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The anchoring effect describes the tendency for the human mind to rely heavily on the first piece of information introduced into the negotiation conversation. A ship drops anchor so that it does not...

This is where Parents should fear to tread. Is there a better way to hear your child’s voice? One of the topics I receive the most requests to write about is the topic of child counsel (also known...

As this real life negotiation example demonstrates, a win-win solution is always available to creative negotiators and mediators with an integrative negotiations mindset. The example may be from the...

I am often asked, by Family Law clients, the question “why do you need all of these documents?” They are referring to the 16 categories of financial records outlined in a “Notice to Disclose...

When Michelangelo was asked how he created such beautiful sculptures his answer was very simple. He said that he already could see the sculpture within the marble block. His task was to remove...

1. What if you knew your child may not be there tomorrow? 2. What would you do and say? 3. Now do it together with your child’s other parent

The end of a friendship can be both difficult and hard. This is multiplied many times over when the friendship was also part of an intimate relationship. Usually it is the person who is left that is...

“Pick a seat, not a side”. These are words I have seen many times and each time they strike me as sage advice. Parents who can see their children’s view points as more important than their own...

When I attended at the Law Society of Alberta and The Harvard Law School’s courses in mediation and negotiation I felt that I had found the way I wanted to practice Law. Civil negotiations, based on...