Yvette Erasmus
Dr. Yvette Erasmus is a clinical psychologist, coach, and trainer dedicated to fostering deeper human connection through compassion-centered, nonviolent practices. With over two decades of experience, she works at the intersection of personal growth, relational healing, and systemic transformation. Her approach combines psychological insight with spiritual wisdom, empowering individuals and organizations to create lasting change that honors the interconnectedness of all beings.
Dr. Erasmus is the creator of Conversations from the Heart, a podcast dedicated to cultivating compassionate communication and emotional resilience. She is passionate about helping others build more fulfilling, harmonious relationships by developing practical tools for self-compassion, emotional regulation, and effective communication.
In her private practice and workshops, Dr. Erasmus integrates Nonviolent Communication (NVC), mindfulness, and trauma-informed healing to support clients in navigating life’s complexities. Whether guiding individuals through personal struggles, supporting couples in emotional reactivity, or facilitating group deep dives, she fosters spaces of reflection and growth that enable her clients to move from self-judgment to self-acceptance.
Through her teaching, writing, and personal coaching, Dr. Erasmus is dedicated to supporting individuals and communities in creating a more compassionate and peaceful world. Her work emphasizes the power of vulnerability, the importance of self-awareness, and the potential for healing in every moment.
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What is the Cost of NOT Setting Boundaries
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Just as setting boundaries is beneficial to relationships, NOT setting boundaries can come at a big cost. Listen to Yvette Erasmus share her experience with boundary setting, including:
- What are the costs to setting boundaries?
- What are the benefits?
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Using Right & Wrong Language
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Yvette Erasmus shares that we can translate or shift how we hear right and wrong language. We can use the cue - What is needed? I wonder what they are needing? This helps direct my attention to more relationality.
Keywords
- language of life
- needs
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Tools to Support Relational Attunement
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Yvette Erasmus shares Terry Real's grid as a tool for exploring a spectrum of emotional responses. We all have feelings and sometimes we get dysregulated or frozen up. How do you want to express and be in connection with other people? Can you attune to the relationa...
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Setting Loving Boundaries
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
How do you protect yourself while staying as connected as possible with others? How can you effectively communicate your limits and boundaries in clear, confident, and compassionate ways that actually enhance and strengthen your relationships?
This session touches ...
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Make Peace With All Your Feelings
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
Yvette Erasmus suggests that making peace with our feelings reduces suffering. Sometimes we want to hurry through our feelings and just feel better. A nonviolent way of working with our feelings is to be present as our feelings change. We will notice that as needs are...
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Faux Feelings
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Yvette Erasmus shares her interpretation of the difference between "faux" feelings and feelings. "Faux" feelings imply that someone is doing something to you and generally connote wrongness or blame.
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Experiencing Feelings Outside of Right & Wrong
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer:
Many of us have been raised within a right/ wrong culture. From very young ages, we are asked, "What is wrong?" Yvette Erasmus shares a different view where emotions can be seen as expansion and contraction, where they can help us identify our needs.
I celebrate fe...
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Boundaries and Exquisite Self-Care
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
The purpose of setting boundaries is to prevent harm to yourself and others. Boundaries are about knowing yourself and teaching others about you. You must ask yourself:
What do you need to prune the weeds in your relationships?
What will you welcome into your space?
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Navigating Power Dynamics with NVC: 6 Session Course
8 items
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
Time Investment: 6 hours 33 minutes, plus PDF workbook
Recorded in 2024This item is also available for purchase as a download.
https://www.nvclibrary.com/products/navigating-power-dynamics-with-nvcThis item is also available for streaming as part of the NVC Library...
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Self Regulation - Moving Outside of Triggers
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
Yvette Erasmus shares practices to help us develop a regulated nervous system. We all get hijacked and triggered at some point. When that happens we can travel a blame and shame road or we can greet ourselves with graciousness and self compassion.
It sounds like:
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Power, Pace, and Presence: NVC Strategies
Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
Learn how to use Nonviolent Communication to navigate power dynamics by controlling the pace of interactions. Yvette Erasmus explores the differences between mental, emotional, and somatic energy, and demonstrates practical strategies for slowing down conversations, p...
