by Yvette Erasmus | Jan 25, 2022 | Healing Trauma
We’re living in volatile times, externally and internally. I’ve been finding myself swinging between multiple realities. The world looks different depending on whose eyes I’m looking through. I feel hopeful and inspired in one moment, despairing and discouraged in the...
by Yvette Erasmus | Oct 15, 2019 | Healing Trauma
When I “misbehaved” as a child, I’d be met with a wagging finger and a harsh tone: “Who do you think you are?” – sometimes followed by the rhetorical question, “The Queen of Sheba?” This usually meant I was being too...
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...
by Yvette Erasmus | Apr 30, 2019 | Personal Growth
As I sit down to write to you this week, I’m struck by how much emotional turmoil has been swirling around this week. In conversations with my clients, family members, friends, and yes, conversations with myself … many strong feelings have ranged from...
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...