Self-Knowledge
How Good Are You at Communication in Love? Questionnaire
How Good Are You at Communication in Love?It’s often said that one of the most vital indicators of success in…
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Relationships
When it comes to relationships, many of us feel ‘stuck’: unable to find the sort of love we need, or to make our needs understood by our partners. In large part, our troubles stem from a myth that loving another human should be something we all naturally know how to do. Far from it; at The School of Life, we believe that love is a skill, not just an emotion – and one we all have to diligently study and regularly rehearse.
Tools for Relationships
From how best to approach a first date, to ways of sustaining intimacy over a lifetime, we offer a range of tools that can teach you how to love, communicate and flourish in relationships.
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Connect
A card game to foster connection and closeness We tend to chat all the time with our partners, but often not about what really counts – the sort…
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Pillow Talk
60 cards to prompt us to share our intimate desires. Although the pleasures of sex are well known, what is less emphasised are the pleasures of talking about…
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The Compatibility Game
A game to – with charm and wit – guide us to insights about what really matters to us, where certain differences might lie and how best to…
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The Couple’s Workbook
Love is a skill, not just an emotion – and in order for us to get good at it, we have to practice, as we would in any…
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Relationships – Hardback
Few things promise us greater happiness than our relationships – yet few things more reliably deliver misery and frustration. Our error is to suppose that we are born…
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Dating Cards
Dating Cards Game – A set of 52 question cards to spark insightful and playful encounters. Great dates are made up of great conversations: ones where we find…
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The Marriage Box
Our society typically devotes huge attention to the start of a marriage – and particularly to the actual wedding ceremony. But the real challenge lies beyond the wedding,…
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Introducing the new The School of Life App
Get all of The School of Life’s Relationship content, and much more, in your pocket by downloading now.
Relationships in the app
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How to make love last
What is your attachment style?
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How to choose a partner
Why we pick difficult partners
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Stay or leave?
Is it worth breaking up over sex?
Therapeutic Services
Couple & Other Relationships Psychotherapy
A safe forum in which to discuss issues that might be harming intimacy and closeness – in the company of a fair-minded, highly astute therapist.
Latest Articles on Relationships
Relationships
On Gaslighting
We’re unlucky enough if we meet with people who want to do us wrong, show us contempt and take advantage…
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Why Some Couples Last — and Some Don’t
It can seem very confusing why certain long-term relationships survive and some don’t. It can — from afar — look…
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Why Dating Apps Won’t Help You Find Love
For most of human history, relationships were relatively simple for a banal yet immovable reason: it was extremely hard to…
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Why We Should Be ‘Babyish’ in Love
We call them, for good reason, ‘adult’ relationships — that is, relationships entered into when we are grown up, and…
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How to Talk About Your Sexual Fantasy
There’s something you are longing to try or a fantasy that grips your imagination – rough sex, a special garment…
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