Ep. 101 Understanding Midlife Family Estrangement As A Coping Skill to Increase Calm During the Holiday Season

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

Family estrangement can feel overwhelming, especially around the holiday season when family gatherings highlight painful separations.

In this episode, you'll learn:

1. The prevalence of family estrangement and why it’s more common than you might think.

2. Key causes that drive family members apart, from generational value clashes to lifestyle differences.

3. Practical ways to cope with the emotional toll of estrangement, especially during the holiday season.

Take a step toward self-understanding and healing with an Inner Challenge to help you navigate the complexities of family estrangement.

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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.