The Distracted Dreamer
by Carlene Bauwens
Latest episode
#97: This Wasn't My Dream: It Was The Thing Before It
#97: This Wasn't My Dream: It Was The Thing Before It
About this podcast
Get ready to confidently and unapologetically go after dreams! Welcome to The Distracted Dreamer Podcast.
Today is the day you’re going to pull your dreams off the shelf and bring them to the forefront of your life. You are never too tired, too busy, too old, too young, too anything to pursue your dreams.
Imagine… the joy and excitement of doing what lights you up. Your dreams are yours. No one gets to take them from you and no one gets to chase them - except you. Your dreams are there to guide you, to inspire you and to show you that yes, there is something more in store for you.
You see, the size of your dreams don’t matter - it could be running a marathon, reading a book series, perfecting that family recipe, traveling the world, or learning to dance.
I’m Carlene Bauwens, entrepreneur, Life Coach and now host of The Distracted Dreamer podcast. I’m here to show you how to kick distraction to the curb and grab hold of your dreams. Your happiness matters. You have a big, beautiful, amazing life to live. And you've only got one of them. Welcome to the Distracted Dreamer Podcast.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 98 episodes
- #97: This Wasn't My Dream: It Was The Thing Before It · 18 min · Episode 97Send Carlene a text or voicemail I almost pushed to hit 100 episodes just so the number would sound better. And then I remembered what I tell you all the time: you don't keep…
- #96: You Are Who You Surround Yourself With: Why It Matters For Your Dreams · 16 min · Episode 96Send Carlene a text or voicemail Have you ever left a conversation and felt like you just needed to go decompress? And then another time, you talk to someone for twenty minutes…
- #95: The Brain Science Behind Keeping Promises to Yourself · 20 min · Episode 95Send Carlene a text or voicemail If you grew up hearing "you'll figure it out," "life isn't fair," or "just do your best," this episode is for you, my friend. Those words made us…
- #94: What to Say When Your Adult Kid Needs You Differently · 16 min · Episode 94Send Carlene a text or voicemail BECOME THE MOM THEY WANT TO CALL You love your adult kids. But somewhere along the way the conversations got harder. You second-guess everything…
- #93: Encore: How to Lead Yourself Through Midlife — and Why the People You Love Need You To · 27 min · Episode 93Send Carlene a text or voicemail We don't talk about this enough: the years after raising kids, after caregiving, after decades of showing up for everyone else — those years are…
- #92: The Only Two Things You Need To Make Progress On Your Dreams · 15 min · Episode 92Send Carlene a text or voicemail We're more than halfway through the year, and if I'm honest, I'm not as far along on my dreams as I thought I'd be by now. Maybe you're right…
- #91: Never Say "Let Me Know If You Need Anything" To Someone Struggling · 14 min · Episode 91Send Carlene a text or voicemail What if the biggest predictor of your health at 80 has nothing to do with cholesterol or exercise, and everything to do with how satisfied you…
- #90: When Your Dream Stops Being Fun and Feels Like Too Much Effort · 17 min · Episode 90Send Carlene a text or voicemail Have you been more focused on the effort of your dream lately than the fun of it? Are you constantly replaying that soundtrack of, "This is hard…
- #89: How to Know If Complacency Is Slowly Killing Your Dreams: 5 Questions to Ask Now · 18 min · Episode 89Send Carlene a text or voicemail You know that great year you had with your spouse? The one where things finally felt easy? Somewhere in there, date night disappeared…
- #88: When You've Invested So Much In A Dream That No Longer Lights You Up: 5 Questions To Ask · 18 min · Episode 88Send Carlene a text or voicemail Have you ever stayed in a dream, a job, a project, or even a relationship just because of how much you've already invested? In today's episode…
- #87: What Rory Vaden Taught Me About Why My Dream Keeps Waiting · 20 min · Episode 87Send Carlene a text or voicemail Have you ever ended a week knowing your dream didn't move — and you're not even sure why? You weren't scrolling all day. You weren't being…
- #86: The Difference Between Quitting and Completing a Dream · 14 min · Episode 86Send Carlene a text or voicemail I sat down to record this week thinking, honestly, that I had nothing left to say. And instead of pretending otherwise, I decided to talk about…
- #85: Why "I Don't Know What I Want" Is a Nervous System Problem, and how to fix it. · 17 min · Episode 85Send Carlene a text or voicemail I don't even know what I want anymore." If you've said that to yourself lately, it's likely your nervous system is maxed-out. In this episode…
- #84: Why You Feel Disoriented in Midlife — And How to Find Your Footing Again · 21 min · Episode 84Send Carlene a text or voicemail One foot in a season that's closing. One foot in a future you don't quite recognize yet. Midlife has a way of reshuffling everything at once…
- #83: Your Nervous System First: The Summer Reset That Actually Works · 26 min · Episode 83Send Carlene a text or voicemail American culture has taught us that being busy, slammed, having so much going on makes us important. Like a packed calendar is proof that we…
- #82: Are You a Perfectionist or Just Hiding? 5 Questions to Find Out · 20 min · Episode 82Send Carlene a text or voicemail You've said it before. Maybe you're saying it right now. "I'm a perfectionist." But what if that's not the whole truth? In this episode, I'm…
- #81: Finding yourself again in midlife: it's not about finding your purpose · 22 min · Episode 81Send Carlene a text or voicemail Have you ever stood in the middle of the widest open season of your life — and somehow felt more lost than free? That's where so many of us are…
- #80: Stop Pushing, Start Creating: How Rest Unlocks Your Most Creative Ideas · 13 min · Episode 80Send Carlene a text or voicemail What if the reason you're stuck has nothing to do with motivation — and everything to do with how your brain is actually designed to create? In…
- #79: Parenting Adult Children: How to Navigate Letting Go, Staying Connected, and Finding Yourself Again · 21 min · Episode 79Send Carlene a text or voicemail Nobody warned us that one of the hardest parts of motherhood would come after the kids leave home. We were handed books about teenagers. We had…
- #78: Why You Feel Lonely Even When You're Constantly "Talking" to People — And the One Thing That Fixes It · 12 min · Episode 78Send Carlene a text or voicemail You're texting. You're in the group chat. You're sending the memes and the voice notes and the "thinking of you" messages. So why do you still…
