Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships Ep. 173 Why Understanding Your High Sensitivity Is Essential To Reduce Stress, Anxiety & Overwhelm In Midlife
Do you walk into a room and immediately feel what others are feeling—even when no one says a word?
You’re not imagining it—and you’re definitely not alone.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. How understanding your highly sensitive temperament instantly reduces anxiety
2. Why high sensitivity is not the same as weakness or drama
3. How the ability to “read a room” can create emotional overload and anxiety
Listen to understand your sensitivity and ease midlife anxiety—you’re worth it.
Links & Resources
Special thanks to Rebecca Hunter, MSW for guesting on Creating Midlife Calm
• Website: www.takeouttherapy.com
• Podcast: takeouttherapy.com
Learn more about high sensitivity & take her quizes from Dr. Elaine Aron, Ph.D.
• hsperson.com
Sensitive: The Untold Story
• Official Website: sensitivethemovie.com
• Watch on Amazon Prime Video
• Watch on YouTube
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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.