Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships Ep. 214 Forget Gratitude Lists - This 1 Midlife Coping Skill Will Instantly Add Connection & Zap Holiday Stress and Anxiety
What if the secret to a calmer, happier holiday isn't what you add—but what you leave out?
You’re not alone if holiday gatherings bring stress, distraction, and midlife anxiety instead of the peace you crave.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. The one “ingredient” that quietly steals connection at the holiday table
2. Why small boundaries create huge relief for midlife stress and anxiety
3. A simple, science-backed coping skill that restores laughter, calm, and presence
Take four minutes to reclaim calm, connection, and joy this holiday—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.