Category: Psychological

This post started as a response to Jen Reynolds’s comment about my Avatar Mediation post.  It has grown into this new post about AI...

As a mediator, do you offer a bundle of services? Have you ever considered adding conflict management coaching as a...

Progress in the mediation field is often a bit abstract, if not illusory.  Related, humor in mediation has historically often...

Perhaps you are familiar with the concept of "psychological safety," but are you also familiar with the concept of "human...

Mediations can be challenging, but mediating with a narcissist? Mediation with a narcissist is not a walk in the park,...

In this recording of the February 2023 Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club, David Little is interviewed by Merry Brown about...

For more than 30 years, my focus has  been on conflict resolution and peacebuilding.  I’ve mostly been an educator –...

Recently, I reread three books that, as a total set, inspired me to revisit my understanding of human nature and,...

The January 2023 edition of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: "Self-Determination in Mediation: The Art and Science of Mirrors and...

A member of the Neuro-leadership Institute, Lucia has specific training in behavioral science, and how real people act in real...

It seems that everywhere one looks, there is an implicit bias lurking behind the scenes.   While recently, it was the...

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

Workplace stress and mental illness are rising at an alarming rate. The mental health index by Lifeworks found that more...

The October 2022 edition of Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: "Holding the Calm: The Secret to Resolving Conflict and Defusing...

Are you tired of being so hard on yourself? Are you longing to create within yourself a shimmering place of...

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

2022 APFM Conference Workshop Takeaway Tool, with Kimberly Cavanaugh, Dan Berstein, Alice Shikina, Nicole, and Beth Aarons PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH...

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

Conflict Management Blog by Cinnie Noble “For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views...

In this episode, Laura interviews Professor Aleksandra Cichocka, Professor of Political Psychology at the University of Kent School of Psychology....

An unhealthy mindset is a common vice we all struggle to get rid of. Tips like acknowledging the negative thoughts,...

The Harvard Program on Negotiation (PON)  blog posted an article about deception in negotiations.  Entitled, “Ethics In Negotiation: How tthe...

After I retired from mediation practice, I had more time to read books. Some books were about mediation, others about...

In this Episode 3 of the Conflict Tipping Podcast, host Laura May interviews Stefan Pfattheicher, Associate Professor in the Department of...

That’s the title of an article by New York Times reporter Max Fisher.  He summarizes, “By most measures – with one glaring...

Mediate.com Chief Data Scientist Oladeji Tiamiyu and his distinguished panelists (Cassie Lively, Missy Greathouse, and Helen Winter) discuss the lessons...

According to Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies, rental housing is home to more than a third of American households.[1]...

People often ask me to clarify collaborating and compromising, especially since these two modes involve both people getting their needs...

Sometimes, the relationships in our lives can become toxic over time. Whether it’s in the relationships we hold with our...

Over the course of many years, I gradually came to realize that the particular words and phrases that a person...