Help your relationship thrive. Communication is an important aspect of healthy relationships and couples who work on these skills together are sure to have a lasting marriage. Words matter. Back in the late 1960s, a Canadian philosopher named Marshall McLuhan … Continue reading
Previously published on December 30, 2019 by mediate.com By Dr. Lynne C. Halem What Is Marital Mediation? Marital mediation is a relatively new entry to the mediation field. In a sense it is neither “fish nor fowl.” Marital mediation is neither marital … Continue reading
During prenuptial agreement mediation sessions, the mediator can elicit the views and concerns of the less-moneyed spouse in a safe environment where these concerns can be addressed. By Laurie Israel, Family Lawyer and Mediator When a couple is about to … Continue reading
By Laurie Israel When trained as a mediator, the first thing I learned was that mediation is a client-driven process. The ideal is for the mediation clients themselves to figure out the terms that will resolve the disputed issues between … Continue reading
by Laurie Israel To be published on www.mediate.com. Mediators are peacemakers. We are trained to provide an organized, safe place for couples to address their conflicts. In that safe container, we guide fruitful discussion. The result is that a couple can … Continue reading
by Laurie Israel Any lawyer who has dealt with prenuptial agreements knows what a stressful and upsetting task it can be for the client. Usually, only one party wants one. The other less-moneyed party does not, and that party is … Continue reading
Laurie Israel was interviewed by Charlotte Cowles in New York Magazine this week on her views on prenuptial agreements. The interview includes how mediation can help couples formulate a prenup. Here's a link to the entire article. "How to Decide … Continue reading
Words matter. Back in the late 1960s, a Canadian philosopher named Marshall McLuan coined an expression, “the medium is the message,” that struck a chord. The phrase went around the world. In a marriage or committed relationship, words are the … Continue reading
by Laurie Israel I’m a late adopter. While the Netflix-produced political drama “House of Cards” premiered back in February of 2013, and four seasons (totaling 52 episodes) have already aired, with a fifth season in the works, I only started … Continue reading
As published in the Futures Project of Mediate.com on March 2, 2015. Abstract: Mediation has been categorized into three types: facilitative, evaluative and transformative. In this article, Laurie Israel discusses which category marital mediation falls into. She concludes that it has … Continue reading
My mediation practice during the past several years has taken a turn towards mediating prenuptial agreements. Here’s how it happened: At times being the “other” attorney reviewing the agreement sent by the lawyer of the more moneyed spouse-to-be, I noticed … Continue reading
ddddddd As published in The Huffington Post, April, 2014. All married people struggle with disputes that arise in a long-term committed relationship. What to do about the predictable and ever-repeating disagreements and mutual criticisms that come up from time to … Continue reading
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Mediation is not one monolithic technique. Mediators and mediation theorists may categorize different types of mediation techniques into different theoretical boxes, such as “facilitative”, “evaluative” and “transformational”. But the categories all seem to bleed into each other. At its core, … Continue reading
Times Magazine just published an article on the new old age. How might marriage change if humans could live 150 years, which scientists now believe is possible. Will people have several successive spouses? Family therapist Winifred M. Reilly ponders this … Continue reading
As published on The Huffington Post, Divorce section, September 10, 2013. We live in a very fast world. Information is shared instantly. A public figure might do something at 9 a.m., and by 9:15 a.m. it’s all over the Twitterscape … Continue reading
A book, “No Cheating, No Dying: I had a Good Marriage. Then I tried to Make it Better”, resulted from Elizabeth Weil and her husband, Dan Duane’s work on their marriage, after a full-length article about her seeking for … Continue reading
