About Dr Mark Atkinson
Dr Mark Atkinson is a holistic medical doctor specialising in psychological well-being and emotional health, best-selling author and founder of the Academy of Human Potential one of the UK’s leading personal development companies. He is also an inspiring teacher, workshop facilitator and human potential coach to some of the UK’s most progressive CEO’s and business owners.
Underpinning his work is this simple message: to actualize our fullest potential as human beings and to create a more enlightened sustainable society we need to grow up and wake up. Growing up involves taking actions that support our unfolding into a high level of emotional and spiritual maturity. Waking up involves living with greater present moment awareness and acceptance, living in alignment with, not in resistance to reality. It’s about discovering and embodying the True Self (our true nature) and bringing forth its gifts, talents and potentials into the world in a way that enriches and enhances the world. Being in alignment with the true self enables us to access our deepest creativity, experience a deep sense of wellbeing, vitality and inner peace and to actualise our personal and professional potential. At the heart of this challenging, but truly liberating process is a commitment to living with HEART (Honesty, Emotional Awareness, Authenticity, Responsibility and Trust) and accessing and living from higher states and stages of consciousness.
In 2008 Dr Atkinson founded The Academy of Human Potential, a personal development organization whose mission statement is "creating opportunities to thrive and flourish personally and professionally" and vision is millions of people worldwide actively creating a life equal to their potential. The Academy supports individuals in this through talks, seminars, consultancy, workshops, courses, coaching and consultation services, leadership development programmes and professional training courses.
His approach to health, well-being and personal development has been endorsed by leading doctors, including as Dr Andrew Weil, Dr Christiane Northrup, Professor Karol Sikora, Dr Bernie Siegel and Dr Larry Dossey. It has also been featured in the national press, including The Daily Telegraph, The Mail on Sunday and The Sunday Times, and on Europe’s most popular breakfast TV show – GMTV. Dr Atkinson is also an award-winning writer and author of The Mind–Body Bible, Holistic Health Secrets for Women and the forthcoming book True Happiness – Your Complete Guide to Emotional Health. He has regular columns in Natural Health magazine, Health & Fitness magazine and Expert Beauty.
Mark qualified as a medical doctor in 1997. On graduation, he received a MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) and a BSc HONS (Bachelor of Science in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology) from Imperial College School of Medicine in London (formerly St Mary’s Hospital Medical School). As he worked with patients, Dr Atkinson became fascinated by the relationship between their head and heart and how this could restrict their capacity to enjoy a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. This inspired him to build on his conventional medical training by exploring methods and approaches that help individuals actualise their fullest potential.
Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, a member of The Scientific and Medical Network and consultant to one of the UK’s leading suppliers of nutritional supplements – Higher Nature.
His websites are www.drmarkatkinson.com and www.discovertruehappiness.com
