How to Remain Emotionally Mature in a Crisis

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  • čas přidán 7. 04. 2020
  • Emotional maturity isn't just something we can achieve in the good times. It's a quality that can accompany us through the deepest crises. A key idea to keep in mind is that it isn't chiefly what happens to us that affects our lives, it's how we learn to think about what has happened - and that, fortunately, is very much within our control.
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    “Some of us belong to a social group politely known as ‘worriers.’ That is, we are close to panic on a range of issues pretty much all the time. We worry that the scratch on our knee will turn cancerous, that we’ll catch a deadly disease from touching the hotel door, that all our savings might disappear in a random economic disaster and that our enemies could spread rumours that will forever disgrace and demean us…”
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  • @theschooloflifetv
    @theschooloflifetv  Před 4 lety +138

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    • @garfonkeelrafolsgallego6792
      @garfonkeelrafolsgallego6792 Před 4 lety +7

      Hi! Do you have podcast in Spotify?

    • @hendalessa6405
      @hendalessa6405 Před 4 lety +3

      It is the least we can do to say THANK YOU. For all of these years you have been giving us wisdom and serenity.

    • @koenudink39
      @koenudink39 Před 4 lety +4

      @@hendalessa6405 here to say exactly the same!

    • @AlejandroTorres-ho3fy
      @AlejandroTorres-ho3fy Před 4 lety

      Cccvuc.

    • @embush
      @embush Před 3 lety

      So the advice here is just calm down and pretend like someone is comforting you? What absolute garbage

  • @aakankshajadhav5652
    @aakankshajadhav5652 Před 3 lety +2202

    " There isn't a disease that is going to ruin us. There is no looming financial crisis! The hotel door is harmless." The irony of this in 2020.

    • @larab12003
      @larab12003 Před 3 lety +137

      Literally came to comments for this

    • @evelyndill5688
      @evelyndill5688 Před 3 lety +75

      This video was posted in April...

    • @marinatebbenham4011
      @marinatebbenham4011 Před 3 lety +52

      @@evelyndill5688 But the disease was already circulating at that point

    • @evelyndill5688
      @evelyndill5688 Před 3 lety +15

      @@marinatebbenham4011 I know haha I commented that before they actually talked about the pandemic. I rly thought they were gonna breeze over current events but I was wrong

    • @domadotomato
      @domadotomato Před 3 lety +3

      9:38 haha

  • @LambentOrt
    @LambentOrt Před 4 lety +1103

    "We can exist outside of our failures." So true.

  • @kishorkumar7652
    @kishorkumar7652 Před 4 lety +1066

    Your wound is probably not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility...
    Amen 🙏

    • @Badboyifier
      @Badboyifier Před 4 lety +3

      Word!

    • @psicosomatica8180
      @psicosomatica8180 Před 4 lety +3

      So true

    • @ahnrho
      @ahnrho Před 4 lety +2

      Yes.

    • @brrrrrrr712
      @brrrrrrr712 Před 4 lety +1

      Damn rigth💪🏻

    • @brrrrrrr712
      @brrrrrrr712 Před 4 lety +2

      @X X rigth same im a good person for 20 years all i get is abuse next 60 years of my life i promise to myself that i will never be a good person to anybody

  • @Agiranto
    @Agiranto Před 4 lety +667

    Even if it's quarantine, don't mistreat yourself. Stay hydrated, try to normalize your sleeping schedule and do some basic exercises. There might not be a better time in our life to rediscover ourselves.

    • @KingfisherLtd
      @KingfisherLtd Před 4 lety +51

      Agree. I'm alone in a flat, broken up with my wife after 10 years marriage (break up wasn't caused by isolation). At the beginning I was scared of loneliness. I realised it's perfect time to rethink everything. It's only me and my thoughts. I start every day with some yoga excersises, I do a lot of reading, play the guitar, try to work on my PhD and I have a lot of time to think about concept of life. Sorry for my lame english.

    • @naynikag7792
      @naynikag7792 Před 4 lety +15

      @@KingfisherLtd that's great to hear. Even if it can seem like a scary time, I've also realized we'll probably never have a time like this again, so we might as well use this opportunity to try out new things, exercise/meditate and practise more self-worth and compassion :)

    • @jeremytoon8106
      @jeremytoon8106 Před 4 lety +6

      @@KingfisherLtd I hope you're doing well with the new pattern interruptions. Made me think of the process of metamorphism - cocoon to butterfly. You have time, space and the attitude to evolve yourself! Keep it up brotha.

    • @KingfisherLtd
      @KingfisherLtd Před 4 lety +4

      @@jeremytoon8106 Thanks. That's very accurate parallel with cocoon-butterfly metamorphism. We have married at a very young age. We were 22 years old kids without any adult life experience and shaped personalities. We have realised we are not on the same wavelength. Now I feel like I'm starting the process of being born again.

    • @jeremytoon8106
      @jeremytoon8106 Před 4 lety +7

      @@KingfisherLtd I'm sensitive to that after a 6 year relationship on my end. I complete loss of identity (initially) followed by a entirely new quest for self actualization. A difficult chapter of my life, but necessary for my evolution.
      Thoughtful song "Guaranteed" - Eddie Vedder.

  • @chanbormeyeang4137
    @chanbormeyeang4137 Před 4 lety +149

    "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

  • @OnlineLifeGuide
    @OnlineLifeGuide Před 4 lety +280

    Fear Does Not Stop Death... It Stops Life.
    Yes we are going through tough times, and this time shall pass eventually, but I think the actual purpose of all these happenings is to reveal what we have been hiding under a facade of appearing nice and shiny on the outside. This is a crucial time to analyze ourselves, what we are actually made of.
    There's a saying that, "Circumstances don't make a man, they reveal him."
    Also, "You only get orange juice when you squeeze an orange". These times are testing the entire humanity, and we are only projecting what has been inside of us all along.
    Something to reflect upon.

    • @milmul9928
      @milmul9928 Před 4 lety +3

      Yess

    • @TheBlackSheepDiaries
      @TheBlackSheepDiaries Před 4 lety +4

      Tough times all right, and for some of us, it was already tough enough. There are a few things to reflect upon over this way if you get time, certainly welcome to all. Great message friend.

    • @duchessofdark
      @duchessofdark Před 4 lety +1

      Great point well made. A lot of self assessment is being done. Sending warm wishes to you all.

    • @OnlineLifeGuide
      @OnlineLifeGuide Před 4 lety

      @@ipage1 I agree... what you said does actually reflect a purpose to all this. May be the higher purpose of all this is nature trying to teach us that we have been destroying the balance and harmony for too long, that we have been too self-centric and abusing the resources around us, and that we need to change our ways immediately.

    • @OnlineLifeGuide
      @OnlineLifeGuide Před 4 lety

      @@duchessofdark wishing you health and wellness as well friend. Stay healthy and safe :)

  • @OnlyMim7
    @OnlyMim7 Před 4 lety +490

    I've been reading your book "The School Of Life: An Emotional Education" and it is absolutely terrific during this isolation

  • @PringlesOriginal445
    @PringlesOriginal445 Před 4 lety +42

    For someone with an anxiety disorder/ Pure OCD /intrusive thoughts...this is the most understanding video of my thought process that I have ever come across in my whole entire life. All of a sudden I feel much less alone x

  • @AuthenticSelfGrowth
    @AuthenticSelfGrowth Před 4 lety +530

    6 Keys to Emotional maturity -
    1. To motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustration.
    2. To control impulses and delay gratification.
    3. To regulate your mood and keep distress from swamping your ability to think clearly.
    4. To empathize with others and feel hopeful
    5. To positively influence the state of mind of other people
    6. Make those around you to feel relaxed and calm. At best make them feel inspired and creative.

    • @LLLadySSS
      @LLLadySSS Před 4 lety +7

      Authentic Self Guide is it OK if I copy your notes? Thanks dude lol

    • @us3r003
      @us3r003 Před 4 lety +4

      I'll try this,thank u

    • @luisquincoces
      @luisquincoces Před 4 lety +33

      7. Forgive yourself when you have it hard or you fail to do any of the above. Understand you're not perfect and you don't need to be, trying is already a big achievement.

    • @ritadhwajroychoudhury8332
      @ritadhwajroychoudhury8332 Před 4 lety

      This helps a lot! Thanks! I just wanted to know what you meant by "delay gratification"? If you can put it into context, it would help me understand it better!

    • @naomie427
      @naomie427 Před 4 lety +5

      I tried so hard the keep to these keys... but the intensity of my depression caught up with me and I'm finding it hard to get out again...

  • @shivangichaturvedi1543
    @shivangichaturvedi1543 Před 4 lety +16

    “ Face catastrophe without catastrophizing ..” beautiful!

  • @cherrieang318
    @cherrieang318 Před 4 lety +117

    This video reminds me of the exercise that my therapist taught me to use whenever I feel extreme anxiety and depression. She said that first, we need to pick up the real CIRCUMSTANCE, then we go with the FACTS. Then since our THOUGHTS create our FEELINGS , and Feelings create behaviors, we can manage these feelings by focusing more on the FACTS and evaluating our THOUGHTS about them. I believe this is more of CBT method. Sometimes it works, sometimes it would be harder to defeat the negative thoughts but hey, it teaches us to identify and really go through the process of introspecting why we react on things and if they’re valid.

    • @PrakratiSharma1395
      @PrakratiSharma1395 Před 3 lety +3

      Thankyou for penning it down. I can hopefully start applying it in my life

    • @michellerains2732
      @michellerains2732 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for sharing this with us much appreciated.

    • @ubaidiqbal8406
      @ubaidiqbal8406 Před 3 lety +1

      This specific comment seems to be really helpful for me..
      Thank you.

    • @aaishasingh3565
      @aaishasingh3565 Před rokem +1

      Exactly. Thank you for the nice explanation. I concur.

    • @bradleyerasmus1961
      @bradleyerasmus1961 Před rokem +2

      Your comment is more practically helpful than this video, so thank you for that!
      The video told me that I COULD remain emotionally mature, but not quite HOW I could remain emotionally mature.

  • @chiaracris84
    @chiaracris84 Před 4 lety +93

    Your videos should be broadcasted globally on the main national medias, everyday, on a perpetual basis.

  • @janelantestaverde2018
    @janelantestaverde2018 Před 4 lety +248

    "Some of us belong to a social group politely called 'worriers' "
    Me: "WHOO, WARRIORS!... oh."
    I genuinely enjoy how subtlety you address the current situation :)
    Makes the message way more calming.

    • @Christopher-Kisby
      @Christopher-Kisby Před 4 lety +5

      I thought he said that too haha

    • @Conn30Mtenor
      @Conn30Mtenor Před 4 lety +4

      Worriers......come out and PLAYEEEE.....

    • @zwegchen
      @zwegchen Před 4 lety

      True. Though I feel like you hear what you see yourself as the most. And then you replay it and hear warriors.

    • @mothcatcher893
      @mothcatcher893 Před 4 lety

      I heard the same

  • @amemename
    @amemename Před 4 lety +204

    Me: Going through an Existential Crisis
    My Phone listening to everything I say: Got you bro

    • @DarkCartoon_music
      @DarkCartoon_music Před 4 lety +2

      I do, in the form of muddled ramblings that I call "poetry, art and music." It's not artistically profound, but I say everything I feel.

    • @radikalmoderate5705
      @radikalmoderate5705 Před 4 lety +3

      'Going through an Existential Crisis' Do you mean life?

  • @juliusobermair
    @juliusobermair Před 4 lety +36

    "meeting catastrophe without catastrophizing" 🙏🏻

  • @elifdurmus8243
    @elifdurmus8243 Před 4 lety +16

    That made me feel very vulnerable. The second negative sentiment of “this happening because I deserve it, it’s punishment” is derply rooted in me, and I feel excatly like a little fearful child that I, again, must soothe. For anyone struggling: it’s mode therapy, and it works. I’ve struggled with extreme anxiety and panic episodes since last July, but I’m fine now in the middle of a pandemic!

  • @TheQNSzzz
    @TheQNSzzz Před 4 lety +36

    Wisdom that would have helped me in my early 20's to love and accept myself. But this is thought provoking all the same in middle age. Reassuring too. I love the gentle humour.

  • @stefanhammersrensen1671
    @stefanhammersrensen1671 Před 4 lety +218

    "The plague is not a punishment for anything deserved. That would be to imagine that the universe was moral or had some sort of design to it. But Dr Rieux watches a young innocent child die in his hospital and knows better: suffering is entirely randomly distributed, it makes no sense, it is no ethical force, it is simply absurd." - From The school of Life's video: Albert Camus - The Plague

    • @baileygregg6567
      @baileygregg6567 Před 4 lety

      😿🍀🗽🌈🌆

    • @p.rabbitt4914
      @p.rabbitt4914 Před 4 lety +3

      ..And we presume to know the true nature of the Universe from our tiny little perspective on a speck of dust spinning amidst infinite stars, none of which we have ever visited save our own? Ha. This certainty is an illusion.

    • @p.rabbitt4914
      @p.rabbitt4914 Před 4 lety

      @@MegaJAK77 Pain is inevitable. Suffering is a choice.

    • @danpetru
      @danpetru Před 4 lety +1

      @@p.rabbitt4914 Suffering is inevitable as a consequnce of pain. The choise may be in holding on to suffering or trying to block it instead of going trough it and hoping to come out on the other end.

    • @chrisjamel8461
      @chrisjamel8461 Před 3 lety +1

      what if it does have a design to it.....that to me is a more plausible assumption....made valid by the very nature of discovery itself, for every question we answer and every problem we solve more pop up. Every discovery fills us with more problems and unanswered questions. And at the end we assume we die AND we assume we live. This is a question with no verifiable answer thus far...

  • @seanhagan1435
    @seanhagan1435 Před 4 lety +48

    Coming from someone who works at Target, I loved the toilet paper throne

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 Před 4 lety +119

    I think of it as a perfect time to reassess my life. In "normal" times I rarely if ever think about my life because I'm too busy living it.

  • @yassiec5294
    @yassiec5294 Před 4 lety +114

    I like how the character's hair is pink to mirror my impulsive hair dyeing while in isolation.

    • @yassiec5294
      @yassiec5294 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree i agree

    • @good4gaby
      @good4gaby Před 4 lety +2

      Yup! I've been cutting my hair. It's getting pretty short!

    • @yassiec5294
      @yassiec5294 Před 4 lety

      Gabriella Travaline looks gorgeous from your profile pic!

  • @an1734
    @an1734 Před 3 lety +290

    "there isnt some disease that'll wipe us all out"
    *looks at the date this video was uploaded*

    • @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898
      @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898 Před 3 lety +36

      Yeah, when covid was already a thing. And five months later, we haven't been wiped out.

    • @SarahJeanOnly
      @SarahJeanOnly Před 3 lety +2

      That affirmation did not age well...

    • @snoozeyoulose7542
      @snoozeyoulose7542 Před 3 lety +10

      @@SarahJeanOnly it is actually

    • @haydentravis3348
      @haydentravis3348 Před 3 lety +8

      Covid-19 is pretty bad, compared to the flu, but it's nowhere close to threatening humanity as a whole. If anything, the biggest threat is leadership running society on margins, without buffer for crisis to pass without stressing every system.

    • @andrewraslan5348
      @andrewraslan5348 Před 3 lety +2

      @@haydentravis3348 Exactly - COVID wouldn't have been such a terrible thing if education on hygiene, infection etc. were better, and leadership were more prepared for crises outside of "shooting people who don't look/talk/pray like us". We're a society that is at such a level of knowledge that we had a vaccine for this thing researched in months. So society's failure to prepare was not down to lack of scientific knowledge, but lack of concern and imagination for anything other than generating profits on paper.

  • @aworldtowin955
    @aworldtowin955 Před 4 lety +20

    As someone who just found out my mum, who’s an nhs worker, and my brother both started having the symptoms today, i really needed this❤️

    • @itsame1277
      @itsame1277 Před 4 lety

      All the best to you anarcho. May you be well.

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před 3 lety +2

      I hope your mother and brother and also you are all well now.

  • @charby5875
    @charby5875 Před 4 lety +49

    9:15 "THIS IS FINE." Thought the dog to itself, as the inferno raged around it's placid demeanour.

    • @tracik1277
      @tracik1277 Před 4 lety +1

      Charby 4:25 Girl on right: Imma jemmy open this door raaargh!
      Girl on left: Shit, I haven’t got a crow bar!

    • @francesbernard2445
      @francesbernard2445 Před 3 lety +2

      :-D Charby can I steal your line to use when writing a fictional story of my own? Your sentence too reminded me of the time my last husband tried to start a fire in the wood cook stove of his cottage out at the lake with a beer can full of gasoline. By doing so he managed to not only set the wood in the cook stove on fire while his arm then was retracted with the can full of gasoline spilling out too onto the floor managed as well to set the whole cabin on fire too with the flames surrounding him cornered with no escape. He said in a calm voice, "Go save yourselves". I disobeyed my husband by remembering the last piece of wet carpet he had just thrown out the door onto the lawn the day before while it was raining and then storming out the door to grab it still sopping wet in order to beat out the flames and by doing so I stopped the fire so well we didn't need to call the local volunteer fire department in the nearest town. So I guess you could call me his first responder not called.

    • @charby5875
      @charby5875 Před 3 lety +1

      @@francesbernard2445 Please, be my guest, it is a reference to a joke I once saw, but I'm glad the wording was evocative enough to remind you of this event!

  • @MizzWGGrrrl
    @MizzWGGrrrl Před 3 lety +19

    This is one of the most compassionate "School of Life" vids I've seen yet, and the timing of its release could not be better. I've (so far) watched it twice to buoy myself in these strange times.

  • @marcuscorreia2632
    @marcuscorreia2632 Před 4 lety +15

    It is so good to have Alain's calm voice and wisdom in this videos weekly, specially in these difficult times. I love this channel, it really brings light to our lives.

  • @sydnie5984
    @sydnie5984 Před 4 lety +29

    I appreciated the part near the end that said even when it really is the end of the world some people will be handling it better than others, that image of having the choice on how to respond to the worst case scenario was very eye opening for me. Thank you as always!

  • @fernandoleamshake7031
    @fernandoleamshake7031 Před 4 lety +217

    "Most of us belong to a social group called WARRIORS!"
    "YEAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH!!"

    • @vonsopas
      @vonsopas Před 4 lety +3

      I thought the same, and a question arose inside my mind: will you be a warrior or a worrier? Thinking on my aging diabetic dad who also suffers from hypertension, I've got to be the first

    • @angelinapedroza2189
      @angelinapedroza2189 Před 4 lety +2

      "Home of the Great Worrier Susano" is one of my favorite jokes in Okami

    • @RudyPalos
      @RudyPalos Před 4 lety +1

      I heard it the same way the first time. Staying awake this time thru.

    • @naynikag7792
      @naynikag7792 Před 4 lety +3

      I heard "warriors" the first time too even though I knew he meant "worriers".
      Anyways, happy mistake 😁

    • @lucchomein
      @lucchomein Před 4 lety

      Im pretty sure he meant “WORRIERS”

  • @NY339
    @NY339 Před 3 lety +3

    I cried softly a few times, peacefully, what a beautiful, well crafted and logical video. Thank you.

  • @htchamber2776
    @htchamber2776 Před 4 lety +2

    I can't believe we liven a time were we have information like this, people really go through their own lives with so much baggage and pain and they think that's how they were born, I'm blessed to be born in this time period. Thank you school of life

  • @kierankeddo-powell1991
    @kierankeddo-powell1991 Před 4 lety +28

    It hits differently when u swear.

  • @ailiab373
    @ailiab373 Před 3 lety +4

    "There will be others greeting catastrophe without catastrophizing" Truly eye opening 😍

  • @8karenwalker
    @8karenwalker Před 4 lety +6

    I love Alain's perspectives. Always helping me see situations through different eyes... I am grateful...

  • @oraclewyrd2639
    @oraclewyrd2639 Před 4 lety +2

    THANK YOU!!! I've been feeling SO alone surrounded by people FREAKING out on me for not being afraid and told that I am being reckless and not-sane for not taking part in the Feardemic.

  • @gamingelke6968
    @gamingelke6968 Před 3 lety +233

    "There isn't a disease that's about to wipe us all out"
    Covid-19:Please allow me to introduce myself

    • @skimmilkm
      @skimmilkm Před 3 lety +7

      When the video was uploaded, covid was definitely a thing. I work in the travel industry - by the time this video was out, I was already planning my career exit strategy and final vacation for the year because we all could foresee the great undoing that would happen to our careers (and plans for travel) due to the virus obviously going out of hand. You can also tell this video was made in haste to be put out in time because the animation quality is so much lower than the other videos - but it worked and it perfectly captured the feeling in the moment. Actually take a look at the video, it really is about us! This video helped me see that I didn't have to relegate 2020 as just another in-between year I've been used to experiencing, but I could really make do with what I was handed and still grow despite how it initially felt.
      And come on, your defense mechanism is not digesting and ignoring all the helpful information you've been introduced to and scrolling down to the comments section to commiserate? Take a second look at the video.

    • @jimmyjam6483
      @jimmyjam6483 Před 3 lety +3

      Weird to think it'll kill everyone. People have already survived

    • @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898
      @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898 Před 3 lety +7

      It didn't wipe us all out. It haven't killed mor people than, say, obesity. Why does obesity not convey the same terror and axiety? If coca-cola caused vocid, no one would care.

    • @BB-mq9qk
      @BB-mq9qk Před 3 lety

      Vagabundork Chaos Magick-User it’s a plandemic and msm war machine is one of the main factors in there global fear mongering and hysteria inflicted on humanity

    • @silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892
      @silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892 Před 3 lety +3

      Isn't that excatly part of emotional maturity?? I.e., that you can precisely define your own emotion(s), and, weigh on how sound they are?? E.g, we knock our knees as kids, we cry, because, "It hurts, it well never stop, nobody loves me, the world is against me, look there's blood hence I'm dying, and wtf is gravity meant to be for/why can't we all just fly like birds??". We knock our knees as adults, "Damn, I'm an idiot." So what is it? We're all gonna die?? Or, we'll have to deal with the virus responsibly, in order not to let everything that makes societies run go inoperarative, which will come with a bundle of different and/or individual inconveniencis, including some rigors that mostly can be managed though?? ...

  • @mimoso_7773
    @mimoso_7773 Před 4 lety +5

    For me, Alain de Botton's voice is the calming voice! Thank you so much, The School of Life! An absolutely beneficial and amazing channel you are!

  • @leeannschaffer1433
    @leeannschaffer1433 Před 4 lety +2

    I will never understand how you are able to read my mind AND then soothe it with exactly what it needs to hear AT exactly the right time FROM across an ocean. --but I am supremely grateful.❤️

  • @boodejan
    @boodejan Před 4 lety +15

    “If the only thing that people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world." - Sydney Banks or put another way “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” - William Shakespeare, Hamlet

  • @joannhaun6599
    @joannhaun6599 Před 2 lety +1

    I always get something valuable from SOL videos. Thanks to all who contribute. I'm very grateful. 💐

  • @claudine98052
    @claudine98052 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow! Thank you so much for this big lesson and cure for someone who came from a nuthouse with a narcissistic family. You found the right and compassionate words to lift a huge burden of my back. 🙏

  • @Raw799
    @Raw799 Před 4 lety +1

    The full depth and timed allowed for this video is outstanding. Thank you Alain de Botton and School of Life.

  • @bolivar1789
    @bolivar1789 Před 4 lety +85

    There is a wonderful psychologist in Turkey, who said something on an interview that really got to me:
    " All my life, I have been trying to protect people from themselves".
    Imagine that she said this, after listening to people's problems for over 50 years!
    SELF COMPASSION
    That's why, in my humble opinion, in order to have a good psychological immune system, what we all need the most to begin with, is self compassion. Most of us feel that there is something deeply wrong with us. The things that really helped me to deal with this are:
    1. The book " Radical Acceptance" by Tara Brach. Maria Popova, the founder of the wonderful Brain Pickings website, who must have read thousands of books in her life says that Tara Brach is the person who helped her the most and in fact she almost saved her life! You will certainly become more tender and feel less alone and anxious after reading this book.
    Tim Ferriss recommended it in several occasions too. ( He had Tara Brach on his podcast too. )
    2. Elisabeth Gilbert has this beautiful idea that is very wise and tender:
    She says that we all want to be good and kind in this world. And indeed we have a great opportunity at hand: since we have ourselves 24 hours available, the best way to really "practise" this sort of kindness is to start with ourselves!
    3. Mindfulness meditation helps a lot too. If you think you aren't able to do it, just google this and try it once. The teacher Diana Winston is wonderful:
    " Weekly podcast at the Hammer, UCLA "
    FEELING CONNECTED
    This is really what matters the most. I love this quote by Esther Perel:
    "The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships". ( Esther Perel )
    Well of course it is not always easy to feel heard and understood. It isn't something we can control, it depends on the other. But trying to become a good friend and a good listener is something that is totally in our hands.
    Besides, when there is no one available to listen to us or console us, we can always turn to literature, poetry, philosophy, music, movies and art. That's what they are for!
    By the way, there will also always be people we won't like. The problem is that the feelings of mistrust and hostility weaken our capacity to be resilient and more importantly: to love.
    So here is a good quote by the poet Longfellow, to keep in mind for those cases:
    "If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility".
    OPTIMISM OF THE WILL
    One of my heroes, the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim was asked on an interview about how he saw the future. He cited Gramsci and talked about being "a pessimist of the intellect and optimist of the will." It is such a noble idea. This is how we can still be an idealist and be always motivated and inspired to make the world a better place, without falling into despair. It is huge part of emotional maturity too.
    Thank you for another wonderful lesson! I loved the animation too!

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 Před 4 lety

      Why do you plagiarise (copy and paste) all your comments? I'm being serious, it's pathetic.

    • @bolivar1789
      @bolivar1789 Před 4 lety +7

      @@sebastianelytron8450 Do you mean I " plagiarise" from myself? Well, there are things that I find very valuable and I would be happy if as many people as possible could find out about these sources. If the desire to share is being " pathetic" I have absolutely no problem with that. Just skip my comments next time. And in these days where we are all surrounded by death , try to learn to be KIND if you can.

    • @einjix
      @einjix Před 4 lety +2

      @@sebastianelytron8450 do you even know what quoting is??

    • @leeorshimhoni8949
      @leeorshimhoni8949 Před 4 lety +3

      Good thinking. Like your spirit. You are a thinker.

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 Před 4 lety

      @@bolivar1789 Did NOT mean to offend you. Just saying you might want to think of giving credit to the original writer of your comments.

  • @rolandmarckwort
    @rolandmarckwort Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you! Needed to hear this today in the midst of all the chaos! Be well....

  • @aymaneberr702
    @aymaneberr702 Před 4 lety +62

    How to not loose your mind would be a better headline.

    • @qasemrimawi568
      @qasemrimawi568 Před 4 lety +3

      *How not to LOSE your mind is even better, since "loose" is the opposite of "tight".

    • @HaIsKuL
      @HaIsKuL Před 4 lety +1

      That's called catastrophizing. It's one of the behaviours they work on in CBT. I think it's useful even in some truly eschatological scenario. As the stoics say, there is no bad thing in this world that we can't make worse by how we handle it.

    • @skunko1871
      @skunko1871 Před 4 lety +1

      @Hey GUY! It goes to the bathroom and produces a lot of shit

    • @camez2345
      @camez2345 Před 4 lety +1

      @Hey GUY! I don't think it's always necessarily trolling, especially for English. English is hard and has a lot of exceptions, irregularities, homonyms, homophones, silent letters, strange expressions, etc, etc ... It's ok and even nice when people point out the subtleties of the language -- provided it's done politely, of course.

  • @thupsidedown
    @thupsidedown Před 4 lety +4

    All I can say is just, "wow!" a video that will stand the test of time and something we must all come back to every once in a while!

  • @angelikhuertas2983
    @angelikhuertas2983 Před 4 lety +1

    I got touched :O. I could see the progress of the last years in my inner world watching this video. It felt like a prize for the hard work I've done in destroying those inner demons that were clouding my mind. Today even with the craziness that is going on I feel so calm and grateful for the lessons learnt during the dark period. Today I can be the child and the soothing adult with no judgement. Thank you.

  • @deliriumofjoy9898
    @deliriumofjoy9898 Před 4 lety +2

    After a long shift I needed to hear this powerful voice of wisdom. Thank you

  • @cazwalt9013
    @cazwalt9013 Před rokem +4

    As a catholic seeing the virgin mary when he mentioned the "parental voice" just filled me with warmth and love. Truly with Christianity I've defeated the fear of death with the help of christ ❤️✝️❤️

  • @allaroundme5429
    @allaroundme5429 Před 3 lety +7

    I'm so glad the school of life has remained so logical over this time

  • @lockdown976
    @lockdown976 Před 4 lety +5

    This video has arrived just at the right time of my life. Thank you.

  • @hendalessa6405
    @hendalessa6405 Před 4 lety +1

    It is so soothing to see and hear videos from the school of life during this crisis. Thank you eternally❤️❤️

  • @naynikag7792
    @naynikag7792 Před 4 lety +45

    *"The difference actually lies in the way each of us is able to interpret events*
    It's our choice how we want to face events, starting with our attitude/mindset. That is something basic, but that I tend to ignore so often.
    The School of Life is like that wonderful teacher/adult you've known or wish you'd known :)

  • @taweya9633
    @taweya9633 Před 4 lety +8

    This video made a lot of sense.
    I finally know why it is important to stay calm inside even if the outside world is chaotic

  • @lidiuska
    @lidiuska Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you. Your friends must be delighted. They are so lucky.

  • @amandabam9712
    @amandabam9712 Před 4 lety +1

    I just cried. Was feeling like that this morning. And I keep saying my life has always been like this. Everything has always been
    Bad. Thank you. I'm definitely joining this community. It's just sad because I have always had the most amazing parents💕💕💕

  • @valarmorghulis364
    @valarmorghulis364 Před 3 lety +2

    Just Wow!!! So profound and something that I plan to come back to frequently...it just brings back my state of calm!! ❤️

  • @sinaseirafi9445
    @sinaseirafi9445 Před 4 lety +1

    This is one of the best videos that I've seen recently.
    I have created a "Psychology" playlist on youtube, and it s dominated by your videos.
    Amazing job. Thank you very much.

  • @athenakaterina8545
    @athenakaterina8545 Před 4 lety +1

    How beautiful. I am going through a long distance breakup right now, as well as I have lost my apartment due to not being able to work because of the pandemic. On top of that, having to stay inside all the time and trying to occupy myself is incredibly hard. At first, it seemed like everything I knew to be true only a month ago had dissolved into thin air, and I couldn't do a damn thing about it. Now I'm slowly working through the pain, finding my footing again. It's video's like these that help when it seems like theres nowhere to turn. But really, I myself have gotten me to where I am now.

  • @thomasgreenwood3560
    @thomasgreenwood3560 Před 4 lety +6

    Always love your videos. Without fail, they give me a sense of calm.

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n Před 4 lety +120

    - Don't forget to exercise and eat healthy, a strong immune system is the best bet

    • @kombinatsiya6000
      @kombinatsiya6000 Před 4 lety +6

      i tried exercising and eating at the same time and managed to break my legs. thanks internet stranger!

    • @kishorkumar7652
      @kishorkumar7652 Před 4 lety

      @@kombinatsiya6000 🤣🤣😂

    • @embush
      @embush Před 3 lety

      Helpful

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před 3 lety +2

      Also get enough sleep and do meditation regularly and spend time with friends. They all contribute to your well-being.

  • @Je.rone_
    @Je.rone_ Před 4 lety +40

    Number 1 way is not spend every waking moment consuming content about the crisis, because it doesn't often help

    • @Je.rone_
      @Je.rone_ Před 4 lety

      @Colleen Kelly 😁

    • @Je.rone_
      @Je.rone_ Před 4 lety

      @peachykeen08 i agree, &for the most part if one hass conversation with another they'll bring up the latest even if you'd prefer conversation about something else

  • @BVane13
    @BVane13 Před 4 lety +2

    The School of Life, thank you so much for this wonderful video that helps many of us to find peace and hope within these moments of crisis. I really needed to hear that is everything will be OKAY regardless of the final outcome.

  • @tgjorna
    @tgjorna Před 4 lety +1

    How a Stoic perspective is so wonderfully therapeutucal. Great clip!

  • @operalove7221
    @operalove7221 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow. That was a lot to take in. Thank you for making this. Hope you are all safe and well. xx

  • @bronson8x993
    @bronson8x993 Před 4 lety +1

    Once again I came out wiser and calmer. Thanks!

  • @rajendra281
    @rajendra281 Před 4 lety +1

    It's good that the length of this video is 11 minutes, not short like your usual 3 minute videos. medium lenth is important for more holistic overview.
    Thankyou The School of Life. I've learnt many things from you.

  • @Guirko
    @Guirko Před 4 lety +5

    I particularly like the artstyle in this video, very sympathetic and expressive characters!

  • @nataliael2023
    @nataliael2023 Před 4 lety +3

    Just as I am trying to choose my favourite SoL video, you upload this masterpiece. Thank you!

  • @jookertm
    @jookertm Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you! This, in some aspects, has been the most soothing message yet! It was a joy and pain, but of a good kind, to listen to! :)

  • @user-kz3gk1tp7z
    @user-kz3gk1tp7z Před 3 lety +2

    So helpful. Thank you so very much for this video. You are doing an amazing work

  • @MsSummersDay
    @MsSummersDay Před 2 lety +2

    "We learn that the catastrophe we feared would happen has in fact safely already happened." - One of my favorite phrases ever, because for me it brings with it sweet tears of sadness and relief.

  • @BarbaraBCarlson
    @BarbaraBCarlson Před 7 měsíci

    You are creating great resources for people. I remember learning from the school of life that an emotional meltdown is our chance to make a big or little change in our lives. To change the routine. Don't be afraid of it was an important message I learned from your videos. Emotional winters come and spring comes too.

  • @ImperfectMuslim
    @ImperfectMuslim Před 4 lety +55

    It is important for us to stay composed in these worrying times. Firstly we should be grateful that we have food and shelter because most people don’t. Secondly just take precautions and just work on yourself from home.
    Meditate and reflect on your life. Focus on yourself and just pray for the best. Most importantly, Help each other !

    • @AsatorIV
      @AsatorIV Před 4 lety +2

      What do you mean by "most people don't"? Most people do, according to statistics.

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you for your reassuring message.

  • @davidb3990
    @davidb3990 Před 4 lety +1

    This is excellent, so measured and needed right now. Thank you!

  • @CS-os7ks
    @CS-os7ks Před 10 měsíci +1

    Going to watch this everyday. Thank you.

  • @MrYatesj1
    @MrYatesj1 Před 4 lety +5

    Always a pleasure to take the time to find our inner calmness.

  • @ntwaha732
    @ntwaha732 Před 4 lety +3

    I didn't realise this was new and towards the end I started thinking 'omg this really befits what we're going through at the moment' so I clicked on the comments to see how others might have noticed 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ and I realised that it's only hours old! May I say, it's perfect!

  • @janetheobscure3426
    @janetheobscure3426 Před 4 lety +1

    April 12, 2020 Easter Sunday
    10:52 AM
    I had just finished mopping when this was about to come to an end. Beautiful to listen to while doing chores or running errands.

  • @hellogoodbye8152
    @hellogoodbye8152 Před 4 lety +2

    thank you, I feel heard.

  • @myloxylotoify
    @myloxylotoify Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you. Really needed this today.

  • @miyannaable
    @miyannaable Před rokem

    Wow!! Here you have presented one of the most compassionate videos I have ever seen, acknowledging trauma and worrisome tendencies. And you have done so in a manner in which is also logical. Thank you.

  • @deborahevans4811
    @deborahevans4811 Před 4 lety +2

    I use these films as often as I can in my classroom.

  • @budjitresvalles6397
    @budjitresvalles6397 Před 4 lety

    Alain, this is your best video. Thank you.

  • @405OKCShiningOn
    @405OKCShiningOn Před 4 lety +1

    I love this! Tweeted it out, I struggle a great deal with communicating with others, thank you for helping me grow and growing, applying knowledge doesnt end, we might not or I dont graduate from 4closure, jobs, health issues, its just part of life and its bearable and at times tough but I keep trying, growing and applying knowledge.

  • @Cocobird5
    @Cocobird5 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you. That was very helpful during this difficult time.

  • @onnaariya4232
    @onnaariya4232 Před 4 lety

    this. has been me. thank you for elaborating it so clearly to me. thank you

  • @yannfp666
    @yannfp666 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you The School of Life. You are the best.

  • @camillem4749
    @camillem4749 Před 4 lety

    I badly needed this. Thank you so much 🙏

  • @travahnadonis9725
    @travahnadonis9725 Před 4 lety +3

    "It feels natural to turn whatever is negative and might have been entirely accidental into a verdict on us...we hear a voice in our heads that at once adds immeasurably to the misery..."
    Oh yeah that one hits close to home.

  • @laurie8580
    @laurie8580 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for this. Timely.

  • @ghazalemorshedy209
    @ghazalemorshedy209 Před 4 lety +1

    Great,great,great. Thank you Alain.

  • @tiffanyschatz1042
    @tiffanyschatz1042 Před 4 lety

    So much good sense. Thanks, will share.

  • @lisahind8858
    @lisahind8858 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent and thought provoking video. I am going to watch this again and learn and apply it to my life. Thanks.

  • @djamesvideography
    @djamesvideography Před 4 lety +1

    This is the best channel on CZcams, hands down. Life changing

  • @emmyme9594
    @emmyme9594 Před 3 lety +1

    For me, TSOL is that soothing voice I’ve been deprived from for so long

  • @nomanslaand
    @nomanslaand Před 4 lety

    this really helps..the kind of perspective we truly need to face the uncertainty of our daily lives.thank you guys very much❤️❤️

  • @eevieee
    @eevieee Před 4 lety +25

    Just what i needed as cabin fever has slowly crept in a month into quarantine. Thank you SOL ♥️

    • @YashasRedd
      @YashasRedd Před 4 lety +2

      Wigga u gut d coruna?

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano Před 4 lety +2

      what is cabin fever?

    • @christophermaurer1271
      @christophermaurer1271 Před 4 lety +1

      @@eduardochavacano I am fairly confident it relates to being on holidays in a " cabin" ( house , tent etc ) and there is an extended bad weather ( rain, thunderstorm, snow etc ) and you are looking out the window, at all the things you hoped you would be doing, but can't. You're stuck inside. Being away from familiar surroundings makes it worse and it happens quicker than if you were in your own home . As eve m said " cabin fever has slowly crept in a month into quarantine"

    • @eduardochavacano
      @eduardochavacano Před 4 lety +1

      Christopher Maurer Thanks! I see. And I may have cabin fever then... But no...the term has yet to invented to describe what I go through. Good thing I at least have data.

    • @christophermaurer1271
      @christophermaurer1271 Před 4 lety

      @Reggie Cyde Jack Nicholson . Yes, I got the reference as soon as I saw your first comment . I haven't seen the movie but I've seen that clip heaps.

  • @rajgopalantiwari4023
    @rajgopalantiwari4023 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks I needed this so much! ❤

  • @ladonz76
    @ladonz76 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for this video!...It came right on time.