Connect2Joy Podcast

Does 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 yo...

Some of us think we are new to spirituality, and others of us have been at it, it seems like forever. If you keep feeling the tug, whether you yoyo back and forth or never seem to get started, the 25 tools and tips to awaken and start you on your path, or continue you forward, shared by your host, Carol DeChaine, may be just the ticket to quantum leap your connection to source and shift to a highe...

What situations or people in your life do you struggle with? Do you worry, avoid or just have no idea how to deal with them?  What if you could transform, transmute or transcend the problem or difficulties in your life? Today your host, Carol DeChaine will not only have you look at your life more closely to see where your issues and problems may be, but also how you may be dealing with them now an...

How does your life look? Are you all you want to be? Do you have what you want and do what you want or does your reality look different than where you wish you were? If you don’t have your dreams and goals, are you stuck in a rut, or don’t even have a dream or a goal? Your host, Carol DeChaine will help you look at your life and see where you need to make changes, look at what might be holding you...

When you want to create something from an idea into a reality, how does it work for you? Or do you just let life take you where it will and just manifest unconsciously? If you want something specific in your life are you good at making it a reality? If you need a little help creating those dreams, hopes and desires, or even just a parking space, your host, Carol DeChaine will walk you through her...

Do you feel depressed, anxious, or fearful with all that’s going on in the world? Or maybe anger or a lack of energy occurs and you aren’t sure why. Whether you know specifically about the benefits of raising your vibration or not, your host, Carol DeChaine will not only speak on what raising your vibration can do for you, but she’ll give you 25 different ways to raise your vibration, some of whic...

Loving ourselves can be such a difficult thing to do sometimes. We may think we’re being prideful or selfish, but we may also be looking at what we perceive as “our faults” and wondering why in the heck would anyone love us, and how we can love our imperfect selves.  In every moment of every day we are with ourselves, so we’re kind of stuck with ourselves…shouldn’t we make the best of it? Do we wa...

Do you feel so overwhelmed that you don’t know if you are coming or going?  Afraid you’ll forget something important? Are you missing deadlines or afraid it’s a symptom of something bigger? Sometimes our mind gets so bogged down and overwhelmed that we can’t think straight and we need a little help. Join your host, Carol DeChaine while she talks about not only what overwhelm is and why we might ge...

Are you facing or have you recently faced a birthday that seems difficult?  Every birthday means something different to each person. Join the host, Carol DeChaine on her 65th birthday while she talks about how other people’s reactions and our own history can impact how we approach a birthday and aging in general. If you’ve noticed how some older people seem really hard to be around and others are...

Have you ever walked into a room and felt emotions even when no one’s there? Maybe you started laughing or crying, or maybe you just got a warm feeling, or a feeling you wanted to leave the room.  Feeling someone else’s energy and being aware of that is a way of feeling empathy for another person, but taking on the emotions as your own without even being aware of it can make your life uncomfortabl...

Have you noticed that people tell you that you’re perfect the way you are, and then they want you to change?  What’s that all about?  Awakening to our true self allows you to be both perfect and improving and that, along with wakefulness, befriending yourself and healing from trauma are just a few of the topics that your host, Carol DeChaine with her guest, Katherine Jansen-Byrkit, author of River...

Protecting your energy is making sure you feel safe and secure from negativity, harmful interactions and draining people or entities so you have less stress, anxiety and worry. It can give you more peace and balance. Basically energy protection can be about keeping and maintaining your own energy and secondly, not letting someone else’s negative energy impact you in a way you don’t want.  Energy p...

Money is a taboo subject in so many places. We don’t teach it in school, talk about it at our jobs or even when we’re dating.  It even reaches out and creates havoc in our married life if we aren’t on the same page. Your skill set is one thing. But your mindset only shows up in whether you have money and if you can keep it.  Join your host, Carol DeChaine as she discusses core beliefs about money,...

Do you find yourself making incorrect assumptions when someone says or writes something because either it isn’t clear or you take something personally? You might find that it creates great drama in the household or in your life. Join your host, Carol DeChaine as she shares two processes with you. One to use when you start to assume something someone says or does that hurts or angers you, and one i...

What does freedom mean to you? Does your life feel free or do you feel shackled to a person, place or job? You don’t have to! Feeling free and having freedom can be an inner choice. Join your host, Carol DeChaine while you get clear on how to get from here to there and virtually turn your life upside down in the best way possible.  In this episode: Defining Freedom (1:49) What you might want freed...

When you want to reach out and help do you feel like you get slapped down, snarled at or rejected? Sometimes we just want to help and we aren’t received well. Join your host, Carol DeChaine while she looks at what we can do to help; takes a look at our possible motivation and why people may react in a poor way when we reach out. And then goes on to explain lots of different ways you can reach out,...

Do you need to declutter? Is it a priority or do you put it off?  Did you know that too much clutter can impact you emotionally, psychologically and that even your physical health can suffer from the stress it causes?  Let’s face it, getting rid of things can be difficult and truly emotional.  The host, Carol DeChaine, formerly a co-owner of Organization Revolution and a super-organizer, will walk...

How do you know if your world is in divine order and you are still on that path? If obstacles seem to come up, what do you do? Learn in this episode with your host, Carol DeChaine, how to trust in divine order, how to stay on your path, and specifically how to know when a person or situation is for your highest good.  In this episode:  What is Divine Order (1.30) 15 ways to recognize divine order...

Do you feel stuck in a rut, don’t like part or all of your life or just want something more? If so, it may be time to reinvent yourself. If you want something different in a relationship, a career, or your life in general, you can change it…but how? Today your host, Carol DeChaine gives you her 8 steps for reinventing part or all of your life. First you figure out what part of your life you want t...

Meditation has been touted as helpful to your mind, your body and your spirit.  If we consider ourselves spiritual, we might meditate or maybe we think we should meditate. We might even be a little bit embarrassed if we aren’t keeping our practice up.  Whether your meditation practice is going strong, you had other things take priority and simply stopped being consistent, or you haven’t quite gott...

Have you noticed as we age, less and less people seem to really hear what we say? They either don’t listen or stereotype us to the infirmed or unimportant. Or maybe you’ve noticed that your parents or grandparents are having this problem. What can one do? Your host, Carol DeChaine with her guest, award winning author Stephanie Raffelock discuss how to get out of the Maiden/Mother/Crone cycle and m...

Did you know that if you try a little kindness you can be happier, feel healthier and have stronger relationships?  If you live in anger, worry or fear a lot of the time, being kind may not even be on your radar. Have you acted out of kindness recently or has it been a long time? And do you know what one might consider kindness? If you aren’t sure if being kind is worth your time or trouble, find...

Does inner peace seem impossible? Or maybe you only feel a fleeting moment now and again.  Join us for Part 2 of the podcast with host, Carol DeChaine and her guest Bohdi Sanders, bestselling author of The Art of Inner Peace, for their continuing talk on inner peace and how to get from here to there.  Listen in while they discuss how to let go of other people’s opinions in order to find true inner...

We could all use a little, or let’s face it, a LOT of inner peace with all that’s going on in the world. We can let all the pandemonium rule our lives or we can release those things we fear and worry over. But just HOW can we do that? How do we find inner peace in these times?  Join the host, Carol DeChaine, along with her guest Bohdi Sanders, bestselling author of the The Art of Inner Peace for P...

Would you like to stop worrying, especially over things you have no control over? This show is based around the quote by Donna Stratham, Ph. D., Worrying is Praying for Something You Don’t Want . A powerful statement that can really make you think.  Because worry reinforces bad outcomes to your subconscious, it will start creating some of those bad outcomes.  And you are also kicking into overdriv...