The Finnish Way

Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu

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

Forget hygge--it's time to blow out the candles and get out into the world! Journalist Katja Pantzar did just that, taking the huge leap to move to the remote Nordic country of Finland. What she discovered there transformed her body, mind and spirit. In this engaging and practical guide, she shows readers how to embrace the "keep it simple and sensible" daily practices that make Finns one of the happiest populations in the world, year after year.

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
• Natural mood boosters: Cold water swimming, steamy saunas, and other ways to alleviate stress, anxiety, insomnia, and depression
• 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.
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  If you've ever wondered if there's a better, simpler way to find happiness and good heath, look no further. The Finns have a word for that, and this empowering book shows us how to achieve it.

Inspiring

This book really resonates with me. It's so positive and inspiring. I bought several copies for my coworkers and used examples for our team building excises.

Loved it

Great info about Finnish culture and Suzy mixed with her personal experience. I highly recommend.

Informative

Besides some well-calculated injections of feminism & political correctness, I learned a lot. Good story & sense of empathy.

Sisu

I’ve been captivated by Finland and its culture. The entire book was fascinating, and I wish I had read it before visiting Finland. However, it came at the perfect time in my life.

So much more than what I thought!

I recently changed my life to beat Type 2 Diabetes. One part of that is listening to Audiobooks more. I selected this book to learn more about my Finish heritage. Little did I realize it would mirror much of what I learned about getting healthy and staying healthy. This book is so much more than I thought it would be and I am so surprised to have lived to this much and think every one should read/listen to this. This is how we should be living to have long, healthy, meaningful lives.