Dr. Yvette's Blog
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
“Caring About” vs “Controlled By”
One of the kindest things we can do for one another, is to speak both honestly and gently, and to then be willing ...
Lead into Gold: Transform Judgment
The next time you are triggered, transform judgments (yours and theirs!) with three practical self-resourcing practices that will help you stay both honest and kind.
Emotional Strength Training
What do you do when your feelings get hurt? Well, let me tell you what didn't work for me recently, and what did. ...
Connecting to Deeper Needs
We often think we know what we want, but don't. Connecting to deeper needs in any given situation can be game-changing.
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Whenever we are stuck and suffering, we get ensnared by victim mentality: an intricate collection of judgmental thinking patterns that we inherited from our cultures ...
Too Emotional? Are You Sure?
Working with some educational leaders recently on improving schools, someone remarked,"The problem is simply that many of our teachers are just too emotional." ...
This Daily Practice Works Wonders
I recently asked a team of leaders what I could work on to become even more effective in my work with them. You know what they told ...
Powerful Choices
I have been reflecting upon questions of power, consciousness and choice. Caroline Myss (one of my favorite teachers, despite her judgmental style) often ...
Hindsight, Foresight and Insight
During our monthly zoom call last Friday, we talked about how to apply nonviolent principles when we are working with anger, and discussed ...
Grow Your Comfort Zone
Recently I got an full immersion experience into what it means to work at the edge of my comfort zone and expand into my yesses. When I was invited to ...
“Caring About” vs “Controlled By”
One of the kindest things we can do for one another, is to speak both honestly and gently, and to then be willing ...
Lead into Gold: Transform Judgment
The next time you are triggered, transform judgments (yours and theirs!) with three practical self-resourcing practices that will help you stay both honest and kind.
Emotional Strength Training
What do you do when your feelings get hurt? Well, let me tell you what didn't work for me recently, and what did. ...
Connecting to Deeper Needs
We often think we know what we want, but don't. Connecting to deeper needs in any given situation can be game-changing.
<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space: ...Stop Judging Your Judgments: Do This Instead
Whenever we are stuck and suffering, we get ensnared by victim mentality: an intricate collection of judgmental thinking patterns that we inherited from our cultures ...
Too Emotional? Are You Sure?
Working with some educational leaders recently on improving schools, someone remarked,"The problem is simply that many of our teachers are just too emotional." ...
This Daily Practice Works Wonders
I recently asked a team of leaders what I could work on to become even more effective in my work with them. You know what they told ...
Powerful Choices
I have been reflecting upon questions of power, consciousness and choice. Caroline Myss (one of my favorite teachers, despite her judgmental style) often ...
Hindsight, Foresight and Insight
During our monthly zoom call last Friday, we talked about how to apply nonviolent principles when we are working with anger, and discussed ...
Grow Your Comfort Zone
Recently I got an full immersion experience into what it means to work at the edge of my comfort zone and expand into my yesses. When I was invited to ...