Worried about my sound Quality?

Hi everyone! I'm currently working with adobe premiere cs 5.5 and I feel my audience might be put off by my audio. I have been working on getting a limiter of sorts on my finished projects, although i'm having a hard time as to whether I should fix this in post or have an existing software limiter of some sort. I am a completely amateur video maker so any input would be awesome.
I am aware though that limiting audio during recording so as not to have to spend too much time editing would be a great idea. I've searched the forums and I've never found a consistently helpful overall thread, so I'll be listing a few of my thoughts about how to tackle this but not how to resolve it. That's where everyone else comes in, because i've done my share of trial and error for over 150 videos now.
Questions:
-Is there a software I can run while I record so as to limit the audio as I record? If so, what and is it cheap/free even?
-Is there a preset way/presettable way of being able to fix this in post? If so, how?
-I believe I have heard of mics that have limiters or compressors, if there are any you're welcome to share for this thread
Things to note:
-Try to dumb it down for me because i've read the manuals and how to's
-I have fiddled with the audio gain in my career, so far, I may be doing it wrong but as far as I know I can't find an efficient consistency as much as I kept specific volume levels down and my face's distance from my mic.
-My recordings have different highs and lows, which involve screaming to low whispers by narratives(which are quite unpredictable).
-I am not exactly financially stable so maybe suggesting a mic is okay. I will say though that I have an on headset mic which sounds quite well, so i'll be hoping for help with my current mic.

Show us an example of the issue.  eg a link to a video.
My guess is that this is the problem...
I will say though that I have an on headset mic which sounds quite well, so i'll be hoping for help with my current mic.
Headset mics are generally very low quality. (How much did it cost?)
It is most likely auto level controlling already ...and giving you "garbage" audio and dodgy levels.
Hence G I G O  ( "garbage in  = garbage out")
There are no fixes for garbage audio.

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