Personal loss like that of a child often alters into a traumatic event when it is espied as deadly and life- threatening. The response to such an event is replete with emotions such as uncontrolled grief, fear, anger and frustration. Isabel Allende faced a traumatic event, when her twenty eight year old daughter named Paula went into coma and after a year died in the comatose state. It became a loss of her own self, as; she was confronted with a situation over which she had no control. It was then she decided to write about her experience. Writing, however, acted as a therapy and became a matter of survival for Allende. The present paper will analyse Allende’s two memoirs Paula and The Sum of Our Days written during her daughter’s illness and after her death, with the help of the six factor model of Psychological Well Being purposed by Carol Ryff. The aim is to study how the six factors namely Self- acceptance, Personal growth, Purpose in life, Environmental mastery, Autonomy and Positive relations with others; ensure Allende’s well being, happiness and contentment that she develops while she pens down and reveals her deepest emotions. It will also register the various emotions Allende encounters and how she is finally able to find meaning and happiness in life after battling with her life’s biggest catastrophe.