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The School of Life — 482 episodes
PHILOSOPHY - Soren Kierkegaard
Why We Should Draw More (and Photograph Less)
Why Design Matters
Why Are Small Pleasures So Easily Overlooked, and Why Are They Essential?
Managing your Mood: Tips for Staying Present | The School of Life
12 Questions to Evaluate your Parents
The Ancient Origin of Cancellation
On Feeling Obliged
Kierkegaard on Love
Empty Chair Therapy: Heal Your Past, Improve Your Future
We Are Coming to Los Angeles
POLITICAL THEORY - Niccolò Machiavelli
How Keeping a Diary Can Save You
First World Problems
Why People Have Affairs
Getting Better at Picking Lovers
PHILOSOPHY - Thomas Aquinas
Why Work is Easier Than Love
Student Philosopher: Plato's Ladder of Love
Work-Life Balance
POLITICAL THEORY - John Locke
The Meaning of Life - in 60 Seconds
11th Century; Love and Sex
Being a Female Philosophy Student
7 Secrets of Therapy
Why Do People Sabotage Their Own Success?
Losers and Tragic Heroes
The Best Offices in the World Do This...
People not to fall in love with: a checklist
The Problems of Being Very Beautiful
Freud's Oedipus Complex Can IMPROVE Your Sex Life
How to Find Out What You Really Really Think and Why...
In Praise of Hugs
The Secret Book to Win Friends and Influence People
The Fear of Intimacy
Why Do Emotionally Immature Offices Exhaust Us? Even When the Work Is Fine?
SOCIOLOGY - Theodor Adorno
How to Stop Getting TRIGGERED Forever
How All Meanness Is Inherited
The Impact of Anger on Young Children
What Self-Esteem Is
Anxious and Avoidant couples and their Phones
The Avoidant Partner with the Power to Drive You Mad
LITERATURE - Marcel Proust
SOCIOLOGY - Émile Durkheim
Why It Can Take Us So Long to Understand How Unwell We Are
Beauty Is NOT in the Eyes of the Beholder
Your Two Options in Love After a Bad Childhood
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY: Wu Wei
Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time Audiobook
The Weakness of Strength
HISTORY OF IDEAS - French & English Gardens
Paris: The School of Life
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - The Love of Rocks
Is Human Evolution still Occurring?
What Is Your Partner Really Thinking?
LITERATURE - C. P. Cavafy
PLATO ON: The Forms
Why We Always Feel Bad and Guilty
Emotional Technology
In Praise of The Quiet Life
People Pleasers in Relationships
ART/ARCHITECTURE - Mark Rothko
ART/ARCHITECTURE - Andrea Palladio
The Uses of Envy
Why You Should Get Married Now
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Manners
The Horrors of Parents
Overcoming Negative Thought Patterns to Find Joy
The Horrors of Children
How to 'Grow' - The Hard Truth About Growth
How to Make a Decision
ART/ARCHITECTURE – Dieter Rams
How to Use Drugs
The Importance of Being Single
A Sure Way to Get Over Your Ex (This Will Surprise You) #animation #theschooloflife #relationship
A Dark Way to Predict what might happen in your relationship
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Kintsugi
The Most Romantic Thing You Can Ever Say to Someone
The Importance of Good Sex #theschooloflife #animation #relationship
Why Parents Bully Their Children
LITERATURE - Edward Gibbon
LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy
How to Get Less Defensive in Relationships
Why We Love to Blame Our Partners
24 hours as an English Farmer
When People Turn Down Love
Why You Need to Have a Proper Adolescence
24 Hours As a Cattle Herder in Cameroon
POP CULTURE: Mark Zuckerberg's T-shirts
Wisdom
POP CULTURE: When and Why We Cry In Films
The Appeal of Rescuing Other People
Burke on: The Sublime
The Sexual Fantasies of Others
The Sanity of 'Madness'
LITERATURE - Goethe
Panic Attacks
What is emotional intelligence #animation #theschooloflife #emotionalintelligence
Van Gogh As a Guide to Confidence
Economic Demand
Living Long-Term with Mental Illness
Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness
24 Hours As a Mongolian Architect
A Sure Way to Get Over Your Ex (This Will Surprise You)
3 Ways to Deal with Envious Friends...
Why Successful Love Requires Vulnerability
PLATO ON: The Allegory of the Cave
The 7 Things You Can Do to Make a Relationship Work
The Pleasures of Talking Nonsense with Someone We Love
A Working Day – Taxi Driver, Liberia
A Working Day – Hairdresser, Seoul
Reparenting Our Inner Child
The Sexiness of Bookish People
24 Hours As a British Convenience Store Owner
Our Secret Wish to Never Find Love
A Working Day – Brain Surgeon, Texas
The Importance of Expressing Our Needs
The Most Romantic Thing You Can Ever Say to Someone
The Dawn of Capitalism
Two Minute Meditation
Self Sabotage
What’s One Idea That Could Help Someone Lonely Feel Less Ashamed of Needing Connection?
What to do When Willpower Fails
Are You Stuck Playing These 3 Roles in Love?
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Failure
Why We Look down on Low Wage Earners
If Philosophers Read the News
Don't Watch the News Until You Know This...
Why We Can't Stop Loving Those Who Hurt Us
The Fix For a "Boring Life" - Sei Shonagen - The Pillow Book
Why Relationships Require Self-Love
Transference
Why Some Adults Can't... "Act Their Age"
How Successful People Take Risks
Why You Shouldn't Second Guess Your Decisions
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Art
Carl Jung’s Word Association Test
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Wabi-sabi
Confidence
The 9 Most Common Mistakes We Make when Choosing a Partner
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Ancient Greece
The Faulty Walnut
There is no Safety
Why Is It So Hard to Let Ourselves Rest Without Guilt?
The Sex-Starved Relationship
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Monasticism
Why Advertising is So Annoying
PHILOSOPHY: Immanuel Kant
How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction
Why Religious Beliefs Aren't Just Silly
The Terror of Being Alone #relationships #theschooloflife #animation
How to be an Entrepreneur
How to Be a Great Lover
How Africa Invented Psychotherapy
What Your Parents Made You Do for Love…
The Life Changing Effect of Small Talk With Strangers
Why Is Emotional Maturity the Most Undervalued Skill in Today’s Workplaces? #theschooloflife
Why You Aren't Sleeping (and How to Fix It)
HISTORY OF IDEAS - The Renaissance
Take Classes at The School of Life
The Wisdom of Pessimism
The Key Ideas of Hinduism
Why Do We Often Protect Our Parents From the Truth of Their Impact?
The Psychology of Male Loneliness
In Conversation: Alain de Botton on Great Company with Jamie Laing
Why We Run From Love
POP CULTURE: Better Celebrities
How to Get Angry a Lot
You NEED to know this about State Broadcasters...
What Does the Child in You Need Today?
How to Ask for Help When You're Overwhelmed
Jamie Oliver Cooks for Alain De Botton
ART/ARCHITECTURE: Andy Warhol
How to Make Love Last Forever
The Real Power of Community
How to Make a Country Rich
LITERATURE - Jane Austen
Exercise for Intellectuals
How to Find Meaningful Work
How to Deal with Negative Emotions: Daily Proven Techniques
LITERATURE - James Baldwin
In Praise of Nice People
The Power of Lies to Transform Your Love Life
PHILOSOPHY - Schopenhauer
Envy of the Future
Life is Not About Being Happy
The Secret Power of Unsent Letters
Why Comedy Matters
NIETZSCHE ON: The Superman
"Jamie Cooks Philosophy" - A Proposal
Why Do We Lose Our Curiosity — and How Can We Get It Back?
Weaponise Brand Recognition!
The Superpower We Gain From Suffering
Why Introspection Matters
The Psychology of Anxious Attachment
How To Fix Your Negative Patterns - Alain de Botton on Chris Williamson
Are You A Sleazebag?
POP CULTURE: What Is Cinema For?
How to recognise your patterns - and escape them
Why We’re Fated to be Lonely
8 Rules for Ending Relationships
Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
Why We Should Treat Our Partners Like Small Children
Why Are People So Nasty?
The Only Two Questions to Repair a Relationship
How to change your Script
Sexual Rejection
How to have a Transcendental Experience
Why We Sulk and How Not To
How Love Stories Ruin Our Love Lives
Why We Go Off People Who Like Us
The 17 Secrets to a Successful Relationship
Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?
PHILOSOPHY - David Hume
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Consumerism
Why Boys Are Mean To Girls They Like
Why We Sabotage Good Relationships
POP CULTURE: The Clever Tricks of Advertising
Why Love and Teaching Belong Together
The REAL Political Divide
The Importance of Self-Pity
POP CULTURE: Why Music Works
Why You Keep Having the Same Fight
The Power of Simplicity
The Dangers Of Being Dutiful
How to Work Out the Emotional Maturity of Prospective Partners
'I Love You But I Don’t Think We Should Be Together'
How to Replace the 10 Commandments
The Perfectionist Trap
ART/ARCHITECTURE - Francisco Goya
How to Love without fear
Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present
How to listen to your Body
Can Our Partners Change?
What is the Stream of Consciousness?
Humour In Relationships
The Secret to a Calm Life
PHILOSOPHY: Jacques Derrida
Love And Self-Love
Why Do We Feel So Ashamed of Needing Reassurance? #theschooloflife
How Not to Feel Too Bad About Being Single
Honesty on Early Dates
The True Cause of Obsessive Thinking #ocd #theschooloflife #animation
Why Only the Happily Single Find True Love
How To Choose A Partner Wisely
Why Is Work so Boring?
How Politics Can Drive Us Mad
How to Enrich a Country: Free Trade or Protectionism?
Why is everyone so worried about 'Narcissism'?
How to be a Friend to Yourself
How to Overcome Shyness
How the Right Words Help Us to Feel the Right Things
The Nightmare of Colleagues
Wild Advice for Those Who Have Lost Their Minds Over an Ex
Making Love Last
How To Stop Worrying
What It's Like Inside Our Minds
Alain de Botton on A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY
Be the Change You Want to See
What our Wedding Vows should Say
Why it Probably Wasn’t Better Being Single
A West African Philosophy of Calm
What is Your Attachment Style #animation #relationships #love
In Defence Of 'Needy' People
Why Love Is Never As Nice As It Should Be
Can Lying ever be Kind?
The Darkest Valentine
Machiavelli’s Advice For Nice Guys
How To Be Confident
Why Humanity Destroyed Itself
The Appeal of Violent Criminals
Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can
How Not to be Boring
Why People get into Unhealthy Relationships
Thoreau and Civil Disobedience
The Ex You Can’t Get Over
Are we too Materialistic?
The Problem with Over-Friendly People
Why Hegel knew there would be days like these
How to Be Strong and Resilient
How to Prepare for the Worst
How to cope with impotence
How to Know If You Have Real Friends (And What to Do If You Don't)
Love and Sulking
Why Hurt People Hurt People
The Mind Body Problem
How Relationships Reveal Our True Selves
Why ‘love’ is a useless word – and three alternatives
The Mark of True Love...
Why, how & when to Flirt
The Purpose of Friendship
How to Travel in your Mind
The Problem of Shame #animation #selfworth #mentalhealth
Why Love requires Generosity
How We Lie to Ourselves
Why You Can Change The World
How not to be Angry all the Time
How to Get Over Someone
A Guide to Self Transformation
Why We Could Love Anyone
How to be Warm
What are the Alternatives to Marriage?
Why We Go Cold On Our Partners
Should We Laugh Or Should We Cry?
How To Cope with an Imperfect Partner
Are you a Sadist or a Masochist - and Why?
Why Our Partners Drive Us Mad
Remember That EVERYONE Is Lonely
Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS
The Importance Of Affectionate Teasing
When Love Isn't Easy
Why Small Pleasures Are a Big Deal
What Do Cynical People Really Want?
Why We Don't Really Want to be Nice
Why Socrates Hated Democracy
The Mistake 90% of People Make in Dating
LITERATURE - George Orwell
The Real Reason You Hate Horoscopes
The Dangers of Missing a Sense of Self
How To Cope With Snobbery
The Importance of Soft Toys
Emotional Translation
How To Cope With Panic Attacks #animation #panicattack #theschooloflife
What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature: Part Two
Philosophical Meditation
Cultural Mining
The Fragility of Good Government
Resilience In Hard Times
24 hours as a Ghanaian Dressmaker
Our Secret Wish Never to Find Love
2 Unexpected Ways to Stop Sabotaging Yourself
On Being Out of Touch With One's Feelings
How to Become a More Interesting Person
On Being Hated
How to Cope With Bureaucracy
The Advantages of Long-Distance Relationships
The True Cause of Obsessive Thinking
An Instruction Manual To Oneself
Reasons to Remember Death
Good Enough Is Good Enough #animation #psychology #enough
LITERATURE - James Joyce
The Lottery of Life
The Impostor Syndrome
Alain de Botton on Romanticism
Pessimism for Lovers
Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love
Sexual Non-Liberation
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Evening
The Red Flags You Keep Ignoring
The Cruel Truth: Why Your Ex Is Perfect for Someone Else
History as a Cure for Our Times
The Challenge of Being Close
POP CULTURE: Taylor Swift's Legs & Climate Change
Why You Keep Having The Same Fight
The Conditions of Love
Success at School vs Success in Life
Why Unloved People Hate Themselves
What Charity Really Means
The Importance of Staring Out Of The Window
Why We Behave As We Do
Why And How To Say Sorry
POLITICAL THEORY – Friedrich Hayek
What is an Existential Crisis?
How to Remain Calm With People
PHILOSOPHY - Blaise Pascal
In Praise of Short-Term Love
Sapiosexuality: the Challenges of Coming Out (a satire)
LITERATURE - Gustave Flaubert
Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life
LITERATURE - Virginia Woolf
How to Get Divorced
How to End a Relationship
Why Nice People Repel Us
PHILOSOPHY - René Descartes
Honest Communication
Why - and how - we need to make our peace with being single
Astrophysics and Religion
The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
A Test to Measure How Good Your Father Was
Why We Should Refuse to Get Into Arguments
The One Question We Forget to Ask Ourselves in Love—and Why
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Religion
Why We Think We Are Losers (But Actually Aren't)
Why Arts Graduates Are Under-Employed
Why Nice People Are Scary
Your Mind Is Trying to Heal You (By Hurting You)
How Repressed Emotions Make Us Sick
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Work
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Matsuo Basho
On Feeling Melancholy
Being Jollied Along
Meritocracy
SOCIOLOGY - Alexis De Tocqueville
Artificial Intelligence
LITERATURE - Charles Dickens
Good and Bad Childhoods
The Fear of Being Bad in Bed
Is Everyone Else Normal? Feeling Painfully Different
PSYCHOTHERAPY - Jacques Lacan
Why Dating Destroys Your Mental Health
How To Get Over Rejection
What to do about Insomnia
We're on Tour Around the USA
When Love Isn't Easy
The One Question You Need to Understand Who You Are
How to Tell If You're Afraid of Intimacy
The Secret Power of Missing Someone
How To Overcome Psychological Barriers
Why You Still Have Time To Change Career
The Dangers of Oversharing
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Rituals
How to Find Out What's Really on Your Mind
Alain de Botton on Love
The Only Relationship Rule That Matters
Who Am I?
When and Why do we Pick Up our Phones?
The Three Steps to Making Someone Fall in Love
How We Help Out Exes Have a Lovely Future #animation #relationships #theschooloflife
The Pleasures of Total Disagreement
How Romanticism Ruined Love
LITERATURE - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
How to Know When You've Found a Great Partner
Self-Esteem
SOCIOLOGY - Auguste Comte
Overcoming Childhood
LITERATURE - Voltaire
Open Up
The Real Reason We Work So Hard
Eastern vs. Western Philosophy
LITERATURE - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Overcoming Bad Inner Voices
Peter Gabriel on Music
POLITICAL THEORY – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A Question to Ask Ourselves When We Are Low and Paranoid
The one question you need to understand who you are #shorts #selfcare #importantquestions
Do This When Your Battery Is Running Low
No One is 'Normal'
When People Tell You Who They Are Believe Them
Being A Good Listener
I'm Offended
How to Spot the Loveliest People in the World
Secret Thoughts: Jaffa Cakes
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Love
Secret Thoughts: I'm so busy
Why You Will Never Find The Right Person
Student Philosopher: Nietzsche, Apollo & Dionysus
How to Deepen Your Friendships
Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love
What is Inflation?
POLITICAL THEORY - Thomas Hobbes
How Will We Die?
The Dangers of Missing a Sense of Self
12 Signs You Are a Psychologically Mature Adult
What is 'success'?
A Novel To Help Our Love Lives
Psychotherapy
What are Universities for?
The Horrors of Jealousy
The Number One Rule for Healthy Relationships
The Hidden Cost of Skipping Key Stages of Development
LITERATURE: Franz Kafka
A Writing Exercise to Help You Meet Yourself
Freud on: Sublimation
The Pleasure of Kissing
Why Children's Drawings Matter
A Guide For the Recovering Avoidant
Secret Thoughts: The Marriage
The Ruin of London
How to Protect Ourselves
PHILOSOPHY - Hegel
The Secrets of Happiness – in 60 Seconds
NEW! LEGO ‘PHILOSOPHY’ RANGE
Secret Food Obsession
PHILOSOPHY - Michel Foucault
Why Is Breaking Up Often an Act of Emotional Maturity, Not Failure?
Student Philosopher: Where to Start with Philosophy?
Why Do We Sometimes Run Away From the Very Love That We Want?
Are you afraid of intimacy? #animation #shorts #intimacy
The Only Way to Date Successfully
How Wounded People Seek Out further Punishment
How to Help Those We Love