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.

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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