The Workshop is a new podcast from The School of Life which tunes into conversation with Alain de Botton, our founder and creative director, and John Armstrong, the School of Life’s philosopher-in-chief.
In every episode, Alain and John tackle one of life’s fundamental questions: Can people change? What makes a good friend? What is psychotherapy? Does love have to come to an end?
The tone is intimate, warm, often funny, always sincere. And the point of every episode is to come up with nothing less than ideas that resonate, illuminate and point to new ways of living with greater confidence and compassion. | | | Many of us long to find our special person and yet also know just how many obstacles we face. The scene for singles can be filled with frustration and deep puzzlement: where are the ‘normal’ people, where are the kind and good people? At moments of crisis, we may ask: Why can’t we find someone? This is the starting point of this episode, in which Alain and John discuss how to foster a mentality that can best meet the challenges of single life with kindness and strength. | | | This is a book that can help us understand our distinctive style of loving, what our strengths and weaknesses are with partners, and how we might secure genuine fulfilment in relationships. A guided questionnaire to help understand ourselves and our distinctive style of loving, what our strengths and weaknesses are with partners, and how we might secure genuine fulfilment in relationships. | | | |
