What if the secret to modern wellbeing lies in the medieval past? In this thought-provoking talk, Peter Jones uncovers a forgotten world of psychological insight, where monks, mystics, and scholars grappled with the same anxieties we face today. Drawing on extraordinary sources from across Europe, he reveals how concepts like the Seven Deadly Sins once served as a guide to understanding the human mind; offering practical ways to confront envy, burnout, guilt, and despair. In an age before therapy as we know it, confession, reflection, and spiritual discipline formed a powerful toolkit for living well. Bringing to life a rich cast of characters and settings, from candlelit abbeys to vast libraries, this is a fascinating journey into the emotional lives of the past and a surprising reminder that the remedies we seek for our 21st-century anxieties may have been with us all along… written in brown Gothic ink on lambskin seven hundred years ago.