kindness on the heart, the contagiousness of emotions, and even the nature of the mind and consciousness.

“David was relaxed, instantly likeable, incredibly knowledgeable and engaged the audience from the start. He held the audience captive with his easy, charismatic nature. David clearly practices what he preaches and as a result inspired everyone in the room to leave with a more positive mind-set both personally and professionally. I wasn’t 100% sure beforehand how the business community would react to David’s presentation as it was not our normal topic for a business breakfast, however I should not have worried, the feedback has been phenomenal with many saying David was breath of fresh air and one of the best speakers they have ever heard!” Commercial Events Lead, The Aberdeen Grampian Chamber of Commerce

“David is very warm, funny and engaging. This is felt by the audience who were receptive, interested and engaged….. David also went over and above and sat on our question and answer panel later in the afternoon.  He also came along to the event early to get a feel for what was going on and to take part in the workshops, interactive sessions.  This is a real asset to David’s style and allows him to gauge his audience before delivering his session.”  Care Inspectorate