Dr. Yvette's Blog
Inspiration and Encouragement for Your Personal Growth Journey
Stories and learnings from my own personal journey into deeper compassion, healthier relationships and nonviolent living. Please feel free to leave comments and questions on any posts; I love being in conversation with you.
Author: Yvette Erasmus
acceptance
#139 Grief That Doesn’t Resolve: Staying Human in the Presence of Loss
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
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communication skills
#138 The Relational Leadership Field Guide
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
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Inner Work & Discernment
#136 How to Stay Grounded When Someone Criticizes You
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
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anger
#131: When Anger Drives: Practical Ways to Stay Connected Instead of Afraid
Anger doesn’t need to be feared or suppressed; when we learn to meet it with curiosity, movement, and care, it can become a doorway to ...
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acceptance
The Good I Am Waiting For is Already Moving Through Me
The good we are waiting for moves through us.
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communication skills
#128 – How to Interrupt When Someone Talks “Too Much”
How to interrupt a conversation without guilt or defensiveness. Learn how to lean into connection even if it means disconnecting in the midst of inattention. ...
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domination systems
#97 Disrupting the Old Rules: How to Stop Performing and Start Communicating
Old rules can be dismantled and replaced with new moves.
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connection
#96 How to Reconnect After Distance Without Losing Yourself: Scripts + Skills for Repairing a Friendship After Silence
Have you ever pulled away from someone, but then found yourself unsure how to reconnect when things changed for you? These scripts can help you ...
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boundaries
#95 Stay in Your Lane: What’s Yours to Carry—And What Isn’t? All About Boundaries
Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling strangely heavy, like you just picked up someone else’s emotional baggage without even realizing it? You ...
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connection
#94 How to Love Someone Without Letting Them Off the Hook
On the podcast recently, caller Cathy grappled with the question of how to stay in connection with her brother, after he had done so much ...
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acceptance
#139 Grief That Doesn’t Resolve: Staying Human in the Presence of Loss
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
Read more
communication skills
#138 The Relational Leadership Field Guide
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
#136 How to Stay Grounded When Someone Criticizes You
This episode explores how to stay grounded when someone criticizes you, especially if feedback triggers shame, people-pleasing, or nervous system overwhelm.
Read more
anger
#131: When Anger Drives: Practical Ways to Stay Connected Instead of Afraid
Anger doesn’t need to be feared or suppressed; when we learn to meet it with curiosity, movement, and care, it can become a doorway to ...
Read more
acceptance
The Good I Am Waiting For is Already Moving Through Me
The good we are waiting for moves through us.
Read more
communication skills
#128 – How to Interrupt When Someone Talks “Too Much”
How to interrupt a conversation without guilt or defensiveness. Learn how to lean into connection even if it means disconnecting in the midst of inattention. ...
Read more
domination systems
#97 Disrupting the Old Rules: How to Stop Performing and Start Communicating
Old rules can be dismantled and replaced with new moves.
Read more
connection
#96 How to Reconnect After Distance Without Losing Yourself: Scripts + Skills for Repairing a Friendship After Silence
Have you ever pulled away from someone, but then found yourself unsure how to reconnect when things changed for you? These scripts can help you ...
Read more
boundaries
#95 Stay in Your Lane: What’s Yours to Carry—And What Isn’t? All About Boundaries
Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling strangely heavy, like you just picked up someone else’s emotional baggage without even realizing it? You ...
Read more
connection
#94 How to Love Someone Without Letting Them Off the Hook
On the podcast recently, caller Cathy grappled with the question of how to stay in connection with her brother, after he had done so much ...
Read more