From the authors of Biohacker's Handbook
The Resilient Being
Mastering the Biology of Stress & Resilience
What challenges you makes you stronger, but only if you recover from it. This is the biology of stress and recovery, from a single cell up to the whole organism, and what actually builds resilience rather than draining it.
27 €+ VAT if applicable · 220 pages · 880 references · hardcover or e-book
Mastering HOLOLIFE
A phoenix rising from the ashes
Resilience is a virtue in times of turmoil, and biohacking has the potential to build it. It is the ability to recover quickly, and to build immunity against mental and physical ailments.
It comes from peak life experiences, from learning, and from profound realizations. It is not built overnight. It is built iteratively, over time, and a resilient being comes out of it stronger, wiser, healthier and more capable than before.
Resilience is an integral part of HOLOLIFE, from the Greek "holos" meaning whole or complete, which takes biohacking and personal development further by combining self-optimization with a mission to build a better world: improving yourself for your own benefit, for the people you serve, and for a positive global impact.
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The book
An essential masterpiece for building lasting resilience
From the authors of Biohacker's Handbook comes the most ambitious, literate, illustrative and scientific review to date, combining the science of resilience with the science of longevity. Olli Sovijärvi, medical doctor from the University of Helsinki, science author and B.A. in Integral Theory, Teemu Arina, futurist and technologist, and Siim Land, eight-fold best-selling author, synthesize, summarize and illustrate how you can master the biology of resilience for a well-functioning body, from the level of a single cell up to the whole organism.
The book includes hundreds of illustrations backed by 880 scientific references, covering the sources of stress, the organ systems that regulate it, and the tools that measurably help.
The HOLOLIFE series explores how people adapt, thrive and extend healthspan against modern challenges. The Resilient Being is the first volume, and it deals with the mechanism underneath all of it: how stress is sensed, regulated and recovered from.
The book is also a piece of art
Every chapter is illustrated. The design carries the argument rather than decorating it.
- 220
- pages
- 880
- scientific references
- 3
- authors
The index
What the book covers
- 01Introduction
- 02Authors
- 03Preface
- 04We are Holobionts
- 05Many Sources of Stress
- 06Stress Sensitivity
- 07Hormetic Stressors and Hormesis
- 08Oxidative Stress is Cell-Level Stress
- 09Organ Systems Involved in Stress Regulation
- 10Autonomic Nervous System
- 11The Endocannabinoid System
- 12Heat Alteration
- 13Chromotherapy & Photobiomodulation
- 14Adaptogens, Resilience, and Stress Management
- 15Stress Balancing and Lowering Supplements
- 16Oxidative Stress Lowering Supplements
- 17Technological Tools for Building Resilience
- 18Self-Care Methods
- 19Blood Biomarkers for Testing the Benefits of Heat Exposure
- 20Stress Surveys
- 21Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Autonomic Nervous System Balance
- 22Measuring Oxidative Stress
- 23Gene Tests Assessing Physiological Stress Sensitivity
- 24Conclusion
The authors
Who wrote it
Three authors, each covering a different part of the problem: the clinic, the technology and the practice.
Dr. Olli Sovijärvi, M.D.
Medical doctor and science author
A medical doctor from the University of Helsinki, with a B.A. in Integral Theory, who moved from conventional practice into preventive and holistic medicine. He handles the physiology: how stress is sensed and regulated, what the evidence supports, and where the honest limits of it are.
Teemu Arina
Futurist and technologist
A technologist, entrepreneur and speaker who has spent two decades on the boundary between people and machines. He covers measurement: heart rate variability, the tools that track recovery, and the judgement about which numbers are worth acting on.
Siim Land
Author and educator
An eight-fold best-selling author who writes about metabolic health, fasting and hormesis for a general audience. He covers the practice: the protocols, the doses of stress that build capacity rather than drain it, and how to apply them in an ordinary week.
The HOLOLIFE series
Where this book sits
Published
The Resilient Being
Mastering the Biology of Stress & Resilience
Volume one, this book
The Vital Being
Decoding the Mastery of Longevity & Vitality
Volume two
Forthcoming
The Mindful Being
Cultivating a Mind Primed for Growth & Adaptation
The Transcendent Being
From Self-Optimization to Self-Actualization
Ordering The Resilient Being does not include the other books in the series. They are sold separately.
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Details
- Hardcover: 220 pages, 0.9 kg (2 lbs)
- E-book format: PDF
- 880 scientific references
- Hundreds of illustrations
- ISBN: 978-952724153-0 (hardcover)
- Authors:
- Olli Sovijärvi, Teemu Arina, Siim Land
- Layout and illustrations:
- Yasmin Manelius & Paula Karjalainen
- Publisher:
- HOLOLIFE Publishing OÜ
The Resilient Being · Hardcover
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The Sovereignty Trilogy
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The Master Architecture of Human Resilience: this book plus two more, over 1300 pages in total.
- The Resilient Being (Sovijärvi, Arina, Land)
- Biohacker's Handbook (Sovijärvi, Arina, Halmetoja)
- Longevity Leap (Siim Land)
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before buying
Hardcover or e-book?
The e-book is the same 220 pages as a PDF and arrives immediately. The hardcover is a 0.9 kg illustrated volume built to be kept and returned to. If you want to start reading now, take the e-book. If you want the object, take the hardcover.
What is the three-copy offer?
Three hardcovers for 48.60 € instead of 81 €, which is 16.20 € a copy and 40% off. It exists because this is the book people tend to buy for someone else once they have read it.
Is this written by AI?
No. The Resilient Being was written by three named authors, illustrated by named designers, and every claim in it is backed by an academic reference. There are 880 of them. The books popularize scientific insights and discoveries, they do not generate them.
Do I need the other HOLOLIFE books first?
No. The Resilient Being is the first volume in the series and it stands on its own. Ordering it does not include the other books, and they are sold separately.
What if I am not happy with it?
100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are unhappy with your purchase within 30 days you get your money back, excluding shipping costs, as long as the product is in its original condition.
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