by Yvette Erasmus | Aug 9, 2016 | NVC, Communication, Universal Human Needs, Empowerment, Slowing Down, Compassion
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 | 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’...