Ep. 104 3 Ingredients to Decrease Stress & Anxiety & Increase Midlife Holiday Calm

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

Are you tired of feeling drained and overwhelmed by holiday preparations?
In this episode of Creating Midlife Calm, MJ Murray Vachon, a licensed clinical social worker, reveals a powerful approach to designing a holiday season that centers around peace, gratitude, and genuine enjoyment. MJ shares her tried-and-true method for letting go of the pressure to create a "perfect" Thanksgiving, allowing listeners to focus on what truly matters to them.
In this episode, you'll learn:
1. Practical strategies to let go of holiday perfectionism and embrace a fulfilling, calm, and enjoyable Thanksgiving.
2. Tips to realign your holiday activities with feelings of happiness, gratitude, and calm—without sacrificing tradition.
3. Insight on creating a balanced holiday experience that prioritizes what brings you joy and connection, rather than stress.
Transform your holiday approach to be more joyful, calm, and centered—press play to start planning a Thanksgiving that nourishes the soul.
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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.