Connect2Joy Podcast

Is pain messing with the quality of your or a loved one’s life? If you have chronic or acute pain, how do you deal with it? Pain makes us cranky and hard to be around; and can even impact our jobs and our relationships. This show specifically addresses different options to alleviate pain. And Guest Russell Pate joins host Carol DeChaine to educate us on why and how taking care of your feet will he...

Do you consistently delay doing things until they become an emergency, miss or barely make deadlines, or even are habitually late? Do you make promises you don’t keep to your friends or loved ones to do something or to be somewhere? You may have all sorts of reasons why you procrastinate and they may be valid to you - but those excuses may not be ultimately serving you. Procrastination can hurt ou...

If you think imagination is only to be used for daydreaming, think again. Without imagination nothing new would be invented and we would still be living like the caveman barely eking out and surviving. Imagination serves a larger purpose in every life. If you need help being able to imagine your best life, feel stuck or say over and over that you just don’t have an imagination, then this episode i...

Sometimes we have no choice but to change when life thrusts something new into our life.  But if you want your dreams to come true, you will have to make those changes on purpose.  How comfortable are you with change? Are you willing to take that step out of your comfort zone when you can’t really know the outcome of the changes you want to make? If not, you aren’t alone because change can be one...

Did you know that your body is intelligent? That it may be trying to tell you something?  If so, what is it trying to say and how do you connect?  This episode has your host, Carol DeChaine giving you five specific times when you should pay attention to your body and gives you a step-by-step guide on what to do when you feel tension, tightness or pain. It also includes the host’s signature guided...

Too busy with the rest of your life for self-care? Do you ever plan fun time for yourself when you don’t worry about what you SHOULD be doing? When you don’t answer a phone, a text or answer your kids because they have a question? Have you ever been around a cranky, overworked, over-scheduled person? Or maybe that’s you??  If you think self-care is selfish, this show might shake you up a bit becau...

Life can be stressful, depressing and just plain difficult sometimes. What do you do when that happens? Are you able to step back and hold on to your happiness? If not immediately, in a short period of time? We all need time to adjust to changes in our life and difficult situations, but when and how do you bunce back? Join host, Carol DeChaine as she takes you through a 6-step process to find your...

When change is thrust upon you in the form of death, layoffs, job transfers, or maybe a divorce you didn’t ask for, how do you react? Do you fight it kicking and screaming or embrace the change and see how it can make your life better? Most people need at least a few minutes to hours, or maybe days, weeks or months, to start embracing the change, if they ever do.  Sometimes change seems so hard we...

In part 2 of a life coaching session on navigating the chaos in the world today, Nancy DeMello bravely steps forward to figure out how to stop being overwhelmed and reacting in fear with all the scary and chaotic energy going on in the world today.  As the host, certified life coach, Carol DeChaine assists Nancy to find her path with both laughter and moments of enlightenment, you too may find les...

With all that’s going on in today’s world, how are you navigating it? Are you overwhelmed? Feeling fear? Is it so bad between COVID, the vaccine, the Delta variant, your job, your relationships…that your very survival is feeling at risk? Join the host, Carol DeChaine and her guest, Nancy DeMello, who bravely works through part 1 of a life coaching session on how she can survive the bombardment of...

Have you ever said no to an opportunity because saying YES would have totally freaked you out? Did even the thought of saying YES make you feel super far out of your comfort zone? Find out how saying YES can change your life. Yes is very powerful. It can expand your mind and your horizons to new possibilities, boost your self-confidence level and help you get unstuck or move you out of your rut. A...

When your life is going wrong, do you wish your fairy godmother would show up with a magic wand and make everything all better? Or maybe have a genie with a magic lamp? We all would like someone to come along and fix our problems for us, but what if you could ask, just ask, and your wishes would come true, just as if you had made that wish from a genie in a bottle? And what about when you see some...

Do you have someone in your life you think you could never forgive? Did you know that forgiveness is not about condoning the behavior of that person, letting them repeat the behavior or you ever having to speak to them again or confront them if you don’t want to? Forgiveness just means you’re ready to release any anger, resentment, bitterness or hurt that weigh you down and make your life so heavy...

Have you ever felt a oneness with all there is? With each person and each thing in the universe?  If you have, you probably felt peaceful, serene, and bigger than yourself; and your mind may have been quieter than it ever has been before. It is a feeling that people crave once they find it and even if you don’t think you’ve felt it before, you probably have at least had an inkling. This week your...

Do you trust in your own abilities and judgment or let other people’s opinion about you sway you and devalue you in some way? Have you ever really paid attention to how you treat yourself?  We all have those voices in our head telling us we can’t or we aren’t good enough, smart enough or attractive enough to achieve something. Even if we think we don’t! And believe it or not, even those that seem...

Do you consider yourself a writer? Even if you don’t, writing can change your life. Writing helps you formalize your thoughts and helps you become a better communicator, and we all need that! Join host, Carol DeChaine and her guest, writer and teacher, Darrell Bartell, as they speak about how he teaches his students to get involved with writing and how it has changed some of their lives. They also...

Sometimes things don’t go quite the way we plan.  Maybe, just maybe, we aren’t so clear in what we want, so we manifest something just a little off, or maybe a lot off from what our wishes and desires are!  Whether you want to find a new job, a new relationship or a new place to live, we all have opinions of what we have and what we would rather have. To help you along, the host will offer her fou...

Energy healing…what’s all the flap about? What is it really and how does it work?  Is it right for you?  Whether energy work is new to you or you are a longtime user or practitioner, learn from a 20 year Reiki Master and Marconic energy recalibration practitioner and teacher how to answer these questions for your highest and best life.  This is more than energy healing 101.  You’ll not only learn...

Do you run dry trying to come up with ideas for your YouTube Channel?  Or maybe you have no idea where to start.  If you’ve been writing your blog so long you stare at your computer screen with zero ideas, you are working way too hard! Whether you have a YouTube channel for business or pleasure or none at all, this show will inspire you to think outside the box in coming up with new ideas. And it...

As you start working on making your dreams and visions for your best life to come true, stumbling blocks usually show up in one form or other.  In this second part of finding your best vision, learn what may be holding you back and how facing change may make you expect the worst, instead of being excited for the best.  This show features the host’s signature guided visualization to help clarify wh...

Do you have a dream or vision you wish were true?  One that seems partially or even completely impossible?  Or maybe you have no dream or vision for the future, but wish you did.  In either case, join Carol for this informative and fun look at how to create your dreams by employing her very own envisioneering™ 6 step process used with her clients.  You’ll learn to engineer your dream with imaginat...

If you feel a little lost sometimes, a lot lost, or just good old stuck this show can talk you down and help you out. And if you know someone else who is spinning their wheels and getting no where, pass the link on! Being lost, losing your momentum or feeling like your life is on autopilot can impact your life in oh so many ways. Not only emotionally, mentally and physically, but spiritually as we...

Have you tried using affirmations or mantras? Do they work for you? Have you wondered why maybe they don’t do a whole lot and so you stop using them? What if you were told that they really can be the magic bullet to transform your life? Would you listen?  Affirmations and mantras can be a powerful tool in your arsenal to shift your life to one you truly love, but how do you use them to get the res...

Do you grit your teeth every time you go to work? When you wake up, do you want to turn over and pull the covers over your head? Or maybe almost every day you want to say I QUIT! If that’s you or someone you love, you’re in the right place. Today the host Carol DeChaine, is going to ask you to think about just how bad it is and to look for what you hate as well as what you…at least like, if not lo...

If you wrote a movie about your life would you be the star, or the second fiddle or an extra? The host Carol DeChaine asks in this episode who you are and who you want to be. And then delves into expectations, where they come from and how they can hold you back from being your best self. Not only the expectations others have of us, but those we have of ourselves.  The show culminates in one of the...