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: Inner Work & Discernment

connection
Getting Harshness Out of Our Lives

Once we shut down our feelings, our relationships no longer have the potential to be a space for healing, learning, growth, or development. Here ...

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communication skills
Nurturing Compassion

As a guest on the Authentic Parenting podcast with Anna Seewald, I talked about various aspects of the internal work of nonviolence and compassion ...

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defensiveness
Narcissistic Defenses

As I tune into national and global fragmentation, polarization, and violence, I find myself drawn to examining the same fragmentation, polarization, and violence within ...

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attunement
Tuning Into the Energy Behind Your Words

Sometimes, we start talking simply to discharge built up energy. We vent, we rage, we think out loud, we process verbally, we gossip, and ...

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appreciation
How to Savor the Good
Last weekend, I took a long walk with a good friend, and we found ourselves reminiscing and sharing about the “many lives” we’ve each lived. ...
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desire
How to Cultivate Vitality

Caring for our inner environment starts with being willing to make the profound shift away from constantly focusing on what is wrong with ourselves ...

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acceptance
How to Get Out of Fear and Judgment Ruts

When you find yourself stuck fear and judgments of others, what helps you switch gears and live from more compassion and consciousness in your ...

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developmental stages
Growing Like Diamonds and Pearls
Lately, I’ve been contemplating the difference between individual consciousness and relational consciousness and the difference between personal empowerment and relational empowerment. I am all in ...
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anxiety
How to Deal with the Stress and Anxiety of These Times

Here are four practices to help with stress and anxiety, and a story about butterflies to inspire.

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domination systems
Life in 2020: Growing in Rocky Soil

We all have a part to play, but we cannot be everything to everyone. Are you clear on your particular role or are you ...

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connection
Getting Harshness Out of Our Lives

Once we shut down our feelings, our relationships no longer have the potential to be a space for healing, learning, growth, or development. Here ...

Read more
communication skills
Nurturing Compassion

As a guest on the Authentic Parenting podcast with Anna Seewald, I talked about various aspects of the internal work of nonviolence and compassion ...

Read more
defensiveness
Narcissistic Defenses

As I tune into national and global fragmentation, polarization, and violence, I find myself drawn to examining the same fragmentation, polarization, and violence within ...

Read more
attunement
Tuning Into the Energy Behind Your Words

Sometimes, we start talking simply to discharge built up energy. We vent, we rage, we think out loud, we process verbally, we gossip, and ...

Read more
appreciation
How to Savor the Good
Last weekend, I took a long walk with a good friend, and we found ourselves reminiscing and sharing about the “many lives” we’ve each lived. ...
Read more
desire
How to Cultivate Vitality

Caring for our inner environment starts with being willing to make the profound shift away from constantly focusing on what is wrong with ourselves ...

Read more
acceptance
How to Get Out of Fear and Judgment Ruts

When you find yourself stuck fear and judgments of others, what helps you switch gears and live from more compassion and consciousness in your ...

Read more
developmental stages
Growing Like Diamonds and Pearls
Lately, I’ve been contemplating the difference between individual consciousness and relational consciousness and the difference between personal empowerment and relational empowerment. I am all in ...
Read more
anxiety
How to Deal with the Stress and Anxiety of These Times

Here are four practices to help with stress and anxiety, and a story about butterflies to inspire.

Read more
domination systems
Life in 2020: Growing in Rocky Soil

We all have a part to play, but we cannot be everything to everyone. Are you clear on your particular role or are you ...

Read more

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