Mediation Blog
Difficult Conversations
Recently, a friend of mine challenged me to write a blog about how to survive Thanksgiving dinner considering our recent election. Some will be happy while others will be distraught at the results; yet we [Read More]
There is NOTHING like Preparation!
Well, it happened again; another mediation in which one side was not prepared. And… as you might surmise, the mediation did not last long. (This is a topic I have often addressed in my blogs.) [Read More]
Rethinking How We Dress!
On days that I had a mediation prior to Covid 19, I would dress the part. I would wear a pantsuit with very comfortable shoes for all the walking that I would end up doing [Read More]
Reading Facial Expressions
It has been said that body language makes up about 55% of our communication while our tone of voice comprises 38% and our actual verbal words comprise 7%. ( The 7% Rule). With everyone using [Read More]
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]
