Ep. 49 Coping Skills to Reduce Midlife Anxiety in Parenting Adult Children and Improve Relationships

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

In this episode, MJ and her guest explore the theme 'How do I stay sane when my adult children are distressed?' Join the unscripted conversation between the host and a mother in her mid-life who grapples with the struggles of supporting her adult children while maintaining her own mental wellness. By sharing real-life challenges, strategies for emotional regulation, and insightful tips on handling life's obstacles, this episode aims to provide practical advice for listeners. Featuring five key insights, including rewiring parent-child dynamics, recognizing contagious emotions, and practicing self-care, this conversation delves into the art of mental wellness with the hope of cultivating a healthier mindset for both the parent and the child.
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.
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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.