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: Relational Integrity
The Question to Ask If You Want to Change Everything
Our human experience is multi-layered; things are rarely what they seem. It's easy for me to forget about the importance of these layers when ...
4 Ways to Connect in Relationships
On a recent group coaching call, I got a number of big questions about how to heal from trauma. In the moment, I remembered ...
Narcissism & Codependency: The Missing Pieces – Part 1
Have you noticed how much information you can find “out there” about codependency and narcissism? It’s overwhelming. And let’s be honest: not all of ...
Empaths and Narcissists: Are You Hooked?
What happens when a deeply empathic person is drawn into a relationship with a more narcissistically organized person? It’s a shortcut to hell, as ...
Core Commitment #5: Co-creation
When we make a commitment to co-creation, we make a commitment to continuously drawing on our own creativity, instead of trying to fix, control, ...
Core Commitment #4: Courage
Courage takes root and is nourished in our hearts. It’s deeply connected to our care and our love for what matters to us the ...
Core Commitment #3: Choice
I used to experience life like a puppet on a string: controlled by elusive and invisible ties to various things. For example, if someone, ...
Core Commitment #2: Compassion
One of the places that I’m most likely to stall out on my own personal growth and development is where I get disabled by ...
Core Commitment #1: Consciousness
Last week on the blog we explored some core commitments that I return to regularly in my search for a more empowered and openhearted ...
The 5 Core Commitments for Empowered Living
This week’s blog post outlines the five commitments that I regularly return to. Over the next several weeks, I’ll expand on each of them ...
The Question to Ask If You Want to Change Everything
Our human experience is multi-layered; things are rarely what they seem. It's easy for me to forget about the importance of these layers when ...
4 Ways to Connect in Relationships
On a recent group coaching call, I got a number of big questions about how to heal from trauma. In the moment, I remembered ...
Narcissism & Codependency: The Missing Pieces – Part 1
Have you noticed how much information you can find “out there” about codependency and narcissism? It’s overwhelming. And let’s be honest: not all of ...
Empaths and Narcissists: Are You Hooked?
What happens when a deeply empathic person is drawn into a relationship with a more narcissistically organized person? It’s a shortcut to hell, as ...
Core Commitment #5: Co-creation
When we make a commitment to co-creation, we make a commitment to continuously drawing on our own creativity, instead of trying to fix, control, ...
Core Commitment #4: Courage
Courage takes root and is nourished in our hearts. It’s deeply connected to our care and our love for what matters to us the ...
Core Commitment #3: Choice
I used to experience life like a puppet on a string: controlled by elusive and invisible ties to various things. For example, if someone, ...
Core Commitment #2: Compassion
One of the places that I’m most likely to stall out on my own personal growth and development is where I get disabled by ...
Core Commitment #1: Consciousness
Last week on the blog we explored some core commitments that I return to regularly in my search for a more empowered and openhearted ...
The 5 Core Commitments for Empowered Living
This week’s blog post outlines the five commitments that I regularly return to. Over the next several weeks, I’ll expand on each of them ...