Min Lycka - Stubbsittning, djur och natur

Describing a completely interesting and eventful life in a book is not easy. Nevertheless, Jan Högberg has managed to tell about his life and all its different stages and events in large and small ways in his new book My Happiness Stubbsittning, Animals and Nature.

We get to follow his life from his early childhood years right up until the 2020s when he has become both a grandfather and a great-grandfather.

The common thread of the book is Jan's great interest and love for animals of all kinds. This has resulted in trips to Africa, India and Australia, and animals have become both his interest and have also largely guided his career choice in life. With both seriousness and humor, he tells about the many encounters with both animals and people over the years.

Jan published his first book, Thank You Animals, in 1975 when he was in the middle of his life. In it, he describes his relationship with domestic animals and recounts funny little anecdotes about his encounters with the various animals he has had in his life so far. His second book, My Cuddly Lion and Other Cat Life, was published in 2001 and he dedicates it to his great fascination with all kinds of felines, including the lion Raja that he had when he still lived at home with his parents in their small one-room apartment. He wrote his third book, Birds as a Companion and Hobby, together with Britta Lindgren, and it was first published in 2003 and the second expanded edition came out in 2011. It is an impressive factual book about hobby and companion birds.

Jan's great interest in nature has not only led him to study animals, but it has also naturally led him to alternative medicine. As a naturopath, chiropractor, reflexologist, masseur and acupuncturist, and with a holistic view of physical and mental health, he has helped countless people to a healthier and better life.

Through many years of participation in radio and TV and his lectures in various subject areas, he has shared his knowledge and life experiences.

My Happiness is not just a book about Jan's life and the various events during all the years he describes. It is also a journey through time during the more than eighty years Jan tells about, with insight into people's everyday lives, society and the changes that have occurred in Sweden and the world during that time. Changes that have not always been for the better. Therefore, he urges us to stop and see with sober eyes whether this is the life we ​​want future generations to inherit from us. Time to leave ego thinking behind us and start really caring about each other. Sitting on a stump in the forest and reflecting on life has always been invaluable to Jan Högberg. Perhaps we should all follow in his footsteps, sit on a stump, or a rock for that matter, and give some thought and care to nature's beauty, diversity, balance and its future.