Tag Archives: alain de botton

The allure of unrequited love, or why we fall for unavailable people #crush

Posted on September 28, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

To all love addicts out there…

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How to be happy in marriage – appreciate the context and adjust your expectations

Posted on January 28, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I am a big fan of Alain de Botton. He manages to poetically capture the essence of modern life struggles, throws a life ring of information and proposes reframing exercises to shed light on the big existential questions we seem … Continue reading →

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How to remain calm with people. It has to do with self love #happiness

Posted on January 7, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I have taken a long time to learn to deal with ‘negative’ people. It took a while to understand that often the problem is not in others but in me. Alain de Botton sums it up beautifully. When dealing with … Continue reading →

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Alain de Botton’s The Course of Love is the encyclopaedia of real love #happiness

Posted on May 23, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve recently been to the book launch event – Alain de Botton, one of my favourite opinion leaders, a modern philosopher with a melancholic outlook on life snippets of which he shares on his Twitter account, wrote a new book … Continue reading →

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How we will likely die #happiness

Posted on April 11, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

This is a blog about happiness, so why on Earth have I put ‘death’ and ‘happiness’ next to each other? For me, death and happiness are inextricably intertwined – we spoke before about how fear of death is a defining … Continue reading →

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Love and marriage – best posts and talks which will radically change your perspective

Posted on August 29, 2015 by nomadoftheuniverse

You might have noticed that most of my recent posts were on the subject of relationships and love. It’s not random, I blog about things that interest me or that I am working on. In 2 weeks time, the Happiness … Continue reading →

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The School of Life is now on Youtube and they are tackling some serious issues

Posted on September 14, 2014 by nomadoftheuniverse

Yay, the School of Life and the amazing Alain de Botton are now on Youtube! Among the first uploaded videos my favourites are Why we go off sex and How to save love with pessimism. Philosophy gone mainstream? Enjoy!

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Happiness in marriage — how we end up marrying the wrong people

Posted on July 13, 2014 by nomadoftheuniverse

Happiness in marriage and relationships is one of the big components of being happy overall. However, there is not much practical and smart literature on the subject. There are no high quality, verified schools or classes where one could learn the … Continue reading →

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Reintroducing Wisdom In Everyday Life

Posted on May 10, 2013 by nomadoftheuniverse

Alain de Botton is a genius. My favourite living philosopher. He helped me change my thinking about so many things. I follow him on Twitter and his School of Life on Facebook. I read several of his books. This recent … Continue reading →

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