Are your quick-fix habits like snacking, scrolling, or venting actually increasing your anxiety?
Most midlife coping habits bring temporary comfort—but they can sabotage your long-term calm.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Two free, science-backed coping skills that calm anxiety fast
2. A simple coping skill to decrease your stress response and boost sleep
3. A 90-second habit to ground yourself when anxiety hijacks your focus

Listen now to learn how to stop the stress cycle and finally feel more present and in control.

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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.