What if, instead of battling social anxiety, you could approach it with kindness this holiday season?
With holiday gatherings right around the corner, social anxiety can feel especially overwhelming. This episode tackles how to face these events with practical strategies that make social interactions feel less intimidating and more manageable, offering a new approach for anyone who tends to dread social situations.

In this episode, you will learn:

1. Three specific coping skills for grounding yourself in the present when social anxiety hits.

2. How to reduce feelings of dread by "tending and befriending" anxious thoughts instead of fighting them.

3. Practical ways hosts can make gatherings more comfortable and welcoming for guests with social anxiety.

Press play to learn simple yet powerful techniques to navigate holiday gatherings with more ease and confidence this season!

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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.