by blake | Feb 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
To Zoom or Not-Zoom in Mediation? Over the last year literally everyone has had to make changes in how they communicate with others not in their “bubble”. Face-to-face meetings now have a different meaning than they did and are often held using Zoom or another visual...
by blake | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
We love our friends and family and lean on them for emotional support in our lives. In turn, we reciprocate for them. But during a divorce, it may be that we no longer can depend on some of these relationships. They may feel compromised, changed, or just not what we...
by blake | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
When a couple starts down the path of divorce, it’s as though everything changes. Nothing is as it was – the ground has shifted forevermore. And the upheaval affects everything: finances, children, household harmony, in-law relationships and even pets. Couples feel...
by blake | Feb 1, 2016 | From Trish, Personal Relationships
All the time, knowing I am a mediator, people share stories of conflict in their lives: “Since our mom went into long-term care, my brother and I fight constantly about her estate and what will happen. It was never like this before.” “I’m at an...
by blake | Jun 9, 2015 | From Trish, Personal Relationships
Is there someone you no longer talk to, but desperately want back in your life? Relationships end. Friends un-friend. But maybe there is someone from whom you’re estranged that you’d give anything to have in your life again. But the problem is: the two of you...