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: Systemic Change
empathy
#130: Understanding Stigma: How Judgment Replaces Empathy in Modern Culture
When we equate human worth with productivity, stigma becomes inevitable. This episode unpacks how judgment toward disability and dependence is shaped by cultural conditioning—and how ...
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communication skills
#74 Protecting Kids from Bullying: Tools for Immediate Safety and Lasting Change
When it comes to protecting kids from bullying and fostering inclusive environments, we often encounter objections that dismiss or minimize the urgency of these issues. ...
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communication skills
Stop Being Polite: How To Speak Up With Empathy
We’ve all been there: that moment when we hear something that makes our hearts race, our stomachs churn, and our minds spin. It could be ...
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communication skills
How Nonviolence Transforms Social Change
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courage
Siding With Humanity
Are you looking for ways to be on the side of humanity, and to resist the forces of fragmentation, division and separation that drive wars ...
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communication skills
The Energy Behind Our Words
On this week's podcast, there were several questions concerning how we can introduce our loved ones to Nonviolent Communication. And just like anything else, the ...
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choice
Coercion never works. So what does?
Coerced giving is too expensive a substitute for the real thing. When people give or change from a place of natural authenticity, it's real, ...
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awareness
The Curb Cut Effect
The beauty of the curb cut effect lies in its recognition of the power of inclusive design.
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dependence
Interdependence, on Independence Day
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Laurie Fitz on her Saturday morning radio show, Connections. We explored some of the values that the ...
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domination systems
How to Heal a Hurting World
The sacred feedback loop of balanced polarities will move us forward, if we’re willing to embrace the inner and outer work ahead of us. ...
empathy
#130: Understanding Stigma: How Judgment Replaces Empathy in Modern Culture
When we equate human worth with productivity, stigma becomes inevitable. This episode unpacks how judgment toward disability and dependence is shaped by cultural conditioning—and how ...
Read more
communication skills
#74 Protecting Kids from Bullying: Tools for Immediate Safety and Lasting Change
When it comes to protecting kids from bullying and fostering inclusive environments, we often encounter objections that dismiss or minimize the urgency of these issues. ...
Read more
communication skills
Stop Being Polite: How To Speak Up With Empathy
We’ve all been there: that moment when we hear something that makes our hearts race, our stomachs churn, and our minds spin. It could be ...
Read more
communication skills
How Nonviolence Transforms Social Change
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courage
Siding With Humanity
Are you looking for ways to be on the side of humanity, and to resist the forces of fragmentation, division and separation that drive wars ...
Read more
communication skills
The Energy Behind Our Words
On this week's podcast, there were several questions concerning how we can introduce our loved ones to Nonviolent Communication. And just like anything else, the ...
Read more
choice
Coercion never works. So what does?
Coerced giving is too expensive a substitute for the real thing. When people give or change from a place of natural authenticity, it's real, ...
Read more
awareness
The Curb Cut Effect
The beauty of the curb cut effect lies in its recognition of the power of inclusive design.
Read more
dependence
Interdependence, on Independence Day
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Laurie Fitz on her Saturday morning radio show, Connections. We explored some of the values that the ...
Read more
domination systems
How to Heal a Hurting World
The sacred feedback loop of balanced polarities will move us forward, if we’re willing to embrace the inner and outer work ahead of us. ...