Today, as I was in court, I was struck by a custody case that was on before my client’s. Among the issues to be decided was whether the mother’s visitation that weekend should be preempted by the father’s family reunion on Cape Cod. The mother had an equally (to her) important obligation – a gathering of her family members in Maine to
...read more →Today, after helping a wonderful client resolve a modification case amicably with her daughter’s father, I went to get a treat for myself – large soy 1/2 decaf latte. I always feel a bit silly ordering half-caf soy anythings, but I know others order things much more unusual and complicated than I. In any case, the point of this post is not my
...read more →Divorce mediation is now gaining popularity as an effective alternative to divorce litigation, but most have never heard of “marital mediation” or “mediation to stay married.” A relatively new application of the mediation, marital mediation is the use of mediation to help couples work through marital difficulties and preserve their relationship, rather than sever it. Entirely different from marital counseling or marriage therapy,
...read more →dollar loan Gabriel Cohn, the author of the wonderfully insightful book, Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce, will be offering a course at Omega Institute in New York on June 24-26, 2011. For more information, see the Omega Institute website here.
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“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” gowithcd.com/flash/swf/ – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
...read more →On May 4, 2011, I spoke to the Women Attorneys Network of the South Shore on Lawyers as Peacemakers & Problem Solvers, and led a wonderful discussion on the paradigm shift from adversarial law practice to problem-solving practice. This is something in which I deeply believe: as attorneys, we generally have the power to either facilitate greater discord or facilitate peace for the
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