Do you ever wonder why you feel overwhelmed when your life doesn't seem any more demanding than everyone else's?

There may be more happening beneath your overwhelm than how much you have to do.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why stress, anxiety, and overwhelm are different—and why you may reach overwhelm more easily than someone else.
2. How what you do and achieve can quietly become connected to your overwhelm.
3. How a sensitive nervous system can add meaning to everyday interactions and leave you carrying more emotionally than you realize.

🎧 Take 11 minutes to understand your overwhelm with more curiosity and less self-judgment—you’re worth it.

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About the Host:

MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, is a seasoned clinician, educator, and host of the podcast Creating Midlife Calm, recognized by Maria Shriver as a “Listen of the Week.” Over the past 40 years, MJ has led more than 50,000 therapy sessions and developed the Inner Challenge mental wellness program and the Inner Challenge Master Class, practical tools for emotional regulation, self-awareness, and resilience taught for more than 30 years in junior high schools and at the University of Notre Dame for freshman football players. Through her podcast, teaching, and coaching, MJ helps people build calmer lives, stronger relationships, and healthier communities.

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.

What if some of your everyday stress comes not from what you have to do but from fighting the fact that you have to do it?
Sometimes we create extra stress by fighting what needs to happen.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. How two simple words can help you notice resistance, settle your mind, and move through the ordinary tasks of life with a little more calm.
Take 3 minutes to stop fighting the inevitable and create a little more calm in the wild—you’re worth it.

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About the Host:

MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, is a seasoned clinician, educator, and host of the podcast Creating Midlife Calm, recognized by Maria Shriver as a “Listen of the Week.” Over the past 40 years, MJ has led more than 50,000 therapy sessions and developed the Inner Challenge mental wellness program and the Inner Challenge Master Class, practical tools for emotional regulation, self-awareness, and resilience taught for more than 30 years in junior high schools and at the University of Notre Dame for freshman football players. Through her podcast, teaching, and coaching, MJ helps people build calmer lives, stronger relationships, and healthier communities.

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.

Does your mind keep replaying the same story even though you know it isn’t helping you feel better?
Anxiety, stress, and overwhelm can leave your mind stuck but noticing what your mind is doing can help you find your way back.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
1. Why your mind can become rigid or chaotic when life doesn’t go the way you expected.
2. How to recognize when your mind has moved away from its natural state of calm.
3. One question you can use when anxiety, stress, and overwhelm leave you emotionally stuck.
Take 12 minutes to notice what’s keeping your mind stuck and begin finding your way back to calm—you’re worth it.
Want my one-pager What Is Mental Wellness? Email me at mj@mjmurrayvachon.com and I’ll send you a copy.

Send us Fan Mail

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About the Host:

MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, is a seasoned clinician, educator, and host of the podcast Creating Midlife Calm, recognized by Maria Shriver as a “Listen of the Week.” Over the past 40 years, MJ has led more than 50,000 therapy sessions and developed the Inner Challenge mental wellness program and the Inner Challenge Master Class, practical tools for emotional regulation, self-awareness, and resilience taught for more than 30 years in junior high schools and at the University of Notre Dame for freshman football players. Through her podcast, teaching, and coaching, MJ helps people build calmer lives, stronger relationships, and healthier communities.

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.