Does your busyness cover up midlife loneliness without truly easing your anxiety and stress?
You’re not alone—belonging often fades when school, church, or work communities disappear, leaving a quiet ache.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why loneliness in midlife reminds us that busyness doesn’t equal belonging.

2. How belonging shifts once familiar communities disappear—and why creating connection becomes a DIY project.

3. Three practical coping skills to rebuild community and ease midlife loneliness, anxiety, and stress.

🎧 Take 10 minutes to reclaim calm and connection 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.