P for Psychology

Everything begins with yourself - especially your personal development.

Most of us strive for happiness, and like everything else we master, happiness becomes easier when you know exactly what to do. We need to acquire the right psychological tools and competencies that set us free and enable us to formulate our dreams, visions, and, most importantly, transform them into actions and our desired reality.

When faced with challenges, unexpected outcomes, or an unsatisfying environment, we need to ask ourselves: ‘What can I do?’ ‘What is my role in this situation?’ ‘How can I contribute?’ We can’t rely on other people or politicians to solve our personal or common problems, including climate breakdown, sustainability, and health issues. We must take responsibility for ourselves, which requires specific skills. Unfortunately, many of us lack these skills, which we may not have acquired through our upbringing.

In this section of SHAPE Your Future Life, you will find a presentation of the book universe that addresses shaping our own future. Many of us are inspired by simple and adventurous illustrations that tackle challenges formed early in our lives. Below, you will find easily digestible learning materials and exercises that help you develop your psychological skills. The books in the Create a Better World series and the accompanying illustrations may appear simple and perhaps even childish, but they are built upon extensive knowledge that has been proven to have the potential to transform the lives of open-minded individuals.

The Create a Better World series consists of reference books that assist you on your journey in shaping your future. We suggest that you read and work with them in the following order: Book 1, 5, 6, 2, 3. Book 4 is especially beneficial for individuals looking to enhance their professional communication skills.

If you invest time and approach your personal development with the right amount of interest, reflection, and honesty, you will reclaim yourself. This means you will return to who you were originally meant to be before your talents and potential were influenced by your relationships and surroundings. The articles and chapters in Book 7 – Reclaim Yourself – will gradually be presented here as Per writes them.

Selected Articles And Films About Psychology

Our self-esteem is our emotional foundation. An no building is stronger than its foundation. The difference between self-esteem and confidence
In our choice of partner, we will always, subconsciously, seek to recreate the original conditions of our childhood family context.
When we see something or someone we struggle to deal with, we want it or them to tone it down
Ability to convey knowledge or insights to an audience by acting as a mediator or a conduit. Natural-born speaker and
When we put our desire for change into words, perhaps even rethinking our personal narrative - our own story about
Love is an intense feeling of tenderness, devotion and selfless affection that liberates, connects and raises people up through truth,

Loving Relationships and Sexuality

Create a Better World 6

Pleasure - strong feeling of sensuous, bodily or mental well-being, joy and satisfaction. Pleasure. Feeling secure. Being able to fully
Expectation - a (conscious) image of some future event or development; what one expects of something or someone. In any
Did your partner choose you? Did you choose your partner? Did you both ŧruly choose each other? Was one of
Experience is knowledge or skills acquired through practice or studies. Events and experiences that leave an impression are part of
Fairy tales usually do not describe the time in between the wedding and ‘happily ever after’. Their focus is on
Whatever your current age, you have all your ages within you. From before you were born to your current age.

Self-Esteem and Self-Esteem Leadership

Create a Better World 5

The condition for loving others is that we love ourselves. You build self-love - and, thus, self-esteem - by making
The notion of rating If we think of our inner emotional life as a soup of different feelings that set
The self-esteem leader’s task is to inspire and encourage transformation; initiate engaging processes; generate insight into the value of the
When we put our desire for change into words, perhaps even rethinking our personal narrative - our own story about
An object of need is the object that best meets your need and reduces your inner ŧension. If the need
It is important to acknowledge and understand that some parts of your brain understand different issues than your body does.

Transformation, Communication, and Executive Presence

Create a Better World 4

Knowledge or understanding attained through studies, experiences or thinking. In its most sublime form, Executive Presence is the highest level
Most of our CHARACTER, SUBSTANCE and STYLE relate to our self-esteem: our authenticity, integrity, nurture, humility, holding back, self-assurance, insight,
Ability to conceive of new ideas and express them (in an imaginative or artistic manner). To illustrate this, I could
The exchange of information, messages and ideas between persons, animals or machines, particularly by means of formal notation systems or
Showing reverence, respect, submission, modesty or so similar. Humility requires insight and an understanding of life and human grandeur -
The way someone acts. The way someone appears among others. The way someone looks. Behaviour, accessibility and looks. All these

Communication and Cooperation

Create a Better World 3

Whoever we are, we are shaped by our life experiences. We are affected by the values of the people around
Written or unwritten, widely recognized rule or rule set affecting people’s behaviour, attitudes and other aspects. Norms and conventions serve
The capacity to control or impact persons and events by virtue of one’s position or resources. Capacity to impact the
Instead of controlling others, manipulating them and attributing blame and guilt, we have another option: expressing how it affects us
Cunning or mean behaviour aimed at sowing dissent, putting someone else in a bad light, achieving an advantage at the
Personal leadership rests on a foundation of responsibility. When we know what we are about, as persons, and know what

Relations and Togetherness

Create a Better World 2

The only thing we can expect with any certainty is death. Everything else is uncertain. Expectations arise inside us constantly,
When we are engaged or allow ourselves to be engaged or engage in something or in each other, our contact,
You are you, and I am me. Respect that, and every aspect of our relationship is going to be much
The connection between tension and release of tension and the relation between needs and objects of need are described in
In order to ‘work it out’ we have to ‘go in’ - accessing the problem, the emotion or the consideration.
Do you love others more than you love yourself? That will set you up for unhealthy and unloving relationships. Not

Personal Leadership

Create a Better World 1

Within the school of therapy I was trained in, we say that the only person who can reject you –
An important condition for becoming more knowledgeable is that we dare embrace and expose our ignorance. If we do not,
‘You hurt me,’ I used to say about the feeling of sadness that filled me ­when­ever someone said or did
The feeling of loneliness arises when there is something inside you that you are separated from. That separation is what
It is helpful for any human being – and leaders in particular – to acknowledge that most of us are
Until they know better, people who have mainly been loved for what they do rather than for who they are

What Can I Do To SHAPE MY FUTURE LIFE?

Featured Articles and Films from the SHAPE YOUR FUTURE LIFE Universe

Our handling of climate change is perhaps the most critical area within sustainability due to its far-reaching consequences for the
The gut microbiome, made up of trillions of microorganisms, plays a critical role in our overall health, aiding in digestion,
'Eating a Rainbow' is a health-enhancing concept that encourages the consumption of a broad variety of fruits, vegetables, and other
Factory farming, characterised by large-scale, intensive livestock and poultry operations, poses significant environmental and climatic challenges. It contributes to greenhouse
Our self-esteem is our emotional foundation. An no building is stronger than its foundation. The difference between self-esteem and confidence
In a rapidly changing world, it is crucial to recognise and embrace our personal responsibility to shape our own future.

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