Confidence Cards - English Edition

€17.50

 We too often assume that we must accept the levels of confidence we currently possess. However, confidence is not a given: it is a quality we can learn about and develop in ourselves. 

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Dankbarkeit / Gratitude Cards

€20.00

A set of 60 cards to remind us of the many reasons we have to be thankful.

We are experts at focusing on what is missing from our lives. Our dissatisfaction often serves us well; it keeps us from complacency and boredom. But we are also dragged down by a pernicious inability to stop, take stock and recognise what isn't imperfect and appalling.

We are experts at focusing on what is missing from our lives. Our dissatisfaction often serves us well; it keeps us from complacency and boredom. But we are also dragged down by a pernicious inability to stop, take stock and recognize what isn't imperfect and appalling.

In our haste to secure the future, we omit to notice what is already very good. This pack of cards is designed to help us pause in our striving and, for a few moments, take on board some of what we have to be grateful for - a consoling, inspiring corrective to the lessons in cynicism and sourness that the world teaches every day.

Example cards:

Content: 60 cards in box
Language: German

Language: English
Dimensions: 10x8x2 cm

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Know Yourself

€17.50

Know Yourself Prompt Cards

60 prompt cards designed to help lead you through the important task of knowing yourself a little better in life.

It can be hard to understand who we really are: what we want, how we feel and why we react as we do. This lack of self-knowledge can lead us into unhappy relationships, unsatisfactory jobs, and unsustainable spending habits. No wonder Socrates summed up all the counsel of philosophy in just two words: 'Know Yourself'.

These Know Yourself Prompt Cards are designed to assist us in a journey of self-knowledge. They present us with a range of ideas and questions that encourage self-reflection, allowing us to become a little more aware of what we really need and what our priorities and potential might be. Each card carries an exercise on one side and a piece of analysis on the reverse to help you gain insight and clarity on that ever elusive subject: yourself.

60 cards in box | 104mm x 73mm x 36mm.

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Mind And Body Book

€22.00

A practical and playful guide to balancing and maintaining physical and mental harmony.

The modern world can present the body as a machine that just needs to be regularly exercised. However, it is a remarkably sensitive organ in which a lot of our pain and hope is stored and that we need to interpret and handle with subtlety. This impact of our body upon our mind is something that needs to be explored as it is easy to pay attention to one more than the other and to ignore the crucial balance between the two.

Hardcover book | 248 Pages
20x14 cm
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Motivation Card Set

Available again soon €25.00

Good work involves feeling engaged and motivated by what we’re doing – and battling inertia and weariness with courage and imagination. Fortunately, motivation is not a gift from the gods; it is a quality we can nurture in ourselves and encourage in others.

Motivation is a tool for increasing our effectiveness; 52 exercises designed to train our brains to find their bearings and generate their very best efforts. Our minds are not machines, and are prone to distractions, indecision and cognitive biases – but these can also be worked around and overcome. Each exercise prompts us to engage in activities and thought experiments that help us to surmount mental blocks and formulate strategies for solving problems and achieving our goals. At once a collection of psychological solutions and calls to action, this is an invaluable resource for unlocking our true potential.

Here are 52 exercises to increase effectiveness, decisiveness and objective thinking. Good work involves feeling engaged and motivated by what we’re doing – and battling inertia and weariness with courage and imagination.

52 Cards | 15.5 x 11.5 x 3.5 cm

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Table Talk Card Game

€17.50

40 placecards with 80 questions for sparking meaningful and revealing conversations around the table.

A meal with friends is only ever as good as the questions we ask one another. Too often, we fall back on polite but not so inspired staples: 'Have you got anything special planned for the weekend?' 'What do you do?', and so on.

But there are better kinds of questions - questions that work like magic keys that open up our hearts, draw out our memories and prompt our latent reserves of generosity, fun and interest.

This pack collects 80 of these sorts of questions to ensure a meal together can be at once meaningful, entertaining and touching. Laid out on placecards, the questions gently and charmingly pull our fellow diners towards the sort of topics that matter most to our deeper selves - and help us get the most out of one another.

Instructions:

Use 1 card per place setting.
Fold each card in half and add your guest's name. Now you can select who sits next to whom.
Each card has 2 questions. Prompt your guests to use them over the meal as a way to get to know their neighbours and have more interesting and meaningful conversations.

Questions Include:

• What do other people not understand about you?
• What do you worry about in the middle of the night?
• Which three adjectives capture important things about you?
• When you feel upset, how - ideally - would you like to be comforted?
• What's the best way to break up a relationship?
• If you were braver, what would you be doing with your life?
• In what ways is your family especially odd?
• What have your learnt about yourself in the past year?
• What do you look for in a very close friend?
• What kind of character trait that you don't possess do you find attractive in others?

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The Confessions Game

€32.00

The Confessions Game

A simple game of cards and dice which opens up daring conversations.

From adolescence onwards, one of the great struggles we face is how to reconcile our own desires with those we find socially acceptable. The best encounters with friends are those where we can talk honestly about what's going on in our lives, sharing triumphs, joys, fears and longings - without the usual shyness or reserve.

 

This game guarantees that the warmest, most fascinating conversations won't have to be left to chance. With the help of a dice and some cards, the game asks participants to answer a series of questions around career, sex, money, relationships, family, gently inviting everyone to share important bits of themselves in an intimate and playful atmosphere. By thinking of confessions as a game – as a sociable and exploratory activity, as opposed to a risky affair – the cards prompt us to open ourselves up to interesting and exhilarating conversations, allow us to be a little more honest around the most intimate aspects of ourselves.

Example Cards:

• What did you call your partner in your most heated argument?
• In your most depressed moods, what do you tell yourself about your career?
• What are you ashamed of people knowing about you and money?
• Describe in some detail the first time you had sex.
• What do you hate most about your children?

The dark, rich colours have been designed to reflect the atmosphere of a secret club or drinking spot where one might naturally feel the thrill of a slightly out-of-bounds or illicit activity, as a reminder of our less polished and more risky selves.

How to Play the Game

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Play with a group of friends to prompt conversation and ease players into the art of playful revelation.

Use the cards as an exploratory prompt with a partner to delve into some aspect of yourselves or the relationship that otherwise feels a little out of bounds or hard to bring to the table.

Sort through the cards on your own when you’re feeling in the mood for a little inner enquiry, particularly around your career or relationship choices.

 

Game: 100 Questions: Original Edition - A card game from The School of Life
Article: The Importance of Confession - An article from The Book of Life.
100 playing cards with dice |100 x 90 x 60mm

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The Family Game

€32.00

Laugh & Reconnect With Those Who Matter Most

The idea of family lies close to the meaning of life, but in practice, families do not always come together, or chat about what matters, or laugh as much or as often as they should. Everyone gets too busy, or it can feel hard to get into certain topics – and without anyone meaning to, occasions keep slipping by. The Family Game is the solution; this is a game expressly designed to help family gatherings live up to our highest hopes. It consists of a host of questions (chosen randomly with a dice) that kick-start the best sorts of conversations: ones in which we reconnect, say things we always meant to, laugh warmly together – and remember why family counts.

The cards cover five categories:

- Gentle Teasing
- Gratitude
- Self
- Memories
- Regrets

Questions cover topics such as:

- What would the movie of your family be called?
- To whom have you been a bit too moody?
- How would you like to evolve?
- What was your favourite time of day when you were little?
- If you could be forgiven for something, what would it be?

100 playing cards with dice | 100 x 90 x 60mm | Instruction card included | Suitable for ages 12 + View full product details

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The Therapy Game

€32.00

The Therapy Game

Learn to Talk. Learn to Listen.

When we end up in a really good conversation with a friend, we sometimes pay them a slightly unusual but sincere compliment: we say that chatting to them feels like talking to a good therapist.

What we tend to mean is that they’re giving us space to talk, they’re not interrupting us or pushing their own advice aggressively forward: they’re properly listening.

This game cannot turn us into real therapists (that would take years of training). But like many good games (ones about flying or being a detective for example), it gives us a chance to try out, entertainingly but safely, one of the most interesting sides of a great profession. The Therapy Game offers us a rare opportunity to listen and speak to one another at truly fulfilling length and depth.

The cards cover five categories:

- Work
- Sex
- Relationships
- Anxiety
- Self

Questions cover topics such as:

- Who do you need to impress?
- What did you learn about relationships from your parents?
- If you were a friend of yours, what would you tell yourself about the challenges you face?
- Around what features of your character does your self-hatred focus?

Contains adult content.

100 cards with timer | 100 x 90 x 60mm | Instruction booklet included View full product details

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