Writing
Because Adoption Trauma Deserves Transparency!
Opportunities
•Website Blogs and Articles
•E and Print Publications
•Social Media
Adoption Trauma Content for Publication
Adoption trauma is a fresh topic not often shared with adoptive and foster care parents or caregivers. If you want to provide engaging, substantive, and thought-provoking content to your audiences, then Paula’s authentic and candid insights as a lived experience parent is just what you need!
Possible Topics
Finding Joy in the Journey: A Playbook for Living with Adoption Trauma
This content takes audiences on a journey from the early years of child-rearing to current parenting of an adult child. You’ll hear how she evolved her thinking and actions based on the knowledge she acquired throughout tumultuous times. She’ll share how she found joy despite the roller-coaster years of drama, frustration, and tears.
Mind Over Circumstances: The Power of Brain Training for Turbulent Times
This content focuses on how Paula used various techniques to help manage vicarious/secondary trauma. Through trial and error, much research and attention to her own self-care, she demonstrates how she retrained her brain from being reactionary to prepared.
Compassion Resilience: Battling the Fatigue of Adoption Trauma
This content discusses the fatigue of parenting a child living with adoption trauma. The daily and long-term impact of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion left her empty and numb but never stopped her from loving amidst her own challenges. She openly shares her resiliency secrets!
Inner Peace: The Power, Place and Perspective of Prayer for Adoption Trauma
This content is a spiritual lesson demonstrating how Paula relied on and grew her faith in the darkest of times. She shares her prayer process that carried her into the light of daily living and continues to provide the foundation for her passionate decision to share her journey as part of her life’s purpose.
Secondary Trauma: The Impact of Adoption Trauma on the Family Unit
This content shines a spotlight on the family dynamics when a child is living with adoption trauma. Exposure to symptomatic behaviors is overwhelming, scary and even traumatic, often leaving marks on family members for years to come. Thus, siblings, parents and caregivers often require their own mental wellness support, as is the case in Paula’s family.