by Yvette Erasmus | Jul 26, 2022 | Healthy Relationships
You know two main things get in the way of setting healthy boundaries? Our fear of how other people might react. Self-doubt and insecurity about our ability to respond to those reactions in effective ways. This challenge is made even more difficult when we’ve been...
by Yvette Erasmus | Aug 10, 2021 | Healing Trauma
Growing up isn’t always easy. Some days, I find myself wishing that the world would rearrange itself to nurture me. To embrace me. To care for me. Those days, when I’m feeling “little,” I also tend to be more fearful. More fragile. More...
by Yvette Erasmus | Apr 19, 2021 | Healthy Relationships
My daughter graduates from high school in six weeks.Even as I type this sentence, I find myself pausing to let that sink in fully. Conflicted feelings flood my awareness: sadness, delight, loss, excitement, fear, and deep, deep love. It’s a complicated moment for...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 2, 2021 | Healthy Relationships
The way we are spoken to as children becomes the way we speak to ourselves and others as adults, but as we become more aware of how we both think and speak habitually, we also develop more choice and creativity about who we want to be today. When we soften our heated...
by Yvette Erasmus | Jan 6, 2021 | Personal Growth
My last few weeks have been filled with volatility of many kinds – mostly relational. As a parent of a 17 year-old, I realize that a certain amount of, shall we say, “excitement” at home is par for the course, but adding on a variety of other...