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The Distracted Dreamer

Hosted by Carlene Bauwens · education · EN-US

98 episodesAudience: 4
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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 distr

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What is The Distracted Dreamer about?

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.

Who hosts The Distracted Dreamer?

The Distracted Dreamer is hosted by Carlene Bauwens. The show has published 98 episodes to date.

What has The Distracted Dreamer covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#97: This Wasn't My Dream: It Was The Thing Before It" (14 September 2026, 18 minutes), "#96: You Are Who You Surround Yourself With: Why It Matters For Your Dreams" (7 September 2026, 16 minutes), and "#95: The Brain Science Behind Keeping Promises to Yourself" (31 August 2026, 20 minutes).

How often does The Distracted Dreamer publish?

The Distracted Dreamer publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 98 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Distracted Dreamer?

Booking probability for The Distracted Dreamer is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Distracted Dreamer requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Distracted Dreamer's contact route on record: public web form.

About the host

Carlene Bauwens hosts The Distracted Dreamer, an education podcast with 98 episodes published.

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  • Episode #97

    #97: This Wasn't My Dream: It Was The Thing Before It

    Sep 14, 202618 min

    Send 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 going on something that isn't serving you...

  • Episode #96

    #96: You Are Who You Surround Yourself With: Why It Matters For Your Dreams

    Sep 7, 202616 min

    Send 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 and walk away lit up, ready to take on...

  • Episode #95

    #95: The Brain Science Behind Keeping Promises to Yourself

    Aug 31, 202620 min

    Send 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 strong — but a lot of us also learned to...

  • Episode #94

    #94: What to Say When Your Adult Kid Needs You Differently

    Aug 24, 202616 min

    Send 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 before you say it. You replay it after...

  • Episode #93

    #93: Encore: How to Lead Yourself Through Midlife — and Why the People You Love Need You To

    Aug 17, 202627 min

    Send 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 not the winding down. They are not the...

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  • Episode #92

    #92: The Only Two Things You Need To Make Progress On Your Dreams

    Aug 10, 202615 min

    Send 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 there with me. So today, we're going back to...

  • Episode #91

    #91: Never Say "Let Me Know If You Need Anything" To Someone Struggling

    Aug 3, 202614 min

    Send 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 are with your relationships at the age of...

  • Episode #90

    #90: When Your Dream Stops Being Fun and Feels Like Too Much Effort

    Jul 27, 202617 min

    Send 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, like, so much harder than I thought,"...

  • Episode #89

    #89: How to Know If Complacency Is Slowly Killing Your Dreams: 5 Questions to Ask Now

    Jul 20, 202618 min

    Send 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, conversations turned into scheduling logistics, and...

  • Episode #88

    #88: When You've Invested So Much In A Dream That No Longer Lights You Up: 5 Questions To Ask

    Jul 14, 202618 min

    Send 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, we're talking about the sunk cost fallacy...

  • Episode #87

    #87: What Rory Vaden Taught Me About Why My Dream Keeps Waiting

    Jul 6, 202620 min

    Send 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 careless. You were handling real things for...

  • Episode #86

    #86: The Difference Between Quitting and Completing a Dream

    Jun 29, 202614 min

    Send 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 that. About what it feels like when a...

  • Episode #85

    #85: Why "I Don't Know What I Want" Is a Nervous System Problem, and how to fix it.

    Jun 22, 202617 min

    Send 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, I'm getting into what happens when your...

  • Episode #84

    #84: Why You Feel Disoriented in Midlife — And How to Find Your Footing Again

    Jun 15, 202621 min

    Send 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, which is why so many of us hit a wall. We're...

  • Episode #83

    #83: Your Nervous System First: The Summer Reset That Actually Works

    Jun 8, 202626 min

    Send 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 matter. But what if everything we've been...

  • Episode #82

    #82: Are You a Perfectionist or Just Hiding? 5 Questions to Find Out

    Jun 1, 202620 min

    Send 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 coming back to perfectionism — because just...

  • Episode #81

    #81: Finding yourself again in midlife: it's not about finding your purpose

    May 25, 202622 min

    Send 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 in midlife. The kids are grown. The...

  • Episode #80

    #80: Stop Pushing, Start Creating: How Rest Unlocks Your Most Creative Ideas

    May 18, 202613 min

    Send 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 this episode, we're getting into the...

  • Episode #79

    #79: Parenting Adult Children: How to Navigate Letting Go, Staying Connected, and Finding Yourself Again

    May 9, 202621 min

    Send 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 pediatrician conversations about every...

  • Episode #78

    #78: Why You Feel Lonely Even When You're Constantly "Talking" to People — And the One Thing That Fixes It

    May 4, 202612 min

    Send 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 feel so lonely? That's exactly what...

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