failed relationships, slow forming addictions, aging parents, disap- pointing children...


Provide the overlay of Midlife and Menopause and before we know it, we’ve lost all connection with that young person that still lives inside each and every one of us... the young spirit who knows how to find joy in life, who still believes in the sanctity of her dreams... who still recalls how to laugh and hope and believe.


Once she’s gone, without that an- chor to our real selves, we’re cast adrift and let me tell ya: it’s a mighty rough sea out there.


I’ve been very blessed during this life to have some rather profound angels on my path; strong, older women willing to mentor. One of these angels is a dear friend who implores me at every turn to recon- nect with that part of me she calls ‘Carrie Girl’. She promises me that if I do, I will find the answer to my every question and the supply for my every need. She tells me ‘Carrie Girl’ knows me better than anyone ever could... ‘Carrie Girl’ recalls the early passions, hopes, dreams and longings of my life, and ‘Carrie Girl’ remembers who and what I really am.


NEWSFLASH: You too have your own inner guide. When was the last time you acknowledged her?


As you read this, we’ve been Jan/Mar 2014 9 Kalon Women Magazine


blessed enough to see the dawn of a brand new year: 2014.


If you rang it in like most folks, you perhaps over-indulged in numerous ways, and woke up with a hangover- be it a food hangover, booze hangover or a monetary hangover-- and a whole bunch of self-loathing. Perhaps too, as the ball in Times Square was drop- ping, you were furiously making your New Year’s Resolutions, vowing to do -and BE better.


Just a tiny question here: does it seem wise to make promises to yourself when you’re


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