Ep. 95 Election Anxiety: 3 Coping Skills to Stay Calm In A Divided Nation

Is the election what's scaring you the most during this Halloween Season? Are you feeling stressed about the election? Do you find yourself doomscrolling or anxiously discussing it with friends? If so, you're not alone—73% of Americans feel anxious about elections.
In this episode, you'll discover:

1. What election anxiety is and why it affects so many of us.

2. How to understand and counter the effects of algorithms on your election anxiety.

3. Three simple, actionable strategies to reduce your stress and feel calmer right away.

Don't let election anxiety take over your life—go to the polls and vote for your candidate and press play to caste a vote for your mental health and start creating your calm today!

Check out Ep.85 5 Easy & Effective Steps to Stop Overthinking, Now!

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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.