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Category Archives: Emotions
Cultural Conflict and Forgiveness on Mount Everest
Climbers and Sherpas had an intense and violent conflict recently on Mount Everest. Like most conflicts, the presentation of the conflict, did not reflect each side’s feelings and needs. It’s an amazing story of recognizing cultural differences and resolving conflict … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, mediation, Settlement
Tagged Climbers, conflict resolution, Mount Everest, Peace, Sherpas, violent conflict
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Weapons and Mediation
Tragic and scary news story today about an attorney who was shot at a mediation in Phoenix. According to the media, the mediation was ending when the client went to his car to get something. After a lengthy wait, the mediation … Continue reading
How to Engage the Brain
How do you engage the brain to improve your work, your life, your teaching and your daily negotiations? First, our brains do not like boring things. After about 10 minutes, we check out. More importantly, emotional arousal helps the brain … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, mediation, Negotiation, Neuroscience, Training
Tagged brain, Brain Rules, brain science, emotional arousal, emotions, motion, stress, Training
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The “Secret Sauce” of Grief Counseling and Mediation: A Different Eye
I recently attended a session entitled “What Mediators Can Learn from the Brain Science of Grief Counseling” at the Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference in Seattle. I was interested that the lecturer, Professor John Medina, a molecular biologist fed up with current … Continue reading
Posted in Emotion Recognition, Emotions, mediation, Neuroscience
Tagged Brain Rules, grief counseling, John Medina, myths, stress and trauma, third story
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Mediation and Negotiation by Skype?
Should you mediate by Skype? Perhaps. There are benefits and warnings. When a recent case was scheduled and one client would not be present in person, an attorney called me to discuss the client’s participation by telephone. After a short … Continue reading
Posted in Confidentiality, Difficult People, Emotions, Ethics, law, mediation, Mediation Advocacy, Settlement
Tagged Skype
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Mediation and Horse Whispering
Early in my mediation training, a mediation trainer played a video of a horse whisperer. Mediation is much like horse whispering, she explained. I have been pondering her message for years. Fast forward to 2011. If you haven’t, I highly recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Difficult People, Emotions, mediation, Settlement
Tagged force, horse whisperer, settlement
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Working With the “Crazy Ones” in Mediation
Steve Jobs encouraged us to celebrate “the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble-makers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently.” As mediators, we often meet these so-called “crazy ones.” They are involved … Continue reading
Posted in Difficult People, Emotions, mediation
Tagged different personalities, misfits, rebels, Steve Jobs, the crazy ones, think different
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