Michelle's Mediation and Reconciliation Services

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Just finished my dissertation on older people and mediation.

I think the hardest part of being a mediator is letting go of thinking I have the answer. The hallmark of mediation is to detatch from the outcome of the mediation. I want my clients to find relief and I have to leave it to them to figure it out. I am just there to coach them through the conflict.

The goal of mediation is not justice-it is resolution.

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www.hsconsultingandtraining.com A negotiated agreement is the endpoint of many crucial conversations. There are always alternatives—worst and best for each party—to getting to that endpoint. The alternatives are detours a negotiation can take that allow parties to migrate away from the endpoint. If the endpoint of agreement isn’t the point of a conversation, then maybe being satisfied with the best (if we “win”) or the worst (if we “lose”) is good enough. [ 129 more words. ]

Most Reactivity is Coming from the "Implicit Relational Template" A Dialogue with Diane from Module 4.1–Introduction to Disorganized Attachment (Disoriented/Type D) So often in relationships – because your partner is there – you locate them. And then you’re proba...

New Post: Coach Mediate Consult » Ask Karen for 11/18/2014 Co-pilots, co-captains, co-parents? What do we mean by co-parenting? And what defines an effective co-parenting relationship? Recently, I’ve been hearing the term “parallel parenting” to describe something different from co-parenting. Sometimes I sense that co-parenting has something to do with “lik…