What happens when meditation brings up discomfort instead of calm—and you’re tempted to quit?
If you’ve ever worried that meditation is making things worse, you’re having a very human experience—and you’re not alone.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. Why anxiety, overthinking, and old hurts often surface after you begin meditating in midlife
2. How learning to “heel” your mind—rather than avoid it—builds real coping skills for anxiety that lead to calm
3. Why staying with the practice gently transforms your relationship with your mind, body, and emotions
Take 17 minutes to understand what healing actually looks like in midlife—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.
