by Yvette Erasmus | Aug 9, 2016 | Slowing Down, Compassion, NVC, Communication, Universal Human Needs, Empowerment
Some days, I am simply not ready to be a grown-up. At all.Waking up with anxiety recently, I buried myself deeper into bed.Free floating thoughts about finances, major life decisions, relationships, and a harsh critical voice pointing out all my failings and failures... by Yvette Erasmus | Jun 21, 2016 | Mourning, Empathy
I know when a break-down is brewing. I start getting short and curt with people.I am irritable about things that normally don’t bother me.I can’t remember what I did a few hours ago.I stop returning emails and phone calls.I make decisions based on what other people... 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... 
by Yvette Erasmus | May 2, 2016 | Communication, Anger, NVC
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’...