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.
Category: Healthy Relationships
acceptance
Encouraging Authenticity: Two Keys and Common Pitfalls to Avoid
There are two keys to encouraging authenticity: a willingness to be seen and known by myself and a willingness to let others see and know ...
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communication skills
The Power of Self-Connection: Transforming Relationships from the Inside Out
Healthy relationships with ourselves and with others are dependent upon self-connection. Self-connection is the key to understanding. Â With it, we can understand our thoughts and ...
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communication skills
4 Scripts That Connect
It can be so difficult to know what to say next. Whether you need to have a personal or professional conversation, sometimes finding the words ...
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connection
When Blame is the First Response
Have you ever complained to someone about your pain, only to receive blame for it? It's a common, and extremely painful dynamic. Sometimes our loved ones think ...
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compassion
Self-Regulation When Others are Triggered: 4 Beneficial Practices
Staying regulated when others are not can be a huge challenge. Â Navigating someone else's triggered nervous system in ways that are kind and loving is ...
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awareness
How to Empathize with Anxiety: 3 Easy Tips
On a recent podcast, a caller wondered if we empathize with anxiety, we could actually make the anxiety worse. Surprisingly, it might. It really matters ...
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difficult conversations
When Belief Systems Collide
You know that moment when you discover that your and another person’s belief systems collide? passport kinkybritishgoddess Navigating conversations when you encounter conflicting worldviews can ...
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awareness
How to Listen Without Getting Defensive
It's rarely our first instinct to listen without getting defensive. Â Defensiveness is a natural response designed to protect us in situations where we may be ...
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choice
The Simple Sweet Spot Between Giving and Receiving
Giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin, inextricably linked in the fabric of human relationships. When we give, we often experience a ...
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Healthy Relationships
Balancing Rules and Freedom
In our complex world, balancing rules and freedom can be a struggle: Â we can find ourselves caught between the need for structure and the desire ...
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acceptance
Encouraging Authenticity: Two Keys and Common Pitfalls to Avoid
There are two keys to encouraging authenticity: a willingness to be seen and known by myself and a willingness to let others see and know ...
Read more
communication skills
The Power of Self-Connection: Transforming Relationships from the Inside Out
Healthy relationships with ourselves and with others are dependent upon self-connection. Self-connection is the key to understanding. Â With it, we can understand our thoughts and ...
Read more
communication skills
4 Scripts That Connect
It can be so difficult to know what to say next. Whether you need to have a personal or professional conversation, sometimes finding the words ...
Read more
connection
When Blame is the First Response
Have you ever complained to someone about your pain, only to receive blame for it? It's a common, and extremely painful dynamic. Sometimes our loved ones think ...
Read more
compassion
Self-Regulation When Others are Triggered: 4 Beneficial Practices
Staying regulated when others are not can be a huge challenge. Â Navigating someone else's triggered nervous system in ways that are kind and loving is ...
Read more
awareness
How to Empathize with Anxiety: 3 Easy Tips
On a recent podcast, a caller wondered if we empathize with anxiety, we could actually make the anxiety worse. Surprisingly, it might. It really matters ...
Read more
difficult conversations
When Belief Systems Collide
You know that moment when you discover that your and another person’s belief systems collide? passport kinkybritishgoddess Navigating conversations when you encounter conflicting worldviews can ...
Read more
awareness
How to Listen Without Getting Defensive
It's rarely our first instinct to listen without getting defensive. Â Defensiveness is a natural response designed to protect us in situations where we may be ...
Read more
choice
The Simple Sweet Spot Between Giving and Receiving
Giving and receiving are two sides of the same coin, inextricably linked in the fabric of human relationships. When we give, we often experience a ...
Read more
Healthy Relationships
Balancing Rules and Freedom
In our complex world, balancing rules and freedom can be a struggle: Â we can find ourselves caught between the need for structure and the desire ...
Read more