Ep. 151 Practical Coping Skills to Ease Emotional and Physical Fatigue & Stress During a Crisis in Midlife

Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships

Are you blaming yourself for being too tired in a crisis?
Loss, illness, or major life upheaval can leave you emotionally raw and physically depleted.

In this episode you’ll discover:

1. Why exhaustion hits so hard during crisis and doable ways to get more energy.
2. Simple but effective coping skills to regulate your nervous system to improve your sleep and stay grounded.
3. How to find strength in receiving care from others — even if that’s uncomfortable for you

This is your permission slip to stop pretending you’re fine.
Listen now to reclaim your energy, your mindset, and your midlife calm.

Resources Mentioned in Episode! (Enjoy!!)

Andrew Huberman Meditation: Non Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) Meditation: https://www.hubermanlab.com/nsdr#practice-nsdr

Tara Brach Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep

https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-anxiety-sleep-18min/

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About the Host:
MJ Murray Vachon LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 48,000 hours of therapy sessions and 31 years of experience teaching her Mental Wellness curriculum, Inner Challenge. Four years ago she overcame her fear of technology to create a podcast that integrated her vast clinical experience and practical wisdom of cultivating mental wellness using the latest information from neuroscience. MJ was Social Worker of the Year in 2011 for Region 2/IN.
Creating Midlife Calm is a podcast designed to guide you through the challenges of midlife, tackling issues like anxiety, low self-esteem, feeling unworthy, procrastination, and isolation, while offering strategies for improving relationships, family support, emotional wellbeing, mental wellness, and parenting, with a focus on mindfulness, stress management, coping skills, and personal growth to stop rumination, overthinking, and increase confidence through self-care, emotional healing, and mental health support.