Ep. 229 Coping Skills to Overcome the Biggest Saboteurs of Midlife Weight Loss—and Decrease Anxiety & Stress

Do you keep setting weight-loss goals in midlife only to feel derailed by self-criticism, slipups, or emotional eating?
You’re not alone—these struggles are common in midlife and say nothing about your motivation or worth.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1.     How common internal saboteurs quietly undermine midlife weight loss

2.     Why shifting from pressure and perfection to a more compassionate, abundant mindset helps you stay consistent and resilient

3.     Practical coping skills that support midlife weight loss while also decreasing anxiety and stress along the way

🎧 Take 12 minutes to learn coping skills that help you overcome midlife weight-loss obstacles and feel calmer and more supported—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.