Sociability
Why Misfits Make Great Friends
In our lives, we start off by hoping that we will be liked by everyone. We aspire to broad popularity.…
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How to make love last
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How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds
A reassuring guide to navigating the challenges of modern media and staying sane in a world that does not turn off. We are so used to living in…
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On Self-Hatred
A guide to emotional healing and living a more self-accepting life. Behind many of our problems lies an often ignored factor: we don’t like ourselves very much. We…
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100 Questions: Love Edition
A set of 100 question cards to spark meaningful conversations around love and relationships. We often suffer in relationships because we don’t know how to talk. We feel…
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The School of Life Therapy
The School of Life offers online therapy as a resource to help people feel connected and supported all around the world.
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Couple’s Workbook
Homework to help love last Love is a skill, not just an emotion – and in order for us to get good at it, we have to practice,…
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How to Think More Effectively
A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with a…
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Teamwork Game
Exercises to build better team dynamics In order to work well together, people need more than just technical skills; they need to get to know and understand…
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100 Questions: Work Edition
A set of 100 question cards to spark meaningful conversations around work and careers. True fulfilment is hard to imagine without the possibility of finding work that not…
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Calm
Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a…
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Calm Prompt Cards
60 prompt cards designed to help you find perspective on life’s sorrows and regrets. Every day brings with it temptations to lose our tempers: the behaviour of partners,…
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Who Deserves Love?
Attempts to render us more loving tend to try to focus our minds on those people that, in the ordinary…
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Sociability
The Origins of People Pleasing
There is a kind of person who seems, on initial acquaintance, to be astonishingly in agreement with us on all…
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Self-Knowledge
The Benefits of Forgetfulness
We often complain that we have bad memories. We forget our house keys, the names of certain acquaintances and vital…
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Sociability
How to Handle an Envious Friend
Almost inevitably, somewhere along the path of our friendships, we are fated to stumble upon one of the most paradoxical…
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What the Villas of Despots Teach Us About Pride
Once upon a time, this was Joseph-Désiré Mobutu’s favourite of the three pools in his $100 million, 15,000 square-metre palace,…
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We’ve created a library of resources to help children develop the emotional and interpersonal skills that traditional education doesn’t always teach, starting them on the journey toward a healthy and fulfilled adulthood.
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