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The Pain You Never Talk About Is the Pain Your Family Inherits

The Pain You Never Talk About Is the Pain Your ...

Donna Marston

The Pain You Never Talk About Is the Pain Your Family InheritsUnhealed trauma in parents and children is the hidden force driving addictionBy Donna Marston, Founder of Sharing Without Shame...

The Pain You Never Talk About Is the Pain Your ...

Donna Marston

The Pain You Never Talk About Is the Pain Your Family InheritsUnhealed trauma in parents and children is the hidden force driving addictionBy Donna Marston, Founder of Sharing Without Shame...

Nighttime Thoughts: The Quiet Hours of a Parent’s Worry

Nighttime Thoughts: The Quiet Hours of a Parent...

Donna Marston

Nighttime Thoughts: The Quiet Hours of a Parent’s WorryFinding peace in the hours when worry feels endless.By Donna Marston | Sharing Without Shame It’s 2 a.m., the hour when the...

Nighttime Thoughts: The Quiet Hours of a Parent...

Donna Marston

Nighttime Thoughts: The Quiet Hours of a Parent’s WorryFinding peace in the hours when worry feels endless.By Donna Marston | Sharing Without Shame It’s 2 a.m., the hour when the...

When Love Stops Rescuing and Starts Awakening

When Love Stops Rescuing and Starts Awakening

Donna Marston

When Love Stops Rescuing and Starts AwakeningReal love doesn’t rescue—it rises!By Donna Marston You thought love meant rescuing. You thought that if you tried hard enough, said the right words,...

When Love Stops Rescuing and Starts Awakening

Donna Marston

When Love Stops Rescuing and Starts AwakeningReal love doesn’t rescue—it rises!By Donna Marston You thought love meant rescuing. You thought that if you tried hard enough, said the right words,...

When Love Isn’t Enough

When Love Isn’t Enough

Donna Marston

When Love Isn’t EnoughA Parent’s Journey from Heartbreak to Healing By Donna Marston No one really talks about how much it hurts to love someone who’s in active addiction. As...

When Love Isn’t Enough

Donna Marston

When Love Isn’t EnoughA Parent’s Journey from Heartbreak to Healing By Donna Marston No one really talks about how much it hurts to love someone who’s in active addiction. As...

When Families Don’t Want Recovery

When Families Don’t Want Recovery

Donna Marston

Sobriety can’t survive in a home that won’t changeBy Donna Marston When we talk about recovery, most of the focus is on the person coming out of active addiction. We...

When Families Don’t Want Recovery

Donna Marston

Sobriety can’t survive in a home that won’t changeBy Donna Marston When we talk about recovery, most of the focus is on the person coming out of active addiction. We...

Unmasking The Pain

Unmasking The Pain

Donna Marston

Finding freedom, forgiveness, and family renewal By: Donna Marston When I wrote my blog “The Walk of Shame Still Echoes,” I shared how it represents layers of my story, both the parts...

Unmasking The Pain

Donna Marston

Finding freedom, forgiveness, and family renewal By: Donna Marston When I wrote my blog “The Walk of Shame Still Echoes,” I shared how it represents layers of my story, both the parts...