Ep. 157 Why Alcohol Makes Your Stress & Anxiety WORSE in Midlife & 4 Coping Skills That Actually Work

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

Are you still reaching for a glass of wine to take the edge off midlife anxiety?
What once felt like a relaxing ritual may now be working against your peace, sleep, and sanity.
In this episode, you’ll discover:

1. Why midlife hormonal and brain changes can cause alcohol to increase—not relieve—your anxiety.

2. Four healthier, science-backed coping skills that will REALLY help your anxiety.

3. How to track your drinking habits, rewire your routines to regain control over your emotional well-being.

Press play to learn how to reclaim calm and feel better—without wine running the show.

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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.