A toolkit for finding a job to satisfy both our emotional and our material needs.

July 2018 - The best of The School of Life condensed into a single, unforgettable week. By working within a fixed group led by a core tutor over the week, you'll dive deeper than would be possible in any single class. Join us for a truly transformational vacation for the mind.

Self-knowledge matters so much because it is only on the basis of an accurate sense of who one is that one can make reliable decisions.

Knowing how to get the most out of the people we meet, and live and work around is fundamental to our chances of a fulfilled life.

This is a class to help us decide whether we should keep working at a relationship or quit.

Music, film, literature and art are viewed by many as getting close to the meaning of life. But why?

It is not inevitable that love must fizzle out; this happens when it has not been wisely managed.

At this Friend's event, we gather for a chance to make and hear confessions around money, relationships, our families and our futures. We’ll learn that we are all, beneath the surface, far more confused, endearing and enticingly mad than we might normally assume.

To wonder too intensely about the meaning of life sounds like a faintly ridiculous pastime. But, in truth, the subject is for everyone.

Charlotte Fox Weber, Head of Psychotherapy in conversation with Alain de Botton.

This class alerts us to the beauty and value of things, people and ideas around us.

This class equips us with the tools to succeed on our own terms, which may be quite different from those of society.

Choosing a partner is one of the most consequential and tricky decisions we will ever make.

The difference between success and failure often hangs on a humiliatingly small and elusive trait that standard education never touches: confidence.

This class provides a toolkit to helps us triumph over free-floating or intense anxiety.

August 2018 - The best of The School of Life condensed into a single, unforgettable week. By working within a fixed group led by a core tutor over the week, you'll dive deeper than would be possible in any single class. Join us for a truly transformational vacation for the mind.

October 2018 - The best of The School of Life condensed into a single, unforgettable week. By working within a fixed group led by a core tutor over the week, you'll dive deeper than would be possible in any single class. Join us for a truly transformational vacation for the mind.

Emotional Intelligence is the quality that enables us to negotiate the central problems in our relationships.

One of our gravest errors we make around relationships is to imagine that they aren’t things we can get wiser or better at.

Learn how to find a career to fulfill both your material and psychological needs in this one-day workshop.

Learn how to be more patient, unruffled and at ease with life’s setbacks and irritants.

Join our Friends’ Scheme in order to meet and connect with hundreds of other curious, intelligent and fascinating members of the School of Life. We host monthly conversation drinks in central London venues - around the big themes found in our films and books.

Renowned psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel joins Alain de Botton for an honest, philosophical conversation on the nature of love and intimacy.

Learn key skills for improving your habits of communication and boost productivity in the process.

Overcome setbacks and lay the groundwork for greater flourishing with our hugely popular resilience training.

Develop an authentic leadership style that inspires commitment and gets results.

Discover the psychological traits of business innovation and explore the trends of entrepreneurial success.

A weekend for reading and relaxation at our retreat in Wales, The Life House.