Leisure

Given that we spend so much of our lives at work, we are often exhausted and out of ideas when it comes to our free time. At the School of Life, we believe everyone could do with a little instruction into how to make the best possible use of the time we have to ourselves – and offer a range of products and services to ensure that we get the most out of our leisure pursuits like travel, reading, culture and nature.

Tools for Life-Affirming Leisure

From introductions to history’s greatest thinkers and ideas, to suggestions for what to do on our days off, we offer a range of tools for making the most of our downtime.

The Friends & Conversation Collection
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The Friends & Conversation Collection

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Emotional Baggage Tote Bag

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Great Thinkers

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How to love culture

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How to travel

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How music can heal us

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Therapeutic Services

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy offers you a chance to spend concentrated time on yourself with a highly skilled practitioner who can help you unpack your story, get to the root of issues and give you new clarity on your past and your present.
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The Wisdom of Liming

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The Wisdom of Liming

On the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, there’s a skill which is widely revered, which has been…
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Reasons Not to Give Up

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Reasons Not to Give Up

In one of the upper rooms of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford hangs a picture by a minor Danish nineteenth…
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