by Yvette Erasmus | Dec 13, 2022 | Personal Growth
All my life, I’ve wondered, “Why do some people seem to wake up, while others don’t?” It’s always seemed to me like there are those people who really love delving into the meaning and purpose of life, who ask deep questions and enjoy understanding the...
by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 12, 2022 | Personal Growth
As I was cleaning up my study this weekend, I came across journals I had kept when I was in college many years ago. Browsing through them, I happened upon this quote I’d written down back then as I was listening to Anthony de Mello quoting Chuang Tsu: When an archer...
by Yvette Erasmus | Dec 20, 2021 | Personal Growth
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year. After today, our days will start getting longer and lighter again. I’ve been noticing the late sunrises, the early dusks, and the way in which my body downshifts in...
by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 13, 2021 | Healthy Relationships
Today, I have two questions for you: What conversations do you wish you were having, but aren’t? What gets in the way of you initiating the conversations you want to have? Here’s what I often hear from people when I ask the second question: I don’t know how to start...
by Yvette Erasmus | Jul 26, 2021 | Power Dynamics
Does empathy come easily to you? You feel for others. You have loads of compassion. It’s easy for you to take others’ perspectives. Usually. But what about those racists? Those liberals? Those tea-partyers? Those woo-woo progressives? Those bible-thumping...