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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Day-to-day work can all too easily make us feel bored or burnt out. For many of us, this is when we start fantasising about changing careers. But what we most often need is to feel reconnected to our underlying values and the long-term impact of the work at hand.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

At this Friend's event, we gather to exchange notes on our working lives: where are we in relation to our initial hopes? What makes work harder than it should be? How might we alter what we do? We have the opportunity for an honest reflection on the progress of our working lives.