Summitless: Finding Freedom Beyond the Peak

A new book about navigating change, honoring limits, and finding meaning in the landscapes you never expected to walk.

Summitless explores what happens when the summit you were striving for disappears β€” and how life can open in unexpected ways when you stop defining yourself by achievement, performance, or the peak you thought would make you whole.

It’s a book about growth, grief, resilience, and renewal. About listening to your body. About learning to trust quieter forms of strength. And it invites you to discover a deeper sense of freedom, even when life takes you off the trail you imagined.

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About the Author

Stephanie M. Hutchins, PhD is the author of four books, including See Through: The Art and Cost of Radical Transparency in a World That Profits from Pretending. She is also the founder of Serotinous Life β€” a coaching practice rooted in resilience, transformation, and truth.

For 14 years, she taught anatomy and physiology, bringing together scientific understanding, lived experience, and trauma-informed insight to help people make sense of their emotional and physical healing. Her writing blends neuroscience, recovery work, and the wisdom of the natural world to offer a grounded and compassionate path toward growth.

Her books and teachings encourage readers to challenge old narratives, embrace emotional honesty, and build lives defined by meaning, courage, and authentic self-expression.