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
connection
#142 Why We Get Defensive
Understanding why we get defensive can transform the way we approach difficult conversations. Explore how defensiveness shows up in everyday interactions, as arguing, freezing, explaining, ...
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acceptance
#141 Is it Possible to Stay Friends With My Ex?
After a breakup, many people wonder: Is it possible to stay friends with an ex? In Episode 141 of Conversations from the Heart, we explore ...
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connection
#140 What Matters Most When We Stop Rushing for Answers
There's a kind of listening that doesn't center itself around discovering an answer. Instead of resolution, it busies itself with connection.
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acceptance
#139 Grief That Doesn’t Resolve: Staying Human in the Presence of Loss
There is no standard experience of grief. When the loss itself is ongoing, the experience of grief is often ambiguous, and this ambiguous loss often ...
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communication skills
#138 The Relational Leadership Field Guide
This guide accompanies Episode 138 on the Conversations from the heart, and offers simple, repeatable tools leaders can use immediately to increase trust, accountability, and ...
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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
#142 Why We Get Defensive
Understanding why we get defensive can transform the way we approach difficult conversations. Explore how defensiveness shows up in everyday interactions, as arguing, freezing, explaining, ...
Read more
acceptance
#141 Is it Possible to Stay Friends With My Ex?
After a breakup, many people wonder: Is it possible to stay friends with an ex? In Episode 141 of Conversations from the Heart, we explore ...
Read more
connection
#140 What Matters Most When We Stop Rushing for Answers
There's a kind of listening that doesn't center itself around discovering an answer. Instead of resolution, it busies itself with connection.
Read more
acceptance
#139 Grief That Doesn’t Resolve: Staying Human in the Presence of Loss
There is no standard experience of grief. When the loss itself is ongoing, the experience of grief is often ambiguous, and this ambiguous loss often ...
Read more
communication skills
#138 The Relational Leadership Field Guide
This guide accompanies Episode 138 on the Conversations from the heart, and offers simple, repeatable tools leaders can use immediately to increase trust, accountability, and ...
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