My Story. My Work. Why They’re Connected.
I’m a speaker, workshop facilitator and author based in South Central Ontario. My work centres on reflection, recovery, and personal growth, drawing from both personal and professional experience.
Writing has been part of my life for decades, including more than 30 years of gratitude journaling. That practice led to Paula’s Prompts and the journals, prompts and reflection tools I create today.
For a decade, I worked in Toronto’s violence against women sector, including coordinating a city-wide network of more than 40 agencies and Toronto’s four Children’s Aid Societies. Working across multiple systems showed me how rarely the challenges women face exist in isolation. Violence, addiction, child welfare, poverty and the legal system often overlap, while the services meant to help are not always as connected as women’s lives are.
My post-secondary education includes the Assaulted Women and Children Counsellor/Advocate Program at George Brown College and Managing in the Violence Against Women Sector at Humber College, further grounding my work in advocacy, violence against women and the systems that affect women’s lives.
Alongside that professional background, I bring lived experience with childhood trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, addiction and recovery. Those experiences bring a personal perspective to subjects I have also encountered through years of professional and volunteer work.
Today, I volunteer with Women for Sobriety as a Certified Facilitator and member of its Outreach Team. WFS is a peer-support organization whose New Life Program offers a self-empowering approach to recovery created specifically for women. I facilitate weekly online meetings and participate in outreach to increase awareness of the program and reach more women and communities.
I’m also developing Everyday Superpowers for Teens, a workshop program for secondary school students. In 2027, I expect to add in-school mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters to my volunteer work with young people.
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Writing has been part of my life for decades, including more than 30 years of gratitude journaling. That practice led to Paula’s Prompts and the journals, prompts and reflection tools I create today.
For a decade, I worked in Toronto’s violence against women sector, including coordinating a city-wide network of more than 40 agencies and Toronto’s four Children’s Aid Societies. Working across multiple systems showed me how rarely the challenges women face exist in isolation. Violence, addiction, child welfare, poverty and the legal system often overlap, while the services meant to help are not always as connected as women’s lives are.
My post-secondary education includes the Assaulted Women and Children Counsellor/Advocate Program at George Brown College and Managing in the Violence Against Women Sector at Humber College, further grounding my work in advocacy, violence against women and the systems that affect women’s lives.
Alongside that professional background, I bring lived experience with childhood trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, addiction and recovery. Those experiences bring a personal perspective to subjects I have also encountered through years of professional and volunteer work.
Today, I volunteer with Women for Sobriety as a Certified Facilitator and member of its Outreach Team. WFS is a peer-support organization whose New Life Program offers a self-empowering approach to recovery created specifically for women. I facilitate weekly online meetings and participate in outreach to increase awareness of the program and reach more women and communities.
I’m also developing Everyday Superpowers for Teens, a workshop program for secondary school students. In 2027, I expect to add in-school mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters to my volunteer work with young people.
Interested in having me speak or facilitate a workshop for your organization, conference, workplace, school or group?
Explore Speaking & Workshops →