Ep. 209 — The Science of Small Shifts: Easy Midlife Coping Skills That Take No Time But Calm Stress and Anxiety Before The Holidays

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

Are you taking care of everyone else and forgetting yourself?
You’re not alone — midlife often turns self-care into an afterthought,
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. Why micro self-care shifts work better than big resolutions for midlife stress and anxiety.
2. Four simple, science-backed coping skills that take no extra time and cost nothing.
3. How to notice when caring for others starts to eclipse caring for yourself — and what to do about it.
Take 10 minutes to rebuild your calm before the holiday rush — you’re worth it.

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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.