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

Well...are they? In this episode, MJ basically offers you the M & M's method of managing emotions. MJ asks you to observe if you use an external mindset or an internal mindset when something triggers an emotional reaction. Knowing the difference helps you to quickly learn how  to name, tame and aim your emotions. This  helps you build healthy connection to yourself and others be it at hom...

Listen to find out how potty training and emotional regulation have more in common than you might think. Managing our emotions is probably the most underrated skill since the beginning of time.  In Part 1, MJ gives some facts about feelings as well as the 8 basic emotions each of us should know in order to up our emotional intelligence. Go to https://mjmurrayvachon.com/one-pagers/ for a great one...

One of the biggest shocks for many people is that Mental Wellness is an inside job. So often we feel that if things  went our way  we would be happy, peaceful and calm. To some degree this is true, but the problem is that lovely state is fleeing and before we know it we're back to worrying or annoyed by the next thing our mind focuses on. This episode will help you understand the relationship...

Picking up where we left off on episode #3, we continue to look at how we answer the question, Who Am I? using  Dr. Erik Erikson's psychosocial model of human development. This episode focuses on  adolescence through old age and all the years in-between. Knowing who we are helps us to make choices that are in alignment with our values, interests and  abilities which helps cultivate mental wel...

From the beginning of time humans have been on the journey of answering the question Who Am I?  As we reflect on mental wellness and self-growth we often hear the word  authenticity.  How does one become authentic? There is no "right way" to become authentically YOU.  Who you are is a dynamic process that  unfolds over a lifetime. When we view our life as a story we naturally start with...

Your  Mental Gym is right between your ears! This podcast will help you begin to NOTICE your own unique reactions and teach you two super easy inner workouts that help improve mental wellness.  These workouts are meant to be incorporated into your daily activities: waiting for your latte, walking to work, folding the wash. These inner workouts cost absolutely nothing and there is no sweating--just...

Most of us know more about Mental Illness than Mental Wellness. No wonder it's so easy to feel like crap. Join MJ Murray Vachon LCSW as she strives to take the mystery out of mental wellness.  In this episode, MJ helps you begin to understand what mental wellness is by  giving you two simple definitions that  not only help you feel better but do better. Follow along as she uses examples from...