Category: Spirituality

I got the opportunity to revisit with Larry Anthony, JD, following our attendance at the Spring Conference of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section and...

Have you ever walked into a room and felt calm or energized instantly? This paper proposes that this is our...

The oldest and longest-standing Christian denominations are housed by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Each of these sects has...

Have you ever felt the lingering ache of a relationship long after the final goodbye? Even  when legal ties are...

Photo credit: Vince Fleming on Unsplash I’d like to explore a rather atypical application of the TKI model, one that...

Disagreements and disputes are a part of living.  There are varies ways to resolutions other than litigation.   An excellent alternative...

Conflict analysis is often taught to be an outward-looking process.  In a mediation, the mediator attempts to objectively analyze a...

A bit tongue in cheek, I sometimes describe mediation as a kind of ‘free theatre’ where the mediator has a...

Laura May is joined by Dr. Patricia Cernadas Curotto, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Geneva interested in compassion,...

Men and women, day and night, spring and winter, and other pairs of opposites always existed, at times sequentially (day...

Preparing yourself for a mediation is challenging. No one likes conflict, and no matter how well you prepare or how...

Arguments are an unavoidable part of life, but they’re not always bad. Whether between a parent and child, two partners,...

Last month’s article “Want to Build Peace? Understanding Trauma is Key” introduced Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and provided an...

While mediators often assist in the creation of near miracles behind closed doors, our miraculous work and effective approaches are...

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

“Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.” Lily Tomlin Forgiving is complex. Among other things, forgiveness means being...

Being a facilitative mediator and mediator trainer has exposed me to intense situations and forced me to rethink my Christian...

The woman was distraught. Her son had set out to that place called America, where the streets were “paved with...

This article discusses the power of respectful communication and appreciation of different values for working through value-based conflicts. Understanding other...

Sulha, Community Mediation “Once a wound has healed, it cannot bleed again.”  By Elahe Amani, NAFCM Associate Member and member...

“The function, the very serious function of racism, . . . is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you...

The pandemic has turned our world upside down. India lies crushed under the second wave of Covid-19 – with thousands...

This article was published in the Detroit Legal News on March 2, 2021.In last month’s ADR Spotlight my PREMI colleague,...

It is likely that a large majority of clergy who serve congregations are hired, re-hired or terminated by the vote...

This article focuses on a specialized class of employment law and human rights issues where there an overlap exists between...

This document will analyze a conflict scenario with respect to the conflict’s candidacy (suitability) for mediation. Various types of mediation...

                       BETWEEN THE FACT AND NON FACT IS THE CONFLICT-...

This video is presented as part of Mediate.com's 25th Anniversary Conference. Zena Zumeta speaks to the spiritual dimension of the...

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of ACResolution, the quarterly magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution.While...

Conflicts are not unknown in faith communities. Interpersonal church conflicts too often are destructive, with damaging fallout. Uninvolved leaders find...