To my mind, the costs of litigation and of fighting are so high, that I really can’t imagine deciding that I would rather fight than...

I was watching a movie the other night, Future Weather. A 13-year-old girl comes home from school and finds a note from her mother...

I was called in for a court ordered mediation for a post-divorce couple, about to have a trial. The Mother requested a custody change....

One of the most painful issues that I see among divorcing couples is the tendency to self blame to a fault. Meaning, person one says...

I had an irate email from a former client, who is now in litigation with her husband and was feeling (retroactively) that I was not...

After sleeping on it, I’m thinking that a lot of whether people can start out from a ‘fair’ position, or whether they start negotiations...

I saw my cousin over the weekend. Her brother is a drug addict. He steals from his parents, never holds jobs, is in & out of jail. She...

Probably the most important piece in order to mediate, is to have two people who want to come through the big picture OK. Neither out to...

What’s it all about, anyway? I’ve always been a person whom people like to talk to. I guess I’m a good listener and I don’t pass...

Anger is a normal feeling to have during a divorce. In fact, if you didn’t feel angry there would probably be something very wrong....