You Are Not Alone
One the many significant tasks that we as mediators do for our couples, is to try to normalize the current situation they are in. This is not a false notion [...]
Conduct Becoming
As part of my summer reading, I just finished a wonderful biography on Queen Elizabeth called Elizabeth the Queen, The Life of a Modern Monarch. What an incredible story! And [...]
How a Mediation Can Sometimes Feel Like Watching The Weather Channel
How many times has this happened to you? You get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee, put on The Weather Channel to check the weather for the [...]
Ill Equipped
Before I meet with a new couple, I remind myself that for them, life as they know it is over. Everything that has been routine, understood and tacitly agreed to [...]
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One of the things I most look forward to is walking at the beach. I have my favorite place on the north shore of Long Island which not only has [...]
Pre-Cana – Epilogue Part 2
In Part 1 of the Pre-Cana - Epilogue, I covered the first 5 points of the “Top 10” that I delivered to the class that I spoke to on January [...]
Pre-Cana – Epilogue Part 1
As I mentioned in my previous articles on Pre-Cana, I was invited to speak at a Pre-Cana class in January and I finally had that privilege on January 12th. There [...]
Thoughts on Pre-Cana and How it Relates to Mediation – Part 2
Part 1 of this series talked about the Pre-Cana classes required by the Catholic Church and proposed the question of whether this would be a good idea for all couples [...]
Thoughts on Pre-Cana and How it Relates to Mediation
As a divorce and family mediator, I often wonder what my clients were like once upon a time…. when they fell in love with each other, became engaged, planned their [...]