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

Ep. 208 — How To Brighten Your Mood This Fall Using Light Exposure, To Reduce Midlife Stress & Anxiety


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Feeling more tired, anxious and  stressed as the days get shorter?
You’re not alone—your body and mind are simply responding to less daylight and seasonal change.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1.    Why fall is the most psychologically powerful season to reset habits that decrease anxiety and stress.
2.    How light therapy and full-spectrum lighting help restore your energy, mood, and calm.
3.    Simple daily coping skills to work with your biology—not against it—for more focus and peace.
Take 12 minutes to reset your light, energy, and calm—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.

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