Category: Mediation
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Achievement level unlocked!
Both Terri and I have achieved Credentialed Advanced Mediator status with the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association! What’s that mean? It means we’re clocking hours in mediation as mediators, observers and mentors with a large and diverse group of peers. Mediation is conflict resolution, a chance to find some piece (and peace) of common ground in…
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Family History – “Mom”
My paternal grandparents both immigrated with their parents when they were young and their families settled in Illinois and Wisconsin. As Polish and Lithuanian immigrants, they grew up and lived on the Southside of Chicago. Several years ago, with Terri working in Midland and me at the CAF, several of us would frequent a…
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Why We Mediate
We believe in Civil Discourse, this is in part why we do what we do. Whether it’s a 2 1/2 hr mediation, or like today, only :30 minutes. We strive to reach a settlement that both sides can live with. As the Judges we work for point out, if a case comes before them it…
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Bringing Different Perspectives Together
Mediation is a little like the parable of the “Blind Men and an Elephant,” a story about a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before, who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it. Each blind man feels a different part of the animal’s body, but only…