Mediation Blog
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]
Negotiating with Difficult People
When confronted with a difficult person in any type of negotiation, the default position may seem to be “tit for tat”; if the other person is difficult, then you become more difficult in an [Read More]
How Do You Negotiate?
Have you ever noticed that some people are better negotiators than others? That more often than not, those folks get more of what they are seeking than others? Well, it probably has to do with [Read More]
