How Freuds Oedipus Complex Can Help Your Sex Life The School of Life 2022-11-09 | The Oedipus Complex is one of the strangest and most counter-intuitive concepts in psychoanalysis. However, through a certain lens it can offer us a guiding narrative about how we come, through the varied experiences of childhood, to have our own distinctive approach to sexuality. Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3UF54JXOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3TjdLZhIf you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: bit.ly/3Edr49gFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3hg2AmKMORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Diego Lodeiros thebrightagency.com/uk/animation/artists/diego-lodeiros Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
7 Things You Need to Know About Psychotherapy The School of Life 2022-11-02 | In order to recover from many kinds of mental distress, there’s really no alternative but to get acquainted with psychotherapy. Come and have psychotherapy online with The School of Life. To book a session with the sort of therapist who can really make a difference visit: bit.ly/3NoUUuu Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3h4wGthOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3TUONAp If you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: bit.ly/3sRzblEFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3NtZtny“In order to recover from many kinds of mental distress, there’s really no alternative but to get acquainted with psychotherapy. Though often dense and complicated, the central ideas of psychotherapy can be summarised as follows:1. Every human is in part neurotic. A neurosis is any pattern of thinking or behaviour that blocks the full flowering of our personalities and potential. We may be neurotic in love or at work, in our friendships or in our attitudes to creativity or politics. It should be part of every evolved human’s mission to seek to understand and unpick the neurotic elements of their own personalities. The enquiry ‘And how are you neurotic?’ should not be taken as an insult, rather a sensible and kindly request for more information on our particular share of humanity’s warps…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Green-hopehttp://gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How Keeping a Diary Can Save You The School of Life 2022-10-26 | Diaries are a forum in which we can raise and then galvanise ourselves into answering the large questions which lie behind the stewardship of our lives: What do I really want? Should I leave? What do I feel for them? Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3U1RhNjbit.ly/3gI8nBkOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3D8TlfEIf you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: bit.ly/3W36MWSFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3SBtGlu“What should in an ideal world define someone as a writer isn’t that they publish books, or give talks at literary festivals or wear black; it’s that they belong to a distinct group of people who — whenever they are confused or in distress — gain the greatest possible relief from jotting things down. ‘Writers’ in the true sense are those who scribble — as opposed to drink, exercise or chat — their way out of pain…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Elaine Song Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Kierkegaard on Love The School of Life 2022-10-19 | One of the most provocative analyses of love ever produced is to be found in the writings of the Danish Existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In a book entitled Works of Love, he proposed a theory which deliberately upset every leading idea that his own age liked to entertain about this hallowed concept.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3eHA3pnOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3T9w2ceIf you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: bit.ly/3giR2inFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3yNFBW8“One of the most provocative analyses of love ever produced is to be found in the writings of the Danish Existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In a book entitled Works of Love, published in Copenhagen in 1847, Kierkegaard — then thirty-four years old — proposed a theory which deliberately upset every leading idea that his own age (in this respect very similar to our own) liked to entertain about this hallowed concept.First and most importantly, Kierkegaard insisted that most of us have no idea what love is — even though we refer to the term incessantly. The first half of the nineteenth century in Europe saw the triumph of what we today call ‘Romantic love’, involving a veneration and worship of one very special person with whose soul and body we hope to unite our own…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on WESTERN PHILOSOPHY in our playlist: bit.ly/3TvF5E1SOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Reflective Filmshttp://www.reflectivefilms.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.ukOne of the most provocative analyses of love ever produced is to be found in the writings of the Danish Existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In a book entitled Works of Love, published in Copenhagen in 1847, Kierkegaard — then thirty-four years old — proposed a theory which deliberately upset every leading idea that his own age (in this respect very similar to our own) liked to entertain about this hallowed concept.First and most importantly, Kierkegaard insisted that most of us have no idea what love is — even though we refer to the term incessantly. The first half of the nineteenth century in Europe saw the triumph of what we today call ‘Romantic love’, involving a veneration and worship of one very special person with whose soul and body we hope to unite our own. Kierkegaard insisted that through concentrating on Romantic love, we develop a narrow and impoverished sense of what love can actually be. Love is not, Kierkegaard insisted, the special excitement we feel when in the presence of someone unusually beautiful, pure, clever or accomplished. He proposed that we return instead to an exacting version of Christian love, which commands us to love everyone, starting — most arduously — with all those who we by instinct consider to be unworthy of love.He made a distinction between what in Danish is termed kaerlighed — true love, the kind Christians are commanded to give and elskov — erotic love.For Kierkegaard, we should learn to love all the many people it would be so tempting to curse and to hate; those whom we believe are mistaken, ugly, irritating, venal, wrong-headed or ridiculous; those who may have made some truly serious mistakes and offended our moral codes. To learn to love such people, to practise kaerlighed, this is the real accomplishment — and the summit of our humanity....bit.ly/3yNFBW8
Ancient Romes Answer to Social Shame The School of Life 2022-10-12 | It’s natural for most of us to spend time descending into worry about our reputation: what if we are accused of something, what if we are ostracised, mocked and cancelled? A useful way out of the panic was suggested many centuries ago by the Stoic thinkers of Ancient Greece and Rome.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3RW4wgOOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3rLMGTeIf you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: theschooloflife.com/appFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3enfYod“It’s natural for most of us to spend time worrying about our reputation: what others think of us, whether we are deemed good or bad by the community…This can quickly become a painful topic, and our thoughts can descend into bonfires of worry: what if we are accused of something, what if we are ostracised and mocked, what about if we become a pariah?A useful way out of the panic was suggested many centuries ago by the Stoic thinkers of Ancient Greece and Rome. They suggested that we divide the topic of reputation into two. On the one hand, who we are and what we think of ourselves.And on the other: what other people may decide to declare or say about us.”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Compote Collectivehttp://compote-collective.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
12 Questions to Evaluate your Parents The School of Life 2022-10-05 | We might think back to our pasts and give our carers a score out of ten to measure how things went. It isn’t unfair or mean sometimes - in the privacy of our own minds - to hold people to account. Finish the sentence, "My Parent made me' below and give each a score out of 10. My parent made me:- feel deeply loved and wanted.- Was often highly attuned to what I actually felt - Was able to tolerate a degree of innocent disobedience- Was authentically happy about my success- Lacked sadistic impulses- Avoided imposing too many of their own issues on me- Didn’t demand to be admired- Wasn’t too exciting- Knew how to play- Had boundaries- Tolerated dissent- Took an interest in my ‘small’ joys and painsWe don’t need a score of a hundred and twenty to be robust, but if things were to drop much below sixty, there might be grounds for a good deal of reflection and sorrow. Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolIf you want to keep working on your mental well-being and self-understanding, download our hugely helpful new app now: bit.ly/3V1DozWFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3CwCnIQOur website has articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3SCof6BFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3Mdm2fy“Some people assume that you can’t really say what a good — or indeed a bad — parent actually is. But we don’t agree. So we’ve designed a checklist of what we think makes up a good parent…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Green-Hopehttp://gemmagreenhope.comSarah Hope http://www.artist-sarah-hope.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
One Key Question to Liberate Yourself From Childhood The School of Life 2022-09-28 | The most fundamental idea at the heart of modern psychotherapy is that in order to heal ourselves from our neuroses in the present, we have to understand what went on in our childhoods.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3UKp3rhOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3reQXOEFor more video content, try The School of Life App - a digital resource for making time for your mental wellbeing. Find out more here: bit.ly/3fe0PWcFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3LULJBqThe most fundamental idea at the heart of modern psychotherapy is that in order to heal ourselves from our neuroses in the present, we have to understand what went on in our childhoods.Though this thesis makes impeccable theoretical sense, there is one enormous problem with it: amnesia. Simply put, almost no adult remembers a single thing that happened to them before they were three years old: countless days and nights, a succession of complicated moods, sensations and events will have vanished into thin air, like a library of precious books that is sent up in smoke or dumped unceremoniously into the sea. Furthermore, most of us remember very little of what went on before we were seven. This may seem like an obvious point, but it has momentous implications. A period that we’ve identified as extremely central is also going to be entirely nebulous…MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Na Na Na Studionananastudio.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
The Incredible Promise of Psychedelic Therapy The School of Life 2022-09-21 | There is a form of therapy which is, right now, in most countries of the world, illegal but which stands to become a dominant way of doing therapy over the coming years and may be the principal route by which many people will heal from their traumas.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: bit.ly/3RXAdqT For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3UjcnYm Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3DD2tuL For more video content, try The School of Life App - a digital resource for making time for your mental wellbeing. Find out more here: bit.ly/3QVxNbb For information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3xwDWDK“There is a form of therapy which is, right now, in most countries of the world, illegal but which stands to become a dominant way of doing therapy over the coming years and may be the principal route by which many people will heal from their traumas.The reason why psychedelic therapy is likely to prove so important is that it has the power to overcome the central impediment to successful therapy right now…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on Self in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensytadeancarensyta.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Charles Darwin - the Descent of Man The School of Life 2022-09-14 | Darwin liked to say he had thought of calling his book “the Ascent of Man” - but that that would suggest some idea of progress. Rather what he wanted to do was show that despite the obvious technical advances of past centuries modern people were still at the same moral level, or perhaps slightly worse, than their remote ancestors.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3Lg7E5OOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3BG4TrgFor more video content, try The School of Life App - a digital resource for making time for your mental wellbeing. Find out more here: bit.ly/3LaOrClFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: theschooloflife.com/article/charles-darwin-and-the-descent-of-man"It is completely understandable that we are often maddened by what might be called ‘normal’ humanity. The way in which emotion so regularly triumphs over careful reasoning; the power of group loyalty, even when the group doesn’t seem to deserve much devotion; the vast mechanisms of status-seeking that drive so much excess consumption; widespread selfishness and indifference to the greater needs of more distant others. And we can find ourselves — in the privacy of our heads, or in the occasional late-night outburst — railing against the fools and idiots who (so unfortunately) seem to occupy so many of the prominent places of power, wealth and influence..."MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on LITERATURE in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLliteratureSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Zedem Mediahttp://www.zedemanimations.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Get Your Parents Out of Your Head The School of Life 2022-09-07 | The human mind between the ages of one and ten is infinitely attuned to its environment. A somewhat cold forbidding father or an erratic mother really may be all that are required to breed an elevated degree of anxiety or self-hatred that colours the next eight decades.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3eirf8KOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3cT4eZGFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3qg8Jk2“One of the most difficult things about being human is how easily influenced we are by our childhoods — and more particularly, our parents.The human mind between the ages of one and ten is dauntingly receptive, infinitely attuned to its environment. A somewhat cold forbidding father or an erratic mother really may be all that are required to breed an elevated degree of anxiety or self-hatred that colours the next eight decades...”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mike Booth Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why People Get Mentally Unwell The School of Life 2022-08-31 | It sounds really strange to speak of the upsides of being ill. Surely there are only downsides?Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3AE2YkWOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3Tr60lkFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3cCj4E0“It sounds really strange to speak of the upsides of being ill. Surely there are only downsides?But rather than assuming, as we normally do, that our mental illnesses are just a problem for us, we can dare to ask in a spirit of open-minded exploration: What are my illnesses doing for me? Whatever their costs, what are their secret upsides? What are their unexpected benefits? Why might I be covertly siding with them against the possibility of health?”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Ramosinstagram.com/natalia_ramas Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Stop People Pleasing and Be Happy The School of Life 2022-08-24 | One of the more curious aspects of the ways we are built is that it can take us a very long time indeed to work out what we need in order to be happy.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3A8ga1qOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3PKxj6WFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3dRCGnS“One of the more curious aspects of the ways we are built is that it can take us a very long time indeed to work out what we need in order to be happy.We might assume that the process was obvious; what could be more straightforward than to want. We’ve ostensibly been doing it since we were four years old and began a powerful campaign for an electric train or set of farmyard animals…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Aaron Sampsonaaronsampson.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
In Praise of Introspective People The School of Life 2022-08-17 | However healthy it often is to try to fit in and assume we must just be like everyone else, there are also benefits in sometimes accepting that we might in the end not be and this needn’t be a cause of concern or shame. Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3CbBENwOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3Qu42yKFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3C9VF72“However healthy it often is to try to fit in and assume we must just be like everyone else, there are also benefits in sometimes accepting that we might in the end be simply rather odd — though this needn’t be a cause of particularly concern or shame.Perhaps we simply do belong to the peculiar tribe of those who love — above pretty much anything else — to introspect, that is, to try to make sense of themselves, to process their emotions, to analyse their immaturities and to understand the psychological mechanisms they inhabit. We, the happy odd few, belong to that minor clan of the avid self-knowers who take entirely to heart the Ancient Greek command to ‘Know yourself’...”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensytadeancarensyta.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why a Time Machine Wouldnt Fix Your Mistakes The School of Life 2022-08-10 | Part of the pain of growing older is that we can start to see how much, at certain points, we misunderstood ourselves, what the costs of missing self-knowledge were and how beautiful it could be if we could just build ourselves a time machine and go back and correct all our mistakes.Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/6TU0-63X/hellotsolFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3QgnHC8 Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3zMHKRtFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3JHgOqV“Part of the pain of growing older is that we can start to see how much, at certain points, we misunderstood ourselves, what the costs of missing self-knowledge were and how beautiful it could be if we could just build ourselves a time machine and go back and correct all our mistakes…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mike Booth Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why We Are Lonely The School of Life 2022-08-03 | It’s an embarrassing confession, but many of us spend a great deal of our lives asking, week after week, always with the same blend of frustration, despair and puzzlement: Why am I so lonely? The real answer is likely to be far less punitive and in its way far more logical…Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: bit.ly/3OZ8C6uFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3zpvYwpOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3BCcpDSFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3d4cjdG“It’s an embarrassing confession, but for a certain group among us, it’s fair to say that a great deal of our lives is spent asking essentially the same question, week after week, always with the same blend of frustration, despair and puzzlement: Why am I so lonely?Why, in other words, do I so often find myself at odds in social groups, why can’t I more easily connect with people, why do I not have more friends worthy of the name?”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Ramosinstagram.com/natalia_ramas Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Tell If You Are Paranoid The School of Life 2022-07-27 | One of the most useful realisations we might come to about ourselves is that we are ‘paranoid.’ Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3PF0nOcOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3cLViF1 For information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3b3YJGZ"One of the most useful realisations we might come to about ourselves is that we are ‘paranoid.’ The word is easy to laugh off as impossibly eccentric, evoking people who insist that they are being tailed by the secret service or watched over by an alien species. But the reality is lot more normal-looking and far less comedic-feeling. To be paranoid in the true sense is to suffer from a repeated feeling that most people hate us, that most situations are extremely dangerous and that some kind of catastrophe is likely to befall us soon..."MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Green-Hopehttp://gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Tell If You Have Been Gaslit The School of Life 2022-07-20 | We’re unlucky enough if we meet with people who want to do us wrong, show us contempt and take advantage of us. But this is as nothing next to the monumental bad luck of encountering people who do all this to us while also being extremely skilled at pretending that they aren’t.If you are struggling with mental health there are lines where you can get professional support: nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-servicesSign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3Okgi2TOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3v4eMv8For information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGw Email business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHq Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3ITWuSJ“We’re unlucky enough if we meet with people who want to do us wrong, show us contempt and take advantage of us. But this is as nothing next to the monumental bad luck of encountering people who do all this to us while also being extremely skilled at pretending that they aren’t; those master manipulators who are at once innocent-seeming and, deep down, profoundly scheming. These people won’t only hurt us, they will do something far worse: rob us of our understanding of ourselves, strip us of basic trust and, along the way, for a time, make us lose our minds…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationshipsSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life-for-businessCREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Biegajnb-animation.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
We Have a Big Announcement... The School of Life 2022-07-13 | Download: bit.ly/3O1Z0aM The School of Life App is a digital resource for making time for your mental wellbeing. It gathers the very best of our teaching – our films, essays, audio lessons, practical exercises and interactive media – making them available on your phone or device whenever and wherever you need them. It’s a tool for understanding more about yourself, making positive life-changes, and discovering the elements of better mental health and emotional maturity. “Your app is brilliant. You’ve clearly worked hard on it and it shows. Currently loving everything about it: bite size snippets, ability to save for later, home page not being never-ending, so it feels like you can complete it daily” – SapnaSign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3yW5IJZOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3NXQ71OFor information on The School of Life’s learning and wellbeing solutions for businesses, including workshops and talks, visit bit.ly/3ICqvGwEmail business@theschooloflife.com or join our monthly business newsletter: bit.ly/3ICEJHqJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3uKInJQ MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Green-Hopehttp://gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
What to Do About Your Trauma? The School of Life 2022-07-06 | The word ‘trauma’ captures an acute paradox in our relationship to our own histories: some of what is most significant in our lives is inaccessible to day to day memory; the more important something is, the less we may be able to recall it. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3adO6kbOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3bQDg4iJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3y9XtcI“The word ‘trauma’ — meaning a terrible event we live through that cannot be remembered but which generates painful related symptoms — captures an acute paradox in our relationship to our own histories: some of what is most significant in our lives is inaccessible to day to day memory; the more important something is, the less we may be able to recall it…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Nick Hilditchnickhilditch.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why It Really Is All About Your Childhood The School of Life 2022-06-29 | The founding principle of modern psychotherapy - that it is all to do with one’s childhood - can sound especially irritating. Why should we be forever tied to things that happened infinitely long ago?Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3u6xulaOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3uaNbrAJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3nqUVSA“In certain moods, the founding principle of modern psychotherapy — that it is all to do with one’s childhood — can sound especially irritating. Why should we be forever tied to things that happened infinitely long ago? One hardly ever sees one’s mother now and dad might have died twenty years ago. And anyway, aren’t genetics more important?”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:EUNJU CHOIencountersdigital.com/artist-profiles/eunju-ara-choi Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Watch the News Media and Stay Sane The School of Life 2022-06-22 | We are used to thinking of what we call the news as a tool that can help us to vanquish ignorance. But what it continuously - albeit slyly - does is encourage us to forget entirely what we actually feel in relation to certain events and crucially why that is so important.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3HEpNbyOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3yaiUvBJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3HEQQn3“We are used to thinking of what we call the news as a tool that can help us to vanquish ignorance: we will, thanks to its updates, properly understand what is going on and where importance lies. But if we examine the role of this phenomenon with greater scepticism, we may find that it is as responsible for blinding us to ourselves as for introducing us to the complexities of so-called reality…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Jesse Colletthttp://jessecollett.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why We Are All Addicts The School of Life 2022-06-15 | When we think of an ‘addict’, certain stock images come to mind: a homeless person sniffing glue, a gaunt figure with a heroin needle in their arm. But this masks what is in reality a far more universal phenomenon. We are all addicts.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3NWKnGjOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3NSIFpjJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3xOMHts“When we think of an ‘addict’, certain stock images come to mind: a homeless person in the park sniffing glue, a gaunt figure with a heroin needle in their arm, a breakfast-time vodka drinker…But such gothic characterisations mask what is in reality a far more universal and less overtly dramatic - though still pernicious - phenomenon. Addiction doesn’t have anything to do with what one is addicted to: it can’t be neatly circumscribed to those who rely on hard drugs or alcohol. In its essence, addiction simply means leaning on something - it could be anything - because it prevents particular ideas from coming into our minds. The addict relies on their chosen pursuit to block unwelcome emotions from storming the theatre of their consciousness…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Aaron Sampsonaaronsampson.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Get in Touch With Your Feelings... and Why It Matters The School of Life 2022-06-08 | How could we lose touch with feelings that belong to us? Where might they go? And what might be driving their loss?Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3to8EgbOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3aCc60aJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3zoYsrz“The idea that we might - as the expression has it - ‘lose touch with our feelings’ is, when we reflect on it, a highly paradoxical one. How could we lose touch with feelings that belong to us? Where might they go? And what might be driving their loss? It seems we’re built in such a way that an understanding of much of what our minds and bodies go through is in no way automatic; it is mediated via the acceptance and understanding of other people. We know well enough about some things: if, for example, there were to be a gaping wound in our leg, or we hadn’t drunk anything for three days, we would know the truth soon enough. But many of our sensations are like bells that have no solid wire back to consciousness; they ring at a peculiar frequency that isn’t picked up by our minds when these have been attuned incorrectly…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Alexandra Balansashaanimates.com/about-1 Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why It Might Be Your Body - Not Your Mind The School of Life 2022-06-01 | One of the paradoxes of trying to understand our minds is that, at particular moments, we need to acknowledge that what passes through them may have very little to do with the workings of these minds themselves but rather our bodies.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3PTQnBiOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3PNzOXDJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/38Icry0“One of the paradoxes of trying to understand our minds is that, at particular moments, we need to acknowledge that what passes through them - the ideas we entertain and the moods we’re in - may have very little to do with the workings of these minds themselves. It may - for example - suddenly seem as though we have a new and very specific take on the world: we are sure that we should leave our job, say goodbye to our partner and never see our ungrateful children again. Or we may feel that we have come to a resolute new political certainty: that society is totally corrupt and human nature inherently selfish…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensytainstagram.com/deancarensyta Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Overcome OCD The School of Life 2022-05-25 | OCD is a trauma from the past that has been projected into the future and metastasized into a paranoia. It can therefore only be solved by persistent detective work…Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3GfFnK3Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/38Mgj0RJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3wGUUPQ“One of the most painful patterns of mental life goes by the term OCD: obsessive compulsive disorder. To the sufferer of OCD, there is something that requires constant rumination and investigation: a poisonous gas is seeping into the house, a sharp knife may have been left out in the kitchen and could be seized on by an intruder, there’s something inappropriate they might have looked at online a while back and the police might be on their way, their skin may be aging prematurely and they need to look in the mirror constantly to learn more…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mike BoothDrawn animation courtesy of deancarensyta.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why We Need to ‘feel’ - and Not Just Think The School of Life 2022-05-18 | We often say we ‘didn’t get on too well’ with our father or that our mother was ‘slightly neglectful’ thinking we have a solid grip on events. However it is these compressed, ready-made, affectless accounts that stand in the way of properly connecting with our past and thereby truly knowing ourselves in the present.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3sHpyX4Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3FTTIM0Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3FT0gul“One of the great impediments to understanding bits of our lives properly is our overly-ready assumption that we already do so. It’s easy to carry around with us, and exchange with others, surface intellectual descriptions of key painful events that leave the marrow of our emotions behind. We may say that we remember — for example — that we ‘didn’t get on too well’ with our father, that our mother was ‘slightly neglectful’ or that going to boarding school was ‘a bit sad.’...”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Biegajnb-animation.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
If Your Parents Didn’t Listen to You Properly... The School of Life 2022-05-11 | There are few more important tasks for parents than to be able to listen properly to their children. It’s on the basis of having been listened to with close sympathy and imagination that a child will later on be able to accept themselves.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3spupffOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/37w7Oq2Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/39RwTwy“There are few more important tasks for parents than to be able to listen properly to their children, that is, pick up on and give room to, their children’s moods, hatreds and enthusiasms, even when these run contrary to their own inclinations. It’s on the basis of having been listened to with close sympathy and imagination that a child will later on be able to accept themselves, remain in touch with what they feel and find partners who are interested in their core selves…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensyta Mihardjabehance.net/deancarensa5a9 Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
When You Are Feeling Quiet and Numb The School of Life 2022-05-04 | We cannot be permanently fruitful or creative, excited or open. There are necessary times of retrenchment when there seems no alternative but to stop. We shouldn’t panic in these times, in fact we should endeavor to make our peace with them.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: theschooloflife.com/shop/usOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: theschooloflife.comJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/why-you-may-be-experiencing-a-mental-midwinter“Every year, nature quietly takes us through a moral lesson that has much to teach us about how we might relate to certain of the more dispiriting and despair-inducing moments in our own development. Beginning in mid-October in the northern hemisphere, the temperature drops, the nights draw in, the earth turns cold and hard, fog lies low over the land and rain drives hard across the austere, comatose grey-brown landscape. There is nothing immediate we can hope for; now we have nothing to do but wait, with resigned patience, until something better shows up…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Biegajnb-animation.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.ukCARDS On mental illness shop tracking Linktheschooloflife.com/shop/on-mental-illnessCalm cards shop tracking Linktheschooloflife.com/shop/calm-prompt-cardsHow to be serene eventtheschooloflife.com/events/how-to-be-serene/how-to-be-serene-2Newsletter shop tracking Linkbit.ly/3HpVdSaDESCRIPTIONWe cannot be permanently fruitful or creative, excited or open. There are necessary times of retrenchment when there seems no alternative but to stop. We shouldn’t panic in these times, in fact we should endeavor to make our peace with them.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: theschooloflife.com/shop/usOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: theschooloflife.comJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: theschooloflife.com/thebookoflife/why-you-may-be-experiencing-a-mental-midwinter“Every year, nature quietly takes us through a moral lesson that has much to teach us about how we might relate to certain of the more dispiriting and despair-inducing moments in our own development. Beginning in mid-October in the northern hemisphere, the temperature drops, the nights draw in, the earth turns cold and hard, fog lies low over the land and rain drives hard across the austere, comatose grey-brown landscape. There is nothing immediate we can hope for; now we have nothing to do but wait, with resigned patience, until something better shows up…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Biegajnb-animation.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why You Should Explain What You Need The School of Life 2022-04-27 | There is a widespread tendency to assume that others must know what we mean and want without us having actually told them clearly. We assume that if they don’t, then it must be a sign that they are being wicked or deliberately obtuse. The truth is we have forgotten the fundamental importance of teaching.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3xWeb0FOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/37S5QAmJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3ETcJO1“One of the finest things about being a baby is that our minds can be read by others. Without us needing to say anything, people around us will have a guess at determining what we intend — and, typically, they’ll get it right. They’ll correctly surmise that we are craving some milk or that the sun is shining in our eyes, that it’s time for a snooze or that we want to jiggle the keys again…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensyta Mihardjadeancarensyta.com/about Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
You Still Have a Chance to Be Very Original The School of Life 2022-04-20 | The key to originality doesn't lie in seeking out new ideas and experiences, but rather in examining our own neglected thoughts.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3xGbb8zOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/38TeVcmJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/388NgDO“The problem with libraries is that they can be so large, impressive, and filled with knowledge that they unwittingly embed in us an idea that everything worth registering, everything valuable and true, must lie ‘out there’, must already have been classed on a shelf with an index number to await our discovery the moment we cease to be so preoccupied with ourselves…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Aaron Sampsonaaronsampson.co.uk@SampsonInMotion Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Should I Choose Passion or Duty? The School of Life 2022-04-13 | When it comes to deciding what to do with our lives, we are frequently presented with what looks like a very painful choice: the passionate path vs the safe path, but which is best for us in the long term?Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3xlueVpOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3M0hPu9Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3Ob5yow“When it comes to deciding what to do with our lives, we are frequently presented with what looks like a very painful choice: the passionate path vs the safe path. The latter involves the slow mastery of a dependable profession; we will be bored — but we know we’ll never be fired. Meanwhile, the former is a high-wire act in which we fantasise generating an income from what we deeply love and yet we constantly fear penury and humiliation...”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on WORK and CAPITALISM in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLcapitalism SOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Elaine Songvimeo.com/user46647401 Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why You Should Try to Be More Selfish The School of Life 2022-04-06 | The real danger for most people is not that they ignore others in the name of their own needs, it’s precisely the opposite: that they constantly put aside authentic inner development for the whims of so-called respectable opinion.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/37jPhNpOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3NNmBNnJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3x5gw96MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gabriella Marshgabriella-marsh.com/About-Contact Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Stop Trying to Be Nice All the Time The School of Life 2022-03-30 | Nearly all of us wish to be known as 'nice' people. Yet our happiness may depend on a willingness to be — at points — strategically selfish. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3wOwVOYOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3tNLy3lJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3JWJR9m“It’s natural and beautiful to strive to be a nice person. In a world full of cruelty and thoughtlessness, nice people are committed to being generous, sympathetic and gentle. They never want to cause anyone to feel defeated or to lose sleep. They will go to great lengths to spare others tears. It sounds especially lovely.Nevertheless, it seems impossible to go through the whole of life being nothing but kind. Sooner or later, we are all called upon to take decisions that, even as they protect things we very much care about, will ruffle feathers, generate upset and may lead us to be (at least for a time) violently hated in some quarters.”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Green-Hopehttp://gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Stop Taking Your Fears to Social Media The School of Life 2022-03-23 | Nowadays, in our more difficult moments, many of us turn to social media for reassurance. Unfortunately, we're more likely to encourage further self-hatred.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3IkGDLlOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3ihl7MIJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3MWP2rKMORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Eunju Choiencountersdigital.com/artist-profiles/eunju-ara-choi Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Eastern Vs Western Ideas of Happiness The School of Life 2022-03-16 | The answer to what humans need to find happiness is entirely different in the East than the West. Westerners would do well to understand the Eastern point of view.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3KLfUsXOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3JjuaZpJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3KNsJCV“The Western intellectual tradition suggests that in order to be happy, what we need to do most of all is to go out and subdue the world; secure resources, found businesses, run governments, gain fame and conquer nations.By contrast, the Eastern tradition has for a long while told us something very different. In both its Buddhist and Hindu strands, it has insisted that contentment requires us to learn to conquer not the world but the instrument through which we view this world, namely our minds…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mike Boothyoutube.com/user/somegreyblokeAssets used inline with Creative Commons full credit list here: docs.google.com/document/d/1xzXvDUffw5V0mh0oJmY-BAjnsO5q4eBGbGilcvxzeMc/editTitle animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why Our Loved Ones Hurt Us The School of Life 2022-03-09 | A surprising amount of suffering is inflicted upon us by those who ostensibly love us. An explanation can be found by understanding the psychology of cruelty. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3pOm1o4Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/35Gls9bJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/34srQ3b“Part of why it is so hard to understand ourselves is that people are constantly doing things to us that defy the common-sense of view of how human beings might plausibly behave around people they claim to care about. We expect that those who might carry the title of mum or dad or husband or wife would, unless they had very clear reasons to do otherwise, show us kindness. And yet the brutal reality (which we must take on board for our own sanity) is that humans are frequently beset by feelings that are so intolerable and difficult, they develop urges to pass them on to others in a version of emotional pass the parcel…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Alix Bortoli: Direction, design, edit and Martin Leman: animation Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How To Be An Interesting Person The School of Life 2022-03-02 | The secret to being an interesting person has less to do with our job or achievements than it does with how attuned we are to our abnormalities.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: theschooloflife.com/shopOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: theschooloflife.comJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3tnDnt3“Many of us crave to be more interesting people. The question is how we might become so. We rightly tend to associate being ‘interesting’ with achieving difference from the norm: with being able to serve up some unusual and intriguing stories and ideas. But what might be the best way to lay our hands on these?...”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia Ramos Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Which Long-term Relationships Will Survive and Which Wont The School of Life 2022-02-23 | From the outside, it seems impossible to predict whether a couple will break up or stay together...unless we fathom the fundamental reason why all breakups occur. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: theschooloflife.com/shopOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3LT4OmXJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/35ibdHq“It can seem very confusing why certain long-term relationships survive and some don’t. It can — from afar — look as if it’s the most cruel and alarming sort of lottery. Trying to explain love to a child or a visitor from another planet promises to be a perplexing matter indeed: all couples on their wedding day are united in wanting to make things work. Then, for reasons beyond anyone’s comprehension, some of them simply seem to dissolve and others don’t.To remove some of the terrifying element of apparent chance (and encourage us to work on the right aspects of our own couples), it may be helpful to become deliberately reductive about the real reasons why breakups occur…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationshipsSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Tiaan Trutterartstation.com/tiaantruter Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
The Upsides of Having a Mental Breakdown The School of Life 2022-02-16 | One of our greatest fears is to suffer a mental breakdown. Yet, in the long run, a breakdown might just be the most beneficial thing that will ever happen to us. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3oUWFESOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/36kg5wnJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinIf you are struggling with Mental Health there are lines where you can get professional support: nhs.uk/mental-health/nhs-voluntary-charity-services/charity-and-voluntary-services/get-help-from-mental-health-helplinesFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3rV9AbP“One of the saddest and most puzzling phenomena of psychological life are the incidents commonly known as ‘breakdowns’, in which people find themselves suddenly unable to carry out their normal duties – and fall silent, take to bed and cannot stop crying…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Aaron Sampsonhttp://www.aaronsampson.co.uk Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
ART/ARCHITECTURE - Louis Kahn The School of Life 2022-02-09 | Could modern architects not learn to work with traditional materials while retaining the forms and the spirit of our own times? This is the question so beautifully answered by one of the greatest of all modernists, the American architect Louis Kahn. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/34JrogWOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3rD4L6QJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3HI9qda“Kahn was born in Russia in 1901 and emigrated with his parents to the US at the age of 3. As a young man he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, but his career truly blossomed in the 1950s after a trip to Rome led him to a new appreciation of the beauty of Roman architecture. Kahn’s major contribution to modern architecture was to include ancient elements in his work without losing the innovation and clarity of modernism. He reminded the Modernists that they could be in dialogue with their most illustrious predecessors…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on ART/ARCHITECTURE in our playlist: bit.ly/2XTKFF5SOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mad Adam Films Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why We Should Be ‘Babyish’ in Love The School of Life 2022-02-02 | Paradoxically, one of the signs of a 'mature' relationship is a willingness to be infantile with one's partner. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3Gp6514Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3ukIzjlJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3sdBTAS“We call them, for good reason, ‘adult’ relationships — that is, relationships entered into when we are grown up, and committed to the principles and virtues of a mature existence.What can be paradoxical therefore is the extent to which —in the finest couples — the atmosphere owes a debt to certain of the moods and interests of early childhood. For a start, we might want to call the partner ‘baby’, and they might call us ‘poppet.’ We might speak in slightly younger voices and in a higher register. We might buy them a furry giraffe and they might buy us an equally adorable soft toy version of a golden retriever. The two animals might even play games with one another and give each other cuddles when they are sad…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationshipsSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gabriella Marshgabriella-marsh.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Whats Still Lovely The School of Life 2022-01-26 | Most of life is dreadful — which is why it's important to focus on what remains hopeful, fun or sweet. Here's a roundup to keep us going.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3Aws7xMOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3IGFbDkJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/35qBdRaMORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensytadeancarensyta.com/about Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How You Can Be Too Clever The School of Life 2022-01-19 | It might strike us as odd to claim that a person might be ‘too’ clever. Yet excessive intelligence can blind us to some of life’s simplest pleasures — and most important truths.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/2TMs0dTFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/32ZJkmZOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3JYrrp6Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3qefVOq“It is hard to imagine that there could be any such thing as excessive intelligence. After all, most of the problems of the world and of individual lives clearly come down to a shortfall in cleverness – and a surfeit of impulsiveness, self-righteousness and cruelty.Yet it seems that there could still be a way of using our intelligence that cuts us off from necessary encounters with simple truths about us: With humdrum facts With down-to-earth ideas and appetites With unglamorous impulses and naive yet profound speculations”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Natalia biegajnb-animation.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
How to Stop Playing Games in Love The School of Life 2022-01-12 | ‘I don’t play games,’ is a favourite mantra declared by hopeful people at the beginning love stories the world over. However, it can be less obvious what games playing really involves - and therefore how definitively to avoid its dynamicsSign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/2TMs0dTFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3zNu4WkOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3K2UEPFJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3HSk80j“Most of us have a general understanding that ‘games playing’ in relationships is a bad thing – and that all good people are opposed to them. ‘I don’t play games,’ is a favourite mantra declaimed by hopeful people at the beginning love stories the world over.However, it can be less obvious what games playing really involves – and therefore how definitively to avoid its dynamics. We too often associate this “so-called sport” with its most obvious manifestations in the dating phase: for example, when a person hides their desire beneath a veneer of indifference, or goes cold as soon as love is reciprocated.”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gemma Hope-Greenhttp://gemmagreenhope.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why Do Bad Things Keep Happening to Me? The School of Life 2022-01-05 | Much is constantly happening that annoys us. But the question is how much does it all, beneath the surface, have to feel intentional as well?Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSaFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3EVVlGS Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3G16rMeJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3JKNNdK"Much is constantly happening that annoys us. Trains pull out of platforms as we approach them; taps snap off their moorings; shopping bags leak; suppliers go bankrupt; colleagues resign; cars break down. It is all — undoubtedly — maddening. But the question is how much does it all, beneath the surface, have to feel intentional as well?"MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Michael Younghttp://www.michaelyoung.com.au/ Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
What Dating Apps Misunderstand About Love The School of Life 2021-12-29 | Dating apps have given us so many opportunities to find partners - but they haven't made it any easier for us to secure and build up true love. Here is a guide to how we might approach them with the necessary care.Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/2TMs0dTFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: theschooloflife.com/shopOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3qButqGJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3qtegnk“For most of human history, relationships were relatively simple for a banal yet immovable reason: it was extremely hard to meet anyone acceptable – and everyone knew it. There were only a few people in the village, travel was expensive and social occasions few and far between. This had many drawbacks: it encouraged people to accept offers from suitors they were unconvinced by, it meant that characters who would have delighted each other died lonely and unfulfilled because there were a few mountains or a river between them…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLrelationshipsSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Deanca Rensytadeancarensyta.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
4 Great Ideas From Hinduism The School of Life 2021-12-22 | Even if we have no interest at all in becoming a Hindu, Hinduism offers us at least four fascinating ideas. Use the special code YOUTUBE10 to get 10% off all our products, books, and more in our online shop until the 31st December 2021! For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/30QDrY9Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/32bHGOMJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3FosLyR"Even if we are not religious and have no interest at all in becoming a Hindu, Hinduism offers us at least four fascinating ideas… 1. LOOK FORWARD TO DEATH Hinduism is hugely radical in suggesting that there is nothing especially noble or interesting about being alive…"MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Mike booth Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Ingredients of Mental Health The School of Life 2021-12-15 | Remaining mentally healthy requires a bit of thought and effort. Here are a few things that can help us to remain balanced and calm.Use the special code YOUTUBE10 to get 10% off all our products, books, and more in our online shop until the 31st December 2021! If you are struggling with Mental Health there are lines where you can get professional support: nhs.uk/mental-health/nhs-voluntary-charity-services/charity-and-voluntary-services/get-help-from-mental-health-helplinesFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3oUqeXyOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3qf4q8zJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3DOGuxm MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITS Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Why we should feel sorry for High Achievers The School of Life 2021-12-08 | It is a measure of our collective delusion that we are so ready to be proud of high achievers and so slow to detect the wound that powers them on.Use the special code YOUTUBE10 to get 10% off all our products, books, and more in our online shop until the 31st December 2021! For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3y60Q3YOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3y59CiAJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/304T25U‘It might seem – at first glance – as though the people we term high-achievers could not possibly have any relationship to self-hatred: they are the ones who did exceptionally well in exams, whom the teachers admired, who won places at the best universities, who graduated with honours, who got into law and medical schools, who founded thriving businesses, who live in the wealthiest parts of town, who are up early in the morning preparing themselves healthy breakfasts before a day of important meetings. Surely we can’t impute that these might be sufferers from the ravages of self-disgust?..”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Eunju Choirca.ac.uk/showcase/show-rca/eun-ju-choi Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
Dark Truths to Cheer us up The School of Life 2021-12-01 | A lot of our problems come from living in a culture that forces us to laugh all the time. That’s why it can be helpful to gather the darkest truths in one place, feel sad about them for a while, then head out with a lighter heart, certain that we have seen the worst life can throw at us.Use the special code YOUTUBE10 to get 10% off all our products, books, and more in our online shop until the 31st December 2021! bit.ly/2TMs0dTFor books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/3lo5jKaOur website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3xF3zRIJoin this channel to get access to exclusive members perks:youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/joinIf you are struggling with Mental Health there are lines where you can get professional support: nhs.uk/mental-health/nhs-voluntary-charity-services/charity-and-voluntary-services/get-help-from-mental-health-helplinesFURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3peXUxR“A lot of our problems come from living in a culture that forces us to laugh all the time. That’s why it can be helpful to gather the darkest truths in one place, feel sad about them for a while, then head out with a lighter heart, certain that we have seen the worst life can throw at us.Here is a very small selection:The only people we can think of as normal are those we don’t yet know very well. Social media has taught us a lot about people’s deep minds; faith in humanity is no longer an option…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITSProduced in collaboration with:Gabriella Marshgabriellamarsh.com Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productionsvaleproductions.co.uk
