What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
AdultsHumanPsychology...Social Anxiety Disorder is real. What happens when you have it?
How to spot a liar | Pamela Meyer
AdultsRelationshipsSocietyOn any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive.
Pink Shirt Day takes a stand against bullying
AdultsCultureRelationships...Today thousands of people across Canada will be wearing bright pink shirts. Pink Shirt Day, initiated by Vancouver-based radio station CKNW, is a day where participants across the country wear pink to raise awareness about bullying.
Why We Pick Difficult Partners
AdultsPsychologyRelationships...In theory, we're nowadays allowed to get together with pretty much anyone we like. And yet, at a psychological level, we aren't free to love just any suitable person. We have a type - and strangely and awkwardly, these types are often not those who stand a chance of making us maximally happy.
I Confessed to My Crush - Love Story or Epic Fail?
AdultsArtRelationshipsZarina and her best friend Alicia were just hanging out on a Summer day, just before school started. Typical teenage girls, they were busy on snapchat. Zarina was particularly interested in this one boy - a hockey player - and she had a huge crush on him. Of all the boys in her school, he was her favorite, her school crush.
The Importance of Vulnerability
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsWe often imagine that what will win us friends and esteem is strength. But surprisingly, it's vulnerability that's at the core of friendship and likeability. This is an invitation to make friends with one's own weaknesses.
I Talked Behind My Best Friend's Back
AdultsRelationshipsSocietyWhen Shannon first got to her new school in third grade, she was on her own, lonely, and the other kids seemed to think she was weird - until, finally, she met a great group of girls - five of them - and they all became the best of friends.
Overcoming Hate - YouTuber KARIM's Story
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsYouTuber Karim (AreWeFamousNow, KUKU) is an amazing and powerful voice for peace and understanding, calling social injustices out and fighting for tolerance - making a real difference.
Intimidated by a College Bully
AdultsRelationshipsSocietyWhen you leave middle school and high school behind, you expect that bullying, fear and intimidation are in the past. When you get to college, you expect that people will be open-minded, compassionate and mature. Unfortunately this in not always the case. It certainly wasn't for Omar.
Why 'love' is a useless word - and three alternatives
AdultsLanguageRelationshipsMany of our relationship problems stem from the emptiness of our vocabulary around our affectionate emotion. We have only the minimal word 'love'. Luckily, the Ancient Greeks had a more nuanced and complicated vocabulary that we can usefully borrow from.
How to Remain Calm With People
AdultsPsychologyRelationships"One of the most fundamental paths to calm is the power to hold on, even in very challenging situations, to a distinction between what someone does - and what they meant to do....."
What is Emotional Intelligence?
AdultsHumanPsychology...Many of humanity's greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It is through the acquisition of Emotional Intelligence that we stand to become better lovers, workers, friends and citizens. We are rarely systematically taught Emotional Intelligence and pay a heavy price for this gap in learning. The School of Life is dedicated to fostering Emotional Intelligence.
Kid Fashionista | Designer Kheris Rogers // 60 Second Docs
AdultsRelationshipsWellness...Bullied at school for her skin tone, 11-year-old Kheris Rogers is demonstrating why beauty isn't just skin deep -- through fashion. She designed her own clothing line, Flexin' in My Complexion, to empower others to love their differences, and with support from her family and friends, is making steps down the runway towards change.
The myth of Cupid and Psyche - Brendan Pelsue
AdultsHistoryRelationships...Psyche was born so beautiful that she was worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love. But human lovers were too intimidated to approach her, and Apollo recommended her father abandon her on a crag where she would marry "a cruel and savage, serpent-like winged evil." But Psyche's story ended up being much more interesting. Brendan Pelsue shares the myth of Cupid and Psyche.
How To Forgive
AdultsRelationshipsSociety"It can be so hard to forgive because - so often - we simply are in the right and the scale of the folly, thoughtlessness and meanness of others seems utterly beyond our own measure. But there are two inviolable ideas which should nevertheless, in the face of the grossest behaviour, be kept in mind to increase our chances of cutting others a little slack..."
Why Only the Happily Single Find True Love
AdultsFamilyRelationshipsOne of the key requirements for having a good chance of finding the right partner is not to mind too much being single.
Can Exes Be Friends?
AdultsRelationshipsSocietyPartners who break up frequently think that the nicest thing to do is to try to remain good friends. But this nice-sounding gesture frequently brings with it unexpected consequences. It may be better to plot a different course.
What to Do About Being Clumsy
AdultsPsychologyRelationships...Being clumsy is one of the most humiliating of scenarios. We need to learn to make friends with our 'inner idiot'.
How To Be A Good Listener
AdultsRelationshipsSelfListening is something we're very reluctant to do, not because we're lazy, but because we have never actually been taught how to do it properly, in a way that can be interesting and rewarding for us.