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A book to offer clarity and guidance when facing the difficult decision of whether your relationship has a future.

A practical guide outlining the benefits of drawing as a therapeutic practice followed by 80 guided drawing exercises as an aid to self-understanding and fulfilment.

This is a guide to the more exciting life we know could be ours; a book of psychology and about how we can nurture a sense of inner liberation, accept our desires and aspirations and then have the courage to set ourselves free.

Examining the psychological impact of the way we prepare and eat food, thisthought provoking book explores nutrition for the mind and body.

Being a parent can be one of the sources of our greatest joys. It is also - intermittently - the cause of some of our deepest sorrows. The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting promises us a gentle way of staying calm around one of the most arduous yet deeply fulfilling jobs in the world.

This is a book that patiently unpacks the causes of our greatest stresses and gives us a succession of highly persuasive, beautiful and sometimes dryly comic arguments with which to defend ourselves against panic and fury, and remain calm.

How to Find Love explains why we have the 'types' we do - and how our early experiences give us scripts of how and whom we can love. The book provides a crucial set of ideas to help us make safer, more imaginative and more effective choices in love.

An illustrated guide to the feelings of others, helping children to recognise and understand empathy.

A new series of Therapeutic Tales from the School of Life--now in paperback. Anna is a kind and thoughtful person, in her mid-twenties. But lately, life has been hard. Her job is extremely stressful, her relationship is lacking balance and support, she has a difficult and complicated family history. It's not hard to see a bit of ourselves in her. In a style that's brief and poignant, we follow Anna as she slowly unpacks the roots of her own self-suspicion and discovers something we all deserve but have so often been denied: a voice of our own. With beautiful documentary photography on each page, this is fiction as therapy--and it seeks to offer the reader consolation, recognition and therapeutic insight.

The School of Life's approach to self-awareness - in a pocket format.In the second of a series of pocket books, The School of Life has distilled it's most essential ideas on self-awareness in order to produce a bitesize manual that is both useful and entertaining. Understanding ourselves is the key to unlocking our true potential. Here is a collection of The School of Life's most penetrating insights into the puzzles of self-awareness. By exploring key themes within the topic of self-knowledge, such as Emotional Intelligence, Anxiety, Normality, Pessimism and Self-sabotage, this book teaches us how to look into ourselves, how to make sense of our past, and how to overcome anxiety and confusion. In a highly accessible form, The School of Life introduces us to a person we've been in flight from for too long and will benefit hugely from getting to know: our deep selves.Pair with the Know Yourself Prompt Cards, designed to help lead you through the important task of knowing yourself a little better in life.

An essential guide to encourage children to explore, enjoy and benefit from the natural world around them-- now in paperback Children are used to hearing about how important it is to protect nature, but they may not fully understand how the natural world can positively impact their emotional wellbeing. With that in mind, this book looks to enhance this time spent outside and show children how nature can be fun, uplifting, consoling, and even offer companionship. This is a book about how nature can touch us all and help us with our lives (especially when we might be feeling bored, sad, or lonely). Children learn about the ways in which they can be comforted, inspired, and uplifted by examples of nature such as: a flowing rivera cow in a fieldclouds in the skyrabbits in their burrowsstars at nightor a cuddle with a favorite puppy.This is an inspirational book, not just educating children about the natural world, but teaching them to love and connect with it. Beautiful illustrations and a tone that is encouraging, warm and accessible makes it easy for children, and their favorite adults, to relate to. ILLUSTRATIONS BY TYLA MASON bring animals and plants to life to get children excited about connecting with nature. EDUCATIONAL AND FUN encourages children to discover what's amazing and interesting about nature. EXPANDS EMOTIONAL LITERACY by helping kids explore how their environment makes them feel. AGES 8 AND UP with fun facts and engaging activities.

From The School of Life-- a roadmap for the emotionally mature adult Most of us want to be more emotionally mature and better able to face up to life's challenges with poise, confidence, kindness and good-natured intelligence. We want to be grown-ups! With gentleness and insight, How Emotionally Mature Are You? helps us to zero in on the key markers of psychological adulthood. It prompts us to look at how we respond to rejection, frustration, anxiety, ambiguity and hope, by asking questions such as: How much do we like ourselves? Do we worry too much about the opinions of other people? What might be the best way to become a more interesting person? This questionnaire considers the childhood, the role of self-love and the perils of perfectionism - as well as the best ways to achieve self-belief and overcome impostor syndrome. In a series of accompanying essays, we are given material to reflect on - and shown how to reach the emotional age we aspire to be.Pair with the Emotional Barometer to reach a clearer understanding of our inner emotional weather.

40 images designed to lead you on a journey towards inward exploration of the self.

A book to offer clarity and guidance when facing the difficult decision of whether your relationship has a future.

How to build a true library for happiness - recommended reading from The School of Life, featuring 100 books that offer therapeutic insight and enlightenment There are about 130 million books in the world - and they are being added to at a rate of 4 million a year or so. Which ones should we really read? What are the books that count? Which ones are going to make a real difference to us in the limited time we have? This is The School of Life's answer: a definitive list of the 100 books that we feel should truly matter to anyone who cares about their development and growth, 100 books that are guaranteed to inspire, console and uplift us. We find books from all over the world, some very well known, others fascinatingly unfamiliar, united by a common ability to help us grow into the best versions of ourselves and to combat anxiety, despair and loneliness. This book answers one of the great questions we all face: how to assemble the perfect set of books with which we can acquire self-understanding, calm and emotional maturity.

On Divorce is the debut title in a new portrait photography series by The School of Life. The photographs and accompanying texts were captured and recorded over two years by British photographer Harry Borden.

A young woman's journey of self-discovery and finding her voice as she investigates the root of her self-doubt - accompanied throughout by stylish photos.

A selection of unique and beautiful destinations around the world, which offer powerful new perspectives on life.

A compassionate and hopeful guide to achieving emotional wellbeing.

A book to encourage compassion and forgiveness, showing us how we can work towards a better and kinder world.

A guide to developing the art of finding serenity by understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations.

Bold Truths is a collection of wise statements immortalised as art: 20 philosophical prints encapsulating the most important lessons The School of Life has to teach.

The Book of Me is a guided journal of self-discovery. It takes readers on a journey inside themselves, helping them explore their mind, their moods, their imagination, their conscience, and how they determine the course of their lives.