In Praise of Short-Term Love
[6:54] So much in our culture emphasizes long-term love; it may be time to hear a word or two in praise of the short-term ap…
MORE
How to Remain Calm With People
[5:03] Remaining calm around people who annoy us is one of the great life skills. It’s also a teachable and learnable s…
MORE
How to Start Having Sex Again
[2:42] Sex has a nasty habit of breaking down in long-term relationships. One reliable technique for fixing things is c…
MORE
The Secrets of Happiness – in 60 Seconds
[1:14] Hours of thought by the team at the School of Life have led us to a 60 second film, summarizing a lot of what we know ab…
MORE
Higher Consciousness
[4:32] ‘Higher consciousness’ sounds mystical and possibly irritating. It shouldn’t. It just c…
MORE
PHILOSOPHY – René Descartes
[8:49] Rene Descartes is perhaps the world’s best known-philosopher, in large part because of his pithy statement, …
MORE
Does the News Do Us Any Good?
[23:47] Alain de Botton asks: what is it that we’re really looking for when we watch or read the news – and is …
MORE
Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety
[2:23:06] The documentary film Status Anxiety (2004), presented by Alain de Botton and based on his book of the same nam…
MORE
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
[4:00] You’ll try not to of course – but you will, unwittingly. At least there is comfort in knowing you…
MORE
A Guide to Happiness – Seneca on Anger
[24:14] A practical guide to adopting the principles of the Roman philosopher Lucious Annaeus Seneca (4BC — 65A…
MORE