Sharing With Out Shame
Sharing With Out Shame is a podcast for families and individuals who are navigating the complexities of addiction and recovery.
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Navigating Trauma, Breaking Cycles and Rising with Confidence with Amy Tostenson | Ep76 (opens the original)
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In this episode of the Sharing Without Shame Podcast, Donna Marston welcomes Amy Tostenson, a nurse with more than 20 years of experience, trauma-informed life coach, and founder of Rise of the Phoenix Coach. Amy opens up about her personal journey through childhood trauma, addiction, recovery, and rebuilding her life. She shares how destructive behaviors can take many forms and how, for her, addiction shifted over the years from cigarettes and alcohol to other substances, food, over-exercising,
What Happens When Alcohol Becomes Your Coping Mechanism with Lisa Van Slyke | Ep75 (opens the original)
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What happens when alcohol becomes more than something you drink—and starts becoming the way you cope, connect, escape, and survive? In this conversation, Donna Marston sits down with Lisa Van Slyke, speaker, veteran, author, and creator of the Three Moves Rule, to talk openly about addiction, sobriety, shame, relationships, identity, and the difficult but transformative journey of healing. Lisa shares that she is six years sober and opens up about a time when alcohol had become her “best friend.
Finding Your Voice, Healing Family Patterns & Helping Others Heal with Jamie McKibben-Reese | Ep74 (opens the original)
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"Never give up. It's never too late. And no one's ever too far gone.” In this episode of the Sharing Without Shame Podcast, Donna Marston welcomes author, interventionist, life coach, and recovery coach Jamie McKibben-Reese for an honest conversation about addiction, recovery, family dynamics, codependency, and the healing that happens when we learn to use our voices. Jamie openly shares that she is in recovery from alcoholism and has been sober since 2017. Rather than presenting recovery as a d
Navigating Mental Health, Alcohol Use Disorder and a Broken System with Robert Rickelman | Ep73 (opens the original)
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What does it take to rebuild your life after decades of addiction, mental illness, and unimaginable loss? In this episode of the Sharing Without Shame podcast, host Donna Marston sits down with author Robert Rickelman to discuss his deeply personal journey through childhood trauma, severe anxiety, alcoholism, psychiatric hospitalization, and ultimately, lasting recovery. Robert shares how growing up with an alcoholic mother shaped his early life, why alcohol became his way of coping, and how add
How Childhood Trauma Fuels Addiction and the Path to Lasting Recovery with Kimberly Deziree | Ep72 (opens the original)
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Many people believe recovery is simply about quitting alcohol or drugs. But true healing goes much deeper. In this powerful episode of Sharing Without Shame, Donna Marston sits down with therapist, life coach, recovery support worker, and motivational speaker Kimberly Deziree to discuss how childhood trauma, unresolved emotional wounds, and unhealthy relationship patterns shape our lives—and how doing the inner work can lead to lasting freedom. Kimberly shares her deeply personal recovery journe
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