The one question you need to understand who you are   #shorts  #selfcare  #importantquestions

The one question you need to understand who you are #shorts #selfcare #importantquestions

There is one question that, perhaps more than any other, gets to the root of who we are and what motivates us: “What did I need to do in childhood to win the support and approval of my parents?” We…

The One Question You Need to Understand Who You Are

The One Question You Need to Understand Who You Are

There is one question that, perhaps more than any other, gets to the root of who we are and what motivates us: “What did I need to do in childhood to win the support and approval of my parents?” We…

How To Cope with an Imperfect Partner

How To Cope with an Imperfect Partner

One of the stranger but more powerful discoveries of psychotherapy is that the average baby firmly believes it has two mothers and that this belief profoundly affects our future relationships. Our newsletter is a treasury of ideas: ideas that can…

What Is a Transcendental Experience?

What Is a Transcendental Experience?

What is a Transcendental experience and how can it benefit us? Sign up to our mailing list to receive 10% off your first order with us: For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: Our…

The Script You’re Following Is Not Your Own

The Script You’re Following Is Not Your Own

Unfortunately, we go around the world with scripts in our minds. That is to say collections of expectations about how events will unfold and how we should best respond to them. These tell us a lot about our pasts, but…

The Secret Power of Unsent Letters

The Secret Power of Unsent Letters

A general principle of mental health is that the less we are able to express, the more unwell we get it. Our spirits can lighten and our horizons expand once we can find a way to lend outward form to…