Your Power of Renewal: A guide to help you step into your power during painful times and life altering change

By Sonja Basson

When faced with events that change our lives, we often are given books to read to help us through a challenging time. This book is different it guides you through key questions so you can journal about your own story. Questions I found helped me rediscover hope in this world, that I ask myself every time I am faced with starting over after massive

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sonja Basson Pty Ltd
• Release date: Mar 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9780645398076

Sonja Basson

Sonja faced the reality of the loss of her husband after a hijacking at their home in Johannesburg South Africa in July 2016 at the age of 34, her entire life changed in less than a minute, she moved to Australia four months after the attack and started rebuilding her life. By 2018 she had lost another six people from her life. Reading about other people's painful stories only compounded feelings of loss due to the deep empathy she could feel. She turned to writing and photography to journal her thoughts to help her through the process of healing. And wanted to share the method of what questions helps to reset, recover and restart every time when faced with setbacks or massive change.

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YOUR POWER OF RENEWAL

A Guide to Help Step into Your Power During Painful Times and Life Altering Change

To my Dear late husband Gordon Patterson for being my hero and saving my life. And a special mention to my sister Magrit-Ann Basson for being my light. My husband is a hero he courageously gave his life protecting my sister and me during a hijacking in South Africa in July 2016. Gordon was a talented photographer he loved nature and wildlife. After his passing I took it upon myself to learn how to shoot with his cameras as he had a Nikon D3X and Nikon D200. It was difficult to learn how to shoot as a novice, but I took them with me wherever I traveled. Seeing life through the lens that he used to use to capture the beauty of nature, has made me feel closer to him and the love he had for photography. As I captured these beautiful images in this book over a period of time, it also helped me heal as it showed me that despite the turmoil in this world there still is such beauty in life. I rediscover hope in life. All the images in this book was taken by me with Gordon's cameras and is a tribute to the love and the beauty he has instilled in me and his legacy of truth, his courage under fire and his deep love for nature.

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First Printing, 2022

Table of Contents

These are things that make me happy

These are things that I miss most at the moment

These are the things that cause me anger and frustration

These are the things that are within my control

These are the things that are outside my control

These are my current hopes and dreams

These are expectations people are putting on me

This makes me feel valued and appreciated

These are my fears

These are things people are doing that helps me

This is the most challenging thing to manage at the moment

These are things people are doing that is draining my energy

These are simple ways I can fill my cup

This is what I am most proud of at the moment

This is the legacy I want to leave behind

Writing your story

Visualisation Technique

Author: Sonja Basson

My Story

When faced with events that change our lives, we often are given books to read to help us through a challenging time. This book is different it guides you through key questions so you can journal about your own story. Questions I found helped me to rediscover hope in this world, that I ask myself every time I am faced with starting over after massive change and loss, I hope that it helps inspire you to write your own story. When I was faced with the reality of the loss of my husband after a hijacking at our home in Johannesburg South Africa in July 2016 at the age of 34, I also faced the reality of what it is like to lose my marriage, the dream of starting a family through IVF