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: Needs
awareness
#86 Have Unmet Needs in a Relationship? How to Tell and What to Do
Have you ever felt frustrated, disconnected, or emotionally drained in a relationship, but couldn’t quite put your finger on why? Maybe you’ve found yourself thinking: ...
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communication skills
How to Build Emotional Connection with People Who Struggle to Express Feelings
Establishing an emotional connection with someone who struggles to express feelings requires patience, empathy, and a deep understanding of their needs, and honoring individual communication ...
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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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communication skills
Permission to Request What You Want
Many of us have spent a lifetime knowing what it is that would make us happy, but not giving ourselves the permission to ask for ...
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emotional strength
The Difference Between Wanting Validation and Needing It
There's a difference between hoping that my offering brings benefit to others, and feeling a deep need for approval and validation from others.​ This desire ...
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boundaries
The 2 Main Differences Between Boundaries and Requests
There are two main misconceptions about boundaries. The first is that a boundary is a punishment.  Now that you've gone and done this terrible, awful thing ...
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Feelings
What is Love?
We’ve been waiting all winter for today, and it’s finally here!Spring has arrived, and as we’re aware that many of you are traveling for spring ...
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choice
Reclaiming Choice
Our world would be radically transformed if all humans made one simple, profound shift in how they approached any situation. What one shift? A commitment ...
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needs
What Do You Need These Days?
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]As my best friend and I were recently bemoaning the state of the world and checking in around our ...
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awareness
#86 Have Unmet Needs in a Relationship? How to Tell and What to Do
Have you ever felt frustrated, disconnected, or emotionally drained in a relationship, but couldn’t quite put your finger on why? Maybe you’ve found yourself thinking: ...
Read more
communication skills
How to Build Emotional Connection with People Who Struggle to Express Feelings
Establishing an emotional connection with someone who struggles to express feelings requires patience, empathy, and a deep understanding of their needs, and honoring individual communication ...
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
communication skills
Permission to Request What You Want
Many of us have spent a lifetime knowing what it is that would make us happy, but not giving ourselves the permission to ask for ...
Read more
emotional strength
The Difference Between Wanting Validation and Needing It
There's a difference between hoping that my offering brings benefit to others, and feeling a deep need for approval and validation from others.​ This desire ...
Read more
boundaries
The 2 Main Differences Between Boundaries and Requests
There are two main misconceptions about boundaries. The first is that a boundary is a punishment.  Now that you've gone and done this terrible, awful thing ...
Read more
Feelings
What is Love?
We’ve been waiting all winter for today, and it’s finally here!Spring has arrived, and as we’re aware that many of you are traveling for spring ...
Read more
choice
Reclaiming Choice
Our world would be radically transformed if all humans made one simple, profound shift in how they approached any situation. What one shift? A commitment ...
Read more
needs
What Do You Need These Days?
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]As my best friend and I were recently bemoaning the state of the world and checking in around our ...
Read more