Christmas cheer should include the children

Christmas Cheer is a family responsibility Christmas isn’t a Hallmark moment for children of conflict who see the Christmas season as frightening and, when everyone around them is enjoying the holiday season , even a confusing time of year. Emergency phone calls to...

A simple primer in Sympathy vs. Empathy

I speak in my posts about empathy being critical to negotiation , mediation, collaborative law and even relationships in general. This is a link that has been sent to me from other collaborative lawyers that connects to a short video that made  this distinction clear...

Principled Negotiation

In their book Getting to Yes Roger Fisher and William Ury outline a negotiation philosophy and technique that is interest focused, rather than positional, to emphasis discussion of needs that must be satisfied if the parties are to find a long term satisfying...