Cutting Loose: My Journey from Survival Mode to Embodied Flow

For years, Aimee Zaring couldn't tell anyone about her secret-not her husband, therapist, or closest friends. She'd been trapped in a body-focused compulsive behavior rooted in shame and chronic fight-or-flight. When her childless marriage ended, her coping pattern spiraled. She tried more than a dozen interventions, but nothing helped.

Then she met Tom, a recovering alcoholic with two young children and a life that both terrified and called to her. Suddenly she had to face her lifelong fear...