If you’ve found this page – thank you! I apologize that I have not been keeping up with my blogging or website updating. It is a goal in 2012. In the meantime, I invite you to look at the website of a colleague of mine in Virginia
...read more →Found a fantastic slideshow on, of all places, the Harvard Business Review website: http://hbr.org/web/slideshows/difficult-conversations-nine-common-mistakes/1-slide This slideshow lists nine common communication we typically make when in conflict, and offers alternative strategies to insert in place of these mistakes. Very helpful at this time of year …
...read more →“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of
...read more →As you can tell, we at Whole Family Law & Mediation have not yet fully cultivated our blogging abilities, and as such leave much to be desired in the posting category. However, we regularly update our Facebook Page, found here (https://www.facebook.com/WholeFamilyLawAndMediation) with fantastic links and resources. Please
...read more →coming soon… a list of my favorite conflict resolution resources for your peaceful holiday season shopping!
...read more →I wish peace for all veterans and their families, and hope that our society will someday evolve such that people will no longer have to make such a sacrifice.
...read more →If you are heterosexual, partnered and fertile, having children can be a fairly straightforward process. If you are LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer),* the process generally can be…well…not so straightforward. (No pun intended). In addition to logistical and parenting path considerations (Do we adopt? Do
...read more →“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face
...read more →One of my favorite resources to recommend to clients is a fabulous little book called Conversational Riffs, written by a colleague of mine from the UK, Neil Denny. Neil is a collaborative lawyer (or, solicitor, as he is known in the UK), and has done quite a
...read more →Frequently I work with divorcing couples or couples post-divorce who are wrestling with the struggles of maintaining two homes for their children. Keeping up with a school-age child’s sports, activity and social schedule is challenging enough when both parents reside under the same roof and can communicate
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