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
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
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
Susan K. Boardman, a family mediator based in Connecticut, has been working in the marital mediation field for many years, as a practitioner, teacher, and writer. Her seminal article on marital mediation has appeared in the recent issue of Conflict … 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
