Welcome.
If you’d like to alleviate suffering, speak with courage, listen with presence and bring more love to your life and work, you’re in the right place.
As a teacher, writer, consultant and therapist, I am dedicated to contributing to our collective well-being through healing, personal transformation, communication/human dynamics trainings and leadership development.
My work (and this site) is devoted to sharing insights, tools and resources to help you speak and listen from your hearts and to live and work with more empowerment, compassion and love.
Our relationships are going through many complex cultural shifts, and many of us are seeking tools and resources to help us navigate the important paradigm shifts of our time.
You can learn more about my work through the trainings posted on YouTube, the posts on my blog, or by signing up for my foundational on-demand, online relationship course, Building Better Relationships.
On March 13, 2018 Resmaa Menakem and I discussed anger with MPR host Marianne Combs — what it is, where it comes from, and when it can be used for good. We also discussed why some people are judged more harshly for displaying their anger than are others.
Please enjoy browsing around and do reach out if I can be of service.
About Yvette
Dr. Erasmus is a psychologist, consultant and leadership coach. With her expertise in nonviolent communication and integral-relational processes, she dynamically blends psychology, spirituality and practical neuroscience in the service of relational integrity, courage and maturity. Her work integrates a unique blend of humor and wisdom, openness and honesty, and a deep generosity of self and spirit.
read more >>Welcome.
If you’d like to alleviate suffering, speak with courage, listen with presence and bring more love to your life and work, you’re in the right place.
As a teacher, writer, consultant and therapist, I am dedicated to contributing to our collective well-being through healing, personal transformation, communication/human dynamics trainings and leadership development.
My work (and this site) is devoted to sharing insights, tools and resources to help you speak and listen from your hearts and to live and work with more empowerment, compassion and love.
Our relationships are going through many complex cultural shifts, and many of us are seeking tools and resources to help us navigate the important paradigm shifts of our time.
You can learn more about my work through the trainings posted on YouTube, the posts on my blog, or by signing up for my foundational on-demand, online relationship course, Building Better Relationships.
On March 13, 2018 Resmaa Menakem and I discussed anger with MPR host Marianne Combs — what it is, where it comes from, and when it can be used for good. We also discussed why some people are judged more harshly for displaying their anger than are others.
Please enjoy browsing around and do reach out if I can be of service.
From the Blog
One-Up, One-Down? Try One-With
When someone challenges, disagrees with or contradicts you, how do you respond? Does your body tighten-up or gear-up? Do you withdraw, feel shame, get resentful, self-silence? Do you get more activated and engaged and begin to prove your point, bring in evidence, debate and argue the issue? Do you begin avoiding that person or do you start educating and advising them? One of the keys to personal […]
Stop Judging Your Judgments: Do This Instead
Whenever we are stuck and suffering, we get ensnared by victim mentality: an intricate collection of judgmental thinking patterns that we inherited from our cultures and upbringing. This inner part of us gets caught up in complaining, fault-finding, gossiping and worrying. And, the more we feed this part of ourselves, the more we harm ourselves […]
Recovering from Reactivity
As I was walking across a parking lot, carrying a package to a UPS store, a man passed me walking towards his car. Moments later, he yelled back at me, with some hostility, “Hey lady, do you think you could park any closer to my car?” I turned around, embarrassed, and headed back to my car. “I’m so […]
Too Emotional? Are You Sure?
Working with some educational leaders recently on improving schools, someone remarked,“The problem is simply that many of our teachers are just too emotional.” Years of experience hearing comments like this in schools and companies has taught me to slow down and ask more questions. “What do you mean by “too emotional”? What are they saying […]