Sometimes people ask me if, as a mediator, I have some seasons during the year that are busier than others. Yes, the seasons are different as far as the flow of work. During [...]

Occasionally I have the opportunity to co-mediate, which means working in partnership with an additional mediator. For clients, it’s an excellent opportunity to have extra help in the room, without the extra cost. [...]

This blog post is about non-admissibility for divorce/separation mediation. Another great thing about family mediation is everything said in and around the mediation session, including all the agreements made, is all non-admissible in court, unless the [...]

Whenever I am contacted by a new client, one thing that’s important to me is good preparation. In fact, preparation is everything. And when I think about preparation and how important it is, [...]

Recently I was working with a couple who is separating. We talked about how they were going to talk to their children about why the separation is happening, and why their marriage is [...]

I spoke to a clergy member recently about a couple in his congregation who are separating. It was a very difficult situation, as separation often is. One major concern was the level of [...]

In my work with family business, there are so many different things we work through with families who are at various stages in their family business history: succession planning, continuity, legacy, leadership and [...]

The NSM Mediation process for Separation and Divorce clients begins with private one-on-one meetings with the parties separately. In them, virtually every client says to me something like: “I just want this to [...]