by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 25, 2019 | Personal Growth
You have no choice about what you want.When someone first suggested this to me, I balked and scrunched up my face in disapproval and disgust, with my knee-jerk response: Of course I have a choice in what I want. What a ridiculous idea. Then I sat with it. And... by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 17, 2019 | Personal Growth
I love what Pema Chodron says about compassion being grounded in mutuality, self-knowledge and self-acceptance: “Only when we know our own darkness well, can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared... by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 10, 2019 | Feelings
Processing emotions means literally allowing the feelings to move through your body, swelling up to a crescendo and moving the energy out of your system. As I was talking about the importance of processing emotions as opposed to stuffing them, repressing them, coping...