Donna Marston is a speaker, author, Family Recovery Support Specialist, Certified Recovery Support Worker, Harm Reduction Trainer, and founder of Sharing With Out Shame®. She is also a wife and mother of two adult sons, bringing both lived experience and professional expertise to her work with families affected by addiction.

For years, Donna tried to rescue, control, and protect her son. Eventually, she learned that love alone was not enough. She had to learn how to set boundaries, stop unhealthy helping, and take responsibility for her own healing — without guilt or shame.

Today, Donna guides parents who feel overwhelmed and unsure whether the way they are responding is supportive or unintentionally harmful. Through workshops, courses, private sessions, books, and the Sharing With Out Shame® podcast, she provides parents with practical tools to regain balance—even when their child is not ready to change.

Topics explored in this episode:

• How to respond instead of react
• The importance of self-care
• Harm reduction
• Misconceptions about how to support someone through addiction
• How to establish healthy boundaries
• Talking at versus talking with
• Navigating the early stages of recovery
• Spirituality

To learn more about Donna's support services, visit the Sharing Without Shame website: https://sharingwithoutshame.com/
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SUN & MOON SOBER LIVING:

Access a free mindfulness meditation guided by Mary Tilson to help manage cravings and regulate emotions: https://pages.sunandmoonsoberliving.com/easemeditation

Follow along on Instagram: @sunandmoon.soberliving

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Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Alysse Bryson is an award-winning media executive turned founder, redefining modern sobriety as an aspirational lifestyle. In November 2025, she was honored as the first recipient of the Cultural Ambassador Award from Sans Bar Academy—recognizing her work as a leading voice in the sober movement. As the creator of The Sober Curator, she’s built a trusted platform that has guided over 1.1 million unique visitors to embrace sober living with purpose and joy.

Topics explored in this episode:

• Alysse’s recovery journey
• How the sober world has evolved over the last 20 years
• A near death experience with workaholism
• The whack-a-mole of addiction
• Addressing the root cause
• Starting The Sober Curator
• Inclusivity in sober spaces

Find out more: https://thesobercurator.com/

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SUN & MOON SOBER LIVING:

Access a free mindfulness meditation guided by Mary Tilson to help manage cravings and regulate emotions: https://pages.sunandmoonsoberliving.com/easemeditation

Follow along on Instagram: @sunandmoon.soberliving

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Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Nina Pick is a somatic healing practitioner and integrative counselor dedicated to helping individuals develop healthy relationships and full, embodied lives. In private practice in Western Massachusetts, she is also a group clinician at the Berkshire Transition Network, where she facilitates groups for men in early recovery.

She received an MA in counseling psychology with a focus on marriage and family therapy from Pacifica Graduate Institute and an MA in comparative literature from UC Berkeley. She is a certified NeuroAffective Touch practitioner and a Safe and Sound Protocol provider, with additional training in a range of modalities spanning psychotherapy, somatics, spiritual leadership, and energy medicine.

Her books include Sober Secure: An Attachment-Based Guide to Dating, Sex, and Love in Recovery and The Mind-Body Guide to the Twelve Steps: Finding Joy, Sensuality, and Pleasure in Recovery.

In this episode, we discuss:

• An attachment-based approach to recovery
• How early attachment wounding influences adult relationships
• Dating for secure attachment
• Boundaries around a partner's substance use
• Why shame intensifies in early sobriety
• Rethinking codependency
• Moving from isolation to healthy interdependence
• Relationship focused recovery meetings

For additional Sober Secure resources, including a meeting facilitator’s guide, visit ninapick.com/sober-secure

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SUN & MOON SOBER LIVING:

Access a free mindfulness meditation guided by Mary Tilson to help manage cravings and regulate emotions: https://pages.sunandmoonsoberliving.com/easemeditation

Follow along on Instagram: @sunandmoon.soberliving

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Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.