Is there any services you or anyone else can recommend for mixing/coin joining? I don't know of any.
Chipmixer is a good option. You can check out their offical service thread on the forum -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1935098.msg19217054#msg19217054Remember to bookmark sensitive links and only follow official sources.
It seems you can't be behind a VPN while using Electrum or maybe the VPN I am using. It just shows Disconnected until I turn off my VPN and then it connects to the server.
What version of electrum are you using? This appears to be a past issue on certain operating systems.
I could find this issue on it for Ubuntu -
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5193#issue-420161782When I go to send BTC from an exchange. Do I just go into Electrum > Addresses and right click on any of the addresses and copy? I can then paste that into the Send address on the exchange, correct?
Correct! Electrum > Wallet name > address, then you copy. It's advisable not to reuse addresses to help maintain your pseudo anonymity.