Ep. 168 How to Transform Midlife Disappointment with Coping Skills to Reclaim Identity, Decrease Stress, Anxiety & Shame

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

Ever feel like midlife disappointment means you did something wrong—or that it’s too late to recover?
You’re not alone. Many people silently carry the shame of unmet expectations, broken relationships, or careers that stalled.
In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why anxiety and shame are natural responses to midlife setbacks—and how to work with them
2. How to use emotional processing and acceptance as real coping skills
3. Why asking “Who am I now?” is the question that opens the door to growth and calm

Take 12 minutes to calm your anxiety and reclaim your story—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.