Category: Facilitation

Most of my family mediation clients need a separation agreement and they understand this. They do not always understand all...

The call came in at 2:05 a.m. The 911 operator who took the call was a veteran of many years....

Did you know that when given the option between in-person conciliation and online conciliation, most people in Colombia now prefer...

This post collects and summarizes the posts in the Real Practice Systems Project series.  I began by focusing on mediation...

Introduction: Conflicts happen when one party believes that another damaged or diminished their interests. When we take these beliefs to...

ChatGPT is a new language generation program available to anyone for free, developed by Open AI.  According to ChatGPT, it...

Quality mediation courses include communication skills that enable the mediator to more effectively draw out information, which is necessary, if...

In this episode Laura interviews Mediator and Facilitator Felicity Steadman. Felicity's career started out in the turbulent apartheid years in...

Do holiday family gatherings cause you stress and anxiety? You are not alone. What happens when we suddenly have all...

In this podcast, JAMS neutrals Judge Sherry Klein Heitler and Judge Richard McDermott give listeners a deeper look into the...

Even though we know that name-calling is infantile, sometimes in the heat of anger, we realize we have resorted to...

You are invited to participate in and contribute to an online discussion of how those with conflict resolution and peacebuilding...

Did you know that as a mediator you help parties exercise a superpower?  It's the superpower of everyday negotiation! Listen...

Question:  Where does conflict come from? Answer: Normal, unconflicted life. Building on Felstiner, Abel, and Sarat’s classic article describing the...

Much has been written about negotiation style and decision theory in the last 40 years. Getting to Yes was a sensation in...

In the old days, before the 1900s, it was mostly a person’s physical skills that were brought into the workplace…skills...

Separating married couples, with or without children, know that divorce requires the legal dissolution of the marriage.  Divorce is not...

The culture of a family, community, or organization partially determines whether a given conflict mode (particularly collaborating) can be used...

Originally published on Indisputably The news media have a well-known bad-news bias.  If something bad is happening or – better...

Divorce agreements tell a story.  The story speaks not only of arrangements for children’s living and times spent with each...

So often we embark on a difficult communication or react to a conflict situation by trying to discuss it before...

Review of Ellen Bruno’s Documentary Film, Split Up—The Teen Years Back in 2013, I reviewed for Mediate.com a documentary titled...

Pets are an integral part of a family, so no wonder when a couple is contemplating a divorce, the fate...

In May 2019, I posted a blog about a plaintiff who challenged a parking ticket on the grounds that chalking her tires...

Much of what takes place in couples, families, and other close relationships lies buried beneath layers of unspoken desire, expectation,...

Back to school is upon us, and for most parents, it can bring a whole new set of challenges not...

Business partnerships are often stronger than sole proprietorships because two or more partners can bring diverse strengths to the table...

I’ve looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehowIt’s life’s illusions I recallI really...

"Resolution through Mediation for Community Mental Health." Please consider joining us to hear more about this and many other mental...

Chances are, one reason you got into mediation was to make a difference. Have you ever thought about getting into...