by Yvette Erasmus | Mar 28, 2017 | Communication, presence, Slowing Down, NVC
I am in Mexico as I write this, enjoying the sun, the breeze, the sand … looking forward to a week of downtime and unplugging (after I get this out to all of you!).I seriously resist slowing down and downshifting, but when I finally do, it’s sooooo...
by Yvette Erasmus | Feb 28, 2017 | presence, Compassion, NVC, Communication, Connection
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...
by Yvette Erasmus | Sep 12, 2016 | Connection, presence, Slowing Down, Listening
As I write this, I am sitting in at a resort in Nova Scotia listening to the ocean waves gently lapping at the rocks outside. The first day of intensive training in Integral Facilitation has been unexpectedly powerful for me: you know it’s a good training when you are...
by Yvette Erasmus | Jun 14, 2016 | Slowing Down, Connection, presence
Yesterday I dropped off my daughter at summer tennis lessons, went to pay the fee, and found out that I would be charged a $45 surcharge each month because I wasn’t a resident of this particular suburb. I impulsively blurted out with irritation, “Oh Shit, you must be...
