The Biggest Mistake Professionals Make When They’re in Distress – And Tools to Help!
By Dan Berstein
The biggest mistake professionals make when they’re experiencing distress is writing people off, rejecting them, and avoiding them.  This can happen on the basis of fears, stereotypes, and insecurities.  Simply put, we may feel that we are not ready to handle problems that either are already happening from parties or that seem to be on the way.  Check out the NotebookLM AI podcast about this article:

Check Out this AI Podcast Review of Ken Cloke’s Latest Book: “The Magic in Mediation”
By John Sturrock
Cloke tells us that this is likely to be his last book on conflict resolution, commenting that he is “nearing the end of what feels like a lifetime of learning things I could never have imagined about conflict and resolution, neurophysiology and emotional intelligence, apology and forgiveness, transformation and transcendence” and that he feels “a need to express in writing some of the ideas I’ve thought about, sometimes for decades, but never put in writing.” Check out the NotebookLM AI Podcast about this article:

Book Talk: Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice with Peter Salem & Kelly Browe Olson (video)
In this online discussion (video of the podcast episode from the Mediate.com podcast), Colin Rule interviews Peter Salem and Kelly Browe Olson about their new book Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice.  This is the kickoff interview for a full series of interviews with the more than 30 authors who wrote chapters for the book!  Check out the NotebookLM AI Podcast about this article:

Check Out the New AI Podcast of “50 Questions You Can Ask Friends and Relatives in Political Arguments”
As we head into another election season, during which we will be talking with friends and relatives we may find ourselves disagreeing with, here are 50 questions we can ask to help make our conversations more interesting and productive. Check out the NotebookLM AI Podcast about this article:

New Edition of Michael Lang’s Book on Reflective Practice
By John Lande
Pioneering family mediator Michael Lang just released the second edition of his book, The Guide to Reflective Practice in Conflict Resolution.  Michael writes that reflective practice is more than a set of methods and processes.  It also is a “distinct mindset of being curious about and attentive to unexpected events and being open to new explanations and interpretations.”  Check out the NotebookLM AI Podcast about this article: