The School Of Life

To an extraordinary and even humbling extent, who we are as adults is determined by events that happened to us before our fifteenth birthday. The way we express affection, the sort of people we find appealing, our understanding of success and... Lire la suite

A guide to understanding our own trauma and finding ways to recover from it All of us have – to a greater or lesser extent – suffered from traumas in our lives. The less we address these traumas, the more they have a habit of manifesting as... Lire la suite

Anyone we might marry could, of course, be a little bit wrong for us. We don’t expect bliss every day. The fault isn’t entirely our own; it has to do with the devilish truth that anyone we’re liable to meet is going to be rather wrong, in some... Lire la suite

We know that our minds are capable of great things because, every now and then, they come out with a brilliant idea or two. However, our minds are also unpredictable, spending large stretches of time idling or distracting themselves. This is a book... Lire la suite

Love has, quite unfairly, come to be associated with being happy. However, it is also one of the most reliable routes to misery. We tend to treat our sadness individually, as if it were unique and shameful. But, as this book explains, there are some... Lire la suite

A compassionate guide to normalizing mental illness and achieving emotional wellbeing. This is a guide to coping with a wide variety of mental unwellness, from the very mild to the severe. It explains how and why we become mentally ill, how we can... Lire la suite

Calmafaz parte da Coleção The School of Life, que traz livros sobre as questões mais importantes da vida emocional com o objetivo de entreter, educar, confortar e transformar. Poucas habilidades são tão importantes e ao mesmo tempo tão... Lire la suite

Choosing a partner is one of the most consequential and tricky decisions we will ever make, and the cost of repeated failure is immense. How to Find Love explains why we have the ‘types’ we do, and how our early experiences give us scripts of how... Lire la suite

The difference between success and failure often hangs on a concept that our standard education system never touches: confidence. On Confidence walks us around the key issues that stop us from making more of our potential. We hear about the impostor... Lire la suite

Poucas coisas nos prometem mais felicidade do que nossos relacionamentos – e poucas nos trazem tanto sofrimento e frustração. Nosso erro é supor que já nascemos sabendo amar e que, portanto, administrar um relacionamento deve ser fácil e intuitivo.... Lire la suite

This third book in the best-selling Big Ideas series introduces readers to the classics, as well as modern children’s fiction—a charming addition to Big Ideas for Curious Minds and Big Ideas from History Great stories are often universal: our very... Lire la suite

Work can be a route to creativity, excitement and purpose. Nevertheless, many of us end up confused, discouraged and beaten by our working lives. The temptation is often just to blame ourselves, and to feel privately ashamed and guilty. However, as... Lire la suite