If You’re in the Process, You’re Making Progress
{4:00 minutes to read} This past December, the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation (NYSCDM) held its downstate 1-day symposium. Those dedicated mediators who attend these conferences (including the [...]
Information Overload 101
{3:54 minutes to read} Depending on which statistical analysis you’ve heard or read, the prevailing wisdom is that we 21st century, technology driven, heads down/hands poised on cell phones/tablets/computers generation, [...]
The Storm Before the Calm
{3:30 minutes to read} Jim* sat there during the third session, looking like someone who had been shot from a cannon. This was clearly still not easy for him, not [...]
One More Time and with Feeling!
{2:48 minutes to read} For those of you who read my blogs on a regular basis, please forgive the possible redundancy here. But a colleague of mine recently asked me [...]
The Party Pooper
{3:12 minutes to read} I was visiting friends on Fire Island this summer (We love those friends with houses out there!) and picked up the July issue of the monthly [...]
Mediation, Cell Phones, and Patti LuPone
{4:12 minutes to read} It may be old news by the time you read this, but the Patti LuPone incident during her July theatre performance at Lincoln Center spurred me [...]
Torquing The Lug Nuts
{4:12 minutes to read} My worst nightmare. I’m on my way to visit my sister in New Hampshire and halfway there, barreling off 290 E in Massachusetts onto 495 N, [...]
“I’ll See You In Court!”
{2:54 minutes to read} It’s almost cliché. And if this unrealistic expectation that “justice” will be served wasn’t so incredibly sad, it would almost be what my mother calls “tragic [...]
“I Feel Like a Homeless Person”
{3:18 minutes to read} These were the exact words expressed by a client during a relatively uncomplicated, amicable and straightforward mediation. What was surprising to me when the wife tearfully [...]