Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships Ep. 190: Why the Empty Nest Triggers Unexpected Anxiety and Stress in Midlife- and How to Move Through It With Ease
Does your “empty nest” still feel full of emotions, memories, and a surprising amount of daily connection?
You’re not alone if this shift feels more complicated than you imagined.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. Why the empty nest often brings unexpected waves of emotion in midlife
2. How savoring your home can be a powerful coping skill during times of transition
3. Practical ways to reduce the pressure to “let go” all at once and move forward at your own pace
🎧 Take 10 minutes to create calm in your midlife transition—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.