by Yvette Erasmus | Apr 4, 2022 | Feelings
For a long time in my life, I mistook talking about my feelings for actually feeling my feelings.There’s a big difference. I was good at labeling and identifying my feelings.I could tell you all about how I felt about something that was going on.I could explain what...
by Yvette Erasmus | Oct 12, 2021 | Feelings
Developing our emotional literacy is a significant aspect of becoming more resourced to have difficult conversations, but… What does it actually mean to have emotional literacy? Emotional literacy is an umbrella term that captures a set of skills and capacities that...
by Yvette Erasmus | Apr 26, 2021 | Feelings
Can venting ever be “productive”? Is it ok sometimes to just “wallow” in our feelings? Yes, of course. As many of you who’ve worked with me for a while already know: I believe that there is a time and a place for everything. Everything fits somewhere, sometime,...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 23, 2021 | Feelings
Our emotions bring us a tremendous amount of passion and power. They give us invaluable information about our underlying universal human needs and are a source of vitality, aliveness, and connection for ourselves and others. Embracing the fullest range of...
by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 10, 2019 | Feelings
Processing emotions means literally allowing the feelings to move through your body, swelling up to a crescendo and moving the energy out of your system. As I was talking about the importance of processing emotions as opposed to stuffing them, repressing them, coping...