BUILDING UP SISU, A NORDIC CULTURAL CONSTRUCT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND HARMONY

The Finnish concept of sisu is a phenomenon in Nordic culture that has existed for 500 years the nation. This cultural construct, kind lifestyle, ideology life, enables development persevering, balanced, enduring, resilient, healthy and harmonious personality. inspires one to persevere, fight success despite difficulties, even when it seems limits human power have already been reached. construct linked with mental toughness resilience, good physical health. There are elements help develop individual society. They include mindfulness nature, activity, positivity, relaxation recreation, withdrawal stepping back, task fragmentation, leaving comfort zone, reward completing task. All these important developing perseverance inner strength, or sisu.