Dear sisu pilgrim, I hope you are well and held by all the courage ands compassion that makes up your unique you. This episode is a slowing down to feel into...grief; a recognition of that something gentle and sometimes heavy within us, buried deep into the cellular wombs of our experiences and too often bypassed by constant doing and going. I share some of my favourite poems and introduce the concept of "edge emotions" by Drs. Kaisu Mälkki and Larry Green.
For those in the woods right now: love is the medicine and sisu is your companion. Keep on going.
“…let happy memories sustain you if your strength fails you, they are always there, and their current does not run backwards, even across foggy country it floats toward the future.” Selected Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke
Notes:
C. S. Lewis: A Grief Observed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grief_Observed
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth | Ep. 1: 'The Hero’s Adventure' (a highest recommendation for the entire interview series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE8ciMkayVM
Jean-Luc Marion: Being Given - Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=907
The Impact of Grief on Humans at Work with George Kohlrieser on Human Leaders Podcast with Alexis and Sally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VTojuSV5eg
... and one of my personal go-to videos that in times of sadness and depression has allowed me to gently shift my perspective toward an orientation of light. Thus, open to the miracle of life in the moment:
The Most Astounding Fact by Neil deGrasse Tyson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU
With sisu and love, E. E.
Sisu is a reserve of inner strength but it's also a way for us to know ourselves and impact the world in a positive way. Cultivating these reserves of inner strength starts with self-care and continues through self-inquiry. its power then extends to the world through our inspired acts of deep courage and compassion.
Thanks for tuning in! You can find out more about sisu, find links to research, and check out Gentle Power: A Revolution in How We Think, Lead, and Succeed Using the Finnish Art of Sisu at www.sisulab.com.
Sisu is great, love is greatness.