Ep. 197 Mel Robbins Says It Takes 200 Hours—Here’s Why Fifteen Seconds Can Ease Midlife Loneliness, Calm Anxiety, and Reduce Stress

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

Can fifteen brave seconds really be enough to move you out of loneliness in midlife?

You’re not alone—many people feel stuck in midlife loneliness while also battling anxiety and stress.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why Mel Robbins’ 200-hour friendship rule doesn’t capture the reality of connection in midlife
2. How self-knowledge and social intelligence can make friendship easier and quicker to build
3. Why anxiety—not time—is the real barrier, and how just fifteen seconds of bravery can help you break free from loneliness

🎧 Take 10 minutes to see how one brave choice can ease midlife loneliness, calm anxiety, and reduce stress—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.