Alain de Botton

Blocks: I Wish I Knew w/ Neal Brennan · Oct 30, 2025 · 2h 6m

Neal Brennan interviews Alain de Botton (The School of Life) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. Subscribe to the School of Life: @theschooloflifetv

00:00 Intro

00:33 Philosophy as self-therapy

3:24 ‘Status Anxiety’ & Career Snobbery

5:30 You Will Marry the Wrong Person

11:40 The Tragedy of Baldness

14:02 Philosopher to Psychotherapy

16:55 Healing

19:50 Putting Your Wound To Use

20:40 Self-Pity

27:35 Difficulty of Changing

30:33 Love

32:36 Religion & Spirituality

40:14 Fatherhood

44:27 How The…