What if feeling behind when fall begins isn’t only about your schedule—but about how your nervous system responds to change?
If the shift from summer to fall increases your stress and anxiety in midlife, you’re not alone.
In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why your nervous system becomes more alert when life changes rhythm.
2. How that alertness can leave you rushing, catastrophizing, and feeling behind before anything has gone wrong.
3. How noticing what your nervous system is experiencing can help you respond to fall stress with greater calm.

Take 10 minutes to understand why fall feels so overwhelming and help your nervous system adjust to the change—you’re worth it.

Send us Fan Mail

****

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.