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Nina Meierding: Wrong Words Used in Mediation Trainings – Video

Nina Meierding discusses her training early on and how she rejected the terms ‘never’ and ‘always’. These terms don’t allow for flexibility and understanding of human behavior and she believes some trainings are still using these terms.

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Nina Meierding

Nina Meierding has been a full-time mediator and trainer for over thirty years and has handled over 4,000 disputes in her practice. An adjunct professor at Pepperdine University’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution for over 25 years, Nina has also taught at many other academic institutions, as well as both… MORE >

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