by Sonja Hopkins | Aug 23, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
As I reflect on the emotional earthquakes in my life, I am reminded of a prompting I received to help me heal many years ago, long before I understood anything about the abuse my sons were experiencing. I was married in the temple and I had taught seminary for four...
by Sonja Hopkins | Aug 9, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
I have learned so much in my many developmental journeys from breakdown to breakthrough (yes, there’s more than one journey!) and I believe that faith in God is a fundamental requirement that informs our willingness to be vulnerable to the conditions of mortality. I...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jul 26, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Wonderful thing about transformation: it’s kind of like birth. You enter a corridor and you have no clue what is at the other end. It’s a re-birthing that happens on numerous developmental levels, with varying degrees of intensity, at many different times in your...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jul 19, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
This is part two in a two-part series dealing with the theme of abuse (specifically child abuse) and how to heal from it — for both the abused and their loved ones who strive to comfort and care for them. Read the first part here. I refer to my oldest son as...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jul 12, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
This is part one in a two-part series dealing with the theme of abuse and how to heal from it — for both the abused and their loved ones (particularly their parents) who strive to comfort and care for them. The next part will come out next Friday, the 19th. As...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jun 28, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Editor’s Note: This post deals with the theme of abuse and how it warps a person’s sense of self and ability to learn lessons the same way as other people. Because of the hardships Sonja faced early in life, she struggled to comprehend things in the way...
