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This is an audiobook about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve.

Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the acts of selfcare or therapy in which we find respite; and the days we finally reclaim a sense of stability. Written with understanding and kindness, it is both a source of companionship in our loneliest moments - whether it's a relationship breakdown, a career setback or anxiety around the everyday - and a practical guide that will help us find reasons for hope.

In ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.

For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.

We spend vast amounts of time acquiring confidence in narrow technical fields: quadratic equations or bioengineering; economics or pole vaulting. But we overlook the primordial need to acquire a more free-ranging variety of confidence - one that can serve us across a range of tasks: speaking to strangers at parties, asking someone to marry us, suggesting a fellow passenger turn down their music, changing the world. This is a guidebook to confidence, why we lack it and how we can acquire more of it in our lives.

View your sex life in a different light and learn how it can make you happier. Sex is the most intimately human experience there is. It is can also be the most confusing. Our desire to be together conflicts with our desire to avoid vulnerability and appear ‘normal’, leaving us detached, desensitised or embarrassed. Covering topics including adultery, lust, pornography and impotence, Alain de Botton argues that 21st century sex will always be a balancing act of trust versus risk, and of primal desire versus studied civility.

We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to his universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art, and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well.

Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.

Yes, success can be scary. Fortunately, you can make sure to fail at everything you undertake. In this book, you will discover the 7 habits of people who fail at everything they attempt. And the good news is that it won't require too much effort from you.

How to Get Out of This World Alive is an unique synthesis of psychology, philosophy, mysticism, and metaphysics. It provides practical tools for the listener who wants to be truly alive at all levels. Techniques developed and tested over 30 years are clearly set out to help you shift from making losing choices to winning ones.

Carving out a space for yourself in society may seem challenging. This is where civility comes into play. It can make you both charming and endearing. In this book, I would like to present to you what you already know at heart. But perhaps over time, you've forgotten it. Let's explore together what you have to gain from it and how you can use it to secure a better place in the world. Let's discover together the benefits of living better in society.

Dive into a world where your personality becomes the mirror of legendary characters. Which Fairy Tale Character Are You? is not just a book; it's an intimate adventure at the heart of your being. Imagine wandering through the mystical forests of your mind, discovering whether your essence resonates with the wisdom of an old sage or the vivacity of a fearless hero. This journey is not yours alone. It offers a prism through which to see your friends, your family, revealing how, together, you form a rich and complex tapestry of living archetypes.

Too Big To Fail è un podcast di finanza personale pressapochista, lazzarone, disordinato, pigro ed anche un po' antipatico.Proprio come te.Parliamo di soldi, come farli (in teoria), come spenderli (in pratica) e come risparmiarli ed investirli quando le mucche sono grasse e le cavallette son state uccise dal DDT.Parliamo (senza dare consigli finanziari, sia mai che ci arrestano) di come investire i tuoi soldi. E di come investiamo i nostri.Parliamo di carriera, d'imprenditoria, di politica solo quando ci scappa, di religione praticamente mai. Di sesso parliamo di rado ma ci pensiamo spesso, ...

Algunas personas nunca parecen heridas por la desgracia. Están volviendo, pero se levantan y miran resueltamente hacia el futuro. ¿Quiénes son estas aves raras? Y, sobre todo, ¿cómo hacer como ellos?

Se faire une place en société peut te sembler difficile. C'est ici qu'intervient la civilité. Elle peut te rendre à la fois charmant et attachant. Dans ce livre, j'aimerais te présenter ce que tu sais déjà dans le fond. Mais peut-être qu'au fil du temps, tu l'as oublié. Découvrons ensemble ce que tu as à y gagner et comment tu peux en profiter pour te faire une meilleure place dans le monde.

L'auteur Richard Bandler, célèbre co-créateur de la PNL et ancien maître de Paul McKenna, croit que vous pouvez devenir qui vous voulez. Ses techniques d'avant-garde, qui s'appliquent aisément, ont déjà enrichi la vie de millions de personnes comme vous. L'ouvrage "Obtenez la vie que vous voulez" contient les exercices les plus simples et les plus efficaces que Bandler ait mis au point au cours des 35 dernières années.

Libérez-vous et reprenez votre pouvoir personnel avec Thérapie intégrale, la nouvelle émission bimensuelle d’AxeIntegral (https://www.axeintegral.be/fr/)! Thérapie intégrale, c’est le podcast de la psychothérapie et du coaching de vie orientés « évolution de conscience ». Un vendredi sur deux, je vous partage ma vision évolutive du changement et mes meilleurs conseils pour que vous deveniez une meilleure version de vous-même. Au fil des épisodes, des problématiques humaines courantes sont abordées, des concepts psychologiques et de coaching sont revisités, ...

Ça fait peur de réussir, n'est-ce pas? Vous arrivez à cesser de fumer et vos collègues encore fumeurs se mettent à vous bouder. Votre volume de ventes augmente parce que vous y mettez les efforts nécessaires et les moins bons vendeurs vous tournent le dos. Vous réussissez sur la scène mondiale et les critiques locaux décident que vous n'êtes pas si bon que ça.

La vie est trop courte pour laisser la honte, la procrastination et notre environnement nous empêcher de réaliser notre mission alors qu'il est temps d'agir sans plus attendre. Je sais, la vie nous paraît longue à l'occasion. On s'en plaint. On gaspille notre temps. On remet à demain ce qu'il faudrait faire aujourd'hui et on s'entête à entretenir des comportements improductifs au lieu de faire ce qui importe.

"Apprends-moi à faire tout seul", écrivait Maria Montessori au siècle dernier. Aujourd'hui, à la lumière des progrès en neurosciences, votre enfant pourrait dire : "apprends-moi à me connaître pour savoir comment apprendre". Découvrir comment marche l'attention et la mémorisation, acquérir une organisation personnelle de travail, utiliser des méthodes pour comprendre ou imaginer, voilà ce qui permet à l'enfant d'envisager sereinement l'école et les apprentissages nécessaires.