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If you truly follow your heart’s desire, you can create your dream job! Too many midlifers settle for a job we don’t like, or at best, tolerate.  We spend our days living to work, rather than the other way around, working to live.

If you love what you do, the money and the success, will follow. Things have a way of falling into place when we are clear about what we really want. They did for Jeanne White, the host of The Connect Show on Radio Network Dreamvisions7 Flag Station, WBNW 1120 AM, Boston.

She writes in her biography on the show’s new website, (www.connectwithjeannewhite.com) “I have always harbored a dream to become a radio talk show host.”

Though her heart was focused on broadcasting, Jeanne’s initial career track was in a totally different direction. After earning a Bachelor’s degree from Simmons College, Boston, a paralegal certification from Aquinas College and a Frank J. Manning Gerontology Certificate from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, she became a certified Shine Counselor, working with the elderly population helping them make educated insurance decisions. As if that were not enough, she became a Certified Yoga Teacher through the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School—a far cry from radio talk show host.

But the dream couldn’t be shaken. Her focus on helping and networking with others to solve problems led her to become an advocate of The Starlight Children’s Foundation of New England, dedicated to bringing happiness, hope and an improved quality of life to seriously ill children and their families in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont.

This commitment to helping others brought Jeanne to the attention of Candita Mamet, a regular host of the radio talk show, Healthy Living Guide.

Hearing that Jeanne had always had a longing for the radio talk show format, Candita raised the idea of Jeanne’s starting a new show. “Focus on the people chasing dreams and working at what they love.” Jeanne knew first hand how important it was to follow one’s heart’s desire and she agreed to try. With that, The Connect Show was born.

Today The Connect Show is part of the Dreamvisions7 Radio Network. Their mission: to be a holistic healing network with an eclectic group of radio hosts all with the common goal to help humankind by offering different modalities or programs combined with tools to bring awareness, joy, peace and ease to our listeners both in the local and global arena. The flagship station is WBNW 1120 AM, Boston, simulcast with WPLM 1390 AM & WESO 970 AM plus voice streaming on the Internet connecting Internationally.

On the second Saturday of the month, from 11 am – 12 noon, The Connect Show covers a wide range of topics ranging from business networking to current events. Jeanne shares the key purpose to her talk show: “My focus is to offer diverse, valuable and inspiring topics and resources. My goal with the show is to put people together….to make connections and provide networks and tools that will enhance people’s lives. My commitment is to network people with the objective of making their day to day lives a little easier and happier! As I say, ‘It’s all about connections! Get Connected!’”