Angela and John confront that age old problem - at least in the industrialised world - of how to maintain balance. There are so many demands on our time - work, family, health, sleep, saving, relaxing, studying...... There's some who will tell you the secret is to put everything into your diary, then stick to your schedule. Others say it's all down to having a good to-do list. Then there's the attractive idea of not worrying too much and just going with the flow....... How do any of these ideas stack up? Angela and John don't really subscribe to any of them. We draw on many decades of just getting on with it, sometimes falling out of balance, always getting back in again..... And we do it all over a cup of fine tea.

This week we're talking about 'authenticity'. It's become a word that doesn't have much meaning - so overused by people trying to sell coaching or self- help programmes that we can come to doubt that anything is authentic. AI isn't helping either.

So what do we mean by it? And how do we try to live 'authentically' if we're not even sure what the word means?

+++

Welcome to Humanitea - a place for deep conversations about how to live well (helped by a selection of strange teas).

Your hosts are Canadian engineer, Angela Jamieson and Welsh-Irish artist John Britton - the co-founders of School of Human Kind.

In each episode we start with a big question and explore it over the next 30 minutes. We're not trying to sell you anything or make you think like we do. We're sharing our deep belief that having rich conversations is vital to living a decent and productive life.

We invite you to get yourself a cup of tea, listen in, and drop us a note if you've any thoughts or responses: www.schoolofhumankind.com

Welcome to Humanitea - a place for deep conversations about how to live well (helped by a selection of strange teas).

Your hosts are Canadian engineer, Angela Jamieson and Welsh-Irish artist John Britton - the co-founders of School of Human Kind.

In each episode we start with a big question and explore it over the next 30 minutes. We're not trying to sell you anything or make you think like we do. We're sharing our deep belief that having rich conversations is vital to living a decent and productive life.

In this episode we start from the core question: 'What are the qualities essential to being a good human?'

We invite you to get yourself a cup of tea, listen in, and drop us a note if you've any thoughts or responses: www.schoolofhumankind.com