Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships Ep. 199 How to Banish Your Inner Critic in Midlife and Move From Anxiety and Stress to Calm and Self-Trust
Why does your inner critic keep pushing you harder even when you already know how to get things done in midlife?
Your inner critic often hides behind “truth,” “motivation,” or “standards.”
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. Why tracing the roots of your inner critic matter and how giving it a midlife update can free you to trust yourself and enjoy your life
2. How self-criticism wires your body for stress and anxiety—and what you can do to shift into calm
3. A simple, science-backed coping skill that helps you move from judgment to gratitude, confidence, and self-trust
Take 11 minutes to rewire your inner critic, ease anxiety, and increase calm 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.