by Yvette Erasmus | Aug 2, 2016 | Communication, Alignment, Inner Truth, NVC
Last week, I shared the story of how my teenage daughter responded to a heartfelt apology from me with:“Whatever. I don’t care.”And how I totally wanted to be like, “Whatever, I don’t care either.” (But, I do.) Followed by, “When someone apologizes to you...
by Yvette Erasmus | Jul 5, 2016 | Communication, Interdependence, Empowerment, NVC
On this Fourth of July weekend, I found myself listening to this song. (Yup. And now it will loop in your head too. You are welcome.) Relational independence is celebrated and revered: “If I never loved, I never would have died. I have my books and my poetry to...
by Yvette Erasmus | May 2, 2016 | Anger, NVC, Communication
The second time I got expelled, it was for my defiant noncompliance with “hazing” rituals at a boarding school in South Africa. I was 13 and taking on the world. I would not wear the winter uniform in the height of an African summer. I would not carry seniors’...
