Category: About Mediation

Memoirs of a Wee Belfast Girl Who Became an International Peacemaker Some books stay with you long after you turn...

Why criticism is not the price of failure, but the cost of meaningful conflict engagement Every profession has its occupational...

by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS BOOK What exactly is “a book” these days?...

Has a client ever come to one of your mediations armed with an AI analysis showing that they had a...

Participant Empowerment, AI andProblem-Solving Optimization in Mediation by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION About this “Book"...

Table of Contents Next Strategic Questioning A mediator’s questions are never random. They are strategic tools—purposefully crafted to advance rapport,...

Table of Contents Next Ultimately, there is positive intention behind all behavior. Richard Bandler and John Grinder De-positioning to Ultimate...

Mediation professionals do not need to be convinced that mediation changes lives. You see its impact every day: people move...

Table of Contents Next How do you want it to be? Jerry Weinberg Outcome and Evidence Questioning Helping participants reach...

Abstract Parenting plans are typically drafted as legal instruments that allocate time and decision-making between adults, yet from a child's...

Table of Contents Next The Goals for Your Mediation Fairness and Reasonableness?  Empowerment and Recognition? Our plans often miscarry because...

Table of Contents Next Less is More & Normative Stories Just as an effective mediator continually seeks to take the...

Table of Contents Next Baby Steps and Strategic Mediation Participants do not need to win, they are just unwilling to...

Table of Contents Next WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS IN MEDIATION Perception and Parts Seeking to become an effective mediator is both...

Table of Contents Next Most Capable Solutions Success doesn't come to you...you go to it. Marva Collins If at first...

Table of Contents Next Working with Participants’ Resource States Question: How do mediation participants come to us? At their best?...

Table of Contents Next Maximizing Mediation as a Model There is no single “right way” to mediate. Mediation practices vary...

Myths and misinformation often shape people’s understanding of divorce law and their options for reaching a settlement through mediation or...

Congregations rarely divide because they run out of money. They divide because they run out of shared imagination. Scarcity becomes...

Table of Contents Next Building Rapport in Mediation Building Rapport Matching, Pacing, and Leading If asked to name the three...

Are you bummed out that most portrayals of mediation in popular culture are freakish caricatures? Me too. Too often, mediators...

This Mediate.com interview of Tony Piazza was recorded on July 29, 2026. Over the past 46 years, Tony has mediated...

4⁴SRI® (4⁴ Structured Reflective Instrument) International Certificate Program Tzofnat Peleg-Baker, PhD with Certified 4⁴SRI® Practitioners PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IS A PRACTICE...

When mediate.com recently created this homepage for RPS Coach, it seemed like a good time to reflect on my amazing...

This year, I have been celebrating my twentieth bipolar-versary by launching a number of different 20 Years Embracing Bipolar projects...

Table of Contents Next Mediation & Optimization In any situation in which you are uncertain, consider: "What do I want...

Table of Contents Next This “Myth Busters” article was written and issued in 2025 jointly by the American Arbitration Association...

Cal State Long Beach students are getting into the thick of other peoples’ problems — and solving them — while...

In a Delhi family court, a marriage of seven years had already collapsed by the time the case reached the...

Next Table of Contents Jim Melamed co-founded Mediate.com in 1996 with John Helie and served as CEO of Mediate.com through June 2020...