Resources
A small library of what shapes the work.
Videos, articles, talks, and books that help explain the mind, the behaviour, and the path of change. Everything here is chosen because it clarifies something we rely on in practice.
Videos
Selected videos from Alain de Botton's The School of Life series, exploring the inner workings of the human mind, psychology, and the process of change. Work that reflects our evidence-based approach to recovery.
Your Mind Is Trying to Heal You (By Hurting You)
The School of Life
Why Hurt People Hurt People
The School of Life
How Wounded People Seek Out further Punishment
The School of Life
The Dangers of Missing a Sense of Self
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Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
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How To Know Yourself
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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Evening
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Are Intelligent People More Lonely?
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Life is Not About Being Happy
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The One Subject You Really Need to Study: Your Own Childhood
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Overcoming Negative Thought Patterns to Find Joy
The School of Life
Are You Neurotic or Psychotic? How to Tell the Difference
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Learning to Speak ... Again
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Why We Should Refuse to Get Into Arguments
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In Praise of Nice People
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How All Meanness Is Inherited
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How to Deepen Your Friendships
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A Test to Measure How Good Your Father Was
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Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life
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The Cruel Truth: Why Your Ex Is Perfect for Someone Else
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The Red Flags You Keep Ignoring
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The Real Reason You Hate Horoscopes
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What Does the Child in You Need Today?
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The Superpower We Gain From Suffering
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How to Ask for Help When You're Overwhelmed
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The Psychology of Male Loneliness
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How Successful People Take Risks
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What to do When Willpower Fails
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Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness
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Living Long-Term with Mental Illness
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The Appeal of Rescuing Other People
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How to Make a Decision
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How to 'Grow' - The Hard Truth About Growth
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Why It Can Take Us So Long to Understand How Unwell We Are
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What Self-Esteem Is
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Empty Chair Therapy: Heal Your Past, Improve Your Future
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On Feeling Obliged
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Managing your Mood: Tips for Staying Present | The School of Life
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A Guide For the Recovering Avoidant
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A Writing Exercise to Help You Meet Yourself
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The Hidden Cost of Skipping Key Stages of Development
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12 Signs You Are a Psychologically Mature Adult
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Things You Have to Forget in Order to Live
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How to Spot the Loveliest People in the World
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A Question to Ask Ourselves When We Are Low and Paranoid
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The Real Reason We Work So Hard
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When and Why do we Pick Up our Phones?
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How to Find Out What's Really on Your Mind
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The Dangers of Oversharing
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How To Overcome Psychological Barriers
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The Secret Power of Missing Someone
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The One Question You Need to Understand Who You Are
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Is Everyone Else Normal? Feeling Painfully Different
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How Repressed Emotions Make Us Sick
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Why We Think We Are Losers (But Actually Aren't)
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Why We Should Refuse to Get Into Arguments
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Why Nice People Repel Us
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Why We Behave As We Do
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The True Cause of Obsessive Thinking
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How to Become a More Interesting Person
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2 Unexpected Ways to Stop Sabotaging Yourself
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6 Historical Hangovers Making Us Miserable Today
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What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature: Part Two
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What Is It to Be Emotionally Mature: Part One
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Remember That EVERYONE Is Lonely
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Are you a Sadist or a Masochist - and Why?
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How to Prepare for the Worst
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A Guide to Self Transformation
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How to Be Strong and Resilient
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A West African Philosophy of Calm
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Why is everyone so worried about 'Narcissism'?
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The Secret to a Calm Life
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How to listen to your Body
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How to change your Script
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How to recognise your patterns - and escape them
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The Secret Power of Unsent Letters
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How to Deal with Negative Emotions: Daily Proven Techniques
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Why You Aren't Sleeping (and How to Fix It)
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The Life Changing Effect of Small Talk With Strangers
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What Your Parents Made You Do for Love…
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How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction
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Why Some Adults Can't... "Act Their Age"
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Reparenting Our Inner Child
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3 Ways to Deal with Envious Friends...
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Van Gogh As a Guide to Confidence
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Why You Need to Have a Proper Adolescence
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Why Parents Bully Their Children
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Why We Always Feel Bad and Guilty
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How to Stop Getting TRIGGERED Forever
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How to Find Out What You Really Really Think and Why...
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7 Secrets of Therapy
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How Keeping a Diary Can Save You
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The Ancient Origin of Cancellation
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12 Questions to Evaluate your Parents
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One Key Question to Liberate Yourself From Childhood
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The Untapped Power Of Psychedelic Therapy
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How to Get Your Parents Out of Your Head
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Why People Get Mentally Unwell
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How to Stop People Pleasing and Be Happy
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In Praise of Introspective People
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Why Your Past Won't Help Your Present
The School of Life
Why We Are Lonely
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The Paranoia Test
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What to Do About Your Trauma?
The School of Life
Articles
Essays and written pieces on recovery, behaviour change, Buddhism as practical philosophy, and peer support.
Reflections
Short original pieces, written in-house, on themes we come back to in the work: burnout, loneliness, the news cycle, the thoughts that keep returning, the quiet importance of community.
Recommended reading
Books we return to again and again, for clients, practitioners, and anyone trying to understand the mind. Covers are shown for reference only; no affiliate links, no purchases through us.
The Addictoholic Reconstructing
Dr. Nicole T. Lobor, DO
A neuroscience-informed look at addiction recovery, written for people ready to rebuild their future. Dr. Lobor explores how the brain changes through addiction and recovery, and how understanding that process can support lasting change.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
David D. Burns
A practical guide to recognising and reshaping the thought patterns that feed low mood, anxiety, and self-criticism. It remains one of the clearest introductions to cognitive approaches in everyday language.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
Introduces Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in accessible terms: how to stop battling difficult thoughts and feelings, and move toward what actually matters.
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Explores how trauma reshapes the body and nervous system, and how recovery can involve body-based work, relationships, and safety as much as talk.
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Frankl's account of surviving the camps and his development of logotherapy: the idea that meaning, even in suffering, can be a source of endurance and purpose.
Self-Compassion
Kristin Neff
Makes the case for treating ourselves with the same kindness we would offer a friend, and offers research and practices for softening harsh self-judgment.
Mind Over Mood
Dennis Greenberger & Christine A. Padesky
A workbook-style companion for understanding the link between thoughts, moods, and behaviours, with exercises that can be used alongside therapy or on one's own.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Focuses on small, repeatable changes as the foundation of lasting change. Useful for anyone rebuilding routines, relationships, or identity in recovery.
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown
A short, human reflection on letting go of who we think we should be and embracing vulnerability, worthiness, and belonging.
Lost Connections
Johann Hari
Examines depression and anxiety through the lens of disconnection, from meaning, others, the body, and the natural world, and asks what recovery might look like socially as well as individually.
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
A gentle, direct invitation to step out of compulsive thinking and into present-moment awareness as a way of easing inner suffering.
Have a resource you think belongs here? We are always glad to receive suggestions.