Books by The School of Life

Essential Ideas 2

Self-Awareness

Essential Ideas 1

Love

Self-Reflection Journal

A Voice of One's Own

A story about confidence and self-belief

A Simpler Life

A guide to greater serenity, ease, and clarity

The Secrets of Successful Relationships

Calm in 40 Images

The art of finding serenity

The School of Life Guide to Modern Manners

How to navigate the dilemmas of social life

The School of Life Writing Journal - Sage

Find greater calm, joy and self-awareness

The School of Life Writing Journal - Burgundy

Find greater calm, joy and self-awareness

The Confidence Workbook

Building courage and self-belief

Self-Knowledge in 40 Images

The art of self-understanding

A Therapeutic Library

100 essential books that teach fulfilment, calm and well-being

Art Against Despair

Pictures to restore hope

Journal Prompt Cards

A tool for more effective journaling

What They Forgot to Teach You at School

Essential emotional lessons needed to thrive

The Book of Bookmarks

A short essay on the power of reading

What Are They Feeling?

The adventures of an empathy detective

The School of Life Dictionary

The Meaning of Life

Cards for profound and playful chat

Getting Over Your Parents

Untangling your childhood

Big Ideas from Literature

How books can change your world

How Ready Are You For Love?

A path to more fulfiling and joyful relationships

How to Find Love

The Couple's Workbook

Homework to help love last

The School of Life

Relationships : learning to love

Dating Cards

For more productive, insightful and playful encounters

Drawing as Therapy

Know Yourself Through Art

A Therapeutic Atlas

Destinations to inspire and enchant

Great Thinkers

Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today

Phone Detox

Small Pleasures

What makes life truly valuable

Sex

Insomnia

A guide to, and consolation for, the restless early hours

Big Ideas for Curious Minds

An Introduction to Philosophy

The School of Life

How to Get Married : The Foundations for a Lasting Relationship

The Good Enough Parent

How to raise contented, interesting and resilient children

Anxiety

Meditations on the Anxious Mind

Nature and Me

a guide to the joys and excitements of the outdoors

The Calm Workbook

A Guide to Greater Serenity

How to Find the Right Words

a guide to delivering life’s most awkward messages

Screen-Free Fun

80 amazing activities from sock sliding to raindrop racing

Varieties of Melancholy

a hopeful guide to our sombre moods

The School of Life

On Mental Illness : what can calm, reassure and console

On Family

the joys and challenges of family life; a photographic project

How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds

calming the chaos

How Emotionally Mature Are You?

A guide to psychological adulthood

A More Exciting Life

A Guide to Greater Freedom, Spontaneity and Enjoyment

How to Travel

From Trauma to Healing

How to locate, process and recover from psychological wounds

Self-Improvement Journal

A guided journal for vows, goals, and aspirations

Things Never to Tell Children

Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person

The Career Workbook

Fulfilment at Work

Complete the Story

Exercise your imagination; discover your true self

What Can I Do When I Grow Up?

A young person's guide to careers, money and the future

On Confidence

Self-Knowledge

How to Overcome Your Childhood

The Meaning of Life

the true ingredients of fulfilment

Who Am I?

Psychological exercises to develop self-understanding

The School of Life Guide to Modern Manners

how to navigate the dilemmas of social life

What is Psychotherapy?

An Emotional Menagerie

Feelings from A-Z

How to Get Married

What Do I Really Want to Achieve?

a tool to focus your life’s goals and priorities

A History of Ideas

The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity

What Adults Don’t Know About Art

Inspiring young minds to love and enjoy art

The Joys and Sorrows of Parenting

On Divorce

Portraits and voices of separation: a photographic project by Harry Borden

The School of Life - Stay or Leave

How to remain in, or end, your relationship

What Can I Do When I Grow Up?

A young person's guide to careers, money and the future

The School of Life

Calm : the harmony and serenity we crave

Reasons to be Hopeful

what remains consoling, inspiring and beautiful

Dating

Affairs

The Sorrows of Love

Heartbreak

Arguments

The Secrets of Successful Friendships

An Emotional Menagerie

Feelings from A-Z

Happy, Healthy Minds

A Children's Guide to Emotional Wellbeing

The School of Life

A Job to Love : how to find a fulfilling career

Big Ideas from Science

How scientific discoveries shape our lives

The Book of Me

a children’s journal of self-discovery

Big Ideas from History

a history of the world for YOU

Bold Truths

20 Philosophical Prints

What Are You Feeling?

A picture book of your emotions

Confidence in 40 Images

The Art of Self-belief

What Adults Don’t Know About Architecture

Inspiring young minds to build a more beautiful world

15 Minute Timer

On Loneliness

How to overcome isolation and enjoy solitude

The Couple's Dice

A tool for intimacy and honesty

How to Understand Yourself

Psychological tests and questionnaires to develop emotional intelligence