Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen a dispute uncovers a conflict
Episode 127
Disputes and conflicts. Those of us who spend a lot of time thinking about and dealing with interpersonal disagreements don’t necessarily use those …
5 years, 2 months ago
Family Business Mediation
Episode 126
:Family Business Mediation helps families and their businesses, large or small, to deal with conflicts effectively. Family businesses are certain to …
5 years, 2 months ago
Bryant Galindo on startups, disagreements, and the new middle
Episode 125
Disagreements can happen in any business relationship. Startups may face challenges unique to their nature, including issues surrounding the value t…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Mediator who became a Politician
Episode 124
Gary Friedman, a highly-respected and deeply-experienced mediator, ran for local office in the small Northern California town where he had lived for …
5 years, 2 months ago
Restorative Justice: its growth in use and application
Episode 123
Use of Restorative Justice in criminal justice and its application in other areas have both grown in recent years. Restorative Justice has a focus be…
5 years, 3 months ago
Amy Kay Watson on coaching and Internal Family Systems Therapy
Episode 122
Internal Family Systems Therapy allows an individual to support one’s own contradictory parts.
Amy is a certified leadership coach who has pulled toge…
5 years, 3 months ago
Shocks and aftershocks
Episode 121
When a bad conflict ends, consider carefully how to deal with any sudden and severe shift to your foundation. There is a shock. A shock to you. A sho…
5 years, 3 months ago
Misunderstanding estrangement
Episode 120
Truly understanding estrangement is quite tough; clearing up some misconceptions is easier. There’s often a tilt to the misunderstanding of estrangem…
5 years, 3 months ago
Marguerite Lorenz on independent trustees and preventing harmful family conflict
Episode 119
Families can benefit if they leave the work of fiduciary duties to a dedicated professional trustee and focus on being a family. Marguerite describes…
5 years, 3 months ago
Embracing Reconciliation Day as a catalyst
Episode 118
Reconciliation Day, April 2nd, can serve as a catalyst to start to heal an estrangement. The late advice columnist Ann Landers created the day as a t…
5 years, 4 months ago