Turn Falling in Love into Staying in Love
Popular culture is filled with tales of finding a soul mate and falling in love. As children, we hear stories of princesses riding off into the sunset with their knights in shining armor, finding...
View ArticleThink Divorce Will Make You Happy – Think Again
If you are unhappily married, will divorce make you happy? Research says no. In fact, the opposite is true. Divorce tends to not alleviate depression, improve self esteem, or increase feelings of...
View ArticleDealing with Stress in your Marriage
Everyone knows that stress can cause a lot of problems, so it should be no surprise that too much stress can harm your marriage. To protect your marriage from stress, first, you have to figure out what...
View ArticleEliminating “Hot Speech” in Marriage
As published on The Huffington Post, Divorce section, September 10, 2013. We live in a very fast world. Information is shared instantly. A public figure might do something at 9 a.m., and by 9:15 a.m....
View ArticleMediator as Truthsayer
Mediation is not one monolithic technique. Mediators and mediation theorists may categorize different types of mediation techniques into different theoretical boxes, such as “facilitative”,...
View ArticleUse of Marital Waivers in Marital Mediation
ddddddd As published in The Huffington Post, April, 2014. All married people struggle with disputes that arise in a long-term committed relationship. What to do about the predictable and ever-repeating...
View ArticleIs Mediating Prenups a form of Marital Mediation?
My mediation practice during the past several years has taken a turn towards mediating prenuptial agreements. Here’s how it happened: At times being the “other” attorney reviewing the agreement sent...
View Article7 Phrases Every Healthy Couple Should Feel Comfortable Saying
Words matter. Back in the late 1960s, a Canadian philosopher named Marshall McLuan coined an expression, “the medium is the message,” that struck a chord. The phrase went around the world. In a...
View ArticleMediator as Judge
By Laurie Israel When trained as a mediator, the first thing I learned was that mediation is a client-driven process. The ideal is for the mediation clients themselves to figure out the terms that will...
View ArticleDo Post-Nuptial Agreements Belong in Marital Mediation?
Previously published on December 30, 2019 by mediate.com By Dr. Lynne C. Halem What Is Marital Mediation? Marital mediation is a relatively new entry to the mediation field. In a sense it is neither...
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