WENDY ADAMSON
Author • Speaker • Activist
MOTHER LOAD
MOTHER LOAD
MOTHER LOAD
In Mother Load, Wendy shows how a devoted mother and wife can fall down the rabbit hole of addiction until she ends up having a drug induced psychotic break. But the real question here is: after Wendy loses her mind how will she ever get it back? At seven-years old, Wendy’s mother had a psychotic break and ended up killing herself, and while her mother never had a chance to heal, it would take a painful year in the county jail for Wendy to begin her own process of waking up.
Wendy writes with profound clarity about the impact of intergenerational trauma and how it was imprinted in her psyche from a very early age. Drugs, a psychotic break, and gun violence was just the beginning of her unraveling. When she finally gets sober she realizes she will need to heal the relationship with her two sons in order to change the trajectory of her family’s lineage.
Today, Wendy is an author of two books and a mental health professional who has helped hundreds of individuals find a way out of a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
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Wendy Adamson is a mental health advocate, a motivational speaker, and the author of two memoirs, Mother Load and Incorrigible which chronicle her own struggles with addiction, mental health, and incarceration, and her stories have been published in the Huffington Post. Wendy volunteers extensively at her son’s non-profit, Hav A Sole, an organization that serves marginalized communities. As a beacon of hope, Wendy has been invited to speak in prisons, on stage, and on public radio. Wendy believes by sharing these stories it will help break the stigmas associated with ex-offenders and addicts. In 2022, Wendy received a commendation from the County of Los Angeles for her dedicated service to the community. In 2023, she was also recognized by the Women’s Association for Addiction Treatment (WAAT) for her commitment to service.
