The Four Magic Words

The Four Magic Words

The Four Magic Words

Would you like to heal a relationship?  Do you wish you could “start over” when there has been an estrangement?  Do you seek hope when things seem hopeless?  Or would you like to make a good relationship even better?

You have four magic words at your disposal. And you only need to use them two at a time: “Thank you” and “I’m sorry.”

Try them today and see what happens. You may think you’ve said them, and maybe you have — and maybe not. Or perhaps not enough.

You are probably hoping someone will say them to you first. You have every right to feel that way. However, by keeping score of who says it first or more often, the estrangement continues.

Take a deep breath. Yes. Really. Right now. Just breathe. And once more. And if you’re willing, close your eyes and go inside and see if there is an unspoken “thank you” or “I’m sorry” that you could share with someone you know.

The Magic of “Thank You.”

Who can you thank today?  Your partner, your parents, your children, a friend, a coworker, a friend?

You can even thank yourself for all you have accomplished and who you are — instead of any constant internal criticism, comparisons or perfectionism.

How do you think your mother or father would feel to get a call from you to say, “I want to thank you for all you have done for me.” You may think you’ve told them. You probably bought a card on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, sometime in the past.

But just call them out of the blue and give them the gift of your unsolicited and unscheduled appreciation. No matter what mistakes they may have made (and we all make them), they did the best they knew how — according to all they learned along their way. So take a moment to say “thank you.” Let them know you care.

How would you feel if your children said it to you?

Or “Thank you (to your child), for being who you are.” You can add, “I might not always agree with your choices, but I thank you for being a good person/for your loving heart/ for being such a loving sister/brother.”

So many boys and girls – of all ages, even as adults, are seeking their parents’ approval. Congratulating your children for their accomplishments is good, but it sometimes ties your approval with their performance.

Just thank them for who they are, not just what they do, and watch their self-esteem expand.

Imagine how your partner would react for a heartfelt “thank you” for just about anything. Try it and see.

  •  Thank you for all the love you give to me and our family.
  •  Thank you for all you contribute to our home, health and happiness.
  •  Thank you for understanding me all these years.
  •  Thank you for your kindness/patience/good humor/affection.

The list goes on, and so does the opportunity for more connection and intimacy. You can never be too grateful, and their gratitude will flow back to you for your generosity of heart and spirit.

Thanking a friend can add so much value to their life and your friendship. Sometimes we take for granted all that our friends do for us, or we thank them at the time for a gift, lunch, or gesture. But go one step beyond.  Take a moment to reach out, even years later, to thank them for their constant support and encouragement, their presence in your life, or all that they mean to you.

If there is someone who touched your life years ago, and you’ve lost contact, then find them on social media (Facebook, Linkedin) and reach out with a “thanks.”

Maybe they will pay if forward – either back to you or someone else, and you can start a chain of gratitude that can help encircle the world with love!

Say thank you at work, and make someone’s day. If you are the employer, you know that your words can often be a morale boost. If you’re a co-worker, you feel seen and appreciated by a peer. And if you’re an employee and you don’t have access directly to your superior, then thank them with an attitude change that appreciates the best of what they intend, instead of harboring negative thoughts or resentments about what they sometimes do.

No matter where, when or how, a heartfelt “thank you” is always a gift.

The Miracle of “I’m Sorry.”

It’s never too late. Really, it’s not.

Often, we push things under the rug rather than talk about them. Time goes by, and we assume that the other person has moved on, and that bringing up a topic will open an old wound. However, more often than not, that wound is still there, and the balm of your words it what is needed for true healing.

Your parents.

Just as our parents made mistakes, so did we as children. And as adults. Probably the way we talk to our parents or lose our patience is a habit that we don’t even notice. Sometimes the older they get, the more our patience is tried as their caregivers. Say you’re sorry.

You might do it again (lose your patience, have a tone, avoid contact), but you can take a moment and acknowledge that you could have done it better, and you can be better from now on.

You never know how long we have with them. Don’t leave any words unspoken.

Your Children

Don’t be afraid to apologize. It doesn’t mean that you are a bad parent. It doesn’t mean that you lose status.

It means you have the courage to acknowledge your mistakes, and you model for them how to do the same.

You mean well. You do what you do for their sake. You worry about them and set boundaries for them, and care very much. And you may sometimes yell, or criticize, or berate, or become intolerant, judgmental or demeaning.

You may be right in what you are saying but not in how you are saying it.

Your tone has even more impact than your words, and you can say you’re sorry for the way you expressed yourself. You don’t need to justify your actions. In fact, when you try to explain your motivation or reasoning, it takes the focus off your apology and sounds like a justification.

Just say you’re sorry, and let them know you empathize with how you made them feel (sad, scared, hurt), and you don’t want to do that to them.

Believe me, it’s never too late.

Your Partner —  and even your EX partner!

“I’m sorry” is like a magic elixir. Marriages can be save, revived, and healed – even after they’ve ended.

You know that there are things you have done which have hurt or scared your partner. It’s good to stop doing those things – yelling, withholding, or a myriad other ways you’ve coped with your feelings.

You can offer the Miracle of Empathy. You can let them know that you realize how they must have felt, understand how your actions impacted them, and that you’re sorry.

And if you do the same thing again, be sorry again. Not rotely, but with true empathy at their experience of being on the receiving end of disrespect.

If you think it’s too late to say “I’m sorry,” to your former spouse, you are totally wrong.

Too many marriages end with silent regrets, unacknowledged gratitude, and unspoken apologies. The wounds can stop festering over time, but many of them never truly heal. Your willingness to acknowledge your mistakes with an open-hearted “I’m sorry,” can heal your re-structured families for the benefit of all concerned.

Instead of needing to keep your walls up when you are in close proximity (family events, graduations, weddings, holidays), you are free to “start over,” as two people who once loved each other enough to promise to stay together forever, but who now can co-exist with mutual courtesy and civility.

The magic of “I’m sorry,” is at it’s best no matter when you share it.  You don’t even have to go into detail about why you’re sorry or what you did.

Just offer those two words. Your “ex” will get it. And no matter what their initial response (gratitude, indifference, anger), you’ll know you did your part to offer your amends with the restorative power of empathy.

“I’m sorry” to a friend.

No matter how far back in time, those words now still help. No one of us is perfect. We all make mistakes. Some are inadvertent, and some were an outcome of our immaturity or selfishness in the past.

If there is something you did (or didn’t do) that affected someone’s life or day, and you know what it is and have felt bad about it, then reach out and apologize. Send them a message on Facebook, no matter how “random” it feels.

Just say, “I’m sorry for (whatever you did or didn’t do) and I wanted you to know.  I hope your life is going well. All my best, (your name.)”

I have a friend who got her apology from a classmate at their 50th reunion, and she was relieved it finally came. A half-century later.

“I’m sorry,” in your workplace.

With the hierarchy in some businesses, there may be a lot of mumbling or grumbling covertly with feelings that have been ignored or hurt.

Just as with all the other relationships mentioned already, you can find a time or a way to convey your amends.

If it feels like it may be awkward you can change the energy with which you relate to that person. Don’t avoid them. Reach out. Start over.

But those two words, “I’m sorry,” will let you truly re-boot the connection into one of more trust and respect.

You can heal your relationships, “start over” when there has been an estrangement, bring back hope for a better future, and make your good relationships even better.

One phone call. One text. One message. One moment. Change the dynamics of your relationships today, with those four Magic Words – two at a time, or all four together: Thank You. I’m Sorry.

The Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono

Some religious practices have a Day of Atonement where we ask others to forgive us for anything we may have done to hurt or offend them. While this is always a good practice, it is only once a year. We can say “I’m sorry” anytime, and also offer gratitude and love.

The Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono is four simple steps. You repeat:

  • I’m sorry.
  • Please forgive me.
  • Thank you.
  • I love you.

I’ve got my list of people to contact. Do you have yours?

Now, say it to yourself – I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you ,and I love you —
and have a wonderful day!

You can Create the Relationship
You Desire and Deserve!

No two relationships are alike.
If you take a moment to tell me about yours,
I can offer you solutions to help you make the changes you need now.
Your FREE RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT will be sent to you,
along with an invitation to my next LIVE Webinar.

 

If you’d like to learn more about how to share the healing power of gratitude and empathy, please get your FREE chapter of my book, Compassionate Mediation®: How to Add Passion to Your Marriage or Compassionate to Your Divorce.

You will learn Compassionately Communication to heal and transform all your relationships, starting with the one you have with yourself!

 

Heal Your Relationship with Compassionate Mediation®

Heal Your Relationship with Compassionate Mediation®

Are you are unhappy in your marriage, but hopeful it can improve?  Help is available now!

If you wish things could get better, but don’t know what to do. Here are some ways to improve your relationship today!

  • Go to counseling – alone or together.
  • Be your best Self in your relationship now.
  • Get clear on what it is you truly want and need.
  • Learn a new way to communicate.
  • Talk about all the issues that cause conflict.

No two relationships are alike. You can improve yours today with a Free Chapter of my award-winning book Compassionate Mediation®: How to Add Passion to Your Marriage or Compassion to Your Divorce here — and let the healing begin!

Counseling – alone or together.

You can go to counseling by yourself, or invite your spouse to join you for marital counseling. Are you

  • being your best Self in your relationship or reacting with negativity and blame?
  • relating with kindness to the person you once promised to love forever?
  • angry and judgmental at yourself as well as your spouse?

You may be ambivalent about whether to try marriage counseling (again) or just file for divorce. You might feel overwhelmed, scared, or lost in indecision. Fear, uncertainty, anger and resentment have possibly impacted your relationship over time.

Learn a new way to communicate.

However, if one or both of you are so unhappy that you have secretly thought of – or openly discussed – the possibility of separating or ending the relationship, then Compassionate Mediation® is just what you need.

Compassionate Mediation® is a healing program to help you communicate with your partner to resolve all of your conflicts.

It is a short-term process that helps add passion to your marriage or compassion to your divorce.

You or your partner might feel trapped in habitual patterns that create “walls” that prevent you from being your best SELF in your relationship.

Compassionate Mediation® provides a safe place for you to talk about everything that has been an issue in your relationship. You will:

  •  communicate with compassion
  •  feel heard and understood
  •  share your feelings courageously
  •  give and receive empathy
  •  be safe to “put down your walls”
  •  forgive yourself and your partner.

Compassionate Mediation® is for you if you want to try to create a new and better marriage instead of proceeding towards a break up or divorce with hurt and anger.

And if you do ultimately decide to part ways, you will be able to do so with respect and peace.

Instead of reacting in ways that continue to do harm, you learn to relate from your heart  — and from your best Self.

What does it mean to be “in Self?”

When you are “in SELF,” you are more calm, clear and compassionate. You speak with more confidence, as you stay connected to your intuition and deeper knowing.

You are not making decisions from reactive “Parts” of you that may be scared, walled, judgmental, angry or retaliatory. You are able to stay in the present moment and co-create a relationship that considers everyone’s needs, starting with your own.

Problems in your relationship are not always about “what” is said but “how” you are saying it. When speaking from SELF, you can create more acceptance, attention, appreciation and affection for each other.

At the same time, you will also be able to discuss other possibilities for a new relationship – including a separation, a legal separation, or a SELF-led Divorce®.

What is a “Self-Led Divorce®?”

When divorce or separation has been considered, Compassionate Mediation offers a neutral forum to explore all options with compassion and respect. If divorce is the final outcome, you will be able to create a SELF-led Divorce® that will be for the highest good for all concerned.

A SELF-led Divorce® is one in which you and your partner communicate from your highest and best SELF with compassion, confidence, clarity and courage to peacefully and respectfully re-structure your family.

When Should You Seek Compassionate Mediation?

The sooner Compassionate Mediation® is begun, the better. You will be informed, empowered and able to communicate with honesty and empathy.

Compassionate Mediation® is will help you:

  • any time you have problems in your relationship
  • before, during or after your divorce
  • as soon as you recognize there are issues that cause you to feel distance or pain
  • communicate without judgment or blame
  • create a new and better relationship

Compassionate Mediation® is an opportunity to heal and transform your relationship to foster friendship and trust.

If you have been thinking about a divorce, Compassionate Mediation gives you an opportunity to discuss all of your issues that have caused you to feel unhappy, angry or stuck. You can look at your situation from a new perspective and become more SELF-led.

If you are in the middle of your divorce, Compassionate Mediation is an opportunity to end the legal battles and learn a way to communicate and reach a respectful and equitable settlement.

If you are still suffering or fighting after your divorce, Compassionate Mediation gives you new skills with which to relate to your ex-spouse and create healing in your re-structured family.

Compassionate Mediation is for you if you want to try to create a new and better marriage instead of proceeding towards a break-up or divorce with hurt and anger.

Is Compassionate Mediation the same as marriage counseling?

No, it is more.

In marriage counseling, both parties may seem to be committed to staying in the marriage. However, often one or both may have a secret thought of a separation or divorce that they may not share with their partner. This secret agenda covertly affects the way they are able to participate in the counseling since the discussion about what a separation or divorce would look like is never discussed.

Compassionate Mediation is a program to help individuals or couples who are ambivalent about their future. The conversation helps you to decide whether to divorce or create a new marriage based on who each party is now and what they each want and need from this time forward.

The short-term process of Compassionate Mediation Program gives you and your partner information about all of your options, including a separation, legal separation, or a divorce.

With full knowledge of your potential rights, responsibilities, gains and losses, you might renew your desire to truly heal your current relationship and make positive actions in the direction of meeting both of your needs.

If divorce is ultimately your final outcome, you will embark on the process with much more confidence, clarity and calm, and be able to create a SELF-led Divorce®.

Is Compassionate Mediation the same as traditional mediation?
Again, it’s more. In traditional mediation. both parties are committed to pursuing a divorce, and the mediator helps with that conversation.

Compassionate Mediation® also helps you explore whether a new relationship together is still possible as you learn Compassionate Communication. At the same time, you discuss all your rights and responsibilities to feel fully informed and empowered.

In discussing what a “new marriage” would be, you also have an opportunity to create new patterns for all of your needs – financial, parental, familial, sexual.

Compassionate Mediation allows each partner to feel heard, understood and validated no matter what final outcome is chosen.

Time is provided for you to consider all your options – individually and as a couple.

Often, many of the decisions that would be addressed in a divorce mediation are covered in this process: money, parenting, roles and responsibilities, and any other issues that are causing hurt or dissension.

This way, you can begin to recognize what you have each contributed to the current situation, and what you can do yourself to make it better, including getting a job, helping more with the children, or finally knowing how to listen and empathize with your partner’s feelings.

If separation or divorce becomes your decision, you have each acquired the tools necessary to move forward with more honesty, integrity and respect.

The transition to a SELF-led Divorce becomes a healing opportunity rather than the typical adversarial proceeding it might have become.

Your family does not have to be “broken,” but can be peacefully and respectfully “re-structured.”

You and your partner are both encouraged to consider how your actions and choices have contributed to the current situation.

With no fault or blame, you are free to co-create new solutions with higher consciousness and more SELF-leadership.

When each party is in “SELF,” you are more compassionate, clear, confident, courageous, and connected to your inner wisdom and deeper knowing.

Whether you stay together (and create a new and better relationship) or get divorced, what you learn in the Compassionate Mediation Process will enhance your current relationship and give you more awareness in future relationships.

You can decide to create a new marriage, separate without any legal papers, decide on a legal separation or work together to dissolve your union with a SELF-led Divorce.

Whatever your ultimate decision, healing can happen and peace can be restored.
Love is the answer – and it starts with loving your SELF.

Create the Relationship You Desire and Deserve!

No two relationships are alike. If you take a moment to tell me about yours, I can offer you solutions to help you make the changes you need now.

Click HERE to get your FREE RELATIONSHIP ASSESSMENT will be sent to you, along with an invitation to my next LIVE Webinar.

Get your Free Chapter of my award-winning book Compassionate Mediation®: How to Add Passion to Your Marriage or Compassion to Your Divorce here — and let the healing begin!

A Valentine to Myself from Me – and for YOU!

A Valentine to Myself from Me – and for YOU!

February 14, 
My Dearest Beloved (put in YOUR NAME),

On this, your (your age) Valentines Day, I want to let you know how much I adore
you. Everything about you. Your body, mind and soul.

I love your spirit, and the way you want to bring love and joy wherever you go.
I love your heart, and how you share it with your family, your loved ones and the world.

I love your mind, and how it constantly creates.
I love your organization, and lack thereof.

I love your quest for growth, and how you continue to expand your understanding of yourself and others.

I love your humanity.
I love your divinity.
I love your bigness and your smallness, for it is all the same.
I love your compassion, and hope that you continue to give it to yourself as well as to others.

I love you for the mistakes you think you have made, and what you have learned from them.

I love the way you love your children and grandchildren, and all children and grandchildren.

I love the way you entertain.
I love the way you hibernate in your flannels in bed.

I love your ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).
I love your HSP (Highly Sensitive Personality).
I love that you are nuts.

I love how you sing and how you dance.
I love how you cook, and I love you when you don’t.

I love all your hurts and wounds, and all the healed places in your heart that are stronger where they were broken.

I love your optimism, hope and cheer.
I love your depression, worry and fear.
I love your anger, and I love that you are learning to love it too. Or at least to give it its rightful place in your repertoire of feelings.

I love that you are allowing yourself to feel and to express.

I love that you are forgiving yourself for all that you have repressed and suppressed.

I love your kindness, thoughtfulness and generosity.
I love your selfishness, thoughtlessness and pettiness.

I love your superficiality.
I love your depth.

I love all the ways you have chosen to hide.
I love your courage in being seen.

I love the judgments you have made.
I love that you are trying not to judge.

I love the ways you love.
I love the ways you give.

I love the ways you (add your own)…

I love you unconditionally and completely.

I love you in all the ways you have ever hoped to be loved – safely, completely, forever.

I see you, I get you, I appreciate ever nuance of your being.

You make me laugh. You make me sing. You make me dance.

With you I am safe, at peace, at home.

You are the one I have been waiting for.

You are all the parts of me I have shown the world and all that I have disowned.

You are my highest, truest and best Self, And I am yours.

Now and forever,
My Dearest Valentine… with all my heart.

(Now Sign YOUR Name)

 

Compassionate Mediation® Program Amazing Offer!

Compassionate Mediation® Program Amazing Offer!

Work with me in 2018 to truly create the relationship you desire!

For the next 48 hours, I am going to open the doors to the Compassionate Mediation® Program for a fraction of the cost it will be offered for in 2018.

I hope you will take advantage of this limited-time offer because I can only offer this rate to a small group of people. I’d love to have you with us.

As a therapist, mediator and attorney, as well as a spiritual advisor, I bring psychological and spiritual healing, along with legal and financial guidance to help you along your journey.

You can

  • stop feeling confused and conflicted and begin to feel confident and informed.
  • spare your children from the shrapnel of your animosity and conflict.
  • become enlightened and empowered to make healthy decisions.

You can prevent your children from becoming collateral damage in your divorce as you know that your questions will be answered and your path will feel more certain.

And finally, you can feel reassured that you are doing your very best to offer your spouse and your family the healthiest relationship OR the most respectful divorce possible.

I know the holidays can stretch your patience, time and budgets, that’s why I’m offering this impressive discount now. There are a limited number of spots so I can personally support everyone to the best of my ability.

If you know you want to do this program, sign up now.

Next year the program will cost $997. Today, I’m offering you a 80% discount of $197!

All you need to do is put down $97 to reserve your spot. You can pay the balance by January 21, 2018!

And the best part – there is a better-than-money back guarantee.

If, after the first module (of five), you feel that the program isn’t right for you, I’ll refund your money, no questions asked – AND you’ll get to keep the bonus of the Love Summit.

The Love Summit has 20 experts sharing their wisdom, humor and free gifts to help you add more passion, connection and fun to your life – starting now.

You can check out all the details here.

This may be the only time to take advantage of this offer. I want to make sure you have access to me directly to help you as I have helped thousands of people over the last 25 years.

I know you are reading this for a reason.

I know you want something better than what you have right now.

I’d love to help you heal and transform your relationship, starting in January.

The program will fill up fast, so go to this link now, and put down the $97 to reserve your spot. Once you do, I’ll invite you to a special webinar at the beginning of the year, and you’ll be able to relax in the knowledge that help is on the way.

Join now, and let’s take your relationship to the level of connection you’ve always desired.

And if your relationship is meant to end, let’s help your family “re-structure” instead of fracture and fall apart.

I’m here to help.

Now it’s up to you to take your first step towards your future.

Sending infinite love and support,

Resolve Your Unhappy Marriage With Compassionate Mediation®.

Resolve Your Unhappy Marriage With Compassionate Mediation®.

If you are unhappy in your marriage, help is available.

You can go to counseling by yourself, or invite your spouse to join you for marital counseling. However, if one or both of you are so unhappy that you have secretly thought of – or openly discussed – the possibility of separating or ending the relationship, then Compassionate Mediation® is just what you need.

Compassionate Mediation® is a healing program to help you communicate with your partner to resolve all of your conflicts. It is a short-term process that helps add passion to your marriage or compassion to your divorce. You or your partner might feel trapped in habitual patterns that create “walls” that prevent you from being your best SELF in your relationship.

You may have forgotten or neglected to relate with kindness to the person you once promised to love forever. You might also feel angry and judgmental at yourself as well as your spouse.

You may be ambivalent about whether to try marriage counseling (again) or just file for divorce. You might feel overwhelmed, scared, or lost in indecision. Fear, uncertainty, anger and resentment have possibly impacted your relationship over time.

Compassionate Mediation® provides a safe place for you to talk about everything that has been an issue in your relationship. You will learn how to communicate with compassion so that you can begin to feel heard and understood.

You learn how to share your feelings courageously, and listen to your partner do the same as you give each other the empathy that is missing from your relationship now.

You will feel safe to put down your “protective walls and judgments” so that you can forgive yourself and your partner.
Compassionate Mediation® is for you if you want to try to create a new and better marriage instead of proceeding towards a break up or divorce with hurt and anger. And if you do ultimately decide to part ways, you will be able to do so with respect and peace.

Instead of reacting in ways that continue to do harm, you learn to relate from your heart  — and from your best Self.

What does it mean to be “in Self?”

When you are “in SELF,” you are more calm, clear and compassionate. You speak with more confidence, as you stay connected to your intuition and and deeper knowing.

You are not making decisions from reactive “Parts” of you that may be scared, walled, judgmental, angry or retaliatory. You are able to stay in the present moment and co-create a relationship that considers everyone’s needs, starting with your own.

Problems in your relationship are not always about “what” is said but “how” you are saying it. When speaking from SELF, you can create more acceptance, attention, appreciation and affection for each other.

At the same time, you will also be able to discuss other possibilities for a new relationship – including a separation, a legal separation, or a SELF-led Divorce®.

What is a “Self-Led Divorce?”

When divorce or separation has been considered, Compassionate Mediation offers a neutral forum to explore all options with compassion and respect. If divorce is the final outcome, you will be able to create a SELF-led Divorce® that will be for the highest good for all concerned.

A SELF-led Divorce® is one in which you and your partner communicate from your highest and best SELF with compassion, confidence, clarity and courage to peacefully and respectfully re-structure your family.

When Should You Seek Compassionate Mediation?

The sooner Compassionate Mediation® is begun, the better. You will be informed, empowered and able to communicate with honesty and empathy.

Compassionate Mediation® is helpful at any time you have problems in your relationship. You can engage in the process before, during or after your divorce.

The time to start Compassionate Mediation® is as soon as you recognize there are issues that cause you to feel distance or pain. As you communicate without judgment or blame, you may be able to heal the current situation and be able to create a new and better relationship.

Compassionate Mediation® is an opportunity to heal and transform your relationship to foster friendship and trust.  If you have been thinking about a divorce, Compassionate Mediation gives you an opportunity to discuss all of your issues that have caused you to feel unhappy, angry or stuck. You can look at your situation from a new perspective and become more SELF-led.

If you are in the middle of your divorce, Compassionate Mediation is an opportunity to end the legal battles and learn a way to communicate and reach a respectful and equitable settlement.

If you are still suffering or fighting after your divorce, Compassionate Mediation gives you new skills with which to relate to your ex-spouse and create healing in your re-structured family.

Compassionate Mediation is for you if you want to try to create a new and better marriage instead of proceeding towards a break up or divorce with hurt and anger.

The sooner Compassionate Mediation® is begun, the better as both parties are informed, empowered and coming from their best SELF.

Is Compassionate Mediation the same as marriage counseling?

No, it is more.

In marriage counseling, both parties may seem to be committed to staying in the marriage. However, often one or both may have a secret thought of a separation or divorce that they may not share with their partner. This secret agenda covertly affects the way they are able to participate in the counseling since the discussion about what a separation or divorce would look like is never discussed.

Compassionate Mediation is a program to help individuals or couples who are ambivalent about their future. The conversation helps you to decide whether to divorce or create a new marriage based on who each party is now and what they each want and need from this time forward.

The short-term process of Compassionate Mediation Program gives you and your partner information about all of your options, including a separation, legal separation, or a divorce.

With full knowledge of your potential rights, responsibilities, gains and losses, you might renew your desire to truly heal your current relationship and make positive actions in the direction of meeting both of your needs.

If divorce is ultimately your final outcome, you will embark on the process with much more confidence, clarity and calm, and be able to create a SELF-led Divorce®.

Is Compassionate Mediation the same as traditional mediation?

Again, it’s more. In traditional mediation. both parties are committed to pursuing a divorce, and the mediator helps with that conversation.

Compassionate Mediation® also helps you explore whether a new relationship together is still possible as you learn Compassionate Communication. At the same time, you discuss all your rights and responsibilities to feel fully informed and empowered.

In discussing what a “new marriage” would be, you also have an opportunity to create new patterns for all of your needs – financial, parental, familial, sexual.

Compassionate Mediation allows each partner to feel heard, understood and validated no matter what final outcome is chosen. Time is provided for you to consider all your options – individually and as a couple.

Often, many of the decisions that would be addressed in a divorce mediation are covered in this process: money, parenting, roles and responsibilities, and any other issues that are causing hurt or dissension.

This way, you can begin to recognize what you have each contributed to the current situation, and what you can do yourself to make it better, including getting a job, helping more with the children, or finally knowing how to listen and empathize with your partner’s feelings.

If separation or divorce becomes your decision, you have each acquired the tools necessary to move forward with more honesty, integrity and respect.

The transition to a SELF-led Divorce becomes a healing opportunity rather than the typical adversarial proceeding it might have become.

Your family does not have to be “broken,” but can be peacefully and respectfully “re-structured.”

In the first session, you learn a new way to communicate and begin to talk about all the issues that have created distance or conflict. You also consider what your rights and responsibilities would be if you wanted to create a new marriage, separate, file for a legal separation, or pursue a divorce.

In each session, there is time for individual conversations and time to meet as a couple. With empathy, honesty and compassion, the facts and feelings are addressed and all possibilities considered.

You and your partner are both encouraged to consider how your actions and choices have contributed to the current situation.With no fault or blame, you are free to co-create new solutions with higher consciousness and more SELF-leadership. When each party is in “SELF,” you are more compassionate, clear, confident, courageous, and connected to your inner wisdom and deeper knowing.

Whether you stay together (and create a new and better relationship) or get divorced, what you learn in the Compassionate Mediation Process will enhance your current relationship and give you more awareness in future relationships.

You can decide to create a new marriage, separate without any legal papers, decide on a legal separation or work together to dissolve your union with a SELF-led Divorce.

Whatever your ultimate decision, healing can happen and peace can be restored.

Love is the answer – and it starts with loving your SELF.

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