Moving Mediation Center Stage

We are dependent on one another. We all know that. Here in American we must come to understand that by taking more personal responsibility for addressing our conflicts rather than turning to third parties to impose solutions we can save so much money, improve our relations, and really give a power boost [...]

Monitor Your Tone for Good Communication

One way we demonstrate love to our children is by monitoring our tone. This is so important. Your tone sets the “tone” for any communication – be it with a business partner, spouse, child, neighbor, student, anyone! When we monitor our tone with our children our communication is heard and internalized differently. [...]

Aging Parents: What happens next?

So many families are exhausting all of their resources trying to care for an aging parent while caring for their own family. I personally spoke to three families today who are at odds at with “what happens next?” The parent is fearful that their future will be decided in some haphazard way, all while the [...]

Rules without Relationship = Rebellion

Rules without Relationship = Rebellion…this applies not only to our own children which we have been entrusted to train up in the way of the Lord, but also for ourselves with our relationship with the Lord. Being a Christian is not about rules and a list of things you can’t do. It’s about having a [...]

Strategy for Mediating – Tit for Tat

Negotiators are taught early on that which the evolutionary biologists and social psychologists know – the most effective strategy for insuring your bargaining partner’s cooperation is to play the age-old game of tit for tat.
According to the tit for tat theory –
1. open the negotiation cooperatively
2. [...]

Anxiety

3 Main Reasons for Anxiety:

Fear of the Future
Conflict in the Present
Past Regret

Anxiety literally causes a state of uneasiness and apprehension, and at times makes one feel as though they are suffocating. How many times do we experience it in our own lives? The Word of God is clear on worry and anxiety. God knows what [...]

Relationship Mediation-Moving Forward With Confidence

I was recently watching an episode of Pregnant in Heels on Bravo starring Rosie Pope, maternity concierge to the wealthy. I was pleasantly surprised to see mediation used to help a couple resolve a significant issue which was causing stress in the relationship. Both parties were entrenched in their positions and [...]

More Mandatory Mediation…in Italy

Interesting…..Lawyers want to “strike” against a mandatory mediation law in Italy. Read more here…
Not shocking to me but a good sign that our world is looking into more effective means of conflict resolution than just the adversarial process. As of right now, we know justice is for sale on so many levels, we [...]

Mediation is the Best Place to Tell Your Story

As an attorney, the biggest complaint from clients was that “I was not able to tell my story.” The reason the whole story could not come out, however, was because I was putting together a story to win the argument and make that client look credible. For those purposes, I only used what [...]