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A Role Born from Love and Necessity

A Role Born from Love and Necessity

Donna Marston

A Role Born from Love and Necessity Grandparents Raising the Next Generation       By:  Donna Marston        www.SharingWithOutShame.com In homes across the country, more and more grandparents have...

A Role Born from Love and Necessity

Donna Marston

A Role Born from Love and Necessity Grandparents Raising the Next Generation       By:  Donna Marston        www.SharingWithOutShame.com In homes across the country, more and more grandparents have...

Grieving in the Midst of Hope While Loving a Child in Active Addiction

Grieving in the Midst of Hope While Loving a Ch...

Donna Marston

Finding strength and compassion through anticipatory griefBy: Donna Marstonwww.SharingWithOutShame.com Anticipatory grief is the profound, often unspoken sorrow that arises when facing the potential loss of someone you love, whether that...

Grieving in the Midst of Hope While Loving a Ch...

Donna Marston

Finding strength and compassion through anticipatory griefBy: Donna Marstonwww.SharingWithOutShame.com Anticipatory grief is the profound, often unspoken sorrow that arises when facing the potential loss of someone you love, whether that...

Are You a Teenager Who Loves a Parent in Active Addiction?

Are You a Teenager Who Loves a Parent in Active...

Donna Marston

Do Understanding Addiction, Finding Hope, and Taking Control of Your FutureBy:  Donna Marston www.SharingWithOutShame.com Addiction can feel like a storm that affects everyone in its path. Whether your parent is...

Are You a Teenager Who Loves a Parent in Active...

Donna Marston

Do Understanding Addiction, Finding Hope, and Taking Control of Your FutureBy:  Donna Marston www.SharingWithOutShame.com Addiction can feel like a storm that affects everyone in its path. Whether your parent is...

Labels are for Jars, Not People!

Labels are for Jars, Not People!

Donna Marston

Embrace Kindness and Compassion By: Donna Marston www.SharingWithOutShame.com In our communities, language shapes perceptions and attitudes, the words we use affect how we see and treat each other. When we...

Labels are for Jars, Not People!

Donna Marston

Embrace Kindness and Compassion By: Donna Marston www.SharingWithOutShame.com In our communities, language shapes perceptions and attitudes, the words we use affect how we see and treat each other. When we...

Beyond the Band-Aid

Beyond the Band-Aid

Donna Marston

Uncovering the Truth of Why People Self-Medicate By: Donna Marston Addiction is a tough subject, especially when it hits close to home. Sometimes, life’s struggles push us to find our...

Beyond the Band-Aid

Donna Marston

Uncovering the Truth of Why People Self-Medicate By: Donna Marston Addiction is a tough subject, especially when it hits close to home. Sometimes, life’s struggles push us to find our...

Understanding the Emotional Turmoil of Addiction

Understanding the Emotional Turmoil of Addiction

Donna Marston

Love, Hate, and Disconnection When parents deal with the strong emotions that come from their child’s addiction, it can feel like they’re trapped in a tornado that’s destroying everything in its...

Understanding the Emotional Turmoil of Addiction

Donna Marston

Love, Hate, and Disconnection When parents deal with the strong emotions that come from their child’s addiction, it can feel like they’re trapped in a tornado that’s destroying everything in its...