Connect2Joy Podcast
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Connect2Joy (formerly Living Your Limitless Life) is a show to bring out the best in you, fire your imagination to new possibilities and enable you to create the life of joy, peace, freedom and prosperity that go beyond all of your expectations. This show encourages you to transform your life with intention and attention, instead of stumbling through life letting fears, self-doubt and limiting beliefs govern it. Tools, both energetic and pragmatic, as well as meditations and guided visualizations are featured to help you release and move beyond seeming limitations, and inspire and motivate you to both discover and create your most fantastic life’s vision, and ultimately, make that vision a reality.
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Finding the Right Fit in Your Job or Career - Part 2
March 27, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBAre you happy in your job? Does the career you spent so much time working towards not measure up to what your hopes were? In either case, what makes your job or career a good fit? And what makes you look for a change? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine investigates the difference between the two, and when it might be time to adjust, shift or totally change what you’re doing. She also gives you 5 steps to make the transition into a new career, and a 5-step plan to find a new job if nee...
Finding the Right Fit in a Relationship - Part 1
March 13, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBWe have relationships with everyone in our lives, but how do you know if a relationship is a good fit for you? Between love interests, children, parents, siblings, bosses, co-workers, neighbors, friends, etc., etc., we spend a lot of time with others. But do you find joy being around them? Is there a good reason or season that makes the fit work for you right now? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, takes you on a journey to figure out what works best for you and gives you 5 steps to ...
How Do You Know???
February 28, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIf you need to make a decision or a choice – how do you decide? How do you know??? Do you side with your emotions, your logic, your intuition or your spiritual connection? Or maybe you talk to others to get their opinions? Most of us use a combination of these, but once you know exactly the way you get that knowingness, you have a choice to try other ways to see if you get clearer answers on your path, in your decisions and in your interactions with others. And what do blocks look like to yo...
Don't Forget to Love Yourself!!
February 14, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBOn Valentine’s Day and every other day of the year we may reach out to others to show love, but how often do we show love to ourselves? How do you REALLY feel about who you are? We have all heard derogatory comments about ourselves; whether it’s from parents, teachers, siblings, the school bully or even our spouse; but how much of it have you absorbed and made part of your subconscious? Today your host, Carol DeChaine, speaks in depth about loving yourself and the hurdles and blocks that com...
Are You on the Right Path?
January 31, 2024 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBDo you feel like you’re off your path? Maybe you’re depressed, bored, unhappy or just thinking…there has to be something better than this! Whether you’re looking for your life purpose or just want your life to go smoother, this podcast can help you not only know if you’re on your path, but what to do with the obstacles that show up. Both how to recognize what they truly mean and how to get around, over or to take a different path altogether. Whether it’s your love life, your work life or you...
Reconnecting to Your Joy
January 17, 2024 13:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBDo you get so busy you forget or have never even known what joy feels like? How much it can lift you up from your day-to-day life and make you feel more connected, more loved, and well, just … more? In this episode your host Carol DeChaine not only goes into the different types of joy you can feel, but 10 ways you can practice to draw more joy into your life. She even gives you homework to help you do that very thing. Need to lessen your stress, have a calmer mind, feel more peace, or contri...
Taking Responsibility for Your Life (Releasing That Which Does Not Serve)
December 27, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBSo many times, we let life lead us blindly along and we take no responsibility for it. What do you want and need? Do you make choices that help you get there, or do you blame others and circumstances, and maybe even God when things don’t go your way. When you don’t take responsibility, you give away your choices and your power to others. If it’s time to take that responsibility and empower yourself, join your host, Carol DeChaine, as she walks you through 12 techniques and strategies you can...
Do You Celebrate Yourself?
August 02, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBDo you celebrate your birthday or any other day that’s directed at you? Do other people celebrate it for or with you? If you’re uncomfortable with celebrations where you’re the center of attention, why is that? Is it the age thing? The I’m not good enough or worthy enough thing? Why should anyone take the time to throw me a party feeling? Today your host, Carol DeChaine, helps you to celebrate the truly amazing person you are and brings you through a guided meditation to release any old bagg...
Tapping into Your Subconscious
July 12, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBDo you want to change your life quickly? Try tapping into your subconscious. Do you want to connect to source more deeply; find out why you attract the “wrong” type of person in a relationship or why you’re always broke? Your subconscious knows. It even knows all your past life traumas and lessons you need to learn. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, takes you on a journey to connect to your subconscious through a guided visualization and gives you 12 techniques and strategies you ca...
Finding Freedom From Fear
July 06, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBDo you find that fear holds you back from having the life you want? Do you even know that it does? If you find that anger, hatred, despair, guilt, shame, annoyance or frustration are your main go to emotion, then fear is more than likely part of those emotion if not the main reason you can’t enjoy your life. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine not only talks about the fear frequency and how we can get stuck in it, but also gives you 15 techniques and strategies she uses with her client...
How to Be Your Best Self
June 28, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBDo you wish you were your “best self”? What does that mean to you? Our definition of our best self usually changes with time as we change, so learning to be flexible and roll with what happens is key. But how do you do that? And how can you become your best self? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, takes you on a journey of self-discovery. What level of best self are you looking for and what holds you back from attaining it? And then she gives you 27 different tools to use to help you...
Missing Loved Ones?
June 21, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIs there someone in your life that you miss? Maybe they left you through death, divorce, a move, or they just disappeared from your life. What do you feel and how do you get through it? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, looks at who we might miss and why, but more importantly gives you 15 ways to get through the darker times, and 3 deeper visualization tools you can use on your own. Do you need help getting through those times? Reach out and connect; to your other loved ones, your r...
Need More Love in Your Life??
June 14, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBDo you feel unloved or unlovable? Do you feel worthy and deserving of love? If you don’t, is it time for you to change that? And if you do, but still don’t have love in your life; love from a significant other, love of family or friends; then what do you need to change to attract that love? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, gives you exercises on how to draw love to you; love of self and love of others. The Law of Attraction works whether we use it for or what we would consider, aga...
Finding Courage
June 07, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBDoes your life offer you choices and you fail to take the courageous path? Whether it’s small or large, do you stay in your comfort zone and let the rest of life pass you by? So many times being courageous isn’t in the larger things. It’s the smaller, day-to-day activity and things we say; the paths we choose and the way we connect to people and act in situations. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, shows you not only 15 ways you can practice being braver and making more courageous ch...
Raise Your Vibration and & Shift Your Reality
May 31, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBDo you feel down in the dumps and wonder why? Even more importantly, do you want to get out and don’t know how? Raising your vibration can not only make you feel better, but totally shift your reality. If you need to understand vibration and frequency better, today your host, Carol DeChaine, goes into that, as well as gives you 15 ways you can intentionally raise your vibration and 3 powerful tools you can use to not only raise your vibration but change your frequency to go after those power...
I NEED a Vacation!!!
May 24, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBDo you need to get away? Do you need some relaxation and time to de-stress, rejuvenate and refresh yourself before getting back into your day-to-day life? Do you let yourself get so stressed out you break down or at least feel like you’re going to? If it’s time to take a vacation, maybe you need to de-stress a little first – so you can really enjoy your time away. After your host, Carol DeChaine goes through de-stressing information – what gets to us and how to handle it; then she’s off to t...
How to Have More Common Sense
May 17, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBHave you wondered whatever happened to common sense? Common sense can help us through lots of situations. Decisions on what to wear, what to buy or how to act or react. Our choices can be ruled by anything, but common sense can help us make our lives a better place. We can make better decisions from the smallest thing all the way to our love life, our careers and our life purpose. If you or someone you know doesn’t take the time to work with common sense, this show is for you. Your host, Car...
Compromise the Right Way...So Everyone Wins!
May 10, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBDo you argue or discuss with people until you’re blue in the face without coming to a conclusion that all the parties can be happy with? Do you know the best way to reach a compromise? That elusive win-win situation? While reaching a compromise can be tricky grounds in some instances, it can be quite approachable in others. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, not only lets you in on a few secrets of how to reach a compromise that makes everybody happy campers, but also lets you know c...
FUN...the New "F" Word
May 03, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBDo you hold back when everyone is having fun around you? How deeply do you feel the fun? Sometimes we think fun is worthless when we’re on our path to a goal. But taking time to cut loose and really find the joy in life by having fun can be the catalyst that makes our whole life more enjoyable and our goals easier to reach. If you aren’t sure what’s holding you back or have no idea where to start, in this episode your host, Carol DeChaine takes you on a journey from what fun actually may be ...
Surviving the Waiting Game
April 26, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBWhether you’re waiting for a friend and they’re late, for your boss to decide if you get that promotion, or you’re stuck in traffic, waiting can be difficult. Being impatient is just the beginning of our reactions and we can get anxious, frustrated, and sometimes downright rude if we reach our limit. If what you’re waiting for can change your life it gets even tougher. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine works towards the ultimate goal, which is going through whatever you’re waiting fo...
Do You Feel Lucky?
April 19, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBDo you feel lucky? And is you luck good or just really bad? You may be on a roll and feel incredibly lucky; or you may feel like you’re going straight downhill and Murphy’s Law seems to kick in where just nothing is going right. If you’re like most people, you have swings in your life that are up and down. But what if you could have luck all the time? What if you stayed optimistic and hopeful and avoided the fear, the worry or the frustration of things going badly? Today your host, Carol DeC...
See No Evil; Hear No Evil...
April 12, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWe face negativity and even evil every day. What do you do when faced with it? What do you feel and how do you react? If you get angry, have fear or feel like you’re losing your mind, you might need a little help. Today your host, Carol DeChaine leads you thru one of her signature meditations to help you find peace and release any negativity you may be facing and goes into 15 ways to deal with seeing evil, hearing evil and even when you may speak evil yourself. We don’t have to let evil or v...
Impossible is Just an Opinion
April 05, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBDo you have some things in your life that seem impossible to achieve or have? Whether it’s business related, relationship related or financial, what’s holding you back; and WHY do these things seem impossible to you? What if Impossible was just an opinion that you could change? What if those limiting thoughts that hold you back evaporated and you chose limitless thoughts instead and everything was possible? What would your life look like? Today your host, Carol DeChaine, looks at the Impossi...
It's TOO MUCH...Help!@#@!
March 29, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBDoes it feel like everything is piling on top of you and you don’t know which way to turn? Sometimes we can get caught in a spiral of worry, doubt and anxiety. Stress can do us in when we feel we don’t have any control of a possible outcome; especially when it happens in more than one area of our life at a time. If you need a little or a lot of help, in this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, not only looks at your schedule, but also gives you a brand new 6 Step Plan to follow when you feel ...
Should You Avoid Cranky People?
March 22, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWe all have people in our lives that are negative; that complain, whine, are impatient or grouchy about lots of things. How do you deal with it and should you avoid these people? And how can you avoid them as to now create bad feelings? In today’s episode your host, Carol DeChaine, helps you see people that may not be in the best place a little clearer. You’ll get a compassion exercise as well as numerous other ways to deal with or avoid the cranky or obnoxious person. You’ll even get one of...
Eat Dessert First!
March 15, 2023 08:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBThis episode is all about pleasure…like eating dessert first. How do you feel when you do it? Guilty? If you want more lightness, to respect and love yourself more, and to let go of any guilt, incorporating pleasure in your life can make it so much more fun – even the jobs you hate to do! In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine goes over the benefits of pleasure and how you can incorporate it into every aspect of your life. And even talks about why eating dessert first literally, may not b...
Every Day Spirituality Can Transform Your Life
March 08, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBDo you go along your merry way every day and forget to connect to source? Being busy can stop us from doing just that. If we can figure out how to fit in even a couple of minutes a day doing something…anything that lifts us up, our lives can change overnight. Besides meditation and prayer, what else can you do? Today your host, Carol DeChaine gives you 21 more fun ways to raise your vibration so that connecting to source is easier than ever. Some of these may surprise you and some may be old...
Are You Tired of Waiting??
March 01, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBAre you tired of waiting? Whether it’s waiting for people to be ready on time; for situations to change; for the love of your life to show up; or wanting to make a difference in the world but having no idea how to do it, waiting can be a pain in the you know what. Today your host, Carol DeChaine goes over how to cope with waiting on people and circumstances in your day-to-day life, but also gives you a 4-step approach to waiting on the deeper things; whether it’s waiting for your soulmate to...
Be Uniquely You!!
February 22, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBDo people label you or make fun of you when you try to be who you feel you are? Do they try to change you or throw their expectations in your face? Sometimes no matter what we say, people just don’t hear us or accept us for who we are. And other times we hide our true selves away in fear or limiting beliefs that our unique self won’t be accepted and embraced, but rather ridiculed or dismissed. Being uniquely you can be a challenge. This week your host, Carol DeChaine, looks at what shapes ou...
The 5 Don'ts When Falling In Love (And What to Do Instead)
February 15, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBWhen you think about your love life are you dissatisfied? Do you seem to shoot yourself in the foot time and time again when all you want is someone to spend your life with? Or maybe you have no idea what’s going wrong. You only know you’re alone. Today your host, Carol DeChaine, helps you look at whatever patterns you may be living that you might not even be aware of and gets right to the heart of the matter by looking at 5 things you might be doing that could be sabotaging your chance at l...
Am I Lost or Just Taking the Long Way Around?
February 08, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBSometimes life has us going in circles or going on what we think may be the wrong path. We may want to know why we are on this planet and what our purpose is. Detours on your life path can be okay because we can learn some great lessons but meandering too long can make us feel anxious and like our life is off track. But how can we know when we are off our path and how to get back on it? Our subconscious can block us from knowing the direction to take if we have limiting beliefs and fears hol...
Public Speaking is for the Birds!!!
February 01, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBDo you shake in your boots when you think about speaking in public? Whether it’s giving a presentation at your job, saying your wedding vows or just speaking up when you want to be heard, it can be a really uncomfortable thing to do. Not only will your host, Carol DeChaine go over what your stage fright might feel like, but some real, past history situations that might have you feeling this way. If you want to retrain your subconscious to release that limiting belief that isn’t serving you, ...
Feeling Less Than ... comparisons
January 25, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBDo you feel less than … when you start looking around the world at other people and their circumstances? Do you wish you looked more like them, had their marriage or kids for yourself, or had their success if you compare yourself to them? We all would like to have more in our lives in some form; more money, more love, more peace, more success, more…whatever, but if your self-esteem suffers and you get stuck in a downward spiral of depression, anger, or hopelessness, you really go no where an...
Focus 100% Better Using These Strategies
January 18, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBHow is your focus? Do you have great concentration for everyday things, but let your dreams and goals lapse? Or maybe you start to do something and you let distractions pull you away? Being able to focus on making your life what you want it to be is a huge skill to have. In this episode, your host, Carol DeChaine not only helps you find a baseline of how your focus is in general right at this moment, but also gives you numerous strategies to help you exponentially improve your focus and conc...
STOP Caregiver Burnout NOW!
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBDo you as a caregiver get annoyed, impatient, or unkind when you run out of patience? Are you cranky or exhausted all the time? Are you the person being taken care of and feel powerless and depressed that you can’t do what you used to or feel less than the person you used to be? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, looks at how close you are to burnout and how you can help each other – both caregiver and the one being cared for – to have a more joyful and peaceful coexistence. Taking c...
It's MY Time! ... No Excuses
January 04, 2023 09:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBWhen you think… “It’s MY Time” how do you feel? Do you feel selfish, worried, harassed, or maybe you just think…I don’t have time for that! Unless you’re feeling good, you can’t really help others, and you definitely aren’t being connected to source. If you make up all kinds of excuses not to take the time for YOU that you need, then you can never be that connected being that feels authentic and makes a difference in the world; or even your own family. Your host, Carol DeChaine, goes deeper ...
The Secrets to Keeping New Year's Resolutions
December 28, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBDo you have luck with keeping your New Year’s Resolutions? How do you know if the ones you choose will work? That you’ll actually do them and not forget them come a week or a month into the new year? And how do you come up with one? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine not only goes into the secrets of how to choose a New Year’s resolution, which you can do right in the middle of the show following her lead, but also gives you 18 ways to keep those resolutions once you set them. Finding...
Your Holiday Survival Guide
December 21, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBDo you feel totally stressed out, depressed or worried during the holiday season? Feel like you might need a survival guide to get you through? Then you’re in luck! The holidays can be a wonderful time with our families, but it can also be highly stressful and extremely lonely depending on your circumstance. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, not only walks you through your current expectations of the holidays and how you feel about it, but what your perfect holidays would look like....
Getting on the Happiness Train
December 14, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBLife can get tough and staying happy can seem pretty impossible if things seem to be going south. We let other people and circumstances impact our happiness and we can get depressed, sad, angry, frustrated, fearful and even feel worry or doubt instead of staying on the lighter side of things. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine helps you find where you land on the happiness scale and what’s your go to emotion when things seem to be going wrong. You’ll also be able to participate in one...
Attracting...Not Chasing
December 07, 2022 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBWhen you have dreams and goals, do you go after what you want? Many times we expend a lot of energy and feel like we’re chasing what we want. Whether it’s the right job, the love of our life, our financial goals, or whatever it may be. In today’s episode your host, Carol DeChaine, not only helps you recognize how you attain your goals and dreams, but also how to get clarity on what you want; discusses how to use the Law of Attraction vs. chasing your dreams, and concentrates on her 5-Step pl...
Make Lemonade!
November 30, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBWhen things seem to go wrong or you make a mistake, how do you turn it around? We might call the situation a lemon because it seems bitter or sour. You can’t make lemons into lemonade if you do and think the same thing every time you get into a situation. The situation or relationship will remain a lemon. So how do you go about making lemonade from what happened? Making the bitter more sweet? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, talks about the best way to review the situation without ...
What Are YOU Grateful For?
November 23, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBWhat can improve your relationships, your job, your home life, and pretty much everything around you? Gratitude! If you find things to be grateful for, the Law of Attraction will bring you even more things and people to be grateful for. Today your host, Carol DeChaine, walks you through people and situations that you can be grateful for so you can spend some time finding the peace and serenity that comes from that feeling. She also goes over many ways to show others your gratitude and apprec...
Lighten Up!!
November 16, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBHow often do you feel overwhelmed, frustrated or angry in today’s world? You see it all the time with the way people interact on social media; with discussions turning into rants and bullies being rampant. How do you deal, not only with that, but with all the other people and circumstances in your life that are difficult to deal with? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, asks you to figure out what is “getting to you” and then goes through ways that might help you lighten up and raise ...
Overscheduled & Crazed
November 09, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBSometimes our schedules can get away from us and we can get overwhelmed, under pressure and exhausted. How do you keep a handle on it and how do you stay calm amidst the craziness? Today your host, Carol DeChaine helps you deal with all the tasks and reminders you may need to take care of in your life by finding a way to organize and prioritize what you’re dealing with. She even talks about how to delegate, hire help or just take things off your list without feeling guilt. What are you givin...
Best Laid Plans OR What to do When Things Go Wrong
November 02, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBWhat do you do when your bests laid plans don’t turn out the way you want? What road blocks do you hit and how do you react? If you get derailed and want to get back on track, your host, Carol DeChaine, gives you a 8-step action plan that works for her and many of her clients; as well as 10 things not to do when things go what you would consider wrong, and 20 things you can do. Just realize that “Defeat will not destroy you, if you do not doubt the power to try again.” -- Lailah Gifty Akita ...
Are You Waiting for Love?
October 26, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBAre you waiting for love…true love to show up in your life? Are you feeling calm and peaceful about it, or has it been some time, or maybe never that you’ve found someone you could call your true love and you’re waiting around feeling anxious, worried, lonely, and maybe even desperate that someone will show up? In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine asks you what your definition of true love is and lets you in on how to recognize it when it shows up. She also talks about the 4 greatest fe...
Eliminating Unnecessary Worry & Doubt
October 19, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBDoes worry or doubt creep into your life and derail you from doing what you want? Do you get so caught up in the worry that your mind goes in circles, you feel frozen in place or you have nightmares about the issue? We all have worry and doubt about different parts of our lives because we’re human, but sometimes it takes over. In this episode your host, Carol DeChaine, helps you connect to the cause of the worry or doubt by giving you 5 questions to ask yourself when you find yourself caugh...
100th Episode - The Best of Connect2Joy So Far
October 12, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBThis is the 100th episode of the Connect2Joy podcast. Of all the shows over 2 seasons, your host, Carol DeChaine has chosen some of the best, with a mixture of 8 of the most uplifting and fun shows; 4 solo shows and 4 with unbelievable guests. While all of the shows have a spiritual message, all of them also have a practical value in your life. Being the best you that you can be, finding joy and making your life better has always been the focus of the show no matter what subject has been ch...
Mastering Your Psychic Ability
October 05, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBDo you want to be more psychic, but don’t know how? Do you think you should be, but don’t know why? Everyone is psychic! And you can use your intuition and psychic ability to help make your everyday life blossom into a beautiful flower. Every time you make a choice, you can use your intuition; what job to go for, who to date, go left or right. Just like learning math, some people have more of a facility to begin with than others. Whether you are a psychic who is bombarded with information wh...
At A Crossroads... Where Do I Go From Here?
September 28, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBDoes Your life seem to be at a crossroads? Are you facing a huge life changing decision? How are you doing with the anxiety, stress or worry? Today your host, Carol DeChaine, will look at how the Law of Attraction can work for or against you on your path, how to deal with the feelings that come up, including fears, worries, angers and grief, and will help you get more connected spiritually when you ask for help. And this time there is a special signature double guided meditation to release t...