Ep. 160 5 Easily Doable Coping Skills for Stressed Midlife Parents When Their Adult Child Feels Stuck

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

Are you caught between wanting to help your adult child and drowning in anxiety because nothing seems to change?
There’s a way to support them without losing yourself.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. How to shift into a steady mindset that protects your peace — and gives your child the space they need to build confidence and resilience.
2. How to set clear, loving boundaries around finances, home life, and expectations — helping your child develop responsibility and independence.
3. How to recognize and address overuse and addiction issues with calm honesty — creating an environment where real healing and progress can begin.

🎧 Listen now to start building doable coping skills you need to ease anxiety, stay grounded, and support your adult child’s growth without enabling.

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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.