Calm: Educate yourself in the art of remaining calm, and learn how to defend yourself from panic and fury (The School of Life)

Author(s): The School of Life Press (Series editor Alain de Botton)

Depression, Anxiety & Stress | Anger

Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed and improved.


We don't have to stay where we are now: our responses to everyday challenges can dramatically alter. We can educate ourselves in the art of keeping calm not through slow breathing or special teas but through thinking. This is a book that patiently unpacks the causes of our greatest stresses and gives us a succession of highly persuasive, beautiful and sometimes dryly comic arguments with which to defend ourselves against panic and fury.


Product Information

The School of Life is dedicated to developing emotional intelligence through the help of culture - believing that a range of our most persistent problems are created by a lack of self-understanding, compassion and communication. We operate from ten physical campuses around the world, including London, Amsterdam, Seoul and Melbourne. We produce films, run classes, offer therapy and make a range of psychological products.


The School of Life Press was established in 2016 to bring together over a decade of research and insights from The School of Life’s content team.  The School of Life Press publishes books on the most important issues of cultural and emotional life. Our titles are designed to entertain, educate, console and transform. Led by founder and series editor Alain de Botton, this is a library to educate, entertain, console, and transform us.


 

General Fields

  • : 9780993538728
  • : The School of Life Press
  • : The School of Life
  • : October 2016
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : The School of Life Press (Series editor Alain de Botton)
  • : Hardback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 158.1
  • : 136
  • : 12 integrated colour photos