Bücher von The School of Life

This book is designed to help us create a psychological portrait of ourselves with the use of some far more unusual, oblique, entertaining and playful prompts. The questions are designed to help us cumulatively appreciate how rich our identities are and how complicated, beautiful and sometimes painful our experiences have been.

Exploring ideas around minimalism, simplicity and how to live comfortably with less.

Big Ideas for Curious Minds is a fascinating book authored by The School Of Life. This intriguing work, first published in 2018, invites readers on a journey of intellectual exploration and discovery. The genre of this book is hard to pin down as it defies conventional categories, much like the author itself. It's a book that encourages curiosity, a characteristic trait of the human mind. The School Of Life, renowned for their innovative and thought-provoking content, has outdone themselves with this publication. Released under their own imprint, The School of Life Press, this book stands as a testament to their commitment to spreading knowledge and fostering a love for learning. If you're a curious mind with an appetite for big ideas, this book is a must-read for you.

This book takes us on a journey into our deepest, most elusive selves and arms us with a set of tools to understand our characters properly. We come away equipped with a newly clarified sense of who we are, what we need to watch out for when making decisions and what our priorities and potential might be.

A unique selection of the greatest thinkers from the fields of philosophy, political theory, sociology, art, architecture and literature, with enjoyable profiles of what they have to teach to us today.

We often stay stuck with the level of confidence we have because we implicitly regard being confident as a matter of slightly freakish and unrepeatable good luck. In fact, as this essay charmingly shows, the opposite is true. Confidence is a skill based on a set of ideas about our place in the world - and its secrets can quietly be learnt.

The Couple's Workbook, written by The School Of Life, is a remarkable book that was published in 2020 by The School of Life Press. This book falls under the self-help genre and is designed to assist couples in understanding each other better and strengthening their relationship. The workbook is filled with exercises and questionnaires that encourage open and honest communication between partners. The author's insightful guidance, combined with the interactive nature of the workbook, makes it a valuable resource for couples seeking to enhance their relationship. The School of Life Press, known for its quality publications, has once again delivered a book that is not only informative but also practical and engaging.

This book is a guide to better understanding our younger selves in order to shape who we wish to be in the future. It explores to what extent we can pin our actions in the present to our experiences in the past, and how we might then break free from the learnt patterns of our childhoods.

An inspiring curated selection of 40 photographs and artworks with accompanying essays examining the skill of confidence.

"In a world that isn't short of darkness, there could be few more urgent priorities than to spend time rehearsing for ourselves why life - despite all its challenges - still has so much to offer us; why there are still so many reasons to be hopeful. The book is an eclectic collection of anecdotes and arguments, vibrantly illustrated with artworks and photography, that remind us why we should remain hopeful when all else fails. Across a series of short essays, we learn why we still have the right to feel purposeful and buoyant despite everything that is challenging: because there is still so much more to discover, because we can delight in summer days and the light of dawn, and because we don't require perfection for things to feel good enough. In a tone that avoids the pitfalls of sentimentality and cynicism, the book urges us to reconnect with our more resilient selves, bidding us to recover faith in what is still possible. At points funny and always encouraging and kind, here is an ideal friend to guide us back to courage and delight"--Publisher's description.

"Behind many of our problems lies an often ignored factor: we don't like ourselves very much. We are sufferers of self-hatred. We tell ourselves the meanest things. It's because of self-hatred that we tend to neglect our potential at work and get entangled in unfulfilling relationships, that we lack confidence in our social lives and suffer from anxiety and despair. This is a book that, with immense compassion and fellow feeling, investigates the phenomenon of self-hatred while giving pragmatic advice on how to overcome it. It asks where the feeling comes from, what it makes us do and how we might become kinder and more compassionate towards ourselves. We have probably spent far too much of our lives disliking ourselves and attacking everything we say, do or feel, while not even realising what we're up to. It's time to overcome our masochism and move towards a more self-forgiving and accepting stance. The School of Life: On Self Hatred is a guide to the more compassionate and gentle relationship we should have had with ourselves from the start, and can all achieve now"--Publisher's description.

An inspiring selection of 100 images offering us hope and comfort, reminding us that we are not alone in our sorrow.

Being a parent can be one of the sources of our greatest joys. It is also - intermittently - the cause of some of our deepest sorrows. The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting promises us a gentle way of staying calm around one of the most arduous yet deeply fulfilling jobs in the world.

A guided questionnaire to help understand ourselves and our romantic relationships more clearly.Most questionnaires are happy to be a bit of fun; this one sets out to be both entertaining and, more importantly, useful - offering us nothing less than a guide to the comforting and supportive relationships we long for.With online apps taking over the dating game, it has never been more crucial to know the rules.Through a series of pertinent questions, it reveals our distinctive style of loving, what our strengths and weaknesses are with partners and how we might secure genuine fulfillment going forward.As we work through the questionnaire and its accompanying essays, writing the answers in a notebook, we discover the many reasons why relationships go wrong - and how they might do so far less often in the future. The book considers the role of self-hatred, the influence of childhood, the importance of vulnerability, the appeal of unavailable people and the best way to overcome patterns of self-doubt and unhealthy attachment.Our minds are such confusing places, even the most thoughtful among us can fail to know central things about how we behave in relationships. This questionnaire will help us to understand ourselves more clearly - and so set us free to discover the love we deserve.

A collection of humanity's most inspiring ideas throughout time, bringing perspective to the challenges and wonders of being alive.

An outline for a new kind of wedding ceremony free from theology, with new rituals designed to prepare us for modern marriage.

Als Kind ist man besonders neugierig. Man entdeckt die Welt, sieht vieles zum ersten Mal, beschäftigt sich mit dem Wie und Warum. Man stellt Fragen, auf die die Erwachsenen oft keine Antwort haben oder für die mit zunehmendem Alter die Wissbegierde gesunken ist. Dabei sind die Fragen meist spannend und tiefsinnig: Wo finde ich das Glück? Warum bekommt nicht jeder das gleiche Geld? Was ist Zeit? Woher weiß ein Hund, dass er ein Hund ist?Das Team von »The School of Life«, dem internationalen Bildungsprogramm, das vom Philosophen Alain de Botton gegründet wurde, gibt einfach erklärte Einblicke in die Welt der Philosophie und zeigt uns, warum die Ideen der großen Denker*innen nach wie vor von Bedeutung sind. Mit Fragen nach dem Sinn des Lebens, nach dem Entdecken und Verstehen des Selbst und der Welt um uns herum überträgt »The School of Life« die philosophischen Lehren auf die Erlebenswelt von Kindern und bietet damit einen idealen Einstieg in die Philosophie.

A selection of unique and beautiful destinations around the world, which offer powerful new perspectives on life.

Wie überstehe ich Partys, wenn ich keine Lust auf Small Talk habe? Oder wie weise ich jemanden darauf hin, dass er etwas zwischen den Zähnen hat? Das moderne Leben steckt voller kleiner, heimtückischer Zwickmühlen. »Gute Manieren« werden heutzutage nicht mehr so geschätzt, was oft dazu führt, dass wir unsicher sind und uns der innere Kompass fehlt, wie wir uns richtig verhalten sollen. Das Team von »The School of Life«, gegründet vom Philosophen Alain de Botton, rückt gutes Benehmen wieder in den Mittelpunkt unseres Lebens, denn es bestimmt immerhin unser gesellschaftliches Miteinander. In 20 Fallstudien werden die verschiedensten Situationen, ihre Fallstricke und mögliche Lösungen beschrieben, sodass Sie sich freundlich, rücksichtsvoll und dennoch authentisch auf dem Parkett der sozialen Kontakte bewegen können.

Es äußert sich in Zweifeln, kleinen und größeren Sorgen und hemmt uns im Alltag: Das Gefühl Angst hat schon zu lange zu viel Macht über uns. Daher ist es höchste Zeit, sich diesem starken Gefühl zu stellen, um endlich einen ruhigeren, mitfühlenderen und unbeschwerten Blick auf unsere Zukunft zu bekommen. Das Team von »The School of Life« erkundet aus philosophischer, soziologischer und psychologischer Sicht, warum wir Angst haben, wie wir sie erleben und was wir tun können, wenn sie einen zu großen Einfluss auf unser Leben hat. »The School of Life«, das internationale Bildungsprogramm, das von Bestsellerautor Alain de Botton gegründet wurde, gibt inspirierende Denkanstöße und kluge Impulse für alle, die sich nicht mehr von der Angst leiten lassen möchten.

A guide to developing the art of finding serenity by understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations.

No matter how insulated we are by wealth or friends we can all expect to undergo some form of loss, failure or disappointment. The common reaction is to bear it as best we can - some do this better than others - and move on with life. Christopher Hamilton proposes a different response to adversity. Focusing on the arenas of family, love, illness and death, he explores constructive ways to deal with adversity and embrace it to derive unique insight into our condition. Offering examples from history, literature and science, he suggests how we might recognize it as a precious source of enlightenment, shaping our very existence. One in the new series of books from The School of Life, launched January 2014: How to Age by Anne Karpf How to Develop Emotional Health by Oliver James How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland How to Deal with Adversity by Christopher Hamilton How to Think About Exercise by Damon Young How to Connect with Nature by Tristan Gooley