Process Recordings: Boredom, Part 2 (Episode 20)

Lisa and Heath offer reflective, spiritual, behavioral, and positive psychology tips, tools, and techniques for living with and addressing boredom. The work of pioneering creativity researcher Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is discussed, concerning how to enter the FLOW state, which helps to alleviate boredom. They also review ways to successfully calm down the Default Mode Network in the brain (not with electronics!) Finally, they explore the PERMA model for flourishing, as per Dr. Martin Seligman. There are five building blocks that enable flourishing – Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment, and there are strategies to increase each.

Lisa Wessan and Heath Hightower – mental health professionals with over 50 years of combined experience – explore pathways to mental health wellness, including emotional, physical, spiritual, and metaphysical techniques that are evidence-based for your success and peak performance. This is Episode 18, recorded at Chelmsford TeleMedia on April 25, 2025.