Cite as: Haverkampf, Christian Jonathan (2017). Your Path. Life Improvement (Vol I), edited by C J Haverkampf, Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Communication Publishing, Dublin, 2017, pp. 152-157 Your Own Path Dr Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. It is not necessary to know exactly where the future takes us. It is not even desired that we know where we …
Living Happiness Christian Jonathan Haverkampf, M.D. Happiness is a positive state and for many people a goal they try to reach in life. The feeling can reach from contentment to intense joy. Although the experience of happiness is influenced by genetic make-up and external factors, humans do have significant control over whether to experience this …
Communication can be bliss. We fulfill our needs through communicating with others, and it helps if our way of communicating with others is aligned with our needs, values and aspirations. However, too often we do not pay much attention to communication. We might see that something is not working on the job or in a …
Hope is something we feel we need when we don’t have it. Most of the time, we would not even think about it. But the fact that we feel a desperate need for it when fortune seems to have turned against us, shows that it has a powerful role to play psychologically. And, it is …
We all want to feel good. Over the years, I have never seen someone who truly wanted to feel bad, but only people who were too afraid to commit to feeling good. Yet one of the reasons why feeling good matters is that we are more creative and innovative when we are in a good …
When you follow your needs, values and aspirations you can actually brighten the world. Many people search on how to go about it, but it actually is quite simple in theory. You do what truly feels best on a deeper level. In practice, fears and doubts may seem to stand in the way, but they …
Fulfillment is a state in which one feels fulfilled. It can be a state of bliss or more quiet contentment. But it also quite literally means that one is ‘full’ of something positive and meaningful. When one feels fulfilled, one usually does not feel empty. It is a state people thrive, although one is never …
Conflict can arise in many situations. We may experience internal conflict when we seem to be torn between two ways of seeing something or deciding. There appears to be an option A and an option B, or we feel we need to decide between doing something for person A or person B. In both cases, …
Joy is a positive feeling we can experience in many situations, and it is a feeling we would like to experience often. When people speak of a joy of life, joie de vivre in French, they describe a joy that is not limited or bound to a specific situation. It is enjoying life for itself. …
Anxiety is where there is uncertainty and one cannot tolerate it. Many areas in life contain uncertainty, but whether you feel anxious depends entirely on psychological factors. The evolutionary reasons for anxiety were to make us more vigilant and alert. But anxiety can become chronic, and then it actually lowers your ability to respond to …
