by Yvette Erasmus | May 16, 2017 | Power Dynamics
While grading papers for a graduate class I’m teaching at St. Mary’s University recently, I realized my approaching to “grading” has fundamentally transformed since I began teaching in the mid-1990’s. It’s become much more gentle. I used to read with an...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 21, 2017 | Nonviolent Communication
After delivering a talk recently about Letting Go of Judgment (watch it here), an audience member approached me to share the impact that my talk had on him. He resonated with the content and wanted to share his own efforts to “revoke dualism” in his life.Still in...
by Yvette Erasmus | Nov 29, 2016 | Personal Growth
Communication practice is a lot like going to the gym and lifting weights. I can see the skills I want to learn, to internalize, to strengthen, but I seriously don’t always enjoy exerting the effort. I want more Ease. Simplicity. Competence. Sometimes,...