What About Us? Divorcing Couples Who Don’t Have Children – Part 1
{3:12 minutes to read} I recently received an email from a former client of mine who reached out to me asking the following question: “I was wondering if you could [...]
Vacation? I Just Took a Trip Down Memory Lane!
{3:18 minutes to read} August is a big vacation month. The arc of the summer is waning; summer camp is ending. The kids are getting ready to go back [...]
How is Mediation Like a Jigsaw Puzzle or Launching a Ship?
{3:54 minutes to read} During my initial consultation, when I meet a couple for the first time, I think it’s important to put some context to the mediation process [...]
They Came to Liberate, Not To Conquer
{3:54 minutes to read} You will likely be reading this after the July 4th holiday, but I wrote it right after the Memorial Day weekend. There is a synergy [...]
What is FOMO and Why Should I Care?
{4:12 minutes to read} There are so many acronyms these days between emails/texts, Facebook, Twitter and the like that, unless you are engaged in it regularly, you just can’t [...]
What Are Five Lessons from the First 100 (+/-) Days?
{3:48 minutes to read} Without getting into politics—and I know it’s difficult not to these days—the purpose of my article is to see the macrocosm of our current governmental [...]
Culling Down To The Essentials
{3:36 minutes to read} Recently a very, very close friend of our family passed away. She was my mother’s oldest and dearest friend. She was family. Her health had been [...]
Who Is Frida Kahlo and How Did She Influence My Mediation?
Source: Taken by User:Peter Andersen {{GFDL}} https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en {4:24 minutes to read} Frida Kahlo de Rivera was a prolific Mexican artist, political activist and fascinating character. She was born [...]
In Memoriam: Sydell S. Sloan – A Divorce & Family Mediation Pioneer
{4:36 minutes to read} Our mediation community has lost one of our own. And I have lost a dear friend and mentor. Sydell Sloan passed away on Friday, September 2nd, [...]