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Relationships

By: The School of Life
Narrated by: Fiona Buckland
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A fresh approach to matters of the heart, teaching us that success in love need never again be just a matter of luck.

Love has a history and we ride - sometimes rather helplessly - on its currents. Since around 1750, we have been living in a highly distinctive era in the history of love that we can call Romanticism. And it has been a disaster for love.

Relationships challenges the assumptions of the Romantic view of love. It shows how to develop new attitudes that can lead to a psychologically mature vision of love:

  • That it is okay that love and sex may not always belong together
  • That discussing money early on, in a serious way, is not a betrayal of love
  • That realizing that we are rather flawed, and our partner is too, is of huge benefit to a couple
  • That we will never find everything we need in another person, nor they in us
  • That spending two hours discussing whether bathroom towels should be hung up or can be left on the floor has its own dignity

Full of applied real-life examples, and enlivened throughout with humor and cultural anecdote, this innovative guide paves the way to a new, brighter future for love.

©2016 The School of Life (P)2021 The School of Life Love, Dating & Attraction Relationships Witty
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This is my second time through this book and I feel like I still have so much to learn from it. This isn’t a normal self-help book, it’s more psychology made into simple language.

Post Romantic view

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these people are marvelous and their work has really helped me heal. ESPECIALLY after the pandemic. thank you for being such wonderful love gurus :)

a godsend

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Excellent narration, just like the YouTube channel.
The content is a bit basic for people who communicate proactively in relationships and generally work to be the best possible partner (a la my partner and I). But there are some good points about contrasting views and reasonable expectations that I found helpful.

Are straight people okay?

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for a not native English speaker it was difficult to understand because of British English narrator.

narrator wasn't good

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In a dark point in my marriage and listened to this (4-5 times honestly) and so much of it made sense to me, and helped me better understand myself, my wife and more importantly what I want and should strive for in a relationship.

Eloquently pits to words the thoughts and feelings I have

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i will need to relisten to it more than once to understand the deepness.

very deep and meaningful.

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Mixed really good ideas and observations: ie we are all a bit crazy, sometimes people get emotional and need to be soothed
With really bad ones: just lie to your partner, it’s a demonstration of love to breakup so that your loved ones don’t have to live with you and all your imperfections … Maybe you just aren’t made for long term, it’s not a fault in your approach and attitude.

This is a mind poison

Become a serial single person doing all suggestions here

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lots of would be scenarios that can create triggers. based on negative and toxic relationships. I had to stop because I couldn't relate. sorry, Good vibes only for me

can create triggers

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