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

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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inner critic
5 Things to Say to Your Inner Critic

If you find part of you in distress and needing some soothing and reassurance … here are five things you can say to soothe ...

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Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Advocacy vs. Self-Entitlement
How can we tell the difference between healthy self-advocacy and having a sense of entitlement?
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Inner Work & Discernment
Living in a State of Suspended Animation
Living in a state of suspended animation, I’m unsure where exactly to direct my attention and energies from day to day. Outward? I scan through ...
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anxiety
Embracing Polarities: The Story of Two Wolves

Remember to stay in loving relationship with all parts; everything fits, everything has its place.

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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. ...
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
inner critic
5 Things to Say to Your Inner Critic

If you find part of you in distress and needing some soothing and reassurance … here are five things you can say to soothe ...

Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Advocacy vs. Self-Entitlement
How can we tell the difference between healthy self-advocacy and having a sense of entitlement?
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Living in a State of Suspended Animation
Living in a state of suspended animation, I’m unsure where exactly to direct my attention and energies from day to day. Outward? I scan through ...
Read more
anxiety
Embracing Polarities: The Story of Two Wolves

Remember to stay in loving relationship with all parts; everything fits, everything has its place.

Read more

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