The School of Life

Transform the way you view and experience the natural world, in this new book from The School of Life.How to Connect with Nature is designed to transform the way readers experience the natural world and to encourage a connection with our environment. Tristan Gooley strives to reawaken our senses to help us understand and deepen our personal expe...

A deep and thoughtful look at what it means to age, how to do it well and why we care at all, from The School of Life.As a culture, we are increasingly 'anti-age'. Ageing is either identified entirely with disability, dependency and isolation or, conversely, with the model of the bungee-jumping, jet-skiing, Botoxed baby-boomer who has vanquished...

How to understand the role the past plays in your present and live a fulfilling, emotionally healthy life.Happiness is a loaded term that means different things to different people. To some, it might mean life satisfaction, to others, a fleeting moment of joy. Rather than seeking to be happy, Oliver James encourages us to cultivate our emotional...

How to cope when confronted with adversity, in this new book from The School of Life.In How to Deal with Adversity, Christopher Hamilton explores how we face trials and tribulations in everyday life, and why adversity, from small setbacks to larger, more life-defining problems, affects and shapes us so fundamentally.Drawing upon history, philoso...