by Yvette Erasmus | May 30, 2022 | Power Dynamics
As I look around at local, national, and global events, I feel deeply disturbed and afraid. My heart breaks as I feel into the suffering that results from a re-emergence and regression back into systems of oppression that we’ve worked so hard to transform in ourselves...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 14, 2022 | Feelings
Have you found yourself wondering if you’ll ever find “your people”? I’ve been hearing about this a lot recently … People feeling deeply lonely and isolated in their primary relationships People wondering if “their people” are out there, and if they are, where to find...
by Yvette Erasmus | Nov 10, 2020 | Nonviolent Communication
Regardless of where you place yourself on any given political spectrum, I trust you can agree that we need to be having deeper and more meaningful conversations with one another. I’ve been getting an increasing number of questions from people wondering how to stand up...
by Yvette Erasmus | Oct 21, 2020 | Personal Growth
For most of my life, I’ve felt like the “black sheep” in my family. I never quite fit in comfortably. I was too intense. Too serious. Too introverted. Too difficult. Too outspoken. Too “otherwise” as mother would often tell me. Or...
by Yvette Erasmus | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthy Relationships
How do you engage with people who are different in ways that matter to you? People not like you, in terms of your core values, vision or ideas about how you would like to see things happen in your life or the world at large? I often find myself tempted...