From Flow State To Well-Being: How Creativity Heals

We trace the fourth M in our 5M model—Make—and show how creativity reduces mental chatter, builds skill, and restores calm. From building a habit app to launching wearable mantras, we tie flow, practice, and surrender to real benefits in health and daily life.

• the 5M model and why make matters
• building the Health Transformers app and lessons learned
• intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation in creative work
• flow state, default mode network, and calm
• creativity beyond art: cooking, business, rituals
• tapas, swadhyaya, surrender as a path to flow
• wearable mantras and cognitive anchors
• balancing creativity and consumption
• skill before flow and the role of practice
• woolgathering, reflection, and sustainable cadence

Check out our Etsy store: “Transform Threads Co.” Search for “one breath at a time t‑shirt” to find it.

THE VIP MED Podcast is hosted by Setu Vora, MD, with Chaula Vora, MD, and Carina Vora DDS—bringing together clinical excellence, lived wisdom, and thoughtful conversation to explore health and wellbeing that goes beyond lifespan, healthspan, and soulspan.

Each episode weaves the latest advances in science and medicine with the ancient wisdom of spiritual traditions, honoring both evidence and meaning. THE VIP MED is a movement grounded in the 5M Model of Wellness—Menu, Mind, Move, Make, Meet—developed by Setu Vora to help individuals and communities live with vitality, purpose, and connection.

Through conversations with inspiring guests, leaders, healers, and changemakers, THE VIP MED invites you to think differently about what it truly means to live well—body, mind, and spirit.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare professional for medical decisions.

Be well.