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Cutting Loose

My Journey from Survival Mode to Embodied Flow

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Pub Date Jul 14 2026 | Archive Date Sep 2 2026


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Description

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 of family and rejection. Could she choose connection over the safety of isolation, or would her painful past and overwhelmed nervous system sabotage everything? The answers came not from listening to her mind’s racing thoughts but from attuning to her body’s whispers.

In Cutting Loose, Zaring weaves memoir and somatic insight into a powerful journey of healing from the inside out. More than a story of unwinding survival patterns, it’s an invitation to wholeness—integrating your fractured parts, reconnecting to your deepest wisdom, and stepping fully into embodied life. For anyone stuck in old cycles, living too much in their head, or seeking sustainable paths to nervous system regulation, Cutting Loose is both a guide and companion for the voyage within.

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...


A Note From the Publisher

Aimee Zaring is a certified Somatic Stress Release™ Practitioner and the award-winning author of Flavors from Home: Refugees in Kentucky Share Their Stories and Comfort Foods. She earned an MFA in Writing from Spalding University and has been an English language educator and small business owner. A fourth-generation Kentuckian, she has received grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Kentucky Arts Council.

Aimee Zaring is a certified Somatic Stress Release™ Practitioner and the award-winning author of Flavors from Home: Refugees in Kentucky Share Their Stories and Comfort Foods. She earned an MFA in...


Advance Praise

“Deeply researched, disarmingly funny, and quietly revolutionary.” —Jenny Porter, author of The Space Between

Cutting Loose is a thoughtful, vulnerable, and quietly powerful read, and I’d recommend it to readers interested in memoirs of healing, anyone curious about somatic practices, and people who have ever felt trapped inside a coping mechanism they couldn’t simply ‘just stop.’” —Literary Titan

“Written with compassion and striking clarity, the book translates complex somatic ideas into language readers can truly grasp. Part memoir and part gentle guide, each chapter ends with a simple “Sense It for Yourself” somatic practice so readers can immediately apply what they’ve learned. The result is a deeply personal yet highly accessible guide to feeling more grounded, present, and alive.” —Amy Smyth Miller, author of Home: A Memoir of Family, Forgiveness, and Healing from Complex PTSD

“I’ll absolutely be recommending this book to clients, colleagues, friends…and probably anyone else who’ll listen. It’s heartfelt without being heavy, profound without being preachy, and serious in all the right places while still making room for humor, grace, and our shared humanity. Some books entertain. Some books teach. The rare ones do both while quietly changing the way you even see yourself. Cutting Loose is one of those books.” —Gina Bradburn, LCSW and EMDR-trained therapist

“Deeply researched, disarmingly funny, and quietly revolutionary.” —Jenny Porter, author of The Space Between

Cutting Loose is a thoughtful, vulnerable, and quietly powerful read, and I’d recommend...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9798901742754
PRICE $18.99 (USD)
PAGES 292

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