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A surprising amount of suffering is inflicted upon us by those who ostensibly love us. An explanation can be found by understanding the psychology of cruelty. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/8t_-h Be more mindful, present and ins...

Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Is true relationship success rooted in the ability to be alone? This film explores the uncomfortable truth that making peace with singlehood isn't about finding joy in solitude, but accepting its difficulties. Discover how this radical acceptance can become your greatest strength, fostering the clarity and cour...

Many religions have spent time on two things: trying to generate feelings of awe and nudging us to be kinder. Surprisingly, and unwittingly, these are tasks which astrophysics is also rather good at. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t....

Sapiosexuality means a powerful sexual attraction to intelligence. People who gravitate to this channel are often sapiosexuals. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/gxWRB Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The Scho...

Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ How does a father's influence shape a daughter's romantic life? This film explores how a good father establishes a baseline for acceptable treatment, a sense of self-worth, and emotional security. Discover how his presence (or absence) can define her future relationships with men, offering a profound look at th...

The great French 19th century novelist Gustave Flaubert understood tragedy, France, the bourgeoisie and laughter. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/Aq-2U Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life del...

Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Feeling overwhelmed by life's small failures? This film explores how the quiet indifference of nature and the mundane world can offer a powerful antidote to personal despair. Discover the profound, humbling lesson of a simple walk in the park: that by diminishing the ego, we can find peace, perspective, and a q...

Transference is a psychological phenomenon whereby we ‘transfer’ a way of behaving from childhood into adulthood – in situations which don’t really warrant it. It’s a big cause of trouble in relationships. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: http...

The idea of trying to avoid love sounds paradoxical in the extreme: why do we take active measures to sabotage love? Enjoying our YouTube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://9qq0.short.gy/DxKw9z Learn, heal and grow; get the best of The School of Life deliver...

Latin is a language beautifully suited to expressing certain ideas with concision and grace. Here are seven phrases that sound better in the original Latin than in any other language. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/QQrhuD Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/JnLsm4 FURTHER READING You...

We cannot be permanently fruitful or creative, excited or open. There are necessary times of retrenchment when there seems no alternative but to stop. We shouldn’t panic in these times, in fact we should endeavor to make our peace with them. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with T...

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We should resist invitations to argue by recognising them for what they are: attempts by the other party to rescue themselves from unbearable feelings. Enjoying our YouTube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://9qq0.short.gy/SJtYvX Learn, heal and grow; get the...

The rules for how to doom a relationship are relatively easy to follow. Here are a selection that are guaranteed to blow up love. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/BpI74 Be more min...

Emotional Intelligence, Daily. Start now: https://www.theschooloflife.com/subscription/ Why do we pursue partners who don't treat us well? This film tackles a vital but overlooked question: is the person I love nice to me? It explores how a history of unreciprocated childhood affection can lead us to confuse love with suffering, and offers a powerful, sobering lesson on the true meaning of kindnes...

Download: https://bit.ly/3O1Z0aM The School of Life App is a digital resource for making time for your mental wellbeing. It gathers the very best of our teaching – our films, essays, audio lessons, practical exercises and interactive media – making them available on your phone or device whenever and wherever you need them. It’s a tool for understanding more about yourself, making positive life-cha...

Why might kindness be so hard to bear? Why should warmth prove - on occasion - comprehensively repulsive? Why might nausea descend in the face of emotional maturity? Enjoying our YouTube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://9qq0.short.gy/zqGz6G Learn, heal and...

The key to ending a relationship is not to insist on being liked by someone you no longer like. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/7sHVI Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to...

Many of us are haunted by a harsh inner critic: one who is particularly fond of telling us that we are a loser. Here’s why such a critic exists – and how we can silence them. Enjoying our YouTube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://9qq0.short.gy/aQ2Y3L Learn,...

Religion was an ingenious solution to many of mankind's earliest fears and needs. Religion is now implausible to many, but the needs remain. That is the challenge of our times. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/iFXCL Be more mindfu...

The Seven Deadly Sins were a list of psychological flaws first identified by Christianity in the 4th century. Christianity was wise in spotting the errors, but rather ungenerous in explaining why they existed. Given that we are all, in a sense, ‘sinners’, we need to find better explanations for our bad behaviour. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and th...

Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers in English in the 19th century. He deserves our attention for his ideas about sympathy, popularity and happiness. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/n41-c Be more mindful, present...

The most curious and hazardous feature of the way we’re built lies in the difficulty we have registering what we actually feel. Enjoying our YouTube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://bit.ly/3UcYvQn Learn, heal and grow; get the best of The School of Life de...

Arts graduates are often to be found making coffee – having spent their university years studying Plato or Foucault. Maybe it’s their fault, or maybe the problem lies with societies that have no real idea what the arts are for. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of L...

The quality of one’s childhood has an overwhelming effect on the course of adult life. It’s good to be fully aware of this – and plan accordingly. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/Qmymz Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get t...