Mediation Blog
Texting Your Way To Resolution!
Thanks to the pandemic, it seems that everyone is engaging in a lot more asynchronous communication than ever before. Or, is it simply that those older than the millennials are catching up to what the [Read More]
When To Drop Your Anchor!
No, I am not talking about sailing, but about a cognitive bias known as anchoring. “Cognitive bias” is defined as “…a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in [Read More]
The Dissonance Within Us.
Some of us are in a conflict; we “…are motivated more by a desire to appear moral than to actually be moral.”(“Six Common Ways People Justify Unethical Behavior” by Juliana Breines, Ph.D. (posted August 31, [Read More]
The Impermanence of Life
The high holy holiday of Yom Kippur was celebrated recently. The bad news is that no one could attend services in person. The good news is that services were on Zoom which enabled me (for [Read More]
Making Things up!
I was perusing the internet recently and came upon an interesting study about our memory. When recalling events, we make things up and do not even realize it. In “Eyewitness Imagination: How Our Minds Change [Read More]
Negotiating By Email!
Thanks to the pandemic, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) seems to be the ONLY way to resolve conflicts these days. The notion of an in-person mediation is just not safe. While most folks read “ODR” to [Read More]
It is no accident . . .
that Phyllis is one of the most sought after and highly regarded mediators in Southern California. Could you use her help?