Sun & Moon Sober Living Podcast

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.

Aimee Frazier is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the owner of Portland Hiking Therapy. She leads mental health therapy sessions for adults on the hiking trails of Portland, Oregon, supporting them with trauma recovery by using a combination of ecotherapy and traditional therapy techniques. Aimee also writes for Psychology Today about hiking and mental health, and is a voice in the expanding field of walk and talk therapy. Outside of work she enjoys mountaineering and time with her family and kids.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What to expect from an Ecotherapy session
• The benefits of nature and adventure-based therapy
• Building self-efficacy, confidence & positive body image in the mountains
• How outdoor adventure supports trauma healing
• Identifying avoidance in endurance sports
• Managing the lows after a big expedition
• Environmental psychology: how various landscapes evoke unique responses
• Practical ways to integrate nature into daily life

Find out more about Portland Hiking Therapy: https://www.portlandhikingtherapy.com/

Read Aimee's articles on Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/aimee-frazier-ma-lpc

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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.

Emily Bingham is a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Grief Educator and Author who helps people reconnect to the magic, meaning, and possibility in their one precious life.

After losing her 32-year-old husband, Ian, she discovered how mortality can ignite purpose, authenticity, and a fierce sense of aliveness. Over the past five years, she has supported hundreds of clients, led sold-out retreats, built a global online community, and published her book Love & Grief. Trained in Dharma & Spiritual Life Coaching, grief education with David Kessler, and Temple Guide facilitation through the 13 Moon Mystery School, Emily blends somatics, ritual, and subconscious work with lived experience to guide people through the inner transformations that allow them to step into lives that feel honest, expansive, and deeply fulfilling.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Emily's story of losing her husband Ian to cancer at 32-years old
• Grief as a non-linear journey
• A somatic (body-based) approach to healing
• How community-based fitness helped Emily heal
• Awe & wonder as resources for resilience
• The transformative power of nature & retreats

Learn more about Mary & Emily's upcoming retreat in Madeira, Portugal: https://www.marytilsonyoga.com/wild-magic-retreat

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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.

Robyn Watt is an Ecosomatic Practitioner and author with a background in Environmental Studies, Social Work, Somatics, and Forest Therapy. 

After her experiences integrating nature connection into her work as a therapist and crisis counsellor in the domestic violence and addictions sectors, Robyn created the Innate Ecology Ecosomatics Framework to guide others into somatic nature connection practice.

Since moving to Canada from England, Robyn has spent thousands of hours in direct communion with wilderness across Europe and North America. She is also a mother of three, and cancer survivor. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Ecosomatics
• The Innate Ecology Framework
• Interoceptive Awareness
• Cultivating kinship with nature
• The supports of nature
• Nervous system tending
• Post-traumatic growth & resilience 

Connect with Robyn and learn more about her work:

Instagram: @innate.ecology

Website & Resources: https://innateecology.ca/

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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.

Rachel Bilski is a qualified Yoga Therapist, Senior Operations & Development Manager of the UK’s national PTSD charity, supervisor to yoga therapists in training and philosophy lecturer for The Minded Institute, one of the world’s leading yoga therapy training oragnizations. 

Rachel’s adventures with yoga have led her to host retreats in Europe & Asia, manage a a yoga studio in Vietnam and facilitate the retreat program at an internationally renowned integral yoga & meditation retreat center in Cambodia. She he shared her wisdom for years as a writer for Yogapedia, and taught over 1,000 hours of studio classes, workshops, retreats and yoga festivals before turning to yoga therapy.

As a yoga therapist, Rachel specializes in working with trauma, stress, depression, anxiety and chronic pain, but is experienced in offering tools to work with a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. 

Topics addressed in this episode include:

• Rachel's healing journey with C-PTSD
• Fundraising trek to Everest Base Camp
• Misconceptions about trauma & the nervous system
• What it really means to be "trauma-informed"
• Building capacity to be with discomfort
• Learning to be responsive rather than reactive

Links to connect with Rachel & explore resources mentioned in this episode:

Rachel's Website: https://www.downtoearthyogatherapy.com/

Upcoming Events:

https://themindedinstitute.com/product/yoga-therapy-for-c-ptsd-polyvagal-insight-embodied-practice/

https://themindedinstitute.com/product/online-cpd-yoga-therapy-for-ptsd-c-ptsd/

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SUN & MOON SOBER LIVING UPDATES:

We just announced our 2026 Hiking Retreat for Sober & Sober Curious Women in Banff! Find out more here: https://sunandmoonsoberliving.com/banff/

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.

We just announced our 2026 Hiking Retreat for Sober & Sober Curious Women in Banff! Find out more here: https://sunandmoonsoberliving.com/banff/

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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Dr. Jennifer R. Levin is a workplace trauma expert and licensed therapist who specializes in grief after sudden or traumatic loss. She is one of fewer than 300 mental health professionals worldwide credentialed as a Fellow in Thanatology, the top distinction in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. Through her consulting firm, Traumatic Grief Solutions, she trains organizations to respond to traumatic loss with compassion and structure. Her new book, “The Traumatic Loss Workbook: Powerful Skills for Navigating the Grief Caused by a Sudden or Unexpected Death," and online course, “A Guided Path to Healing,” provide practical tools to help readers cope with grief, process trauma, and find meaning again. She developed these resources over a decade of working with clients in Therapy Heals, Inc., her private therapy practice supporting individuals living with sudden or unexpected loss. She hosts the podcast “Untethered: Healing the Pain From a Sudden Death.”

Learn more at TraumaticGriefSolutions.com. 

Topics explored in this episode include:

• The different forms of grief
• Traumatic loss & grief
• The impact of grief
• How to support a grieving person
• Grief in the workplace
• A child's grieving process
• How to restore a sense safety after traumatic loss
• Coping strategies & resources

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

We just announced our 2026 Hiking Retreat for Sober & Sober Curious Women in Banff! Find out more here: https://sunandmoonsoberliving.com/banff/

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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Topics covered in this episode with Sophie Gervais include:

• Eating disorder recovery
• The impact of diet culture
• Misconceptions about fitness
• Why women should lift weights
• Detaching exercise from weight loss
• Embracing challenges as part of growth
• How discipline creates freedom

Sophie is a Gut and Hormone Health Specialist & Personal Trainer who has been guiding her clients to their goals for nearly five years. She is passionate about helping young girls and women overcome an unhealthy relationship with food after spending years of her own life stuck in the mental prison that is disordered eating. Her education in the field began in her undergraduate years at Vanderbilt University, where she studied eating psychology and nutrition. During that time, she was also certified in the National Eating Disorder Awareness foundation’s Body Project certification program to support women’s relationships with their bodies.

Her interests progressed into physique and performance evidence-based training and nutrition while maintaining a positive relationship with food and one’s body (certifications through NASM). Her coaching centers on getting women out of the rut of under-fueling and over-training, out of the yo-yo cycle, and out of the mystery of how to fuel one’s body (blocking out all the noise out there!) while building a positive outlook towards nutrition.

Sophie also supports her clients who are interested in gut and hormone health. Her interest in this field started from her own experience with IBS, acne, and painful/irregular periods that she wanted to support holistically. Her approach to hormonal support and gut health focuses heavily on evidence-based lifestyle and nutrition approaches rather than excessive supplementation and overly restrictive methods. Some conditions Sophie works with include: IBS, IBD, bloating/indigestion, dysmenorrhea, PCOS, PMS, low thyroid, and chronic stress/fatigue. Please note, Sophie is not a medical professional and provides holistic support for these conditions within her scope of practice; please consult a medical professional for these conditions first.

Outside of coaching, Sophie is an animal-lover and enjoys spending her free time riding her horse and hiking with her pup. She has traveled and lived abroad extensively and loves getting to enjoy cuisines from all over the world. She loves spending time getting stronger in the gym, giving it her all at trivia nights, and exploring her home base in Nashville.  

See links below to follow Sophie and learn more about working with her:

https://biolayne.com/coach/sophie-gervais/

IG @asophiesticatedlife

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

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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Ali Shapiro, MSOD, CHHC is a Holistic Nutritionist, Integrated Health Coach, cancer survivor, and the creator of the Truce with Food method. Her approach integrates adult development psychology with behavioral change strategies, refined over a decade of real-world application to help her clients achieve lasting food freedom. Ali is also the host of the top-ranked podcast, Insatiable. Her work has been widely featured in the media by Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health and many others.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Ali's journey to food freedom
• Why eating issues are not about food
• Attachment & belonging
• Breaking the binge cycle
• Emotional triggers that lead to self-sabotage
• Separating exercise from weight loss
• Healing in community

Join Ali's Free Workshop on Sept 3: https://alishapiro.com/why-am-i-eating-this-now-live-group/

Listen to the Insatiable Podcast: https://alishapiro.com/podcast/

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