BEYOND

Knowing

I began creatively interpreting life by the time I was 4. I’ve learned that what we have to say with words matters not as much to the uncontrollable world outside of us as it does to the beautiful, wild world inside longing to be expressed.

I’m excited to announce that my new book, The Current: Poems for the Flow of Life, will be published in November 2021! I’ve got 9 other fiction and nonfiction books in progress. I’m curious to see which one takes the lead and publishes next. In the past my work has been featured in several publications including Beyond Knowing, the Huffington Post, A Sacred Presence, Life Line, and Mais Oui I, II, and III.

I’ve Spent 54 Years Living in a Body I’ve Tried to Ignore.

Connie Cruthirds

Nov 14, 2016
7 min

I’ve Spent 54 Years Living in a Body I’ve Tried to Ignore.

I’ve spent 54 years living in a body I’ve tried to ignore. Every day I wake up and my first thought is that today will be different. Many days are better than others, but underneath that there is always a little girl that has lived in fear since before her first breath. Before my brave mother knew I was growing inside her, she decided to leave her abusive husband who was my father. He worked the night shift so her bags were packed to leave at 10:30pm with her 3 children and h

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Connie Cruthirds

Apr 13, 2016
6 min

How Can I Be 54 & Still Fat? (Part 1)

“How can I be 54 and still fat?” During the weeks before my 54th birthday in January I asked myself that question every day. I pondered and framed it in my mind with a flashing light border adding “What the heck’s the matter with me?” After all, I’m a master certified life coach, former good client of many of the best and worst therapists in America, and patron of at least 4 personal trainers in the past 30 years. In 1995, I completed Vanderbilt’s eating disorder treatment pr

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