内容简介
Lovehasahistoryandweride–sometimesratherhelplessly–onitscurrents.Sincearound1750,wehavebeenlivinginahighlydistinctiveerainthehistoryoflovethatwecancallRomanticism.Andithasbeenadisasterforlove.RelationshipschallengestheassumptionsoftheRomanticviewoflove.Itshowshowtodevelopnewattitudesthatcanleadtoapsychologicallymaturevisionoflove:▪Thatitisokthatloveandsexmaynotalwaysbelongtogether▪Thatdiscussingmoneyearlyon,inaseriousway,isnotabetrayaloflove▪Thatrealisingthatweareratherflawed,andourpartneristoo,isofhugebenefittoacouple▪Thatwewillneverfindeverythingweneedinanotherperson,northeyinus▪ThatspendingtwohoursdiscussingwhetherbathroomtowelsshouldbehunguporcanbeleftonthefloorhasitsowndignityFullofappliedreal-lifeexamples,andenlivenedthroughoutwithhumourandculturalanecdote,thisinnovativeguidepavesthewaytoanew,brighterfutureforlove.
作者简介
TheSchoolofLifeisdevotedtodevelopingemotionalintelligence.Itaddressesissuessuchashowtofindfulfillingwork,howtomastertheartofrelationships,howtounderstandone’spast,howtoachievecalmandhowbettertounderstandand–wherenecessary–changetheworld.Theseideasaredeliveredthougharangeofchannels:fromvideos,booksandproducts,toclasses,eventsandone-to-onetherapysessions.HeadquarteredinLondon,itoperatesaroundtheglobewithtwelveinternationalbranches(Antwerp,Amsterdam,Berlin,Istanbul,Melbourne,Paris,SãoPaulo,Sydney,Seoul,TelAvivandTaipei).TheSchoolofLifeisarapidlygrowingglobalbrand,with3.5millionYouTubesubscribers,287,000Facebookfollowers,62,000Instagramfollowersand136,000Twitterfollowers.ThehugelysuccessfulSchoolofLifeConferencetookplaceinSanFranciscoinMarch2018,with400guestsinattendance.TheSchoolofLifePressbringstogetherthewritingofteachers,psychologistsandphilosophersunderthecreativedirectionofserieseditor,AlaindeBotton.Theaimofallthetitlesistoshareacoherentmessagewithonevoice.AlaindeBottonwasborninZurich,Switzerlandin1969andnowlivesinLondon.Heisawriterofessayisticbooksthathavebeendescribedasa‘philosophyofeverydaylife.’He’swrittenonlove,travel,architectureandliterature.Hisbookshavebeenbestsellersin30countries.
