Self-Knowledge
An Interesting Life Rather Than a Happy One
We typically assume that the ultimate aim of all our efforts is to have a happy life. And judged on…
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Self-Knowledge
At The School of Life, we believe that the path to a more fulfilling life always starts with self-knowledge. It is only on the basis of an accurate sense of who we really are that we can start to make reliable decisions around love, work, friendship and our personal goals. Armed with the right-sort of self-knowledge, we can avoid errors of judgement, learn how to better relate to others – and discover the life we were truly meant to lead.
Tools for Self-Knowledge
From recovering your forgotten past to deciding on your ideal future, we offer a wide range of tools to help you traverse the hidden byways of your psyche.
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The Self-Knowledge Collection
A gift set to foster self-knowledge, featuring Who Am I? and Know Yourself Cards So much of what can go wrong in our lives – wrong jobs, wrong…
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Getting Over Your Parents
Untangling your childhood Our parents are a huge deal: no matter what our relationship to them happens to be, who we are today (what love stories we get…
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What They Forgot To Teach You At School
A collection of the essential emotional lessons we need in order to thrive We probably went to school for what felt like a very long time. We probably…
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On Self-Hatred
A guide to emotional healing and living a more self-accepting life Behind many of our problems lies an often ignored factor: we don’t like ourselves very much. We…
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Mood Map
Cards to help you understand your emotions It can sometimes be very hard to know – let alone tell others – what we actually feel. Here is a…
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The Essential Ideas Collection
A gift set containing our most important ideas, featuring Essential Ideas 1-3 (Love, Self-Awareness and Serenity) and Know Yourself We’ll encounter many different ideas in our lives; only…
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Therapeutic Services
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy offers you a chance to spend concentrated time on yourself with a highly skilled practitioner who can help you unpack your story, get to the root of issues and give you new clarity on your past and your present.
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Is There Something Wrong – or Am I Just a Very Miserable Person?
We can spend a lot of our lives angrily focused on just how hopeless and awful many things are: this…
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How We Can Feel Misunderstood – Without Ever Explaining Who We Are
There is much sympathy available to people who complain that significant others have not listened to them properly. Especially if…
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What Does the Child in You Need Today?
We know – in theory – that it is extremely wise to try to look after ourselves, to show ourselves…
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Why We Can so Quickly End up Feeling Hated
Some of the darkest moments of our lives are those in which we make the sudden discovery that someone whom…
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Why We Sometimes Need to Be Tied to a Mast
One of the most instructive stories in Greek mythology is to be found in Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, where…
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Introducing the new The School of Life App
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Self Knowledge in the app
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How to overcome your childhood
Our forgotten childhood
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Gain Emotional maturity
Markers of emotional health
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How to acquire self-knowledge