My Story

If, after this challenging year and quarantine, you’re not sure what you want to do about your relationship, then this blog post is for you. Many years ago, I was facing a similar crossroads. There wasn’t a pandemic, but my world did turn upside down… I faced the possibility that my twenty-year marriage to my beloved… Continue reading My Story

Certification

I am happy to announce that I am starting a certification program for therapists and coaches, and also mediators, attorneys, clergy, counselors, to help people communicate better and to resolve their differences.  Over 30 years ago, I combined my degrees in therapy, mediation and law. I’ve taken courses at the Chopra center. I’m a meditation… Continue reading Certification

Compassionate Mediation® Roadmap for a Better Relationship

You can begin a better relationship now by following these steps: Be Your Best SELF I hope the story of your relationship is one that you enjoy sharing. If not, it’s time to create a new story, where you are the empowered hero, not a victim. Often, looking at the half-full parts of your relationship… Continue reading Compassionate Mediation® Roadmap for a Better Relationship

Compassionate Mediation® Book

For over 20 years, as a therapist, mediator and attorney, I have worked with thousands of individuals and couples who want to improve (or leave) their relationships. My heart goes out to each one of them. Often, I wish I had been able to help them years before our first visit, because they could have… Continue reading Compassionate Mediation® Book

CM for ALL

With everything going on in the world right now, have you wondered how you could help more people communicate? A lot of people are stuck in quarantine and they’re communicating with some very bad habits. They may be sarcastic, they may be withholding, they may be judgmental, they may be secretly harboring a hope that… Continue reading CM for ALL

CM Online Training

During this time of stress and uncertainty, relationships can be strained to their limits. I want to share with you my proven transformational process for relationship healing  Compassionate Mediation®. Compassionate Mediation® is NOT just for individuals or couples considering divorce.  This process works with clients who aren’t worried about leaving, but want to improve their… Continue reading CM Online Training

Start Over

Happy New Year! It’s a time for love, forgiveness, compassion, and joy. And it’s also a time to “start over.” I recently had a big disagreement with someone I love very much. He believed he was right and I was wrong, and I believed he was wrong and I was right. We had a standoff… Continue reading Start Over

EMPATHY starts HERE!

My heart goes out to all of us for the suffering in the world. We can make 2022 a much better year with more empathy and compassion. We will find ways to mediate to a middle ground where we will all be safe. Thich Nhat Hanh says:“To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability… Continue reading EMPATHY starts HERE!

Compassionate Mediation and IFS

Compassionate Mediation and IFS Compassionate Mediation incorporates IFS therapy, higher consciousness, and other modalities to help an individual or couple to talk about their options. Many times people don’t know what their options are. They come in to see me, they’re unhappy, but they don’t know if they want to stay or go. They’ve thought… Continue reading Compassionate Mediation and IFS

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