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
domination systems
When a Feeling Isn’t Really a Feeling
On today's call, we continue to develop our feelings literacy by discussing faux feelings - the feelings that aren't really feelings. Faux feelings can ...
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awareness
The Power of Presence in Navigating Relationships and Self-Care
awaWith awareness, comes choice. And to cultivate awareness, we need to practice being fully present. This week’s podcast episode begins with this idea: “Once you’ve ...
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Inner Work & Discernment
Do You Have a Fear of Abandonment?
What if, after all the therapy you’ve done to heal it, your fear of abandonment remains because you keep abandoning yourself in your attempts to ...
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awareness
Is it Kindness or People-Pleasing?
Differentiating between people-pleasing and genuine kindness can be challenging, but here are some key distinctions
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awareness
How to Tell if Someone is Good for You
Today, the way that I figure out whether or not someone is good for me or welcome in my life is by simply paying attention ...
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Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Trust: Our Ability to Respond
One of the things I love about the relational practice of nonviolence is how it frees me up to field a much wider range of ...
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Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Connection Builds Self-Trust
Our degree of self-trust is directly related to our self-connection and self-esteem. When we like ourselves, we hold our imperfect, messy and awkward selves in ...
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Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Trust: Grounded in Goodness
Whenever we feel insecure, hesitant, or afraid, one of the first places our minds go is to questions like: What really happened? What am I ...
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empowerment
Do You Trust Yourself?
Three types of self-trust that lead to relational safety.
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acceptance
What’s the Point of All This Personal Growth and Healing?
As someone who is deeply invested in healing, self-development and human transformation,, I can sometimes approach my own healing and personal growth with a very ...
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domination systems
When a Feeling Isn’t Really a Feeling
On today's call, we continue to develop our feelings literacy by discussing faux feelings - the feelings that aren't really feelings. Faux feelings can ...
Read more
awareness
The Power of Presence in Navigating Relationships and Self-Care
awaWith awareness, comes choice. And to cultivate awareness, we need to practice being fully present. This week’s podcast episode begins with this idea: “Once you’ve ...
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Do You Have a Fear of Abandonment?
What if, after all the therapy you’ve done to heal it, your fear of abandonment remains because you keep abandoning yourself in your attempts to ...
Read more
awareness
Is it Kindness or People-Pleasing?
Differentiating between people-pleasing and genuine kindness can be challenging, but here are some key distinctions
Read more
awareness
How to Tell if Someone is Good for You
Today, the way that I figure out whether or not someone is good for me or welcome in my life is by simply paying attention ...
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Trust: Our Ability to Respond
One of the things I love about the relational practice of nonviolence is how it frees me up to field a much wider range of ...
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Connection Builds Self-Trust
Our degree of self-trust is directly related to our self-connection and self-esteem. When we like ourselves, we hold our imperfect, messy and awkward selves in ...
Read more
Inner Work & Discernment
Self-Trust: Grounded in Goodness
Whenever we feel insecure, hesitant, or afraid, one of the first places our minds go is to questions like: What really happened? What am I ...
Read more
empowerment
Do You Trust Yourself?
Three types of self-trust that lead to relational safety.
Read more
acceptance
What’s the Point of All This Personal Growth and Healing?
As someone who is deeply invested in healing, self-development and human transformation,, I can sometimes approach my own healing and personal growth with a very ...
Read more