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The Mental Wellness Hub

The Mental Wellness Hub

By: Stacey Chillemi
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Forget the midlife meltdown... let’s build midlife calm on purpose.

On this podcast, MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW, EMDR therapist and mental wellness teacher with 30+ years of experience, helps you move from anxious, overwhelmed, and stuck to steady, grounded, and clear.

Drawing on neuroscience, family systems, CBT, attachment, and decades of real-world therapy, MJ breaks big emotions into simple, doable skills you can practice in a few minutes a day.

Each episode gives you one practical tool to handle anxiety, stress, grief, relationship tension, parenting struggles, and life transitions—so you can feel more present, more hopeful, and more like yourself again.The Advisor Network
Episodes
  • Mental Wellness 101: Stop Coping, Start Healing

    Mental Wellness 101: Stop Coping, Start Healing
    Dec 1 2025
    Most of us were taught how to push through… not how to stay mentally well. We try to get rid of anxiety and burnout, but no one showed us what wellness really looks like or how to build it on purpose.

    In this episode, Stacey Chillemi sits down with MJ Murray Vachon, a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 40 years of experience and over 50,000 therapy sessions, shares a practical framework for mental wellness.

    Using her river metaphor and five-tool model, she explains how the mind drifts into chaos or rigidity—and how to bring it back to calm, flexible, steady flow.

    You’ll learn:
    🧠 The difference between treating mental illness and building mental wellness
    🌊 How MJ’s river metaphor helps you understand your mind’s “default settings.”
    🛠️ A five-tool framework to move from anxious/rigid back to calm and flexible
    🏠 Simple strategies for staying regulated in family conflict and stressful situations
    🔥 Five concrete actions to reduce burnout and define what wellness means for you


    Connect with MJ Murray Vachon, LCSW
    🌐 Website: https://mjmurrayvachon.com/
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vachonmjmurray
    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-j-murray-vachon-lcsw-184252289
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