The Joy of Actually Giving a F*ck

Learn how practicing the art of kindfulness can support your mental and physical health, assist with memory and concentration, and help you find true happiness.

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‍Kindfulness encapsulates all that mindfulness is but expands it with the addition of kindness. It brings all the benefits that mindfulness does and much more. Research has shown that kindfulness as a practice boosts happiness, relaxes the nervous system, reduces blood pressure and inflammation, helps to relieve muscular (especially back) pain, and even reduces the rate of wear and tear at the genetic level. Kindfulness takes us out of ourselves and our troubles and stresses, and shifts our focus onto the needs and well-being of others. It warms us from the inside.

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This book is an invitation to bring kindness to work, to our neighborhoods, and into our homes. Kindfulness inspires us to see the best in each other, to value each other, and to treat each other with respect. It guides us to empathize with people’s challenges, to walk a mile or two in their shoes, and inspires us to do what we can to help. But kindfulness does not equate to being soft or a pushover. It can be fierce, passionate, and energy fuelled. It can be loud. Kindfulness can inspire us to laugh together, to dance together, to sing at the top of our voices. Kindfulness is a celebration of our humanness.

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This book will teach you how to expand mindfulness away from self-focus with kindness, and provides a set of guidelines for living more kindfully. You will discover how kindfulness is both a practice and a way of being in everyday life that can bring us the joy and contentment we all crave.

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Hay House UK (July 9, 2024)

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Reviews:

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‘The biggest influence on our well-being is each other. David reminds us that we get to choose the influence we will have for each and every person we connect with. This book should be the thought for the day every single day.’ —Dr. Julie Smith, Sunday Times best-selling author of Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?


‘Dr. David Hamilton is one of the leading expert sin the field of the mind-body connection.’ —Dr. Joe Dispenza, best-selling author of Becoming Supernatural

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‘Exploring the transformative power of kindness, this insightful book brilliantly illuminates how acts of kindness benefit our mental and physical health, while also advocating for the paramount importance of self-kindness. A must-read for anyone seeking to foster a more empathetic and healthier world.’ —Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, best-selling author of Happy Mind, Happy Life

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‘David Hamilton is the King of Kindness – he sets out the case and the science for why caring for others will make us healthier, happier, and bring more joy into the world. Hurray!’ —Suzy Walker, Metro