Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships
Forget the midlife crisis—how about creating midlife calm? The stress and anxiety of this life stage can be overwhelming, draining your energy, and making it hard to enjoy what should be the best years of your life. This podcast is your guide to easing midlife anxiety and discovering a deeper sense of calm.
Discover how to:
- Be happier, more present, and more effective at home and work.
- Transform stress and anxiety into powerful tools that ignite your inner energy, helping you gain clarity and confidently meet your needs.
- Cultivate calm and enjoyment by creating a positive internal mindset using practical, affordable coping skills to handle life's challenges.
Join MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, a seasoned therapist with over 48,000 hours of therapy sessions and 31 years’ experience as a mental wellness educator as she guides you on a journey to reclaim your inner peace. Learn how to find contentment in the present moment, empowering you to handle the pressures of midlife with a confidence clarity that leads to calm.
Every Monday, MJ delves into the unique challenges of midlife, offering insights and concluding each episode with an "Inner Challenge"—simple, science-backed techniques designed to shift you from feeling overwhelmed to centered. Tune in every Thursday for a brief 5-10 minute "Inner Challenge Tune-Up," where MJ offers easy-to-follow tips to integrate these practices into your daily life.
Let’s evolve from crisis to calm and embrace the incredible journey of midlife. Tired of feeling overwhelmed? Tune into fan-favorite Ep. 63 for a boost! Let anxiety go and embrace your calm!
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 192
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep. 92 Proving Your Mind is Meant to be Peaceful, Calm & Happy With No Stress or Anxiety
Do you believe your mind is naturally peaceful, or are you convinced it’s always meant to be stressed and busy? What if you could tap into your mind’s natural state of calm and happiness?
In this epi…
Ep. 91 Use These 2 Mindfulness Practices To Instantly Increase Gratitude, Calm & Joy To Ease Stress & Anxiety
Feeling overwhelmed by the fast pace of life? What if you could slow down and instantly create calm, joy, and gratitude in just a few minutes?
In this episode, MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, reveals two sim…
Ep. 90 3 Coping Skills to Increase Your Midlife Happiness & Calm & Decrease Your Anxiety & Stress When You Hate Your Job
Do you find yourself constantly overthinking and dreading your job? What if you could use your whole brain to increase your happiness and calm—even in a work environment you hate?
If your job brings …
Ep. 89 3 Steps to Disengage From Work To Be Free From Anxiety & Stress To Be More Present at Home in Midlife
Do you struggle to turn off work mode and find it hard to be fully present with your loved ones at home?
In today's fast-paced world, many people find it challenging to leave work at the office, lea…
Ep.88 Effective Strategies to Decrease Resistance & Stress When Household Members Don't Want to Equitably Share Chores in Midlife!
Are you tired of feeling like household chores aren't fairly divided, leading to tension and frustration at home?
Following up on Episode 87 Instantly Reduce Household Stress and Create Calm with THI…
Ep. 87 Instantly Reduce Household Stress & Anxiety and Create Calm with THIS Surprising Chore-Sharing Game!
Are household chores turning into a battleground at your home? Discover the fun and effective game that could bring peace to your chore wars!"
In this episode of Creating Midlife Calm, we dive into t…
Ep. 86 Understanding the 4 Causes of Overthinking To Reduce Your Stress & Anxiety and Increase Calm
Ep. 86 Understanding the 4 Causes of Overthinking To Reduce Your Anxiety & Increase Calm
Do you find yourself trapped in overthinking, draining your energy, disrupting your mental clarity, and leaving…
Ep. 85 5 Easy & Effective Steps to Stop Overthinking in Midlife To Decrease Stress & Anxiety Now
Ep. 85 5 Easy & Effective Steps to Stop Over Thinking, Now!
Do you ever feel trapped in a never-ending cycle of worry and anxiety, unable to shut off your mind?"
Overthinking is an issue many of us fa…
Ep. 84 3 Effective Strategies to Overcome Family Disagreements & Stress when Navigating Your Child's Mental, Social, Intellectual and Physical Differences
Ep. 84 3 Effective Strategies to Overcome Family Disagreements when Navigating Your Child's Mental, Social, Intellectual and Physical Differences
Do family disagreements over your child's needs feel …
Ep. 83 Mastering the Seven-Stage Path: Reducing Stress & Anxiety and Boosting Strategies for Families Navigating a Child's Physical, Mental, Learning, or Social Challenges.
Ep. 83 Mastering the Seven-Stage Path: Reducing Anxiety and Boosting Strategies for Families Navigating a Child's Physical, Mental, Learning, or Social Challenges
What happens when your child’s develo…
Ep. 82 Stopping The Midlife Spread and Decrease Anxiety & Stress Your Way By Getting Off The Couch
Are you a couch potato? A Sofa Spud? Does your critical voice constantly call you lazy? Do you plan on working out but don’t follow through? Someone looking to stop the weight gain as you juggle al…
Emergency Episode Ep. 81 School Anxiety & Stress: Three Coping Skills Midlife Parents and Kids Can Use Right Now!
- It's August and you may be one of those parents sending an anxious child off to school, college, trade school, or the world of full time work. Yep, it's animal house right under your own roof. If it …
Ep. 80 Mental Wellness: Having Fun Building Self-Confidence & Decreasing Stress & Anxiety with the Enneagram! (Part 2 External Self-Awareness)
Have you ever wondered how others see you and how it shapes who you are?
External self-awareness is crucial for cultivating mental wellness, yet many of us overlook it, believing that internal self-aw…
Ep. 79 Mental Wellness: Having Fun Building Self-Confidence & Self-Awareness with the Enneagram! (Part 1 Internal Self-Awareness)
Join MJ Murray Vachon, a licensed clinical social worker, as she explores the depths of self-awareness with a guest who shares his journey of understanding through the Enneagram personality test. Th…
Ep. 78 Mental Wellness: Turning Midlife Stress & Anxiety from Adult Child into Calm and Effective Parenting!
Welcome to Inner Challenge, a podcast dedicated to mental wellness. In this episode, MJ and her guest explore the theme 'How do I stay sane when my adult children are distressed?' Join the unscripte…
Ep. 77 Mental Wellness:The Stress & Anxiety of the Immigration Journey: Practical Coping Skills
Is there anything quite as inspiring as the Olympics! This episode may be it!! Join MJ and her guest, a wise young man who immigrated from Asia at the age of six, as he shares his experiences and …
Ep. 76 Mental Wellness: Coping Skills to Tame Cell Phone Stress & Anxiety: Finding Balance in a Digital World!”
It's summertime! Time for the beach, walks and sitting outside with friends-real friends not virtual friends. In one of her favorite episodes MJ talks with a neuroscience major who becomes her own c…
Ep. 75 Mental Wellness: Coping Skills to Improve Relationships & Decrease Stress & Anxiety with People Who Hold Different Views!
While MJ is on summer hiatus she will be sharing some of her favorite episodes! Taping for Season 4 beings in August and MJ would love to have you or someone you think is interesting as a guest. If i…
Ep. 74 Mental Wellness & Hedy Schleifer on how to create a Healthy Marriage ( Part 2)
In this podcast episode, MJ continues a conversation with Hedy Schleifer, an internationally renowned relationship builder and motivational speaker. Hedy introduces the latest iteration of ECT (Enco…
Ep. 73 EMERGENCY PODCAST! Mental Wellness & Inside Out 2
Join me on this emergency podcast episode as I analyze 'Inside Out 2,' the Pixar sequel depicting the emotional life of Riley, a young adolescent. As a therapist with extensive experience in adolesce…