Mediation of Child Custody and Parenting

You are right to be concerned about the effect your divorce will have on your children.   Research shows that exposure to parental conflict has devastating effects on children. Parents engaging in high conflict divorce, using their children as pawns in the divorce and disparaging the other parent regularly to their child will cause severe emotional [...]

Paralegals and Divorce Mediation

We are presenters in a Family Law Seminar for Paralegals on Tuesday May 8th at Embassy Suites Downtown Convention Center beginning at 8:30 am and going through 4:45 pm sponsored by Half-Moon Seminars. I realize this is a little late but if interested, paralegals can register at www.halfmoonseminars.com. There are a few spots left. We [...]

Common Mistakes When Negotiating and When Mediating

Harvard Business School Professors Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman wrote a wonderful negotiation book: Negotiation Genius. There are many powerful negotiation strategies in this book. They also point out seven common mistakes that negotiators make:
“1. You made the first offer when you were not in a strong position to do so.
2. You made a first [...]

A Share in Christ’s Resurrection – Roll Away the Stone From Your Tomb

Very often it is difficult to get people to have hope that things will change especially when they are entrenched in despair over their situation. They come in and meet with us and I can see in their faces, they want to believe something can be done, but the despair is too great and [...]

The Value of Life

“Occasionally I hear the wind blow,
And I find that just hearing the wind blow makes it
worth
having been born.”
–Fernando Pessoa
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Lenten Reflection – Veronica

My Lord and My God have mercy on my sinful, pitiful self. How I yearn for you yet turn so quickly away. How little time I make for you yet expect you to perform miracles in my life. How little I understand the sacrifice You made for me – that you allowed [...]

If Chimps Can Mediate So Can We

Conflict management is key for society. As a society we generally use an interventionist approach i.e. police and courts, parents intervening with kids, bosses or upper level managers intervening with employee conflict. Of course, I write and speak about using a mediator, in certain situations, to help people settle their own differences rather [...]

Mediating for VH1’s The Family Hustle

It was late on a weekend night and I was flipping through the stations when I stopped on TI and Tiny: the Family Hustle on VH1. Tiny, AKA Tameka, and her friend Shekinah were heading to a mediator’s office. What are the chances I would catch this show, right???
So Tiny and Shekinah are [...]

Mediation Trends in 2012

Check out the future trends in mediation for 2012. With the rise of self represented people using mediation, there are lots of thoughts about how the process should continue.
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Men As Caregivers. Who Knew?

I have to say that in our work we generally do not see this; however this lovely article shows one man stepping up to the plate and being a part time caregiver to his mother-in-law!
According to the article – The Alzheimer Association says men now make up 40% of family caregivers [...]

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