Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships Ep. 169 How to Calm a Panic Attack with 3 Midlife Coping Skills To Soothe Stress & Anxiety Fast
Do you know what to do the moment panic hits?
Panic attacks in midlife can feel terrifying and overwhelming—but they’re not dangerous, and you’re not powerless.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Three science-backed coping skills to calm your body during a panic attack.
- How to apply these tools in both public and private situations—and why they don’t have to be used perfectly to be effective
- Two essential steps to support your nervous system after a panic attack so you can recover with care, not self-judgment
This episode will leave you feeling more equipped and less afraid. And don’t forget: your Inner Challenge is to email MJ at mj@mjmurrayvachon.com to receive a free 3-minute guided box breathing audio—your personal panic reset tool you can keep on your phone.
These are the coping skills you didn’t know you needed—until now.
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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.