Sisu Lab
Sisu Lab Podcast explores the inner fortitude of sisu its deep human expression. Sisu is an ancient Finnish word often associated with determination and courage in the face of adversity. Beyond that, it is a life philosophy and a path for refining one’s character. In this podcast, we explore sisu as a way of becoming more focused, courageous, loving, and free.
Hosted by Elisabet Lahti, PhD, author of Gentle Power: A Revolution in How We Think, Lead, and Succeed Using the Finnish Art of Sisu, the Sisu Lab Podcast weaves together research, personal stories, and practical insights. Elisabet has pioneered research on sisu since 2012 and has completed multiple endurance feats in her ongoing inquiry into inner fortitude.
This podcast is an invitation to meet your own sisu up close.
Learn more about Elisabet, her books, and related research at www.sisulab.com
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Sisu Lab
The Lore of Life Force: Words and Constructs Around the Breath of Being
By now researchers have made wonderful strides in mapping the mental and physiological side of human capacity. We understand how muscles grow and endure, how fatigue plays into our vitality, and we also have a plethora of concepts (such as resilience, perseverance, mental toughness, grit and so on) to help us describe the curious landscape of what makes humans endure. What we know less about is the life energy behind this enduring and persevering that becomes visible usually only when we are about to run out of it.... join me for an episode of sisu lab in which I share some words and concepts around the elusive topic of human spirit... elan vital, Wille zum Leben, qi, chi and so on...
Show notes
The Energies of Men William James, The Philosophical Review, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan., 1907), pp. 1-20 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2177575
The Energies of Men William James (1914)
https://ia802608.us.archive.org/18/items/energiesofmen00jameiala/energiesofmen00jameiala.pdf
Embodied fortitude: An introduction to the Finnish construct of sisu Authors E E Lahti (2019) https://internationaljournalofwellbeing.org/index.php/ijow/article/view/672
A Wife’s Letter Rabindranath Tagore (1914, Translated from Bengali by Prasenjit Gupta) https://parabaas.com/translation/database/translations/stories/gStreerPatra1.html
Twin Tracks: The Autobiography by Roger Banniste
https://www.amazon.com/Twin-Tracks-Autobiography-Roger-Bannister/dp/184954686X
Työstä ja elinvoima by Prof Eero Riikonen (2013)
http://www.psykologia.fi/arkisto/vanhat-numerot/vanhat-numerot-ghost/283-psykologia-2014-04/kirjat/339-tyosta-elinvoimaa
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.