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The mental health crisis that is invoked all around, especially as we look to the young, is one manifestation of the gravity of the post-2020 world.

We need a modicum of vitality to simply be alive in this time. Sign up for The Pause to receive our seasonal Saturday morning newsletter and advance invitations and news on all things On Being.Īnd: if you can, please take a minute to rate On Being in this podcast app - you'll be bending the arc of algorithms towards this adventure of conversation and living. Participate in all that On Being is and is becoming. This show originally aired on February 9, 2017.ĭo you love what you're hearing? Our invitation to patronage is happening now. He’s also published many books as part of The School of Life’s offerings, including a chapbook created from his essay Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person. His books include Religion for Atheistsand How Proust Can Change Your Life.

We offer up the anchoring truths he shares amidst a pandemic that has stretched all of our sanity - and tested the mettle of love in every relationship.Īlain de Botton is the founder and chairman of The School of Life. His New York Times essay, “Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person,” is one of their most-read articles in recent years, and this is one of the most popular episodes we’ve ever created. As people, and as a culture, Alain de Botton says, we would be much saner and happier if we reexamined our very view of love.

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