Mediation Blog
Someimes, I Wish I Could Breach Mediation Confidentiality
Last fall, the Los Angeles County Superior Court instituted a volunteer mediation panel. The program is designed to help the court better manage its immense caseload by having some of these cases resolved before trial. [Read More]
Social Proof
In his book, Influence: Science and Practice (Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 4th ed. 2001), Robert Cialdini lists six weapons of influence. One of them is “social proof,” which, … states that we determine what is [Read More]
Happiness Leads to Resolution
Yesterday--March 20- marked the twelfth anniversary of the International Day of Happiness. A United Nations Resolution was passed at its 118th plenary meeting on June 28, 2012, declaring March 20th of each year to be [Read More]
The Sound of Silence!
The Sound of Silence is a song written by and released in 1964 by Simon and Garfunkel. It was used in the movie, The Graduate. Its lyrics include the phrases: “People talking without speaking, People [Read More]
Laugh A Little (Or a LOT)!
In her book, Talk: The Science of Conversation and The Art of Being Ourselves, Alison Wood Brooks (Crown Books, New York 2025) discusses a depressing statistic in her chapter “L is for Levity”. At age [Read More]
Four Questions
To some folks reading the title, it may conjure up the four questions asked by the youngest at the Passover seder. But I am not referring to that at all. A few weeks ago, I [Read More]
