by Yvette Erasmus | Mar 11, 2019 | Personal Growth
Someone recently asked me how to motivate ourselves more compassionately. We’ve all been there.
We know what we “should” be doing and what we “have to” do, but our hearts just aren’t in it, so we drag our feet.In frustration we...
by Yvette Erasmus | Mar 13, 2017 | Nonviolent Communication
While teaching in Bali, I got into a massive power struggle with a 12th grade student (let’s call him James).He went surfing before school and a sense of entitlement learned – in part – from his well-known and powerful father. At a school serving students...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 28, 2017 | Healthy Relationships
A post-it note on my office wall reminds me:”Stop loving people for who they could be, or who you want them to be, and start loving people for who they actually are, right now.”Strangely enough, this is not easy.Sometimes the way that people show up in the...