Ep. 188 2 Proven Coping Skills to Interrupt Midlife Anxiety Before It Spirals

Creating Midlife Calm: Coping Skills for Stress & Anxiety in Family, Work & Relationships

Is your anxiety hijacking your mind before you even notice it?
You’re not alone—and you don’t have to stay stuck in the cycle.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. How to identify your unique anxiety signals before they take over

2. Why grounding your body in the present interrupts anxiety faster than thinking

3. A 90-second coping skill you can use daily to stay calm, focused, and present

🎧 Take 10 minutes to stop anxiety from running your day—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.