David R. Hamilton PhD - I Heart Me The Science of Self-Love

Praise for I Me:

I knew I was going to like Dr David Hamilton the first time I met him at an I Can Do It! conference in London. Not only does he regularly engage in victory dancing, one of my all-time favourite activities, but hes a pedigreed scientist with actual evidence that kindness, striking poses and loving yourself is good for the planet. Plus, his story about Dove deodorant falling from the sky is one of my all-time favorite manifestation stories. I was lucky enough to preview an early copy of this wise and wonderful book. And I have but one thing to say: Why is this not required reading? Why is this not the first book were handed in life? It definitely should be.

PAM GROUT, NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 17 BOOKS INCLUDING E-SQUARED AND E-CUBED

Give yourself the gift of self-love and read this inspiring book.

ROBERT HOLDEN PHD, AUTHOR OF SHIFT HAPPENS! AND LOVEABILITY

Feeling unable to be kind to ourselves is an issue for so many - and often the cause of our physical and emotional health issues. Davids wise, personal and practical guide to regaining our innate ability to experience self-compassion is such a gift for anyone wanting to move their life and health onwards. I love it.

PHIL PARKER, EXPERT IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND GENIUS, INVENTOR OF THE LIGHTNING PROCESS

Davids beautiful book has been written from his heart and holds within it the power to return you to yours. Just like David, the guidance shared is genuine, honest and real, and if you want to learn how to love yourself more then I wholeheartedly recommend reading his wise words.

SANDY C. NEWBIGGING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MIND CALM

David has lived every step of this book, which is packed with illuminating science, warm anecdotes and easy-to-apply techniques. His heart and soul shine through every page and the world will be richer for it.

ANDREA GARDNER, AUTHOR OF CHANGE YOUR WORDS, CHANGE YOUR WORLD

I LOVE this book, and especially how David weaves science, personal insights and practical ways to feel good about yourself with such an open heart. Get ready to feel nourished and uplifted as you embark upon a wonderful journey of self-love and healing.

ALISOUN MACKENZIE, AUTHOR OF HEARTATUDE: THE 9 PRINCIPLES OF HEART-CENTERED SUCCESS

The greatest gift you can give the world is to be at peace with yourself, and self-love is fundamental to that peace. Davids book is a wonderful contribution to understanding how you can release learned emotional patterns and allow your natural self-love and compassion to surface. Read it to be inspired, moved and transformed. Thank you, David.

NICK WILLIAMS, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WORK WE WERE BORN TO DO

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Text David Hamilton, 2015

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ISBN 978-1-78180-184-0 in print
ISBN 978-1-78180-219-9 in Mobipocket format
ISBN 978-1-78180-220-5 in ePub format

To Oscar

Self-love is something very close to my own heart. In fact, you could say that self-love saved my life.

I had a Near Death Experience (NDE) in 2006. I had been very sick with cancer it was stage 4 lymphoma, and had spread throughout my body and had metastasized. I had tumors, many of them the size of lemons, from the base of my skull, all around my neck, under my arms, my breasts, and in my abdomen. My body stopped absorbing nourishment and went into catabolisys. My lungs were perpetually filled with fluid that needed to be drained regularly, and I was connected to piped oxygen.

Then on February 2nd, 2006, I fell into a deep coma. The doctors told my family that my body had gone into organ failure and that I was now in my final hours of life.

But while my body was close to death, I was very much alive. I felt myself as separate from my body, and I felt incredible! My family were gathered all around my weak and dying physical body, and had no idea that I could see them all. At one point I felt myself expand, so much in fact that I felt myself to be the whole universe as a state of consciousness. Among many things I felt and understood during this experience, one thing was immediately relevant to my life.

I understood that cancer in my body was a manifestation of my own energy that had turned inwards on itself. This is not to say that such a thing is true for anybody else as we are all unique in our own ways. But I had very little self-love. I had lived most of my life on other peoples terms. I was not living as my true authentic self.

I understood that if I chose to love myself, uninhibited, unreservedly, to express my authentic self from that moment onwards, then I would recover from cancer. I also understood that self-love was the most important thing that we humans need to learn and that, sadly, most people simply dont know how.

This is one of the reasons why I love this book by David Hamilton. He decided to tackle the subject after a conversation we shared, along with my husband Danny, a few years ago. In this book he is open about his own self-love journey and honest about the many times when he seemed to be lacking in it. He has shared some of his personal struggles and I am certain that many readers will be able to relate to them because all of us are, after all, human and we share in many of the same kinds of difficulties that grow out of a lack of self-love.