Category: Reflective Practice

In our increasingly digital age, one of the most intriguing and rapidly developing phenomena is the ‘metaverse’. The metaverse, an...

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

Every individual has an image of the self and of others. Values, bias, conditioning tend to structure frames and constructs....

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

I recently sent a message on the DRLE listserv about a transition in managing it and the DRLE website from Jim Levin...

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,...

When discussing my book Seven Essentials for Business Success:  Lessons from Legendary Professors last year during a Great Reads Book...

I’d like to comment on a seven-day workshop I once attended in Westminster, Colorado. This experience is called “Ultimatum” and...

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 I have previously mentioned, I am in a book club which reads and discusses books about conflict resolution. The latest...

Each week, The Economist prints an opinion article in its business section entitled “Bartleby”. Its January 19, 2023 piece is entitled “Why...

During a mediation, one or more parties will often bring up the topic of managing expectations- usually in reference to...

– and a Personal Story or Two Successful mediation isn’t always rooted in the confidential mediation statement, or the back...

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

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

Browsing the internet for inspiration, I came upon an article in Live Science concerning quantum physics entitled “Does reality exist...

This article discusses some civility and ethical issues we experience in our professional practices. While accepting the Republican presidential nomination...

The 2022 World Cup pageant is being staged in Doha of Qatar, and all interests and attentions are riveted to...

Reflections: How did you do this year with conflict and courage? I’ve been reflecting on 2022 and the courage my...

Since I started writing these articles, I have posted numerous discussions on various aspects of consciousness, conflict, truth, and resolution....

By Deborah S Ballati, Esq. and Patricia H. Thompson Esq. FCIARB While most mediation participants act professionally, with courtesy and...

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

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

Unmanaged conflict can result in feeling trapped and miserable at work, caught in negative looping relationships that are tit-for-tat, ripe...

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

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” - Ben...

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

How did you learn to turn your mistakes into stories? This was the thoughtful question Alesia Grace Thompson asked me...

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