Finding Sisu

In Search of Courage, Strength and Happiness the Finnish Way

By: Katja Pantzar

Narrated by: Karen Cass

An engaging and practical guided tour of the simple and nature-inspired ways that Finns stay happy and healthy - including the powerful concept of sisu, or everyday courage.

Sisu - a kind of everyday courage - is the Finnish approach to well-being that is turning lives around. In this beautiful book - part memoir, part guide - Katja shows how to embrace the daily practices that make Finns among the happiest people in the world.

Topics include:

• Movement as medicine: How walking, biking and swimming every day are good for what ails us - and best done outside the confines of a gym
• Forest therapy: Why there's no substitute for getting out into nature on a regular basis
• Healthy eating: What the Nordic diet can teach us all about feeding body, mind and soul
• The gift of sisu: Why Finns embrace a special form of courage, grit and determination as a national virtue - and how anyone can dig deeper to survive and thrive through tough times

In Finding Sisu discover the ways in which you too can integrate this age-old philosophy of hope and perseverance into your life, wherever you are in the world, whatever challenges you may face.

Find your courage. Find your grit. Find your sisu.

©2018 Katja Pantzar (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Another self-help book, but in different wrapping

Finding Sisu promises insight into Finnish resilience, but for me it mostly repeated familiar self-help themes: eat well, stay active, connect with nature. While pleasant to read and sprinkled with cultural references, it didn’t offer much new beyond the usual lifestyle advice found in many similar books.