The Psychology of Cross-Dressing - The School of Life
WEBFrom this perspective, cross-dressing seems like an admission of failure. Instead of living up to an ideal of strength, ruggedness and sheer ‘normality’, a man keen to slip on a dress is taken to be a deviant of a particularly alarming sort. But in truth, cross-dressing is grounded in a highly logical and universal desire: the wish to be ...
The School of Life | Your Path to Mental Wellbeing
WEBThe bedrock of personal growth lies in a chance to enter into a dialogue with a kind, insightful and highly experienced psychotherapist. The School of Life is holding a series of 4-day retreats designed to help you heal from emotional challenges in an atmosphere of friendship, learning and discovery. Our group therapy sessions run online every ...
The Importance of Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs
WEBTowards the end of his long life, Maslow expressed a hope that businesses could in time learn to make more of their profits from addressing not only our basic needs but also – and as importantly – our higher spiritual and psychological ones as well. That would be truly enlightened capitalism. In the personal sphere, Maslow’s pyramid ...
Know Yourself — Socrates and How to Develop Self-Knowledge
WEBIn Ancient Greece, the philosopher Socrates famously declared that the unexamined life was not worth living. Asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: ‘ Know yourself.’. Knowing yourself has extraordinary prestige in our culture. It has been framed as quite literally the meaning of life.
Wu Wei – Doing Nothing 無爲 - The School of Life
WEBWu wei means – in Chinese – non-doing or ‘doing nothing’. It sounds like a pleasant invitation to relax or worse, fall into laziness or apathy. Yet this concept is key to the noblest kind of action according to the philosophy of Daoism – and is at the heart of what it means to follow Dao or The Way. According to the central text of ...
Online Psychotherapy - The School of Life
WEBOnline psychotherapy at The School of Life is a truly global service which assists clients from over 40 countries. Our highly skilled and qualified practitioners help you get to the root of issues and will give you new clarity on your past and your present. Our online psychotherapists use the ideas of The School of Life – found in our YouTube ...
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WEBBOOKS, GAMES, TOOLS. For any corporate order enquiries of over 30 units, please contact [email protected] for a quote. We offer fast shipping and a corporate discount.
About Us - The School of Life
WEBAbout Us. We are a passionate group of people on a mission to bring about healing, growth, calm and self-understanding. We derive our ideas from psychology, psychotherapy, philosophy, art and culture. As our name – The School of Life – suggests, we are here to teach people how life can be lived and what can make it truly worthwhile ...
100 Questions Game - The School of Life
WEB1. Announce to your friends that you have a curious new exercise to propose. Laugh a little at the expense of these cards to ease any awkwardness. 2. Pick a card from anywhere in the box and ask your companions to address the question on it with sincerity and thoughtfulness. 3. Take calculated risks at self-revelation.
View All Themes - The School of Life
WEBOur Six Key Themes. The School of Life is an organisation built to help us find calm, self-understanding, resilience and connection – especially during troubled times. We place emphasis on the need to understand ourselves better, so that we can secure serenity and make optimally reliable decisions, particularly around love and work.