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New Study Evaluates the Role of Misconception in Creating Conflict
This new study explores the idea that misconceptions are in fact a cause of conflicts. It is widely accepted that misconceptions are a root cause of conflicts, but it has not been thoroughly explored.
Do Post-Nuptial Agreements Belong in Marital Mediation?
Marital mediation is neither marital therapy nor couples therapy.
What’s in Your Wallet? (Do You Know?)
One of the things that I’ve noticed when I mediate is that one person in a couple is often much more financially literate than the other.
My Favorite Resource: A Year in Review
I have had such a wonderful time connecting with ADR friends across the country to learn about a wide variety of helpful and informative resources.
Gossip Feeds Conflict
Gossip in the office can be very damaging, causing hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) conflicts.
Recent Research Proposes Walking as Creative Conflict Resolution Practice
This article examines how walking may be beneficial to not only an individual, but to multiple people involved in a conflict resolution process.
A Fresh Approach to Advanced Training
This training seeks to provide: The right thing, in the right way, at the right time, in the right place, to the right person, for the right reason, with the right feeling... the first time.
It is All a Matter of Perspective
This season is a time for reflection and to realize once again that not everyone sees the world the same way as we do.
Pressure-Cooker Mediation: Stick to basics to make a difference
Set in an adversarial environment with a clicking court battle time-bomb placed over our heads, my first experience of court referred mediation in Scotland, as a co-mediator, was overwhelmingly real.
Co-parenting During Divorce: 9 coping strategies to help your children
The relationship between the two marital partners may be coming to an end, but what about the children?
Building Breakthroughs: Video Interview with Louise Phipps Senft
By creating a space for change, Louise helps people get back on track so they can work more successfully with their advisors.
Why You Should Mediate Your Divorce Instead of Litigating It
This article shows a clear timeline for mediating your divorce. The purpose of mediation is to get you talking about how to settle every issue right away, so the process is usually much faster, much less expensive, much less stressful and overall much more satisfying than litigation.
This I Believe
I am willing to respect you even though I might not admire or look up to you for the accomplishments you are credited with.
New Horizon for International Commercial Mediation: The Singapore Convention
The fundamental concept of the Convention began in 1958 with the signing of the New York Convention. That concept is the obligation of contracting nation states to give effect to private agreements emerging from alternative dispute resolution.
Conflict Prevention: Utilizing the Historical Reasonable Person of Common Law
Commitment to the reasonable man theory, a building block to many constitutions, is a commitment to one’s higher self, rather than to one’s instinct. Training individuals to act in a way that’s reasonable, creates internal checks and balances.
Mediating Your Divorce: How to Split Your Retirement Savings
As well as working with a skilled divorce lawyer, it can be in your interest to take advice from an experienced pension planner in order to achieve good solutions to these sorts of issues.
Thanksgiving After Divorce: New Turkey Time Traditions
Thanksgiving can be a particularly difficult holiday to plan for and experience for parents and children after divorce.
ACR Taskforce on Safety: Recommended Guidelines -- Final Part 3 in Series
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Taskforce on Safety in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has drafted the ADR Safety Planning to promote the safety of practitioners and participants in ADR processes. This is part 3 in the series--discussing what mediators can do in cases of extreme violence.
Being a Guide
This weekend, I saw the movie, Harriet, a riveting film about Harriet Tubman. I learned about how to guide people through conflict.
ACR Taskforce on Safety: Recommended Guidelines -- Part 2 in Series
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Taskforce on Safety in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has drafted the ADR Safety Planning to promote the safety of practitioners and participants in ADR processes. This is part 2 in the series--discussing mediators can do in cases of violence.
Worry About Hornets
On September 11, 2019, President Trump warned about what America would do if attacked again.
Interdisciplinarity Mediation and the Singapore Agreement
Every action of life implies a movement of the framework of human rationality, of the interdisciplinarity of things, because it is linked to countless facts and actions of life.
Halloween Solutions for Divorced Parents: The Best Treat for Your Children
Halloween may not be as meaningful as other seasonal holidays, but for divorced or separated parents and their children, feelings of “missing out” on fun times can be very challenging.
Conflict: Getting In Our Own Way
It happens, at times, that we get in our own way when a conflict erupts or is about to.
Ready to Rumble
These days are full of turmoil and fast moving social and political issues that quickly escalate into “identity disputes.”